Ulrich Kaiser holds the Chair for Entrepreneurship at the University of Zurich, and is affiliated with the Copenhagen Business School as a research professor. He is also a Research Associate at ZEW.
Previous academic positions include a professorship at the University of Southern Denmark at Odense. He held the position of a researcher at the ZEW Research Departments ”Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics” and “Digital Economy”. He spent an academic year at Harvard University during his employment spell at ZEW.
Ulrich Kaiser studied economics at the University of Konstanz and at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His papers were published in journals like Management Science, Journal of Business Economics and Statistics, Journal of Health Economics, Research Policy, Journal of Management Studies and Strategic Management Journal. He is the editor of Information Economics and Policy.
Selected Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
Grimpe, Christoph, Ulrich Kaiser and Wolfgang Sofka (2019), Signalling valuable human capital: Advocacy group work experience and its effect on employee pay in innovative firms, Strategic Management Journal 40 (4), 685-710. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich, Keld Laursen, Hans Christian Kongsted and Ann-Kathrine Ejsing (2018), Experience matters: the role of academic scientist mobility for industrial innovation, Strategic Management Journal 39(7), 1935-1958. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and Johan Kuhn (2016), Worker-level and Firm-level Effects of a Wage Subsidy Program for Highly Educated Labor: Evidence from Denmark, Research Policy 45(9), 1939-1943.
Kaiser, Ulrich, Hans Christian Kongsted and Thomas Rønde (2015), Does the Mobility of R&D Labor Increase Innovation?, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 110, 91–105.
Kaiser, Ulrich and Bettina Müller (2015), Skill Heterogeneity in Startups and its Development over Time, Small Business Economics 45(4), 787-804. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and Ambarish Chandra (2014), Targeted Advertising in Magazine Markets and the Advent of the Internet, Management Science 60(7), 1829-1843.
Kaiser, Ulrich, Susan Méndez, Thomas Rønde and Hannes Ullrich (2014), Regulation of Pharmaceutical Prices: Evidence from a Reference Price Reform in Denmark, Journal of Health Economics 36, 174-187.
Kaiser, Ulrich and Johan Kuhn (2012), Long-Run Effects of Public-Private Research Joint Ventures: The Case of the Danish Innovation Consortia Support Scheme, Research Policy 41(5), 913-927.
Kaiser, Ulrich and Nikolaj Malchow-Møller (2011), Is Self-Employment Always a Bad Experience?, Journal of Business Venturing 26(5), 572-588.
Grimpe, Christoph and Ulrich Kaiser (2010), Balancing Internal and External Knowledge Acquisition: The Gains and Pains of R&D Outsourcing, Journal of Management Studies 47(8), 1483-1509.
Kaiser, Ulrich and Julian Wright (2009), Price structure in two-sided markets: Evidence from the magazine industry, International Journal of Industrial Organization 24(1), 1-28.
Kaiser, Ulrich and M. Song (2009), Do media consumers really dislike advertising? An empirical assessment of the role of advertising in print media markets, International Journal of Industrial Organization 27(2), 292-301.
Kaiser, Ulrich (2009), Patents and Profit Rates, Economics Letters Vol 104, No. 2, 79-80.
Kaiser, Ulrich and Joachim Wagner (2008), Neue Möglichkeiten zur Nutzung vertraulicher amtlicher Personen- und Firmendaten, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 9(3), 329-349.
Kaiser, Ulrich and H. C. Kongsted (2008), True versus spurious state dependence in firm performance: The case of West German exports, Empirical Economics 35, 207-228.
Bertschek, Irene, Helmut Fryges and Ulrich Kaiser (2006), B2B or Not to Be: Does B2B E-Commerce Increase Labour Productivity?, International Journal of the Economics of Business Vol. 13, No. 3, 387-405.
Kaiser, Ulrich (2006), Private R&D and Public R&D subsidies: Microeconometric Evidence from Denmark, Nationaløkonomisk Tidskrift/Danish Journal of Economics 144(1), 1-17.
Kaiser, Ulrich (2006), Magazines and their Companion Websites: Competing Outlet Channels?, Review of Marketing Science 4(3). Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and J. Wright (2006), Price structure in two-sided markets: Evidence from the magazine industry, International Journal of Industrial Organization 24(1), 1-28.
