Prof. Dr. Hanna Hottenrott

Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

Professor Dr. Hanna Hottenrott is professor of innovation economics at the TUM School of Management at the Technische Universität München. Before joining TUM, she was assistant professor at the Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE) of the University of Düsseldorf. Prior to that, she was a post-doctoral researcher at the Catholic University of Leuven (K.U. Leuven) in Belgium, where she obtained a PhD in applied economics in 2010. Hottenrott also holds an advanced degree in economics from the University of Heidelberg. During her studies, she also spent a period studying at the University of Sussex (UK). Hottenrott has been affiliated with ZEW since 2008. Her research interests lie in the fields of industrial economics and applied micro-econometrics. She is particularly interested in the economics of innovation, economics of science and technological change. Further information on Professor Dr. Hanna Hottenrott

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Prof. Dr. Hanna Hottenrott

Research Associate +49 (0)621 1235-194

Unit: Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics

Selected Publications

Green start-ups and the role of founder personality

Chapman, Chapman and Hanna Hottenrott (2022), Green start-ups and the role of founder personality, Journal of Business Venturing Insights Volume 17, e00316, ISSN 2352-6734.

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Division of Labor in R&D? Firm Size and Specialization in Corporate Research

Becker, Annette, Hanna Hottenrott and Anwesha Mukherjee (2022), Division of Labor in R&D? Firm Size and Specialization in Corporate Research, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Volume 194, 1-23 .

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The Rise of Multiple Institutional Affiliations in Academia

Hottenrott, Hanna, Michael E. Rose and Cornelia Lawson (2021), The Rise of Multiple Institutional Affiliations in Academia, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 72 (8), 1039-1058.

The Value of Research Funding for Knowledge Creation and Dissemination: A study of SNSF Research Grants

Heyard, Rachel and Hanna Hottenrott (2021), The Value of Research Funding for Knowledge Creation and Dissemination: A study of SNSF Research Grants, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 8, 217.

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Multipler Wettbewerb im Hochschulsystem – Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven und wissenschaftspolitische Implikationen

Krücken, Georg, Guido Bünstorf, Uwe Cantner, Jetta Frost, Thomas Grebel, Julian Hamann, Hanna Hottenrott, Anna Kosmützky, Frank Meier, Uwe Schimank and Kathia Serrano Velarde (2021), Multipler Wettbewerb im Hochschulsystem – Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven und wissenschaftspolitische Implikationen, Das Hochschulwesen 03-2021 .

Imaginary carrot or effective fertiliser? A rejoinder on funding and productivity

Heyard, Rachel, Tobias Philipp and Hanna Hottenrott (2021), Imaginary carrot or effective fertiliser? A rejoinder on funding and productivity, Scientometrics 126, 9333–9338.

What’s behind multiple institutional affiliations in academia?

Hottenrott, Hanna and Cornelia Lawson (2021), What’s behind multiple institutional affiliations in academia?, Science and Public Policy scab086.

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Start-Up Subsidies and the Sources of Venture Capital

Berger, Marius and Hanna Hottenrott (2021), Start-Up Subsidies and the Sources of Venture Capital, Journal of Business Venturing Insights.

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Beschränktes Alkoholverkaufsverbot in Baden-Württemberg: wirksames Gesetz abgeschafft

Bau,amm, Florian, Achim Buchwald, Tim Friehe, Hanna Hottenrott and Mario Mechtel (2020), Beschränktes Alkoholverkaufsverbot in Baden-Württemberg: wirksames Gesetz abgeschafft, Wirschaftsdienst - Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 100 (1), 60-63.

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Start-up subsidies: Does the policy instrument matter?

Hottenrott, Hanna and Robert Richstein (2020), Start-up subsidies: Does the policy instrument matter?, Research Policy 49 (1).

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The effect of a ban on late-night off-premise alcohol sales on violent crime: Evidence from Germany

Buchwald, Achim, Florian Baumann, Tim Friehe, Hanna Hottenrott and Mario Mechtel (2019), The effect of a ban on late-night off-premise alcohol sales on violent crime: Evidence from Germany, International Review of Law and Economics Volume 60, December 2019, 105850.

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Women on the Board and Executive Tenure

Buchwald, Achim and Hanna Hottenrott (2019), Women on the Board and Executive Tenure, Managerial and Decision Economics 40 (7), 741-760.

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Public Research and the Innovation Performance of New Technology Based Firms

Hottenrott, Hanna and Roman Fudickar (2019), Public Research and the Innovation Performance of New Technology Based Firms, The Journal of Technology Transfer 44(2), 326-358.

