Curriculum Vitae Dr. Katrin Hussinger

version: March 2013
Nationality: German
Date of Birth: October 14 th 1977
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Katrin Hussinger
Office Address: University of Luxembourg, Faculté de Droit, d’ Economie et de Finance
162 A, Avenue de la Faïencerie, L-1511 Luxembourg
Phone: +352 46 66 44 6404
Homepage: http://wwwen.uni.lu/recherche/fdef/crea/people/katrin_hussinger
E-Mail: katrin.hussinger@uni.lu
Current Positions and Activities
Since 2013 Associate Professor in Organization and Strategy at the University of
Luxembourg
Since 2007 Affiliated researcher at the Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
Since 2005 Affiliated researcher at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW),
Department of Industrial Economics and International Management,
Mannheim, Germany
Prior Positions
2007-2013 Assistant professor at the School of Business and Economics, Department of
Organization & Strategy, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
2002-2004 Research fellow, Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW),
Department of Industrial Economics and International Management,
Mannheim, Germany
Education
2005-2007 Ph.D. studies at the Catholic University Leuven, Belgium; Scientific
Committee: Rene Belderbos, Bronwyn H. Hall, Georg Licht, Konrad Stahl,
Frank Verboven, Reinhilde Veugelers (supervisor)
university degree: Ph.D. in applied economics
1999-2002 Undergraduate studies in Economics, University of Mannheim, Germany,
university degree: Diplom-Volkswirt (“diploma”), supervisor: Bernd
Fitzenberger
1997-1999 Undergraduate studies in Economics, Saarland University, Saarbruck,
Germany
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Scholarships, Grants, Awards and Nominations
2012 FWO Grant “Radicale innovatie door Corporate Venturing” G047513N, 01/01/2013 -
31/12/2016, 248.000 EUR, together with Dirk Czarniztki (KU Leuven)
2012 Member of the Scientific Committee of the ZEW International Conference on the
Dynamics of Entrepreneurship (CoDE)
2011 Nomination for the Best Paper Prize at the DRUID Conference ($10,000) with the
paper “In Search for the Not-Invented-Here Syndrome: The Role of Knowledge
Sources and Firm Success” (with A. Wastyn)
2011 Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference with the paper:
“Inventions under Siege? The Impact of Technology Competition on Licensing” (with
C. Grimpe)
2011 Visiting researcher at the Universita Politecnico delle Marche in Ancona, February 6 th -
24 th , invited by Diego D’Adda, financed by the STRIKE (Science and Technology
Research in a Knowledge-based Economy) network of COST (European Cooperation
in Science and Technology)
2010 Visiting researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, U.S., granted by U
Maastricht (Excellentie Financiering), invited by Bronwyn Hall, October 1 st -
December 15 th
2010 Nomination for the METEOR excellent scholar award (U Maastricht): 6000 Euro
2009 METEOR excellent young scholar award (U Maastricht): 6000 Euro
2008 Junior research award of the O&S department (U Maastricht): 1000 Euro
2008 Small Scale Research Grant (METEOR, U Maastricht): 4000 Euro
2005-2007 PhD scholarship under the grant KUL - OT/04/07A
2005 Travel grant of the “Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek” (FWO), Belgium
2004 Research stay at the University of California, Berkeley, U.S., granted by the German
Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), invited by Jenny O. Lanjouw, October 1st -
November 30st, 2004
Teaching
Courses (at Maastricht University)
Evaluation methods for non-experimental data (part of the course Quantitative Research
Methods) (PhD level), 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2011/2012
International business strategy (bachelor level), problem based learning (PBL), course
coordinator and tutor, 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012
Industrial organization (bachelor level), PBL, tutor, 2008/2009
Business strategy (bachelor level), PBL, course coordinator and tutor, 2007/2008
Innovation and entrepreneurship (master level), PBL, tutor, 2007/2008, 2009/2010,
2011/2012, 2012/2013
