Dr. Jakob Pohlisch
Jakob Pohlisch is an Assistant Professor (NTT) at the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. His research focuses on open and user innovation. More specifically, Jakob investigates how firms can leverage the potential of crowds in various contexts to increase their innovativeness.
Before joining the E&I team in 2021, Jakob completed his doctoral studies at the Technical University Berlin, where he also worked as a research associate and taught courses on innovation economics, sustainable innovation, open innovation, and strategic standardization and platform management. Jakob holds a master’s degree in Statistics from the Humboldt University of Berlin and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Technical University Berlin. During his masters, he co-founded a company that develops products for highly automated driving to pave the way for autonomous valet parking.
Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience
| 2021 – today | Assistant Professor (NTT), Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vienna University of Economics and Business / Austria |
| 2015 – 2020 | Research Associate, Chair of Innovation Economics, Technical University Berlin |
| 2015 – 2016 | Co-Founder, Promotives GmbH, A Start-up working on Highly Automated Driving (HAD) with a focus on autonomous valet parking |
| 2012 – 2015 | Student Assistant, Chair of Econometrics and Business Statistics, Technical University Berlin |
| 2011 – 2012 | Research Assistant, Research Data Center of the Statistical Office Berlin-Brandenburg |
| 2011 – 2011 | Student Assistant, Research Data Center of the Statistical Office Berlin-Brandenburg |
University Education
| 2015 – 2020 | Ph.D. Economics, Technical University Berlin |
| 2019 | Visiting Ph.D. student, University of Copenhagen |
| 2012 – 2015 | M.Sc. Statistics, Humboldt-University Berlin |
| 2007 – 2011 | B.Sc. Economics, Technical University Berlin |
Further Information
Honors
ISPIM Dissertation Award 2021 (2nd place) for Jakob Pohlisch for his PhD thesis “The Quest for Innovation: Exploring the Potential of the Crowd”
Affiliation
Academy of Management (TIM)
World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC)
Research Fellow at the Technical University Berlin (https://www.inno.tu-berlin.de)
Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. (TIE)