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Research on innovation-based start-ups
Start-ups are an important driver in successful innovation systems. We are looking for new approaches and data sources in getting access to statistical analyses of start-ups at the regional, national and global level....
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How peer communities advance sustainable innovations
How peer communities advance sustainable innovations Innovation studies have traditionally focused on firm activities. However, enabled by digital technologies, peer collaboration has become an essential element of innovation...
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Drivers and impacts of Open Source
We are looking for theses which investigate drivers for open source software, e.g. hosted at GitHub, and open source hardware. There are large databases of commits contributed to GitHub, which can be connected to further...
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Regulatory Sandboxes
Contact: Knut Blind. The increasing speed of science and technology is challenging the existing regulatory frameworks and increases the likelihood that regulations are obstacles to innovation. Therefore, the European...
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Public Procurement and Machismo in Costa Rica: do female procurement officers allocate more contracts to female-managed firms?
The project aims to examine the relationship between the procurement officer and the gender of the CEO of a firm that wins a public contract. The International Trade Center (ITC) estimated that currently women-owned businesses...
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Public Procurement and Innovation in Costa Rica
The project aims to examine quantitatively the connection between firms’ participation in public procurement and their innovation activity. Thus far, the literature has established a conceptual link between public procurement and...
Further theses of Faculty VII can be found here.