Guest Lectures and Teaching at Summer Schools
Patents (PhD level), CISS Summer School 2012, Marmaris (Turkey)
On the estimation of production functions (PhD level), CISS Summer School 2011, Marmaris
(Turkey)
The use of patent data for research (workshop, PhD level), CISS Summer School 2010,
Marmaris (Turkey)
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On the estimation of production functions (PhD level), COST PhD workshop 2009 (La
Bastide d’Anjou, France)
On the estimation of production functions (PhD level), COST PhD workshop 2008 (Valencia,
Spain)
The use of patent data for research (workshop, PhD level), COST PhD workshop 2008
(Valencia, Spain)
Blocking patents, litigation and opposition (PhD level), United Nations University, 2008
The use of patent data for research (PhD level), Catholic University Leuven and Centre for
European Economic Research (ZEW), 2006/2007
Multiple choice and selection models (PhD level), Catholic University Leuven, 2006/2007
Ph.D. Supervisions
Johannes M.H. Dick (U Maastricht, co-promoter: John Hagedoorn): “Essays on Entrepreneurship and
Innovation”, 2009 –2012
Member of Ph.D. Committees
- Franz Schwiebacher (KU Leuven, promoter: Dirk Czarnitzki), expected: Spring 2013
- Benjamin Engelstaetter (U Maastricht, promoter: Pierre Mohnen), December 2012 (Member
of the Corona)
- Sebastian Pacher (U Maastricht, promoter: John Hagedoorn), December 2012 (Member of the
Small Committee)
- Annelies Wastyn (KU Leuven, promoter: Dirk Czarnitzki), 2012
- Julio Miguel Rosa (U Maastricht, promoter: Pierre Mohnen), 2012 (Member of the Corona)
- Anonymous external reader for a thesis at Politecnico di Milano, 2011
- Hans T.W. Frankort (U Maastricht, promoter: John Hagedoorn), 2010 (Member of the
Corona)
- Roberta Piergiovanni (U Maastricht, promoter: Martin Carree), 2010 (Member of the Corona)
Master Thesis Supervisions (U Maastricht)
2013 Konrad Ambroziewicz, Stefan Dobrev, Kiritharan Gangatharan, Elina Jost, Raphael Magette,
Joerg Moers, Justus Oettinger, Marc Rosenberg, Nicolas Stichel, Jan Weynand
2012 Trever Brown, Wouter Burggraf, Rob van Dun, Sebastiaan Gillissen, Rob Heuts, Katharina
Kagerer, Krijn Kouijzer, Benedikt Kasper, Julia Langenohl, Nabil Abou Lebdi, Jean-Jacque
Mannak, Sarah Moers, Bassam Nakdali, Claire Pannaye, Ana Saez Aguilar de Dios, Daniel
Schroeder, Bart Thiesen, Katherina Trump
2011 Joost Adams, Tobias August, Arnoud Diekmeijer, Harry Groos, Joost Hakhoff, Judith Krause,
Sebastian Merges, Jan Pretschker, Thiemo Quernheim, Guido Rojer, Adrian Roeders, Joao
Corado Simoes, Phillipp Stelzer, Aikaterini Tasoula
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2010 Katrin Asmus, Ferry Kuehlman, Fleur Van Dullemen
2009 Sander Adams
2008 Anna Bauer, Johannes Dick, Jan Eldring, Lisa Kitterer
Honor Bachelor Student Supervision
2011 Timo Kahlen
Other Services to the Department
- Organization of a PhD Workshop, January 2012, funded by METEOR
- Organization of the internal O&S department seminar with Iwan Bos (U Maastricht)
- Local responsible for Ph.D. workshops involving U Maastricht, KU Leuven, ZEW and DICE
Publications
(Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics), 2009, 2011
Articles in Refereed Journals
Dick, J.M.H., K. Hussinger, B. Blumberg and J. Hagedoorn (forthcoming), Is Success Hereditary?
Evidence on the Performance of Spawned Ventures, Small Business Economics.
Della Malva, A. and K. Hussinger (2012), Corporate Science in the Patent System: An Analysis of the
Semiconductor Technology, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 84(1): 118-135.
Czarnitzki, D., K. Hussinger and C. Schneider (2012), The Nexus between Science and Industry:
Evidence from Faculty Inventions, Journal of Technology Transfer 37(5): 755-776.
Hussinger, K. (2012), Absorptive Capacity and Post-Merger Inventor Productivity, Journal of
Technology Transfer 37(4): 490-507.
Czarnitzki, D., K. Hussinger and C. Schneider (2011), “Wacky” Patents Meet Economic Indicators,
Economics Letters 113: 131-134.
Czarnitzki, D., K. Hussinger and C. Schneider (2011) Commercializing Academic Research: The
Quality of Faculty Patenting, Industrial and Corporate Change 20(5): 1403-1437.
