Selected Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
Cappelli, Riccardo , Dirk Czarnitzki, Thorsten Doherr and Fabio Montobbio (2019), Inventor Mobility and Productivity in Italian Regions, Regional Studies 53 (1), 43-54. Download
Czarnitzki, Dirk, Thorsten Doherr, Katrin Hussinger, Paula Schliessler and Andrew Toole (2016), Knowledge Creates Markets: The Influence of Entrepreneurial Support and Patent Rights on Academic Entrepreneurship, European Economic Review 86, 131-146.
Monographs, Contributions to Edited Volumes
Bergé, Laurent, Thorsten Doherr and Katrin Hussinger (2017), Software Patents and Scientific Publications, in: Atlanta,.
Schmidt, Tobias, Birgit Aschhoff, Thorsten Doherr, Sandra Gottschalk, Heide Löhlein, Bettina Peters and Christian Rammer (2005), Das Mannheimer Innovationspanel (MIP): Innovationsaktivitäten der deutschen Wirtschaft, in: Ingo Ellendörfer und Ulrich Fahl Mensch&Buch, Berlin, 31-39.
Rammer, Christian, Bettina Peters, Tobias Schmidt, Birgit Aschhoff, Thorsten Doherr and Hiltrud Niggemann (2005), Innovationen in Deutschland, Vol. 78, Nomos, Baden-Baden.
Discussion and Working Papers
Doherr, Thorsten (2021), Disambiguation by Namesake Risk Assessment, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 21-021, Mannheim. Download
Doherr, Thorsten (2017), Inventor Mobility Index: A Method to Disambiguate Inventor Careers, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 17-018, Mannheim. Download
Czarnitzki, Dirk, Thorsten Doherr, Katrin Hussinger, Paula Schliessler and Andrew Toole (2016), Knowledge Creates Markets: The Influence of Entrepreneurial Support and Patent Rights on Academic Entrepreneurship, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 16-036, Mannheim, published in: European Economic Review. Download
Czarnitzki, Dirk, Thorsten Doherr, Katrin Hussinger, Paula Schliessler and Andrew Toole (2015), Individual Versus Institutional Ownership of University-Discovered Inventions, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-007, Mannheim. Download
Aschhoff, Birgit, Dirk Crass, Thorsten Doherr, Martin Hud, Paul Hünermund, Younes Iferd, Christian Köhler, Bettina Peters, Christian Rammer, Torben Schubert and Franz Schwiebacher (2014), Dokumentation zur Innovationserhebung 2013, ZEW-Dokumentation No. 14-01, Mannheim. Download
Aschhoff, Birgit, Thorsten Doherr, Bernd Ebersberger, Bettina Peters, Christian Rammer and Tobias Schmidt (2006), Innovation in Germany. Results of the German Innovation Survey 2005, Mannheim. Download
Czarnitzki, Dirk, Thorsten Doherr, Andreas Fier, Georg Licht and Christian Rammer (2003), Öffentliche Förderung der Innovationsaktivitäten von Unternehmen in Deutschland, Studien zum deutschen Innovationssystem, 17-03, Mannheim. Download
Czarnitzki, Dirk and Thorsten Doherr (2002), Genetic Algorithms: A Tool for Optimization in Econometrics – Basic Concept and an Example for Empirical Applications, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-41, Mannheim. Download
Expertises
Frietsch, Rainer, Denilton Darold, Maria Karaulova, Sonia Gruber, Peter Neuhäusler, Christian Rammer, Thorsten Doherr, Julian Oliver Dörr and Sandra Gottschalk (2021), Spin-Offs from Public Research Organisations in Germany: A Comprehensive Analysis based on Bibliometric, Patent, Website and Company Register Data, Leibniz-Gemeinschaft, Karlsruhe and Mannheim. Download
Heinemann, Friedrich, Albrecht Bohne, Patrick Breithaupt, Thorsten Doherr, Georg Licht, Thomas Niebel and Michael Thöne (2021), Studie zur Einführung einer Zukunftsquote, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Mannheim. Download
Berger, Marius, Josefine Diekhof, Thorsten Doherr, Jürgen Egeln, Sandra Gottschalk, Martin Hud, Mila Köhler, Christian Rammer, Henning Kroll, Peter Neuhäusler, Patricia Helmich, Jan-Philipp Kramer, Friedemann Koll, Adriana Cruz, Janosch Nellen, Moritz Schrapers and Caroline Winkelmann (2019), Analysen zum Innovationsstandort Sachsen. Kurzfassung, Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr, Mannheim. Download
