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Department of Strategy and Innovation

Christoph Grimpe is a Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics at CBS. Prior to joining CBS in 2010, he worked as a Senior Researcher at ZEW Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim (Germany). He holds a PhD in management from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management – in Vallendar (Germany) and master degrees in management and political sciences. His research is concerned with firm innovation strategies, industry-science linkages, and the strategic use of intellectual property rights. He has published in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, and Research Policy. He is affiliated with DRUID - the Danish Research Unit on Industrial Dynamics and with ZEW Centre for European Economic Research. Moreover, he is the editor-in-chief of the journal Industry and Innovation.
- Firm strategy and innovation
- Open and distributed innovation processes
- Industry-science interaction
- Appropriability strategies
- Internationalization of innovation management
- Innovation and Knowledge (MSc)
- Egelie, Knut J., Haakon Tue Lie, Christoph Grimpe and Roger Sørheim (2019), Access and Openness in Biotechnology Research Collaborations Between Universities and Industry – An Empirical Study, Nature Biotechnology, 37, 1413-1419.
- Grimpe, Christoph, Martin Murmann and Wolfgang Sofka (2019), Organizational Design, Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Innovation, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 13, 359-378.
- Grimpe, Christoph, Ulrich Kaiser and Wolfgang Sofka (2019), Signaling Valuable Human Capital: Advocacy Group Work Experience and its Effect on Employee Pay in Innovative Firms, Strategic Management Journal, 40(4), 685-710.
- Olsen, Anders Ørding, Wolfgang Sofka and Christoph Grimpe (2017), Solving Environmental Problems: Knowledge and Coordination in Collaborative Search, Long Range Planning, 50, 726-740.
- Grimpe, Christoph, Wolfgang Sofka, Mukesh Bhargava and Rabikar Chatterjee (2017), R&D, marketing innovation, and new product performance: A mixed methods study, Journal of Product Innovation Management, 34(3), 360-383.
- Goel, Rajeev, Devrim Göktepe and Christoph Grimpe (2017), Who Instigates University-Industry Collaborations? University Scientists versus Firm Employees, Small Business Economics, 48(3), 503-524.
- Grimpe, Christoph (2017), Innovation as a phenomenon and the quest for cool (Editorial), Industry and Innovation, 24, 1-7.
- Olsen, Anders Ørding, Wolfgang Sofka and Christoph Grimpe (2016), Coordinated Exploration for Grand Challenges: The Role of Advocacy Groups in Search Consortia, Academy of Management Journal, 59, 2232-2255.
- Mendonça, Joana and Christoph Grimpe (2016), Skills and Regional Entrepreneurship Capital Formation: A Comparison Between Germany and Portugal, Journal of Technology Transfer, 41, 1440-1456.
- Grimpe, Christoph and Wolfgang Sofka (2016), Complementarities in the Search for Innovation: Managing Markets and Relationships, Research Policy, 45, 2036-2053.
- Cleff, Thomas, Christoph Grimpe and Christian Rammer (2015), Identifying Lead Markets in the European Automotive Industry: An Indicator-based Approach, Industry and Innovation, 22, 496-522.
- Waldner, Florian, Marion K. Poetz, Christoph Grimpe and Markus Eurich (2015), Antecedents and Consequences of Business Model Innovation: The Role of Industry Structure, Advances in Strategic Management, 33, 347-386.
- Czarnitzki, Dirk, Christoph Grimpe and Maikel Pellens (2015), Access to Research Inputs: Open Science versus the Entrepreneurial University, Journal of Technology Transfer, 40, 1050-1063.
- Czarnitzki, Dirk, Christoph Grimpe and Andrew Toole (2015), Delay and Secrecy: Does Industry Sponsorship Jeopardize Disclosure of Academic Research?, Industrial and Corporate Change, 24, 251-279.
- Ketata, Ihsen, Sofka, Wolfgang and Christoph Grimpe (2015), The Role of Internal Capabilities and Firms’ Environment for Sustainable Innovation: Evidence for Germany, R&D Management, 45, 60-75.
- Grimpe, Christoph and Katrin Hussinger (2014), Resource Complementarity and Value Capture in Firm Acquisitions: The Role of Intellectual Property Rights, Strategic Management Journal, 35, 1762-1780.
