Publikationen

Meier, Andre; Kock, Alexander (2023). Agile R&D Units’ Organisation and Its Relationship With Innovation Performance. R&D Management. Accepted Manuscript. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12655.

Bechtel, Jadena; Kock, Alexander (2023). The Relevance of Urban Agglomeration Micro-Foundations for the Emergence of Innovation in Living Labs: A Qualitative Field Study. Journal of Cleaner Production 427(15): 139280. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139280.

Meier, Andre; Kock, Alexander (2023). The human factor in agility: Exploring employee dedication in agile project organizations. International Journal of Project Management 41(7): 102527. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102527.

Kaufmann, Carsten; Kock, Alexander (2023). The performance effects of optimistic and pessimistic project status reporting behavior. International Journal of Project Management 41(7): 102514. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102514.

Bechtel, Jadena; Kaufmann, Carsten; Kock, Alexander (2023). The interplay between dynamic capabilities’ dimensions and their relationship to project portfolio agility and success. International Journal of Project Management 41(4): 102469. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102469.

Koch, Florian; Hoellen, Max; Konrad, Elmar; Kock, Alexander (2023). Innovation in the creative industries: Linking the founder’s creative and business orientation to innovation outcomes. Creativity and Innovation Management. DOI: 10.1111/caim.12554.

Fey, Sascha; Kock, Alexander (2022): Meeting challenges with resilience – How innovations projects deal with adversity. International Journal of Project Management 40(8): 941-950. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2022.10.006.

Kaufmann, Carsten; Kock, Alexander (2022): Does Project Management Matter? The Relationship between Project Management Effort, Complexity, and Profitability. International Journal of Project Management 40(6): 624-33. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2022.05.007.

Bechtel, Jadena; Kaufmann, Carsten; Kock, Alexander (2022): Agile projects in non-agile portfolios: how project portfolio contingencies constrain agile projects' teamwork quality. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 69(6): 3514-3528. DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2021.3130068.

Meier, Andre; Kock, Alexander (2022): Agile R&D units' organization beyond software – developing and validating a multi-dimensional scale in an engineering context. IEEE Tranasactions on Engineering Management, 69(6): 3476-3488 DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2021.3108343.

Gamber, Michael; Kruft, Tobias; Kock, Alexander (2022): Which effort pays off? Analyzing ideators’ behavioral patterns on corporate ideation platforms. Journal of Product Innovation Management 39: 419-444. DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12593.

Nazemi, Kawa; Burkhardt, Dirk; Kock, Alexander (2021): Visual Analytics for Technology and Innovation Management – An Interaction Approach for Strategic Decision Making. Multimedia Tools and Applications 81(11): 14803-14830. DOI: 10.1007/s11042-021-10972-3.

Kruft, Tobias; Kock, Alexander (2021): Unlocking novel opportunities: How online ideation platforms implicitly guide employees toward better ideas by spurring their desire to innovate. Creativity and Innovation Management 30(4).

Loderer, Maria; Kock, Alexander (2021): The Influence of Design Thinking on Open Innovation. International Journal of Innovation Management, 25(10): 2140001.

Meier, Andre; Kock, Alexander (2021): Agile R&D units’ organization beyond software –developing and validating a multi-dimensional scale in an engineering context. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management,, 11, 1-20.

Kaufmann, Carsten; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2021): Strategic and Cultural Contexts of Real Options Reasoning in Innovation Portfolios. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 38: 334-354. DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12566.

Resch, Christian; Kock, Alexander (2021): The influence of information depth and information breadth on brokers' idea newness in online maker communities. Research Policy, 50(8): 104142. DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2020.104142

Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2021): How Entrepreneurial Orientation Can Leverage Innovation Project Portfolio Management. R&D Management, 51(1): 40-56. DOI: 10.1111/radm.12423.

Gamber, Michael; Kruft, Tobias; Kock, Alexander (2020): Balanced Give and Take – An Empirical Study on the Survival of Corporate Incubators. International Journal of Innovation Management, 24(8): DOI: 10.1142/S1363919620400058.

Schultz, Carsten; Gretsch, Oliver; Kock, Alexander (2020): The Impact of Differences in University and Industry R&D Project Perceptions on Collaboration Performance. Journal of Technology Transfer. DOI: 10.1007/s10961-020-09818-1.

Kaufmann, Carsten; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2020): Emerging Strategy Regcognition in Agile Portfolios. International Journal of Project Management. 38(7): 429-440. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2020.01.002.

Killen, Catherine P.; Geraldi, Joana; Kock, Alexander (2020): The Role of Decision Makers’ Use of Visualizations in Project Portfolio Decision Making. International Journal of Project Management, 38(5): 267-277. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2020.04.002.

Salzmann, Edmund; Kock, Alexander (2020): When Customer Ethnography is Good for You – A Contingency Perspective. Industrial Marketing Management. 88: 366-377. DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.05.027.

Kock, Alexander; Schulz, Babette; Kopmann, Julian; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2020): Project Portfolio Management Information Systems’ Positive Influence on Performance – The Importance of Process Maturity. International Journal of Project Management, 38(4): 229-241. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2020.05.001.

Gretsch, Oliver; Tietze, Frank; Kock, Alexander (2020): Firms' IP ownership aggressiveness in university-industry collaboration projects. The moderating effect of governance. Creativity & Innovation Management. DOI: 10.1111/caim.12354.