Berger, Marius, Josefine Diekhof, Thorsten Doherr, Jürgen Egeln, Sandra Gottschalk, Martin Hud, Mila Köhler, Christian Rammer, Henning Kroll, Peter Neuhäusler, Patricia Helmich, Jan-Philipp Kramer, Friedemann Koll, Adriana Cruz, Janosch Nellen, Moritz Schrapers and Caroline Winkelmann (2019), Analysen zum Innovationsstandort Sachsen, Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Verkehr, Mannheim. Download
Rammer, Christian, Marius Berger, Thorsten Doherr, Martin Hud, Paul Hünermund, Younes Iferd, Bettina Peters and Torben Schubert (2017), Innovationsverhalten der deutschen Wirtschaft - Indikatorenbericht zur Innovationserhebung 2016, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Mannheim. Download
Rammer, Christian, Dirk Crass, Thorsten Doherr, Martin Hud, Paul Hünermund, Younes Iferd, Christian Köhler, Bettina Peters and Torben Schubert (2016), Innovationsverhalten der deutschen Wirtschaft - Indikatorenbericht zur Innovationserhebung 2015, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Mannheim. Download
Rammer, Christian, Dirk Crass, Thorsten Doherr, Martin Hud, Paul Hünermund, Younes Iferd, Christian Köhler, Bettina Peters, Torben Schubert and Franz Schwiebacher (2015), Innovationsverhalten der deutschen Wirtschaft - Indikatorenbericht zur Innovationserhebung 2014, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Mannheim. Download
Rammer, Christian, Birgit Aschhoff, Dirk Crass, Thorsten Doherr, Martin Hud, Christian Köhler, Bettina Peters, Torben Schubert and Franz Schwiebacher (2014), Innovationsverhalten der deutschen Wirtschaft - Indikatorenbericht zur Innovationserhebung 2013, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Mannheim. Download
Rammer, Christian, Birgit Aschhoff, Dirk Crass, Thorsten Doherr, Martin Hud, Christian Köhler, Bettina Peters, Torben Schubert and Franz Schwiebacher (2013), Innovationsverhalten der deutschen Wirtschaft. Indikatorenbericht zur Innovationserhebung 2012, Budesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Mannheim. Download
Rammer, Christian, Birgit Aschhoff, Dirk Crass, Thorsten Doherr, Martin Hud, Christian Köhler, Bettina Peters, Torben Schubert and Franz Schwiebacher (2012), Innovationsverhalten der deutschen Wirtschaft. Indikatorenbericht zur Innovationserhebung 2011, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Mannheim. Download
Czarnitzki, Dirk, Cindy Lopes-Bento and Thorsten Doherr (2011), Counterfactual Impact Evaluation of Cohesion Policy. Examples from Support to Innovation and Research, European Commission, DG Regional Policy, Leuven. Download
Rammer, Christian, Birgit Aschhoff, Dirk Crass, Thorsten Doherr, Christian Köhler, Bettina Peters, Torben Schubert and Franz Schwiebacher (2011), Innovationsverhalten der Deutschen Wirtschaft. Indikatorenbericht zur Innovationserhebung 2010, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Mannheim. Download
Rammer, Christian, Birgit Aschhoff, Thorsten Doherr, Christian Köhler, Bettina Peters, Torben Schubert and Franz Schwiebacher (2010), Innovationsverhalten der Deutschen Wirtschaft. Indikatorenbericht zur Innovationserhebung 2009, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Mannheim. Download
Grimpe, Christoph, Katrin Cremers, Thomas Eckert, Thorsten Doherr, Georg Licht and Mark O. Sellenthin (2009), Studie zur Beteiligung am 6. Forschungsrahmenprogramm der Europäischen Union, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Mannheim. Download
Aschhoff, Birgit, Thorsten Doherr, Christian Köhler, Bettina Peters, Christian Rammer, Torben Schubert and Franz Schwiebacher (2009), Innovationsverhalten der deutschen Wirtschaft. Indikatorenbericht zur Innovationserhebung 2008, Mannheim. Download
Aschhoff, Birgit, Thorsten Doherr, Christian Köhler, Bettina Peters, Christian Rammer, Torben Schubert and Franz Schwiebacher (2008), Innovation in Germany. Results of the German Innovation Survey 2007, Mannheim . Download