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What’s the Price of Academic Consulting? Effects of Public and Private Sector Consulting on Academic Research

Fudickar, Roman, Hanna Hottenrott and Cornelia Lawson (2018), What’s the Price of Academic Consulting? Effects of Public and Private Sector Consulting on Academic Research, Industrial and Corporate Change 27(4), 699-722.

Public Subsidies and New Ventures’ Use of Bank Loans

Hottenrott, Hanna, Elmar Lins and Eva Lutz (2018), Public Subsidies and New Ventures’ Use of Bank Loans, Economics of Innovation and New Technology 27 (8), 786-808.

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Inter-Organizational Collaboration and Financing Constraints for R&D

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Hanna Hottenrott (2017), Inter-Organizational Collaboration and Financing Constraints for R&D, Economics Letters 161, 15-18.

Direct and Cross-Scheme Effects in a Research and Development Subsidy Program

Hottenrott, Hanna, Cindy Lopes-Bento and Reinhilde Veugelers (2017), Direct and Cross-Scheme Effects in a Research and Development Subsidy Program, Research Policy 46(6), 1118-1132.

A First Look at Multiple Institutional Affiliations: A Study of Authors in Germany, Japan and the UK

Hottenrott, Hanna and Cornelia Lawson (2017), A First Look at Multiple Institutional Affiliations: A Study of Authors in Germany, Japan and the UK, Scientometrics 111 (1), 285–295.

Fishing for Complementarities: Research Grants and Research Productivity

Hottenrott, Hanna and Cornelia Lawson (2017), Fishing for Complementarities: Research Grants and Research Productivity, International Journal of Industrial Organization 51 (1), 1-38.

Tax Enforcement and Corporate Profit Shifting

Baumann, Florian, Achim Buchwald, Tim Friehe, Hanna Hottenrott and John Weche (2017), Tax Enforcement and Corporate Profit Shifting, Applied Economics Letters 24 (3), 902-905.

Flying the Nest: How the Home Department Shapes Researchers' Career Paths

Hottenrott, Hanna and Cornelia Lawson (2017), Flying the Nest: How the Home Department Shapes Researchers' Career Paths, Studies in Higher Education 42 (6), 1091-1109.

R&D Partnerships and Innovation Performance: Can There be too Much of a Good Thing?

Hottenrott, Hanna and Cindy Lopes-Bento (2016), R&D Partnerships and Innovation Performance: Can There be too Much of a Good Thing?, Journal of Product Innovation Management 33(6), 773–794.

Higher Prices, Higher Quality? Evidence from German Nursing Homes

Hottenrott, Hanna and Annika Herr (2016), Higher Prices, Higher Quality? Evidence from German Nursing Homes, Health Policy 120, 179-189.

Organisational change and the productivity effects of green technology adoption

Hottenrott, Hanna, Sascha Rexhäuser and Reinhilde Veugelers (2016), Organisational change and the productivity effects of green technology adoption, Resource and Energy Economics 43, 172–194.

Patents as Quality Signals? The Implications for Financing Constraints on R&D

Hottenrott, Hanna, Bronwyn H. Hall and Dirk Czarnitzki (2016), Patents as Quality Signals? The Implications for Financing Constraints on R&D, Economics of Innovation and New Technology 25(3), 197–217.

Policy-Induced Environmental Technology and Inventive Efforts: Is There a Crowding Out?

Hottenrott, Hanna and Sascha Rexhäuser (2015), Policy-Induced Environmental Technology and Inventive Efforts: Is There a Crowding Out?, Industry and Innovation 22 (5), 375-401.

Quantity or Quality? Knowledge Alliances and their Effects on Patenting

Hottenrott, Hanna and Cindy Lopes-Bento (2015), Quantity or Quality? Knowledge Alliances and their Effects on Patenting, Industrial and Corporate Change 24 (5), 981-1011.

(International) R&D Collaboration and SMEs: The Effectiveness of Targeted Public R&D Support Schemes

Hottenrott, Hanna and Cindy Lopes-Bento (2014), (International) R&D Collaboration and SMEs: The Effectiveness of Targeted Public R&D Support Schemes, Research Policy 43, 1055-1066.

Research Grants, Sources of Ideas and the Effects on Academic Research

Hottenrott, Hanna and C. Lawson (2014), Research Grants, Sources of Ideas and the Effects on Academic Research, Economics of Innovation and New Technology 23(2), 109-133.

