Professor Carolin Haeussler

Professor Carolin Haeussler has held the Chair of Organisation, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship since 2011. She is one of the principal investigators of the DFG Research Training Group and a member of the Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation of the German Federal Government as well as of the scientific advisory board for Innovation Surveys of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW). She has been bringing researchers from all over the world to Passau with the International Centre for Economics and Business Studies. Prior to joining the University of Passau, she worked at the LMU Munich and as guest professor at Stanford University (U.S.).

‘People and organisations are becoming more and more specialised. They come together in teams or co-operative networks to recombine their knowledge and activities. I analyse how actors recombine to create new knowledge, particularly in the area of so-called ‘fluid’ organisations, where people can spontaneously and rapidly come together to work on projects, e.g. using dedicated internet platforms, and equally swiftly go their own ways after the job is done. Today, we are all confronted with the challenges and opportunities posed by blurring boundaries in a myriad of areas. Together with a research-focused, high-calibre team I intend to analyse this topic from a number of academic disciplines and make the resultant opportunities socially usable.’

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Professor Haeussler about the Certificate Programme in Digital Technology and Entrepreneurship

Professor Carolin Haeussler heads the Certificate Programme in Digital Technology and Entrepreneurship at the University of Passau. The programme offers students the unique opportunity to carry out a digital business idea.

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Related research

Professor Carolin Haeussler focuses her research on the intersection of organisation, technology management and entrepreneurship. She is currently engaged in a DFG project, where she analyses how entrepreneurs can affect the innovative capacity of their companies.

More on Professor Carolin Haeussler’s research.

Research Projects of Professor Haeussler

DFG Research Unit 5234/2: Does competition accelerate or hinder scientific progress?

BMBF Project KiWI: Research findings as drivers of innovation

DFG Research Training Group 2720: "Digital Platform Ecosystems (DPE)"

EXIST project PATEC – on the way to a founders' university

Certificate Programmes in Digital Technology and Entrepreneurship

Passau researchers investigate the secret of long-term successful founders

Composition of R&D teams along the life cycle of firms

Research Stories

Received wisdom states that business founders should withdraw from their company once it achieves a certain size. A study conducted by researchers from the University of Passau, from Frankfurt and Heilbronn comes to a different conclusion.

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