Aschhoff, Birgit, Thorsten Doherr, Christian Köhler, Bettina Peters, Christian Rammer, Torben Schubert and Franz Schwiebacher (2008), Innovationsverhalten der deutschen Wirtschaft. Indikatorenbericht zur Innovationserhebung 2007, Mannheim. Download
Aschhoff, Birgit, Thorsten Doherr, Heide Löhlein, Bettina Peters, Christian Rammer, Tobias Schmidt, Torben Schubert and Franz Schwiebacher (2007), Innovationsverhalten der deutschen Wirtschaft. Indikatorenbericht zur Innovationserhebung 2006, Mannheim. Download
Aschhoff, Birgit, Thorsten Doherr, Bernd Ebersberger, Bettina Peters, Christian Rammer and Tobias Schmidt (2006), Innovationsverhalten der deutschen Wirtschaft. Indikatorenbericht zur Innovationserhebung 2005, Mannheim. Download
Rammer, Christian, Birgit Aschhoff, Thorsten Doherr, Bettina Peters and Tobias Schmidt (2005), Innovationsverhalten der deutschen Wirtschaft. Indikatorenbericht zur Innovationserhebung 2004, Mannheim. Download
Rammer, Christian, Bettina Peters, Tobias Schmidt and Thorsten Doherr (2004), Innovationsverhalten der deutschen Wirtschaft - Indikatorenbericht zur Innovationserhebung 2003, Mannheim. Download
Research Reports
- ZEW-Innovationserhebung
- ZEW-Innovationserhebung
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Projects
Current Projects
- Project Duration 01.06.2022 - 31.05.2024Monitoring of the Participating of Small and Medium-Sized Companies (SMEs) within the Federal Direct R&D Project Funding (DPF) - Classification of Firms
- Project Duration 01.12.2021 - 30.09.2026BERD@NFDI for Business, Economic and Related Data
- Project Duration 01.11.2021 - 31.10.2023Geo-coded Innovation Data for a Small-scale Spatial Analysis of the Innovation Performance of Regions
- Project Duration 01.07.2021 - 30.06.2024The Effect of Innovation Policy on China’s Competitiveness and the Reaction of Firms in Germany
- Project Duration 01.07.2020 - 31.12.2022Linkage Between the Identifiers of the Mannheim Enterprise Panel and Establishment Data of the German Federal Agency of Labor
- Project Duration 01.10.2019 - 30.06.2022Networks of Innovative Firms (NETINU)
- Project Duration 01.07.2019 - 30.06.2022Business and Economic Research Data Center (BERD-Center)
- Project Duration 01.03.2016 - 31.12.2022Firm Dynamics and the Career Opportunities of Founders and Employees in New Ventures
- Project Duration 01.03.1995 - 30.11.2025Mannheim Innovation Panel: Innovation Activities of Enterprises in Germany
Finished Projects
- Project Duration 01.05.2021 - 31.07.2021Study to Design a Future Share of Public Spending
- Project Duration 01.10.2020 - 31.07.2021Innovation Challenges in the Metropolitan Region Rhine-Neckar
- Project Duration 01.01.2020 - 31.08.2021The Role of Spinoffs from Public Research for Start-up Activities in Germany
- Project Duration 01.11.2019 - 30.06.2020Evaluation of the KfW Programme "ERP Digitalisation and Innovation Loan"
- Project Duration 15.10.2018 - 31.12.2019Restructuring and Extension of a Sample of the 2018 KfW Business Survey Panel
- Project Duration 01.06.2018 - 15.02.2019Analyses on the Saxon Innovation System
- Project Duration 01.06.2018 - 31.12.2020Motives to Publish: Patterns, Strategies, and Motives for Scientific Publishing by Firms
- Project Duration 01.01.2018 - 31.12.2020Data Processing for the Evaluation of the Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM)
- Project Duration 01.05.2017 - 31.12.2018Identification and Analysis of the Effect of Founding Angels on Start-ups
- Project Duration 01.03.2017 - 28.02.2018Transfer of Research Results and Knowledge in the Context of European R&I Policies
- Project Duration 17.10.2016 - 31.12.2017Restructuring and Extension of a Sample of the 2016 KfW Business Survey Panel
- Project Duration 01.09.2016 - 31.08.2019InnovationStudio Leibniz: Development of Innovation Capabilities of Research Organisations and Integration of SMEs in Research Projects (Science4KMU)
- Project Duration 01.11.2015 - 30.04.2016Evaluation of the BMWi Funding Program "INVEST – Grant for Venture Capital"
- Project Duration 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2015Mapping the Regional Embeddedness of the FP7 NMP Programme