Kaiser, Ulrich (2005), Strategic Complementarities Between Different Types of ICT-expenditures, Problems and Perspectives in Management 3(1), 72-81.
Kaiser, Ulrich (2005), A Microeconometric Note on Product Innovation and Product Innovation Advertising, Economics of Innovation and New Technology 14(7), 573-582.
Nguyen Van, P., François Laisney and Ulrich Kaiser (2004), The performance of German firms in the business-related service sectors : a dynamic analysis, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 22 (3), 274-295.
Bertschek, Irene and Ulrich Kaiser (2004), Productivity Effects of Organizational Change: Microeconometric Evidence, Management Science Vol.50, No.3, 394-404. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and J. Henkel (2003), The Impact of Skill Structure, Training and Firm Size on Firms’ IT-Ousourcing Activities, Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft 4/2003, 137-163.
Kaiser, Ulrich (2002), An Empirical Test of Models Explaining Research Expenditures and Research Cooperation, International Journal of Industrial Organization 20(6), 747-774.
Kaiser, Ulrich (2002), R&D with Spillovers and Endogenous Absorptive Capacity, Journal of Institutional and theoretical Economics 158(2), 286-303.
Kaiser, Ulrich (2002), Measuring Knowledge Spillovers in Manufacturing and Services: An Empirical Assessment of Alternative Approaches, Research Policy 31(1), 129-149.
Kaiser, Ulrich (2001), The Impact of Foreign Competition and New Technologies on the Demand for Heterogeneous Labor: Empirical Evidence from the German Business-Related Services Sector, Review of Industrial Organization 19(1), 109-120.
Kaiser, Ulrich and Friedhelm Pfeiffer (2001), Collective Wage Agreements and Firms' Employment Policies, LABOUR: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations 10 (3), 319-341.
Kaiser, Ulrich (2001), The Impact of New Technologies on the Demand for Heterogenous Labor: Empirical Evidence from the German Business-Related Services Sector, Review of Industrial Organization 19 (1), 109-120.
Kaiser, Ulrich (2000), New Technologies and the Demand for Heterogeneous Labor: Firm-level Evidence for German Business-related Services, Economics of Innovation and New Technology 9(5), 465-484.
Kaiser, Ulrich and Katrin Schmelting (2000), On the lead/lag-relationship between manufacturing and servics in the business cycle, ifo-studies 2/2000, 161-176.
Kaiser, Ulrich (2000), A Note on the Calculation of Firm-Specific and Skill-Specific Labor Cost from Firm-Level Data, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik//Journal of Economics and Statistics 220/5, 541-551.
Kaiser, Ulrich (1998), Die Wirkung wirtschaftspolitischer Ereignisse auf Erwartungen über den Starttermin der Europäischen Währungsunion, ifo-studies 2/1998, 103-120.
Articles in Non-Refereed Journals
Kaiser, Ulrich and Claudia Stirböck (1999), The Impact of the Introduction of the Euro on firms expectations concerning export behavior, product innovation and foreign competition, intereconomics 34(3), 107-115.
Kaiser, Ulrich (1999), Die ZEW/Creditreform Konjunkturumfrage bei unternehmensnahen Dienstleistern, Allgemeines Statistisches Archiv (Rundschau) 83,, 447-451.
Monographs, Contributions to Edited Volumes
Kaiser, Ulrich (2002), Innovation, Employment, and Firm Performance in the German Service Sector, Vol. 16, Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg/New York.
Kaiser, Ulrich and Andrea Szczesny (2002), Logit- und Probit-Modelle für Kreditrisiken, in: Michael Schroeder 1, Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag, Stuttgart,.
Bertschek, Irene and Ulrich Kaiser (2002), IKT-Einsatz, Arbeitsplatzorganisation und Produktivität: Empirische Evidenz für unternehmensnahe Dienstleister, in: Lutz Bellmann, Arnd Kölling Beiträge zur Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Vol. 257 Nürnberg, 85-97.
Bertschek, Irene and Ulrich Kaiser (2001), Produktivitätseffekte organisatorischer Veränderungen, in: U. Backes-Gellner, M. Kräkel, J. Sadowski, J. Mure Beiträge zum 4. Köln-Bonner Kolloquium zur Personalökonomie, Hampp Verlag, München Mering, 73 - 85.
