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Wolfgang Sofka is a former member of the ZEW staff. The Information on this site reflects the status at the point of leaving the ZEW.
Sofka, Wolfgang and Christoph Grimpe (2010), Specialized Search and Innovation Performance – Evidence Across Europe, R&D Management 40, 310-323.
Grimpe, Christoph and Wolfgang Sofka (2009), Search Patterns and Absorptive Capacity: Low- and High-Technology Sectors in European Countries, Research Policy 38 (3), 495–506.
Aschhoff, Birgit and Wolfgang Sofka (2009), Innovation on Demand – Can Public Procurement Drive Market Success of Innovations?, Research Policy 38, 1235-1247.
Sofka, Wolfgang and Tobias Schmidt (2009), Liability of Foreignness as a Barrier to Knowledge Spillovers: Lost in Translation?, Journal of International Management 15(4), 460-474.
Schmiele, Anja and Wolfgang Sofka (2008), Internationalizing R&D Co-opetition: Dress for the Dance with the Devil, featured in: Yu, L., Co-opetition Without Borders, MIT Sloan Management Review 49 (2), 8-9. Download
Sofka, Wolfgang (2008), Globalizing Domestic Absorptive Capacities, Management International Review (mir) 48 (6), 769-792.
Sofka, Wolfgang and Jörg Zimmermann (2008), Regional Economic Stress as Moderator of Liability of Foreignness, Journal of International Management 14 (2), 155-172.
Schmiele, Anja and Wolfgang Sofka (2008), M&A-Investitionen aus Brasilien, Russland, Indien und China in Deutschland, M&A Review 7/2008, 359-363. Download
Schmiele, Anja and Wolfgang Sofka (2008), German Financial Experts Welcome M&A from India, freeDoMS, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 1/2, 1-3.
Grimpe, Christoph, Tobias Schmidt and Wolfgang Sofka (2007), Innovationspotenziale in der Bewertung von IPOs, M&A Review 3/2007, 118-123.
Sofka, Wolfgang (2006), Ostdeutschland als Sprungbrett für ausländische Anbieter, ZfAW Zeitschrift für die gesamte Wertschöpfungskette Automobilwirtschaft 4/2006, 19-23.
Borell, Mariela and Wolfgang Sofka (2006), Ausländische Investoren auf dem deutschen Kapitalmarkt: Fremde in einem fremden Land?, FINANZ BETRIEB 2, 114-122.
Meitner, Matthias and Wolfgang Sofka (2003), Barbarians at the Brandenburger Gate, M&A-Review 08, 09/2003, 360-367.
Grimpe, Christoph and Wolfgang Sofka (2009), Searching for Innovation in Market and Transition Economies: Evidence Across Europe, in: Academy of Management, Best Paper Proceedings, Chicago.
Faria, Pedro and Wolfgang Sofka (2009), Formal and Strategic Knowledge Protection Strategies of Multinationals - A Cross Country Comparison, in: Academy of Management, Best Papers Proceedings, Chicago.
Grimpe, Christoph and Wolfgang Sofka (2008), Rapid response capabilities: The importance of speed and flexibility for successful innovation, in: Sherif, Mostafa H.; Khalil, Tarek M., Management of Technology Innovation and Value Creation, New Jersey, 359-380.
Sofka, Wolfgang (2008), Internationalisierungspotenziale von Open-Innovation-Strategien: Chancen und Herausforderungen für das Innovationsmanagement, OPUS-Datenbank. Download
Grimpe, Christoph, Wolfgang Sofka and John Saee (2007), Managing innovation and learning in dynamic environments: The role of rapid response capabilities, in: John Saee, Contemporary corporate strategy, London, New York, 328-342.
Sofka, Wolfgang and Thorsten Teichert (2006), Global Sensing and Sensibility - A Multi-Stage Matching Assessment of Competitive Advantage from Foreign Sources of Innovation, in: K. Mark Weaver, Best Paper Proceedings of the Sixty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (CD) 2006, Bd. ISSN 1543-8643, Atlanta.
Heneric, Oliver, Georg Licht and Wolfgang Sofka eds. (2005), Europe's Automotive Industry on the Move, ZEW Economic Studies, Bd. 32, Heidelberg.