Frey, R. and K. Hussinger (2011), European Market Integration through Technology-driven M&As,
Applied Economics 43(17): 2143-2153.
Cuijpers, M., H. Guenter and K. Hussinger (2011), Costs and Benefits of Inter-Departmental
Innovation Collaboration, Research Policy 40: 565-575.
Arnold, J.M. and K. Hussinger (2010), Exports versus FDI in German Manufacturing: Firm
Performance and Participation in International Markets, Review of International Economics
18(4): 595-606.
Hussinger, K. (2010), On the Importance of Technology for Firm Acquisitions: SMEs versus Large
Acquisition Targets, Technovation 30: 57-64.
Czarnitzki, D., K. Hussinger and C. Schneider (2009), Why Challenge the Ivory Tower? New
Evidence on the Basicness of Academic Patents, Kyklos 62(4): 488-499.
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Czarnitzki, D., W. Glänzel and K. Hussinger (2009), Heterogeneity of Patenting and Implications for
Basic Research, Research Policy 38: 26-34.
Hussinger, K. (2008), R&D and Subsidies at the Firm Level: An Application of Parametric and Semi-
Parametric Two-Step Selection Models, Journal of Applied Econometrics 23: 729-747.
Grimpe, C. and K. Hussinger (2008), Pre-empting Technology Competition through Firm
Acquisitions, Economics Letters 100(2): 189-191.
Czarnitzki, D., W. Glänzel and K. Hussinger (2007), Patent and Publication Activities of German
Professors: An Empirical Assessment of Their Co-Activity, Research Evaluation 16(4): 311-
319.
Hussinger, K. (2006), Is Silence Golden? Patents versus Secrecy at the Firm Level, Economics of
Innovation and New Technology 15(8): 735-752.
Arnold, J.M. and K. Hussinger (2005), Export Behavior and Firm Productivity in German
Manufacturing - A Firm-Level Analysis, Review of World Economics 141(2): 219-243.
Articles in Anthologies
Hussinger, K. and A. Wastyn (2012), Internal Resistance and External Knowledge (Sources): A
Theoretical Framework on the Not-Invented-Here Syndrome. Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE
International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology (ICMIT), 261-265.
Czarnitzki, D., K. Hussinger, B. Leten and C. Schneider (2012), Securing Market Value by Timely IP
Management. Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Management of
Innovation and Technology (ICMIT), 583-588.
Czarnitzki, D., K. Hussinger, and B. Leten (2012), Improving Citation-Based Patent Value Measures.
Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and
Technology (ICMIT),589-593.
Grimpe, C. and K. Hussinger (2011), Inventions under Siege? The Impact of Technology Competition
on Licensing, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-039, Mannheim. Best Paper Proceedings of the
Academy of Management 2011.
Grimpe, C. and K. Hussinger (2008), Market and Technology Access in Firm Acquisitions: Beyond a
‘One-Size-Fits-All’, in Feldman, M. and G. Santangelo (eds.): New Perspectives in International
Business Research, Progress in International Business Research, Volume 3, 289–314, Emerald
Group Publishing Limited.
Fier, A., D. Heger and K. Hussinger (2005), Die Wirkungsanalyse staatlicher Förderprogramme durch
den Einsatz von Matching- und Selektionsmodellen am Beispiel der Fertigungstechnik, in:
Engel, D. (ed.), Mittelstandsfinanzierung, Basel II und die Wirkung öffentlicher und privater
Kapitalbereitstellung, Veröffentlichung des Round Table Mittelstandes Bd. 5, Berlin,
Duncker&Humblot: Berlin.
Expertises
Czarnitzki, D., B. Ebersberger , M. Falk, A. Fier, A. Garcia, K. Hussinger, P. Mohnen and E. Müller
(2004), European Productivity, Innovation and Public Sector R&D, in: European
Competitiveness Report 2004, Competitiveness and Benchmarking, European Commission,
Mannheim.
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Work in Progress
Under Review
Czarnitzki, D., J.M.H. Dick and K. Hussinger (2010), The Contribution of Corporate Entrepreneurship
to Radical Innovation, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 10-060, Mannheim.
Grimpe, C. and K. Hussinger (2009), Inventions under Siege? The Impact of Technology Competition
on Licensing, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 09-039, Mannheim.