- Project Duration 15.10.2014 - 31.12.2015Restructuring and Extension of a Sample of the 2014 KfW Business Survey Panel
- Project Duration 01.10.2014 - 31.03.2017Practices and Effects of Insolvency Procedures – An Empirical Analysis of the Economic Impacts of the Insolvency Reforms in Germany
- Project Duration 01.04.2014 - 28.02.2016SEEK Project 2014: Credit Supply of Banks and SME Financing in the Crisis – Unveiling the Real Economic Effect
- Project Duration 01.07.2013 - 31.12.2015The Contribution of Employees for the Performance and Innovativeness of Young Firms
- Project Duration 01.04.2013 - 31.10.2014SEEK-Project 2013: Patent Rights and Researcher Incentives for Knowledge Production, Disclosure and Commercialization: Evidence from a natural Experiment in Germany
- Project Duration 01.01.2013 - 31.12.2013The Importance of SMEs for Radical Innovation in Europe
- Project Duration 01.11.2012 - 31.12.2013Restructuring and Extension of a Sample of the KfW Business Survey Panel 2012
- Project Duration 01.07.2012 - 30.09.2012Financing of Young Firms by External Private Equity in Germany
- Project Duration 01.04.2012 - 31.12.2013SEEK-Project 2012: Does the German Government Distribute Direct R&D Subsidies Efficiently?
- Project Duration 01.08.2011 - 30.11.2011High-Tech Start-Ups in Germany 2011
- Project Duration 01.08.2011 - 30.11.2012Patent – Firm Panel. Infrastructure Panel containing Patent and Trademark Strategies of German Companies
- Project Duration 01.07.2011 - 31.03.2013The Relationship between Employees, Entry Strategies, and Innovation Performance in Newly Established Firms
- Project Duration 01.06.2011 - 31.10.2011The Economic Importance of Family Enterprises 2011
- Project Duration 01.05.2011 - 29.02.2012Status and Dynamics of the German University Research
- Project Duration 01.04.2011 - 29.02.2012Conditions and Barriers for Growth of Young Enterprises
- Project Duration 01.06.2010 - 31.01.2011High-Tech Start-ups in Germany 2010
- Project Duration 01.04.2010 - 15.12.2011Modernization of the Concentration Reporting
- Project Duration 15.07.2009 - 31.12.2021Monitoring of the Subsidisation Rate of Small and Medium-Sized Companies within the Federal Direct R&D Project Funding (DPF)
- Project Duration 01.05.2009 - 30.11.2009Unternehmensgründungen in Hochtechnologiebranchen in Deutschland 2009
- Project Duration 01.04.2009 - 30.11.2009The Economic Importance of Family Enterprises
- Project Duration 01.03.2009 - 31.03.2011Vertical Integration and Competition in the German Household Electricity Market
- Project Duration 01.10.2008 - 30.04.2013Employment in High-Tech Start-Ups: Analyses based on a new Link-Employer-Employee-Data Set
- Project Duration 15.07.2008 - 31.12.2011Monitoring and Evaluation of "KMU-innovativ" within the Hightech-Strategy
- Project Duration 01.05.2008 - 31.12.2013KfW/ZEW Start-up Panel
- Project Duration 01.03.2008 - 31.12.2012A Forward Projection of Entrepreneurship and Firm Dynamics in Germany on the Basis of a Microsimulation Model for Firm Data
- Project Duration 15.02.2008 - 31.07.2008High-Tech Start-ups in Germany 2008
- Project Duration 01.12.2007 - 31.10.2008Evaluation of Germany’s participation in the 6th Framework Programme
- Project Duration 01.10.2007 - 30.06.2009The Impact of Mergers on Innovation in the Relevant Market
- Project Duration 01.07.2007 - 31.08.2009De-Merger Management and Innovative Capabilities
- Project Duration 01.04.2007 - 28.02.2009Social benefits of R&D activities in Germany – an overview and new empirical results
- Project Duration 01.03.2007 - 31.05.2008ZEW High-Tech Start-up Panel
- Project Duration 01.02.2007 - 30.09.2007High-Tech Start-Ups and Business Angels
- Project Duration 15.11.2006 - 31.05.2007High-Tech Start-ups in Germany
- Project Duration 01.01.2006 - 30.06.2006High-Tech Start-ups in Germany
- Project Duration 01.09.2005 - 31.12.2006Consequences of Failed Self-Employment
- Project Duration 01.09.2005 - 30.09.2006Internationalisation of German Science and Research