Schmidt, Tobias and Wolfgang Sofka (2009), Knowledge sourcing: legitimacy deficits for MNC subsidiaries?, Deutsche Bundesbank Discussion Paper Series 1: Economic Studies No 09/2009, Frankfurt. Download
Köhler, Christian, Wolfgang Sofka and Christoph Grimpe (2009), Selectivity in Search Strategies for Innovation – From Incremental to Radical, From Manufacturing to Services , ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-066, Mannheim. Download
Sofka, Wolfgang and Christoph Grimpe (2009), Searching for Innovation in Market and Transition Economies: Evidence Across Europe, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-061, Mannheim. Download
Zimmermann, Jörg, Christoph Grimpe and Wolfgang Sofka (2009), Young, Open and International: The Impact of Search Strategies on the Internationalization of New Ventures, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-017, Mannheim. Download
Sofka, Wolfgang and Christoph Grimpe (2009), Specialized Search and Innovation Performance – Evidence Across Europe, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-016, Mannheim. Download
Sofka, Wolfgang and Edlira Shehu (2009), Host Country Contingencies on Knowledge Protection Strategies of Multinational Firms – Bring a Knife to a Gunfight?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-002, Mannheim. Download
Schmidt, Tobias, Franz Schwiebacher and Wolfgang Sofka (2008), The Effects of Experience on Selecting Innovation Projects - Better the Devil You Know, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-084, Mannheim. Download
Sofka, Wolfgang and Christoph Grimpe (2008), Managing Search Strategies for Open Innovation - The Role of Environmental Munificence as well as Internal and External R&D, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-075, Mannheim. Download
Aschhoff, Birgit and Wolfgang Sofka (2008), Innovation on Demand - Can Public Procurement Drive Market Success of Innovations, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-052, Mannheim. Download
Aschhoff, Birgit and Wolfgang Sofka (2008), Successful Patterns of Scientific Knowledge Sourcing – Mix and Match, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-033, Mannheim. Download
Faria, Pedro and Wolfgang Sofka (2008), Formal and Strategic Appropriability Strategies of Multinational Firms – A Cross Country Comparison, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-030, Mannheim. Download
Sofka, Wolfgang and Jörg Zimmermann (2007), Regional Dimensions of Liability of Foreignness: Between a Rock and a Hard Place?, Max Planck Institute of Economics Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy No. 12-2007, Jena, Germany. Download
Sofka, Wolfgang and Jörg Zimmermann (2007), Regional Dimensions of Liability of Foreignness: Between a Rock and a Hard Place?, Jena Economic Research Papers 2007-023, Jena. Download
Sofka, Wolfgang (2007), Innovation Activities Abroad and the Effects of Liability of Foreignness: Where it Hurts, Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) Working Paper 031-07/08, Atlanta. Download
Grimpe, Christoph, Ihsen Ketata and Wolfgang Sofka (2007), Profiling Sustainable Innovators: Not Ready to Make Nice?, Georgia Tech Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) Working Paper 030-07/08, Atlanta. Download
Grimpe, Christoph and Wolfgang Sofka (2007), Search Patterns and Absorptive Capacity: A Comparison of Low- and High-Technology Firms from Thirteen European Countries, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-062, Mannheim. Download
Sofka, Wolfgang (2007), What Makes Foreign Knowledge Attractive to Domestic Innovation Managers?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-055, Mannheim. Download
Schmiele, Anja and Wolfgang Sofka (2007), Internationalizing R&D Co-opetition: Dress for the Dance with the Devil, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-045, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and Wolfgang Sofka (2006), The Pulse of Liability of Foreignness Dynamic Legitimacy and Experience Effects in the German Car Market, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-070, Mannheim. Download
Sofka, Wolfgang (2006), Innovation Activities Abroad and the Effects of Liability of Foreignness: Where it Hurts, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-029, Mannheim. Download
Sofka, Wolfgang and Thorsten Teichert (2006), Global Sensing and Sensibility - A Multi-Stage Matching Assessment of Competitive Advantage from Foreign Sources of Innovation, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-009, Mannheim. Download