- Grimpe, Christoph and Katrin Hussinger (2014), Pre-empted Patents, Infringed Patents, and Firm’s Participation in Markets for Technology, Research Policy, 43, 543-554.
- Aschhoff, Birgit and Christoph Grimpe (2014), Contemporaneous Peer Effects, Career Age and the Industry Involvement of Academics in Biotechnology, Research Policy, 43, 367-381.
- Grimpe, Christoph and Katrin Hussinger (2013), Formal and Informal Technology Transfer from Academia to Industry: Complementarity Effects and Innovation Performance, Industry and Innovation, 208, 683-700.
- Goel, Rajeev K. and Christoph Grimpe (2013), Active versus Passive Academic Networking: Evidence from Micro-Level Data, Journal of Technology Transfer, 38, 116-134.
- Grimpe, Christoph (2012), Extramural Research Grants and Scientists’ Funding Strategies: Beggars Can’t Be Choosers? Research Policy, 41, 1448-1460.
- Köhler, Christian, Wolfgang Sofka and Christoph Grimpe (2012), Selective Search, Sectoral Patterns, and the Impact on Product Innovation Performance, Research Policy, 41, 1344-1356.
- Goel, Rajeev K. and Christoph Grimpe (2012), Academic Entrepreneurship: Are All Scientists Created Alike? Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 21, 247-266.
- Edler, Jakob, Heide Fier and Christoph Grimpe (2011), International Scientist Mobility and the Locus of Knowledge and Technology Transfer, Research Policy, 40, 791-805.
- Grimpe, Christoph and Roberto Patuelli (2011), Knowledge Production in Nanomaterials: A Spatial Filtering Approach, Annals of Regional Science, 46, 519-541.
- 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, 1483-1509.
- Patuelli, Roberto, Andrea Vaona and Christoph Grimpe (2010), The German East-West Divide in Knowledge Production: An Application to Nanomaterial Patenting, Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie (Journal of Economic & Social Geography), 101, 568-582.
- Sofka, Wolfgang and Christoph Grimpe (2010), Specialized Search and Innovation Performance – Evidence Across Europe, R&D Management, 40, 310-323.
- Grimpe, Christoph and Heide Fier (2010), Informal Technology Transfer from Academia to Industry: A Comparison between Germany and the U.S, Journal of Technology Transfer, 35, 637-650.
- Grimpe, Christoph and Wolfgang Sofka (2009), Search Patterns and Absorptive Capacity: Low- and High-Technology Sectors in European Countries, Research Policy, 38, 495-506.
- Grimpe, Christoph and Katrin Hussinger (2008), Pre-empting Technology Competition Through Firm Acquisitions, Economics Letters, 100, 189-191.
- Grimpe, Christoph (2007), Successful Product Development after Firm Acquisitions: The Role of Research and Development, Journal of Product Innovation Management, 24, 614-628.
- Grimpe, Christoph (2006), Making Use of the Unused: Shelf Warmer Technologies in Research and Development, Technovation, 26, 770-774.
- Grimpe, Christoph (2004), When an R&D Site Closes, Research Technology Management, 47, 56-59.
In: Proceedings of the Eightieth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Guclu Atinc. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2020 (Academy of Management Proceedings)
Leuven : Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 2020, 41 p. (Working Papers of Department of Management, Strategy and Innovation (MSI), No. MSI_2004)
In: Industrial and Corporate Change, 30.11.2020
In: Industry and Innovation, 4.8.2020
In: Nature Biotechnology, Vol. 37, No. 12, 12.2019, p. 1413–1419
Paper presented at DRUID19 Conference, 2019
Mannheim : ZEW 2019, 41 p. (ZEW Discussion Papers, No. 19-043)
Abstract from Open Innovation in Science (OIS) Research Workshop 2019, 2019, p. 4
In: Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3, 9.2019, p. 359-378
In: Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 40, No. 4, 4.2019, p. 685-710
Paper presented at DRUID18 Conference, 2018
Bonn : IZA 2018, 43 p. (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 11649)
Paper presented at DRUID18 Conference, 2018
Mannheim : ZEW 2018, 42 p. (ZEW Discussion Papers, No. 17-074)
In: Industry and Innovation, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2017, 7 p., p. 1-7
In: Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 34, No. 3, 5.2017, p. 360-383
In: Long Range Planning, Vol. 50, No. 6, 12.2017, p. 726-740
Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union 2017, 43 p.
