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Topic list for final theses
On this page you will find suggested topics by the Research Group of Technology and Innovation Management for bachelor and master theses, subdivided into topic areas. If you want to write your thesis on a topic of your own choice or in a subject area not listed below, you are welcome to send us an unsolicited application (including an exposé on the proposed topic). The content of the application can be based on the topics covered in a lecture and the current research projects of the research group.
A. Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation
A3: Corporate Venture Modes: A Literature Review of Existing Corporate Venture Typologies and their Efficiency with Regard to Knowledge Transfer
Master
A4: Corporate Venturing Activities as a Source of External Knowledge: Analysis of Start-Up/Corporate Relationship and Knowledge Transfer Mechanisms
Master
A5: Corporate Venture Program Design: Analyzing the Rationale of Corporate Venture Design Across Different Industries
Master
A6: National Culture and Radical Innovation: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Organizational Behavior
Bachelor/Master (prefered)
B. Management and Economics of Intellectual Property
B2: "Brand and Patenting Strategies of Firms: Are trademarks and patents substitute or complementary instruments to protect intellectual property? An empirical investigation of thebrand and patent portfolios of firms in high-tech industries"
Literature recommendations:
Esch, F.-R. (2018): Strategie und Technik der Markenführung, 9. Vollständig überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage, Verlag Franz Vahlen, München.
Grazzi, M./Piccardo, C./Vergari, C. (2020): Concordance and complementarity in IP instruments, in: Industry and Innovation, Vol. 27, No. 7, pp. 756-788, DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2020.1726728.
Llerena, P./Millot, V. (2020): Are two better than one? Modelling the complementarity between patents and trademarks across industries, in: Industry and Innovation, Vol 27, No. 1-2, pp. 52-79, DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2019.1688137.
Thoma, G. (2020): The valuation of patent-trademark pairing as IP strategy: evidence from the USPTO, in: Industry and Innovation, Vol. 27, No. 1-2, pp. 80-104, DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2019.1633281.
B3: A Patent Landscape Analysis in the Field of Agricultural Biotechnology
Bachelor/Master
Literature recommendations:
Burr, W./Stephan, M. et al. (2007): Patentmanagement, Schaeffer-Poeschel Verlag, Stuttgart 2008.
Trippe, A. (2015): Guidelines for Preparing Patent Landscape Reports, WIPO Publication No. 946E. Geneva, World Intellectual Property Office.
B5: A Case Study on Patents on Beer: A Multi-Stakeholder Perspective
Master
Literature recommendations:
Burr, W./Stephan, M. et al. (2007): Patentmanagement, Schaeffer-Poeschel Verlag, Stuttgart.
Stephan, M./Dietrich, A. (2020): IP Protection in Biotech, Chapter 8, IPM-Lecture WS 2019/20.
C. Innovation Culture and Entrepreneurship
C2: The Micro-Geography of Corporate Accelerator Programs: Facilitating Explorative Learning?
Bachelor/Master
Literature recommendations: On request
C3: Sports and the Entrepreneurial Cognition: An experimental approach on the influence of sport on the entrepreneurail process
Master
Literature recommendations: On request
D. Service and Business Model Innovation
No topics offered at the moment
E. Industry and Company Specific Studies on Innovation Management
E1: Organizing for Open Innovation
Bachelor/ Master
a) A Comparative Analysis of the Telefonica and Telekom Case Studies
b) A Comparative Analysis of the Bayer and Merck Case StudiesLiterature recommendations: On request
E2: Examining the Link between Market Structure and Innovation: An Analysis Based on the Corporate Landscape in the Seed Industry
Master/ Bachelor
Literature recommendation:
OECD (2018): Concentration in Seed Markets: Potential Effects and Policy Responses, OECD Publishing, Paris.