Kaiser, Ulrich and Andrea Szczesny (2001), Einfache ökonometrische Modelle für die Kreditrisikomessung, in: Andrea Szczesny Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden,.
Kaiser, Ulrich and Andrea Szczesny (2000), Mikroökonomische Verfahren zur Messung von Kreditrisiken, in: Szczesny, A. Nomos, Baden-Baden,.
Kaiser, Ulrich and Friedhelm Pfeiffer (2000), Tarifverträge und Beschäftigungspolitik in Dienstleistungsunternehmen, in: Uschi Backes-Gellner, Matthias Kräkel, Bernd Schauenberger und Günter Steiner Rainer Hampp-Verlag, Düsseldorf, 233-256.
Discussion and Working Papers
Kaiser, Ulrich and Johan M. Kuhn (2020), The Value of Publicly Available, Textual and Non-textual Information For Startup Performance Prediction, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 20-012, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and Susan J. Mendez (2015), How Do Drug Prices Respond to a Change from External to Internal Reference Pricing? Evidence from a Danish Regulatory Reform, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 15-004, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich, Hans Christian Kongsted and Thomas Roende (2014), Does the Mobility of R&D Labor Increase Innovation?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 14-115, Mannheim, published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and Bettina Müller (2013), Team Heterogeneity in Startups and its Development over Time, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 13-058, Mannheim. Download
Chandra , Ambarish and Ulrich Kaiser (2010), Targeted Advertising in Magazine Markets, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-063, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich, Susan J. Mendez and Thomas Roende (2010), Regulation of Pharmaceutical Prices: Evidence from a Reference Price Reform in Denmark, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-062, Mannheim, published in: Journal of Health Economics. Download
Grimpe, Christoph and Ulrich Kaiser (2008), Gains and Pains from Contract Research: A Transaction and Firm-level Perspective, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-002, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and Joachim Wagner (2007), Neue Möglichkeiten zur Nutzung vertraulicher amtlicher Personen- und Firmendaten, Working Paper Series in Economics, University of Lüneburg 48, Lüneburg.
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
Kaiser, Ulrich (2005), Is a Newspaper's Companion Website a Competing Outlet Channel for the Print Version?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-78, Mannheim. Download
Dewenter, Ralf and Ulrich Kaiser (2005), Anmerkungen zur ökonomischen Bewertung von Fusionen auf dem Printmedienmarkt, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-92, Mannheim, published in: Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich, Georg Licht, Thomas Rønde and Cédric Schneider (2005), Patenting Activity in Denmark, CEBR 2005-09, Copenhagen, dk.
Kaiser, Ulrich, Georg Licht, Thomas Rønde and Cédric Schneider (2005), Patenting Activity in Denmark, CEBR DP 2005-09, Copenhagen, dk.
Kaiser, Ulrich and Hans Christian Kongsted (2005), Do Magazines’ “Companion Websites” Cannibalize the Demand for the Print Version?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 05-49, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and Christian Kongsted (2004), True Versus Spurious State Dependence in Firm Performance: The Case of West German Exports, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-81, Mannheim, published in: Empirical Economics. Download
Bertschek, Irene, Helmut Fryges and Ulrich Kaiser (2004), B2B or Not to Be: Does B2B E-Commerce Increase Labour Productivity?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-45, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and Julian Wright (2004), Price Structure in Two-sided Markets: Evidence from the Magazine Industry?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-80, Mannheim, published in: International Journal of Industrial Organization 24(1), 1-28. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich (2003), Strategic Complementarities Between Different Types of ICT–expenditures, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 03-46, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and A. Szczesny (2003), Einfache ökonometrische Verfahren für die Kreditrisikomessung: Logit- und Probitmodelle, forthcoming in: Zeitschrift fuer betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung.