Grimpe, C. and K. Hussinger (2008), Building and Blocking: The Two Faces of Technology
Acquisition, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 08-042, Mannheim.
Hussinger, K. and A. Wastyn (2011), In Search for the Not-Invented-Here Syndrome: The Role of
Knowledge Sources and Firm Success, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-048, Mannheim.
Nominated for the best paper award at the DRUID 2011.
Czarnitzki, D. and K. Hussinger (2004), The Link between R&D Subsidies, R&D Spending and
Technological Performance, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 04-56, Mannheim.
Czarnitzki, D., K. Hussinger and C. Schneider (2011), R&D Collaboration with Uncertain Intellectual
Property Rights, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-010, Mannheim.
Grimpe, C. and K. Hussinger (2008), Formal and Informal Technology Transfer from Academia to
Industry: Complementarity Effects and Innovation Performance, ZEW Discussion Paper No.
08-080, Mannheim.
Hussinger, K. (2007), Inventors’ Response to Firm Acquisitions, ZEW Discussion Paper No. 07-
078, Mannheim.
Ongoing Research
Czarnitzki, D., K. Hussinger and B. Leten (2011), The Market Value of Blocking Patent Citations,
ZEW Discussion Paper No. 11-021, Mannheim.
Czarnitzki, D., K. Hussinger, B. Leten and C. Schneider (2011), The Value of Winning a Patent Race,
mimeo.
Heger, D. and K. Hussinger (2011), Uncertain Intellectual Property Rights, Access to External
Funding and New Product Development in Start-up Firms, mimeo.
Hussinger, K. and F. Schwiebacher (2011). The Value of Voluntary Standard Setting Activities for
Technology Sponsors, mimeo.
Czarnitzki, D., K. Hussinger, B. Leten and C. Schneider (2011), R&D Incentives and the Patent
System, mimeo.
Hussinger, K., T. Keusch and F. Moers, Patents and Insider Trade, work in progress.
Referee for:
Journals: Applied Economics; Applied Economics Quarterly; Canadian Journal of Economics;
Economics of Innovation and New Technology; Economic Systems; European
Economic Review; European Management Review; Industry & Innovation;
International Journal of Industrial Organization; International Journal of Technology
Management; Journal of Applied Economics; Journal of Banking and Finance; Journal
of Business Venturing; Journal of Common Market Studies; Journal of Economic
Surveys; Journal of Economics & Managerial Strategy; Journal of Industrial
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Conferences: DRUID2013
Economics; Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade; The Manchester School;
Research Policy; Review of Industrial Organization; Review of World Economics;
Schmollers Jahrbuch; Small Business Economics; Technological Forecasting & Social
Change; Technovation; World Development
EPIP 2012
ZEW International Conference on the Dynamics of Entrepreneurship (CoDE) 2012
DRUID 2012
RENT Conference (Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business) 2010
EARIE 2006
Grants: Flemish Science Foundation (FWO)
Conference Presentations
Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM)
AGORA project of Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO)
2012: Third Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference (Seoul, Korea)
International Conference on the Dynamics of Entrepreneurship (CoDE) (ZEW,
Mannheim)
EARIE (Rome, Italy)
Sixth IEEE International Conference on Management and of Innovation and
Technology (Sanur Bali, Indonesia)
2011: Fourth Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Chicago, U.S.)
EARIE (Stockholm, Sweden)
2010: The Pacific Rim Innovation Conference (Melbourne, Australia)
EARIE (Istanbul, Turkey);
EPIP (Maastricht, the Netherlands)
Technology Transfer Society (T 2 S) Conference (Washington D.C., U.S.)
2009: Academy of Management (Chicago, U.S.)