Innovative Capability and Financing Constraints for Innovation: More Money, More Innovation?

Hottenrott, Hanna and Bettina Peters (2012), Innovative Capability and Financing Constraints for Innovation: More Money, More Innovation?, Review of Economics and Statistics 94(4), 1126-1142.

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Industry Funding of University Research and Scientific Productivity

Hottenrott, Hanna and Susanne Thorwarth (2011), Industry Funding of University Research and Scientific Productivity, Kyklos Vol. 64 – November 2011 – No. 4, 534–555..

Industrial Research versus Development Investment: The Implications of Financial Constraints

Czarnitzki, Dirk, Hanna Hottenrott and Susanne Thorwarth (2011), Industrial Research versus Development Investment: The Implications of Financial Constraints, Cambridge Journal of Economics Volume 35 Issue 3, 527-544.

Financial Constraints: Routine versus Cutting Edge R&D Investment

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Hanna Hottenrott (2011), Financial Constraints: Routine versus Cutting Edge R&D Investment, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy 20(1), 121-157.

R&D Investment and Financing Constraints of Small and Medium-Sized Firms

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Hanna Hottenrott (2011), R&D Investment and Financing Constraints of Small and Medium-Sized Firms, Small Business Economics 36(1), 65-83.

Financing Constraints for Industrial Innovation: What do we know?

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Hanna Hottenrott (2010), Financing Constraints for Industrial Innovation: What do we know?, Review of Business and Economics 55(3), 346-362.

Are local milieus the key to innovation performance?

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Hanna Hottenrott (2009), Are local milieus the key to innovation performance?, Journal of Regional Science 49 (1), 81-112.

Research versus Development: When are R&D Subsidies most Effective?

Hottenrott, Hanna and Cindy Lopes-Bento (2019), Research versus Development: When are R&D Subsidies most Effective?, ifo DICE Report IV/2019 , 16-19.

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The Role of Research Orientation for Attracting Competitive Research Funding

Hottenrott, Hanna (2012), The Role of Research Orientation for Attracting Competitive Research Funding, in: Zoltan Acs and David Audretsch 35-49

Zur Förderung von FuE in der Wirtschaft durch den Staat

Rammer, Christian and Hanna Hottenrott (2006), Zur Förderung von FuE in der Wirtschaft durch den Staat, in: Legler, Harald und Grenzmann, Christoph Materialien -, Vol. 15 Essen, 131-141

Innovationsfinanzierung: Stand, Hindernisse, Perspektiven

Peters, Bettina, Christian Rammer and Hanna Hottenrott (2006), Innovationsfinanzierung: Stand, Hindernisse, Perspektiven, in: KfW Mittelstands- und Strukturpolitik, Vol. 37 Frankfurt am Main, 91-144

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Green Start-Ups and the Role of Founder Personality

Champan, Gary and Hanna Hottenrott (2022), Green Start-Ups and the Role of Founder Personality, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 22-009, Mannheim , published in : Journal of Business Venturing Insights

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What’s Behind Multiple Institutional Affiliations in Academia?

Hottenrott, Hanna and Cornelia Lawson (2021), What’s Behind Multiple Institutional Affiliations in Academia?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-035, Mannheim , published in : Science and Public Policy

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Public Subsidies and the Sources of Venture Capital

Berger, Marius and Hanna Hottenrott (2020), Public Subsidies and the Sources of Venture Capital, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-086, Mannheim , published in : Journal of Business Venturing Insights

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Flying the Nest: How the Home Department Shapes Researchers' Career Paths

Hottenrott, Hanna and Cornelia Lawson (2015), Flying the Nest: How the Home Department Shapes Researchers' Career Paths, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-050, Mannheim , published in : Studies in Higher Education

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Women on the Board and Executive Duration – Evidence for European Listed Firms

Buchwald, Achim and Hanna Hottenrott (2015), Women on the Board and Executive Duration – Evidence for European Listed Firms, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-016, Mannheim , published in : Managerial and Decision Economics

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R&D Partnerships and Innovation Performance: Can There be too Much of a Good Thing?

Hottenrott, Hanna and Cindy Lopes-Bento (2014), R&D Partnerships and Innovation Performance: Can There be too Much of a Good Thing?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-108, Mannheim , published in : Journal of Product Innovation Management

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Direct and Cross-Scheme Effects in a Research and Development Subsidy Program

Hottenrott, Hanna, Cindy Lopes-Bento and Reinhilde Veugelers (2014), Direct and Cross-Scheme Effects in a Research and Development Subsidy Program, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-107, Mannheim , published in : Research Policy

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Patents as Quality Signals? The Implications for Financing Constraints on R&D

Czarnitzki, Dirk, Bronwyn H. Hall and Hanna Hottenrott (2014), Patents as Quality Signals? The Implications for Financing Constraints on R&D, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-023, Mannheim , published in : Economics of Innovation and New Technology

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Policy-Induced Environmental Technology and Inventive Efforts: Is There a Crowding Out?

