Department of Strategy and Innovation

uksi

Department of Strategy and Innovation

Ulrich
Kaiser
Professor


E-mail: uk.si@cbs.dk
Presentation

I hold a chaired professorship in Entrepreneurship at the University of Zurich and a ten percent professorship at Copenhagen Business School, Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics. I previously held positions at the University of Southern Denmark at Odense and the Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim (ZEW). My academic degrees Diplom-Volkswirt (Master of Science in Economics) and Dr. rer. pol. (Ph.D.) are both from the University of Konstanz. I am additionally affiliated with ZEW and the Centre for Industrial Economics at the University of Copenhagen. I conduct empirical research in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Business Strategy.

Primary research areas
  • Innovation
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Labor mobility
  • Business strategy
  • Applied microeconometrics
Links

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www.cbs.dk/en/staff/uksi
Selected publications
  • Kaiser, U., K. Laursen, HC Kongsted  and AK Ejsing (forthcoming), “Experience matters: the role of academic scientist mobility for industrial innovation", Strategic Management Journal.
  • Kaiser, U., HC Kongsted and T. Rønde (2015),  “Does the Mobility of R&D Labor Increase Innovation?," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 110, 91–105.
  • Kaiser, U., with S. Méndez, T. Rønde and H. Ullrich (2014), “Regulation of Pharmaceutical Prices: Evidence from a Reference Price Reform in Denmark”, Journal of Health Economics 36, 174-187.
  • A. Chandra and U. Kaiser (2014), “Targeted Advertising in Magazine Markets and the Advent of the Internet”, Management Science 60(7), 1829-1843.
  • Kaiser, U. and N. Malchow-Møller (2011), “Is Self-Employment Always a Bad Experience?”, Journal of Business Venturing 26(5), 572-588.
  • Van, NV,  F. Laisney and U. Kaiser (2004), “The Performance of German Firms in the Business-Related Service Sectors”, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics 22 (3), 274-295.
  • Bertschek, I. and U. Kaiser (2004), “Productivity Effects of Organizational Change: Microeconometric Evidence”, Management Science 50(3), 394-404.

 

     Publications & dissemination 2018

  • Kaiser, U., K. Laursen, HC Kongsted  and AK Ejsing (forthcoming), “Experience matters: the role of academic scientist mobility for industrial innovation", Strategic Management Journal.
Publications sorted by:
2023
Ulrich Kaiser; Christoph Grimpe; Wolfgang Sofka / Catalyzing Gender Equality : Foreign MNC Subsidiaries as Agents of Change in Mitigating Wage Discrimination Against Women.
Bonn : IZA 2023, 41 p. (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 16580)
Working paper
Christoph Grimpe; Wolfgang Sofka; Ulrich Kaiser / Competing for Digital Human Capital : The Retention Effect of Digital Expertise in MNC Subsidiaries.
In: Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 54, No. 4, 6.2023, p. 657-685
Journal article > peer review
Ulrich Kaiser; Wolfgang Sofka; Christoph Grimpe / Creating Marketing Innovation Abroad : The Value of Marketing Professionals in Foreign MNC Subsidiaries.
In: Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 112, 7.2023, p. 145-159
Journal article > peer review
2022
Wolfgang Sofka; Ulrich Kaiser; Christoph Grimpe / Retaining Marketing Professionals in Foreign MNC Subsidiaries : The Role of Learning Opportunities.
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-second Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management . ed. /Sonja Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2022, 1 p., p. 1132 (Academy of Management Proceedings)
Conference abstract in proceedings > peer review
Wolfgang Sofka; Christoph Grimpe; Ulrich Kaiser / Understanding the Unwritten Rules of the Game : Government Work Experience and Salary Premiums in Foreign MNC Subsidiaries.
In: Journal of International Business Studies, Vol. 53, No. 6, 8.2022, p. 1110-1132
Journal article > peer review
2021
Wolfgang Sofka; Christoph Grimpe; Ulrich Kaiser / MNC Digitalization : Why IT Professionals Leave MNC Subsidiaries Without Learning Opportunities.
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-first Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2021, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
Conference abstract in proceedings > peer review
Alex Coad; Ulrich Kaiser; Johan Moritz Kuhn / Spin Doctors vs the Spawn of Capitalism : Who Founds University and Corporate Startups?.
In: Research Policy, Vol. 50, No. 10, 12.2021
Journal article > peer review
2020
Ulrich Kaiser; Johan Moritz Kuhn / The Value of Publicly Available, Textual and Non-textual Information for Startup Performance Prediction
Bonn : IZA 2020, 21 p. (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 13029) (ZEW Discussion Papers, No. 20-012)
Working paper
Ulrich Kaiser; Johan Moritz Kuhn / The Value of Publicly Available, Textual and Non-textual Information for Startup Performance Prediction
In: Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Vol. 14, 11.2020
Journal article > peer review
2019
Christoph Grimpe; Ulrich Kaiser; Wolfgang Sofka / Signaling Valuable Human Capital : Advocacy Group Work Experience and Its Effect on Employee Pay in Innovative Firms.
In: Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 40, No. 4, 4.2019, p. 685-710
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Primary occupation at University of Zürich, Switzerland.