- Project Duration 01.01.2005 - 31.03.2009FAZIT Research Project for Current and Future-Oriented IT and Media Technologies and their Use in Baden-Württemberg
- Project Duration 01.10.2004 - 30.09.2005VC and Firm Foundations - Assessment after the End of the DOT.COM Boom
- Project Duration 01.01.2004 - 31.01.2005Impact Analysis of Subsidies for Manufacturing Technology
- Project Duration 01.01.2004 - 28.02.2007Human Capital, Patenting Activity and Technology Spillovers
- Project Duration 01.09.2003 - 31.10.2004On the Situation of Medical Technology in Germany: An Internationional Comparison
- Project Duration 01.06.2003 - 31.01.2004Disclosure of Official Business Survey Data
- Project Duration 01.11.2001 - 31.07.2002Public Promotion of Innovation Activities by Firms in Germany
- Project Duration 01.11.2001 - 31.07.2003Possible applications of new quantitative methods for impact analyses of public research subsidies
- Project Duration 01.06.2001 - 31.12.2006Rising R&D Productivity or Increasing Propensity to Patent - What is Behind the Surge in Patent Applications in the 1990s
- Project Duration 01.06.2001 - 30.06.2006Analyses of Direct Project Funding to Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
- Project Duration 01.10.2000 - 31.05.2005The Development of Young Firms
- Project Duration 01.01.1999 - 31.12.2000Quantitative Methods for the Development of Systematic Decision Bases for International Corporate Strategies
- Project Duration 01.04.1997 - 31.03.1999Locational Conditions and Development of Young, Innovative Companies
- Project Duration 01.01.1997 - 31.12.1998Patent Database Structure in Conjunction with Creditreform Data and Investigation of Firms' Patenting Strategies
Events
Expert Seminars
More Information
Research Stays
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03.2018
Maastricht University, Netherlands
Organisation and Strategy, School of Business and Economics -
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11.2015
Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Department of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation -
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05.2015
University of Bologna, Italy
Department of Management
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03.2018
Maastricht University, Netherlands
Lectures
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2017:
Researcher Career Disambiguation and Empirical Applications,
Klausurtagung Forschungsbereich IOEK,
Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Deutschland -
2017:
Disambiguation by Namesake Risk Assessment,
Web of Science data workshop at EPFL,
Lausanne, Schweiz -
2015:
Kontrafaktische Auswirkungsevaluierung von Kohäsionsförderung auf Firmenebene,
Greater Region PhD Workshop on Entrepreneurship & Innovation,
Luxembourg, Luxemburg -
2015:
Counterfactual Impact Evaluation of Cohesion Policy,
CISS - Competition and Innovation Summer School,
Turunc/Marmaris, Türkei -
2015:
The SearchEngine,
Inventor Matching Workshop, Statistics Finland,
Helsinki, Finnland -
2014:
IT-based Data Mining Tools for Large Scale Empirical Research in Economics,
IOEK-Klausurtagung,
Mosbach-Neckarelz, Deutschland -
2014:
Counterfactual Impact Evaluation of Cohesion Policy,
CISS – Competition and Innovation Summer School,
Turunc/Marmaris, Türkei
more information -
2014:
Counterfactual Impact Evaluation of Cohesion Policy at the Firm Level,
Joint PhD Workshop,
Turin, Italien -
2011:
The Inventor Mobility Index,
Workshop on “Disambiguation of inventors' Names and Addresses from Patent Data”,
Mailand, Italien
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2017:
Researcher Career Disambiguation and Empirical Applications,

Function
Researcher
Doctoral degree/habilitation
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Doctoral degree/PhD
(6.2018),
University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg,
Thesis title: Disambiguation of Researcher Careers: Shifting the Perspective from Documents to Authors