Hottenrott, Hanna and Sascha Rexhäuser (2013), Policy-Induced Environmental Technology and Inventive Efforts: Is There a Crowding Out?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-115, Mannheim

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Fishing for Complementarities: Competitive Research Funding and Research Productivity

Hottenrott, Hanna and Cornelia Lawson (2013), Fishing for Complementarities: Competitive Research Funding and Research Productivity, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-113, Mannheim , published in : International Journal of Industrial Organization

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(International) R&D Collaboration and SMEs: The Effectiveness of Targeted Public R&D Support Schemes

Hottenrott, Hanna and Cindy Lopes-Bento (2012), (International) R&D Collaboration and SMEs: The Effectiveness of Targeted Public R&D Support Schemes, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-086, Mannheim

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Collaborative R&D as a Strategy to Attenuate Financing Constraints

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Hanna Hottenrott (2012), Collaborative R&D as a Strategy to Attenuate Financing Constraints, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-049, Mannheim

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Research Grants, Sources of Ideas and the Effects on Academic Research

Hottenrott, Hanna and Cornelia Lawson (2012), Research Grants, Sources of Ideas and the Effects on Academic Research, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-048, Mannheim

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Quantity or Quality? Collaboration Strategies in Research and Development and Incentives to Patent

Hottenrott, Hanna and Cindy Lopes-Bento (2012), Quantity or Quality? Collaboration Strategies in Research and Development and Incentives to Patent, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-047, Mannheim , published in : Industrial and Corporate Change

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Green Innovations and Organisational Change: Making Better Use of Environmental Technology

Hottenrott, Hanna, Sascha Rexhäuser and Reinhilde Veugelers (2012), Green Innovations and Organisational Change: Making Better Use of Environmental Technology, CEPR Discussion Paper No. 9055 , London.

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Green Innovations and Organizational Change: Making Better Use of Environmental Technology

Hottenrott, Hanna, Sascha Rexhäuser and Reinhilde Veugelers (2012), Green Innovations and Organizational Change: Making Better Use of Environmental Technology, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 12-043, Mannheim

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The role of research orientation for attracting competitive research funding

Hottenrott, Hanna (2011), The role of research orientation for attracting competitive research funding, FBE Research Report (MSI 1104) , K.U.Leuven.

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Financing constraints for industrial innovation: What do we know?

Czarnitzki, Dirk and Hanna Hottenrott (2010), Financing constraints for industrial innovation: What do we know?, FBE Research Report (MSI 1004) , K.U.Leuven.

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Industry Funding of University Research and Scientific Productivity

Hottenrott, Hanna and Susanne Thorwarth (2010), Industry Funding of University Research and Scientific Productivity, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-105, Mannheim , published in : Kyklos

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Innovative Capability and Financing Constraints for Innovation More Money, More Innovation?

Hottenrott, Hanna and Bettina Peters (2009), Innovative Capability and Financing Constraints for Innovation More Money, More Innovation?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-081, Mannheim , published in : Review of Economics and Statistics

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Industrial Research versus Development Investment: The Implications of Financial Constraints

Czarnitzki, Dirk, Hanna Hottenrott and Susanne Thorwarth (2009), Industrial Research versus Development Investment: The Implications of Financial Constraints, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-049, Mannheim , published in : Cambridge Journal of Economics

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R&D Investment and Financing Constraints of Small and Medium-Sized Firms

Hottenrott, Hanna and Dirk Czarnitzki (2008), R&D Investment and Financing Constraints of Small and Medium-Sized Firms, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-047, Mannheim , published in : Small Business Economics

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Are Local Milieus the Key to Innovation Performance?

Hottenrott, Hanna and Dirk Czarnitzki (2008), Are Local Milieus the Key to Innovation Performance?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-008, Mannheim , published in : Journal of Regional Science

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Financial Constraints: Routine Versus Cutting Edge R&D Investment

Hottenrott, Hanna and Dirk Czarnitzki (2008), Financial Constraints: Routine Versus Cutting Edge R&D Investment, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-005, Mannheim , published in : Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

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