In: Small Business Economics, Vol. 48, No. 3, 3.2017, p. 503-524
Paper presented at The DRUID 20th Anniversary Conference 2016, 2016
In: Research Policy, Vol. 45, No. 10, 12.2016, p. 2036-2053
In: Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 59, No. 6, 12.2016, p. 2232-2255
Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union 2016, 80 p. (JCR Science for Policy Report, No. JRC101183)
In: Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol. 41, No. 6, 12.2016, p. 1440–1456
In: Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol. 40, No. 6, 2015, p. 1050-1063
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2015, 2015
In: Business Models and Modelling. ed. /Charles Baden-Fuller; Vincent Mangematin. Vol. 33, Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing 2015, p. 347-386 (Advances in Strategic Management, Vol. 33)
In: Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 24, No. 1, 2015, p. 251-279
In: Industry and Innovation, Vol. 22, No. 6, 2015, p. 496-522
Paper presented at The DRUID Society Conference 2015, 2015
Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union 2015, 40 p. (JCR Science for Policy Report, No. JRC96571)
In: Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Global Networks: Organizations and People. . ed. /Ram Mudambi; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business 2015, 1 p., p. 183 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 57)
Paper presented at AIB 2015 Annual Meeting, 2015
In: R & D Management, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2015, p. 60-75
Mannheim : ZEW 2014, 20 p. (ZEW Discussion Papers, No. 14-018)
In: Research Policy, Vol. 43, No. 2, 3.2014, p. 367-381
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2014, 2014
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2014, 2014
In: Proceedings of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business: Local Contexts in Global Business. . ed. /Klaus Meyer; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business 2014, p. 12 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 56)
Luxembourg : Publications Office of the European Union 2014, 44 p. (JCR Science for Policy Report)
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2014, 2014
Paper presented at The DRUID Society Conference 2014, 2014
In: Research Policy, Vol. 43, No. 1, 4.2014, p. 543–554
In: Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 35, No. 12, 2014, p. 1762–1780
In: Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol. 38, No. 2, 2013, p. 116-134
Frankfurt (Oder) : European University Viadrina 2013, 12 p. (Discussion Paper / European University Viadrina, Department of Business Administration and Economics , No. 334)
In: Industry and Innovation, Vol. 20, No. 8, 11.2013, p. 683-700
In: Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business. ed. /Patricia McDougall-Covin; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business 2013, p. 168-169 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 55)
Paper presented at The 35th DRUID Celebration Conference 2013: Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, 2013
In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Vol. 21, No. 3, 2012, p. 247-266
In: Proceedings of the 54rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business. ed. /Susan Feinberg; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business 2012, p. 141 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 54)
In: Research Policy, Vol. 41, No. 8, 2012, p. 1448–1460
In: Proceedings of the 54rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business. ed. /Susan Feinberg; Tunga Kiyak. East Lansing, MI : Academy of International Business 2012, p. 39 (Academy of International Business. Annual Meeting. Proceedings, Vol. 54)
Mannheim : ZEW 2012, 33 p. (ZEW Discussion Papers, No. 12-011)
In: Research Policy, Vol. 41, No. 8, 2012, p. 1344–1356
Paper presented at The DRUID Society Conference 2011, 2011
In: Research Policy, Vol. 40, No. 6, 2011, p. 791-805
In: Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings. ed. /Leslie Toombs . Birmingham, AL : Academy of Management 2011 (Academy of Management Proceedings, Vol. 2011)
In: Interdisciplinary Management Research . ed. /Urban Bacher; Dražen Barković; Karl-Heinz Dernoscheg; Maja Lamza; Branko Matić; Bodo Runzheimer. Vol. 7, Osijek : Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek 2011, p. 807-830
In: Annals of Regional Science, Vol. 46, No. 3, 2011, p. 519-541
In: Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 47, No. 8, 2010, p. 1483-1509
In: Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol. 35, No. 6, 2010, p. 637-650
In: R & D Management, Vol. 40, No. 3, 2010, p. 310-323
In: Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Vol. 101, No. 5, 2010, p. 568-582
In: Politiken, 6.12.2020, p. 4
Year | Name of contractual partner | Type of activity |
2018, 2019, 2020 | University of Zurich, Switzerland | External lecturer |
2018 | Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft, Vienna, Austria | Executive education |