Kaiser, Ulrich (2002), Optimal Cover Prices and the Effects of Website Provision on Advertising and Magazine Demand, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-54, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and Joachim Henkel (2002), Fremdvergabe von IT-Dienstleistungen aus, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-11, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich (2002), A Note on Pricing and Efficiency in Print Media Industries, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 02-33, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich (2001), A Simple Game-theoretic Framework for studying R&D expenditures and R&D Cooperation, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-22, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich (2001), The Effects of Website Provision on the Demand for German Women’s Magazines, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-69, Mannheim, published in: <a href="http://www.bepress.com/romsjournal/">Review of Marketing Science </a>. Download
Bertschek, Irene and Ulrich Kaiser (2001), Productivity Effects of Organizational Change: Microeconometric Evidence, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-32, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich (2001), Differences in Response Patterns in a Mixed Mode - Online/Paper & Pencil Business Survey, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-50, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich (2001), Moving In and Out of Financial Distress: Evidence for Newly Founded Service Sector Firms, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-09, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich (2001), Product Innovation and Product Innovation Marketing: Theory and Microeconometric Evidence, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 01-31, Mannheim, published in: Management Science. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich (2001), The Effects of Website Provision on the Demand for German Women's Magazines, NBER Working Paper 8806, Cambridge (Mass.).
Kaiser, Ulrich (2000), A Note on the Calculation of Firm-specific and Skill-specific Labor Costs from Firm-Ievel Data, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-08, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich (2000), Research Cooperation and Research Expenditures, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-25, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and Friedhelm Pfeiffer (2000), Collective Wage Agreements and Adjustments in German Services Firms, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-33, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and Friedhelm Pfeiffer (2000), Tarifverträge und Beschäftigungspolitik in Dienstleistungsunternehmen, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-34, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and Alexandra Spitz-Oener (2000), Quantification of Qualitative Data Using Ordered Probit Models with an Application to a Business Survey in the German Service Sector, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-58, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and A. Szczesny (2000), Einfache ökonometrische Verfahren für die Kreditrisikomessung: Verweildauermodelle, University of Frankfurt Working Paper Series Finance & Accounting No.61, Frankfurt.
Kaiser, Ulrich and W. Pohlmeier (2000), Efficient Bargaining in the Service Sector, Center for Finance and Econometrics discussion paper 00-24, Konstanz.
Kaiser, Ulrich, François Laisney and P. Nguyen van (2000), The Performance of German Firms in the Business-Related Service Sectors, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-32, Mannheim, published in: Journal of Business & Economic Statistics. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich, Markus Kreuter and Hiltrud Niggemann (2000), The ZEW/Creditreform Business Survey in the Business-related Services Sektor: Sampling Frame, Stratification, Expansion and Results, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 00-22, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich (1999), New technologies and the demand for heterogeneous labor: Firm-level evidence for the German business-related services sector, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-07, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich (1999), Measuring Knowledge Spillovers in Manufacturing and Services: An Empirical Assessment of Alternative Approaches, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-62, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and Katrin Schmelting (1999), Do Business-related Services Really Lag Behind Manufacturing Industries in the Business Cycle?, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 99-34, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and Herbert Buscher (1999), The service Sentiment Indicator-A business Climate Indicator for the German business-related services sector, Center of Finance and Econometrics discussion paper 99/06.
Kaiser, Ulrich and Georg Licht (1998), R&D cooperation and R&D intensity: Theory and Micro-Econometric Evidence for Germany, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 98-32, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich and Herbert Buscher (1998), Der Service Sentiment Indicator - ein Konjunkturklimaindikator für den Wirtschaftszweig unternehmensnahe Dienstleistungen, ZEW-Dokumentation No. 98-04, Mannheim. Download
Kaiser, Ulrich (1997), The determinates of BUND-future price changes: An ordered probit anlysis using DTB and LIFE-data, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 97-09, Mannheim. Download
Research Reports
- ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen
- ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen
- ZEW-Wachstums- und Konjunkturanalysen
Projects
Finished Projects
- Project Duration 01.04.2003 - 31.12.2006Structural Modelling and Analysis of Strategic Competition and Mergers in Heterogenous-Product Markets
- Project Duration 01.01.1998 - 31.12.2000Evaluation of the Liquidity and Bankruptcy Risks of Recently Established Companies
- Project Duration 01.04.1996 - 28.02.2002Technical progress, qualification and labor demand
- Project Duration 01.04.1995 - 30.04.2000New Quantitative Methods in Insolvency and Credit Risk Analysis
- Project Duration 01.01.1995 - 31.12.1998Human Capital, Qualification Structure and Labour Market Effects in the Structural and Demographic Change
Events
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Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics
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Research Associate
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