Schmidt, Tobias and Wolfgang Sofka (2006), Lost in Translation - Empirical Evidence for Liability of Foreignness as Barriers to Knowledge Spillovers, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 06-001, Mannheim. Download
Sofka, Wolfgang and Jörg Zimmermann (2005), There's no Place Like Home A strategic framework to overcome liability of foreignness in the German car market., ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-84, Mannheim. Download
Sofka, Wolfgang (2005), Global Idea Sourcing An empirical investigation into the mechanisms behind the usage of foreign business sources for innovation, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-53, Mannheim. Download
Sofka, Wolfgang and Tobias Schmidt (2004), I Like The Way You Move: An Empirical Investigation into the Mechanisms Behind First Mover and Follower Strategies, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-87, Mannheim. Download
Heger, Diana, Daniel Höwer, Georg Licht, Georg Metzger and Wolfgang Sofka (2009), High-Tech-Gründungen in Deutschland - Optimismus trotz Krise, in Zusammenarbeit mit Microsoft, Mannheim. Download
Rammer, Christian, Wolfgang Sofka, Harald Legler, Birgit Gerke and Olaf Krawczyk (2009), Innovationsmotor Chemie 2009 - FuE-Potenziale und Standortwettbewerb, Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V., Mannheim und Hannover. Download
Legler, Harald, Birgit Gehrke, Olaf Krawczyk, Ulrich Schasse, Christian Rammer, Nina Leheyda and Wolfgang Sofka (2009), Die Bedeutung der Automobilindustrie für die deutsche Volkswirtschaft im europäischen Kontext, Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, Hannover, Mannheim. Download
Grimpe, Christoph, Nina Leheyda, Christian Rammer, Anja Schmiele and Wolfgang Sofka (2008), Sectoral Innovation Systems in Europe: Monitoring, Analysing Trends and Identifying Challenges - Machinery and equipment sector , EU Kommission, DG Enterprise, Mannheim. Download
Grimpe, Christoph, Nina Leheyda, Christian Rammer, Anja Schmiele and Wolfgang Sofka (2008), Sectoral Innovation Systems in Europe: Monitoring, Analysing Trends and Identifying Challenges - Automotive Sector, EU Kommission, DG Enterprise, Mannheim. Download
Rammer, Christian, Anja Schmiele, Wolfgang Sofka, Harald Legler, Olaf Krawczyk and Mark Leidmann (2007), Innovationsmotor Chemie 2007 - Die deutsche Chemieindustrie im globalen Wettbewerb, Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V., Mannheim. Download
Czarnitzki, Dirk, Andreas Fier, Oliver Heneric, Katrin Hussinger, Georg Licht, Elisabeth Müller and Wolfgang Sofka (2004), European competitiveness report 2004, Competitiveness and benchmarking, European Commission, Brussels. Download
Rammer, Christian, Oliver Heneric, Wolfgang Sofka and Harald Legler eds. (2003), Innovationsmotor Chemie, Ausstrahlung von Chemie-Innovationen auf andere Branchen, Gutachten für den Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI), Mannheim, Hannover. Download
Moch, Dietmar, Wolfgang Sofka and Bianca Willauer (2003), European Hedonic Centre - ZEW Report, Eurostat, Mannheim.
10.2008: Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt am Main
05.2008: IN+ Center for Innovation, Technology & Policy Research, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon, PT
03.-04.2008: Oakland University, Rochester, US
09.-12.2006: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, US, College of Management, Strategic Management
Business Cycles Impacts on R&D and Innovation Behaviour of Large Firms and SMEs
Chemistry as an Engine for Innovation
Competition in the European Car Market
Direct Indicators for Commercialization of Research and Technology (INDICOM)
EU Competitiveness Report 2006: Literature Review on Lead Markets
Evaluation of the Economics Effects of the Swiss Cartel Act
German uses for innovation stimuli from abroad
Global Innovation Positioning Strategy - Lead Market Analysis for Functional Clusters
Impact of R&D Programmes on Innovation: an international comparison
Innovation Motor Chemistry 2007: Germany’s chemical industry in the face of global competition
Innovation Motor Chemistry 2009 - R&D Potentials and International Competition
Internationalization of the Innovation Activities of Medium-Sized Enterprises in Germany
Organizational and Marketing Innovations as Drivers for Firm Performance
The European Automotive Industry: Competitiveness, Challenges, and Future Strategies
The Role of the Automotive Industry for the German Economy and from a European Perspective
Unternehmensgründungen in Hochtechnologiebranchen in Deutschland 2009