EARIE (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
EPIP (Bologna, Italy)
2008: IIOC (Washington DC, USA)
3rd ZEW Conf. on the Economics of Innovation and Patenting (Mannheim, Germany)
ISS Conference (Rio, Brazil)
EPO/OECD Conference on Patent Statistics for Decision Makers “Patenting,
Innovation, Valuation” (Vienna, Austria)
EARIE (Toulouse, France)
28th Conference of the Flemish Economic Association (Leuven, Belgium)
AEA Conference (Tokyo, Japan)
2007: EARIE (Valencia, Spain)
The Economics of Technology Policy Conference at Monte Verità (Switzerland)
SFB Conference (Mannheim, Germany)
2006: 14th WZB-CEPR Conference on Antitrust and Innovation (Berlin, Germany)
EARIE (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
9th International Conference on S&T Indicators (Leuven, Belgium)
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IIOC (Boston MA, USA)
2005: Jahrestagung des Vereins fuer Socialpolitik (Bonn, Germany)
2nd ZEW Conference on Innovation and Patenting (Mannheim, Germany)
EARIE (Porto, Portugal)
EEA (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
4th GCBE (Oxford, UK)
Conference on Industrial Organization and Innovation (Grenoble, France)
2004: (EC) 2 Conference (Marseille, France)
AEA Conference on Innovation and Intellectual Property (Singapore)
ISS Conference (Milan, Italy)
Invited Presentations
2013: Max-Planck Institute (Jena, Germany)
2012: DICE (Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics) (Düsseldorf, Germany)
University of Strasbourg
European Commission, DG Research, Workshop on Tax Incentives and Related
Support Measures for Research and Innovation (Brussels, Belgium)
2010: Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy)
University of Dortmund (Dortmund, Germany)
University of California (Berkeley, U.S.)
2009: Maastricht Economic and social Research and training centre on Innovation and
Technology (MERIT) (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
The Economics of Ownership, Organization and Industrial Development, IFN
Conference (Vaxholm, Sweden)
2007: University of Maastricht (The Netherlands)
University of California (Berkeley, U.S.)
2005: Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI) (Essen, Germany)
MERIT (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
LICOS Seminar Series (KU Leuven)
2004: Rutgers University (New Jersey, US)
Konjunkturforschungsstelle der ETH Zürich (KOF) (Zurich, Switzerland)
KU Leuven (Belgium)
Summer Schools and Workshops
2012: Third Workshop for Junior Researchers on the Law & Economics of Intellectual
Property and Competition Law (Kreuth, Germany)
2008: Workshop on The Labour Market for Scientists and Engineers (University of
Maastricht)
2007: Workshop on Human Capital, Patenting Activity, and Technology Spillovers by the
Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) Copenhagen Business School
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
Workshop “Corporate intellectual property: environmental constraints, strategic
antecedents, and organizational routines as drivers of firm-level Performance”
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
2006: ESSID (Cargese, France), 2nd INIR Doctoral Day (KU Leuven, Belgium)
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2005: FDI Workshop (German Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany)
ENCORE Summer School (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
2004: ESSID (Cargese, France), Workshop on the Economics and Management of Science
& Technology (KU Leuven, Belgium)
2003: Mediterranean Summer School in Theoretical and Applied Economics (Universitat de
les Illes Baleares, Palma de Mallorca, Spain)
Research Projects
- The Impact of Mergers on Innovation in the Relevant Market, research project in cooperation
with the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, October 1st, 2007 –
June 30th, 2009
- The Relationship between M&A and Technological Firm Performance, research project in
cooperation with the German Central Bank, March 11th, 2005 - February 28th, 2006
- Intellektuelles Eigentum, Aneignung von Innovationserträgen und Innovationswettbewerb
(Intellectual Property, appropriation of returns to R&D and R&D competition),
Sonderforschungsbereich/Transregio 15), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, January 1st,
2004 - 31st December, 2007
- Strukturelle Modelle zur Analyse von strategischem Wettbewerb und
Unternehmenszusammenschlüssen in Märkten mit heterogenen Produkten (Analysis of
mergers in markets with heterogenous products), ZEW research project, April 1st, 2003 -
December 31st, 2004
Policy Consulting
European Productivity, Innovation and Public Sector R&D, commissioned by the EC, DG
Enterprise (contractor: WIFO), January 1st - October 31st, 2004
Impact Analyse des Förderschwerpunktes ‘Fertigungstechnik’ (Impact Analysis of Subsidies
for Manufacturing Technology), commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF), October 1 st , 2004 - January 31st, 2005
Wohlfahrtseffekte der EU-Zuckermarktordnung (Welfare effects of the sugar market EU
regulations), commissioned by Südzucker AG, October 1st - December 1st, 2003
Einsatzmöglichkeiten neuer quantitativer Ansaetze zur Wirkungsanalyse öffentlicher
Forschungsförderung (Possible applications of new quantitative methods for impact analyses
of public research subsidies), commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF), November 1st, 2001 - July 31th, 2003
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