Kruft, Tobias; Kock, Alexander (2019): Towards a comprehensive categorization of corporate incubators: Evidence from cluster analysis. International Journal of Innovation Management, 38(8):1940002. DOI: 10.1142/S1363919619400024.

Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2019): Project Lineage Management and Project Portfolio Success. Project Management Journal, 50(5): 587–601. DOI: 10.1177/8756972819870357.

Kock, Alexander; Aubry, Monique (2019): Project Organizing and Its Impact. Project Management Journal, 50(4): 1-3. DOI: 10.1177/8756972819858150.

Kruft, Tobias; Tilsner, Christoph; Schindler, Andreas; Kock, Alexander (2019): Persuasion in Corporate Idea Contests: The Moderating Role of Content Scarcity on Decision Making. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 36(5): 560-585.

Gretsch, Oliver; Salzmann, Edmund; Kock, Alexander (2019): University-Industry Collaboration and Front-end Success: The Moderating Effects of Innovativeness and Parallel Cross-firm Collaboration. R&D Management. doi:10.1111/radm.12385

Schultz, Carsten; Graw, Jan; Salomo, Sören; Kock, Alexander (2019): How Project Management and Top Management Involvement Affect the Innovativeness of Professional Service Organizations – an Empirical Study on Hospitals. Project Management Journal, 50(4): 460-475. DOI: 10.1177/8756972819857893.

Zhu, Hangzi; Kock, Alexander; Wentker, Marc; Leker; Jens (2019): How Does Online Interaction Affect Idea Quality? The Effect of Feedback in Firm-internal Idea Competitions. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 36(1): 24-40. DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12442.

Schultz, Carsten; Globocnik, Dietfried; Kock, Alexander; Salomo, Sören (2019): Application and Performance Impact of Stage-Gate-Systems – The Role of Services in the Firm's Business Focus. R&D Management, 49(4): 534-554. DOI: 10.1111/radm.12341.

Nquyen, Na Mi; Killen, Catherine P.; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2018): The Use of Effectuation in Projects: The Influence of Business Case Control, Portfolio Monitoring Intensity and Project Innovativeness. International Journal of Project Management, 36(8). 1054-1067. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2018.08.005.

Ekrot, Bastian; Rank, Johannes; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2018): Retaining and satisfying project managers – antecedents and outcomes of project managers' perceived organizational support. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 29(12): 1950-1971. DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2016.1255903.

Kruft, Tobias; Gamber, Michael; Kock, Alexander (2018): The Role of Corporate Incubators for Innovative Behavior in Firms and the Moderating Influence of Innovation Climate. International Journal of Innovation Management, 22(5): 1840006. DOI: 10.1142/S1363919618400066.

Schrauder, Stefan; Kock, Alexander; Baccarella, Christian; Voigt, Kai-Ingo (2018): Takin' Care of Business Models: The Impact of Business Model Evaluation on Front-End Success. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 35(3): 410-426. DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12411.

Gemünden, Hans Georg; Lehner, Patrick; Kock, Alexander (2018): The Project-oriented Organization and its Contribution to Innovation. International Journal of Project Management, 36(1): 147-160. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2017.07.009.

Kopmann, Julian; Kock, Alexander; Killen, Catherine; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2017): The role of project portfolio management in fostering both deliberate and emergent strategy. International Journal of Project Management, 35(4): 557-570. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2017.02.011.

Midler, Christophe; Killen, Catherine; Kock, Alexander (2016): Project and Innovation Management: Bridging Contemporary Trends in Theory and Practice. Project Management Journal, 47(2): 3-7. DOI: 10.1002/pmj.21587.

Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2016): Antecedents to Decision-making Quality and Agility in Innovation Portfolio Management. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 33(6): 670-686.10.1111/jpim.12336.

Wirsich, Alexander; Kock, Alexander; Strumann, Christoph; Schultz, Carsten (2016): Effects of University Industry Collaboration on Technological Newness. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 33(6): 707-725. DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12342.

Ekrot, Bastian; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2016): Retaining Project Management Competence – Antecedents And Consequences. International Journal of Project Management, 34(2): 145–157. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2015.10.010.

Kock, Alexander; Heising, Wilderich; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2016): A Contingency Approach on the Impact of Front-End Success on Project Portfolio Success. Project Management Journal, 47(2): 115-129. DOI: 10.1002/pmj.21575.

Kopmann, Julian; Kock, Alexander; Killen, Catherine; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2015): Business Case Control in Project Portfolios – An Empirical Investigation of Performance Consequences and Moderating Effects. IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management, 62(4): 529-543. DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2015.2454437.

Kock, Alexander; Heising, Wilderich; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2015): How Ideation Portfolio Management Influences Project Portfolio Success – The Mediating Role of Front End Success. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 32(4): 539-555. DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12217.

Teller, Juliane; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2014): Risk Management in Project Portfolio is More than Managing Project Risks: A Contingency Perspective on Risk Management. Project Management Journal, 45(4): 67-80. DOI: 10.1002/pmj.21431.

Teller, Juliane; Kock, Alexander (2013): An Empirical Investigation on How Portfolio Risk Management Influences Project Portfolio Success. International Journal of Project Management, 31(6): 817-829. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.11.012.

Voss, Martin; Kock, Alexander (2013): Impact of Relationship Value on Project Portfolio Success – Investigating the Moderating Effects of Portfolio Characteristics and External Turbulence. International Journal of Project Management, 31(6): 847-861. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.11.005.

Beringer, Claus; Jonas, Daniel; Kock, Alexander (2013): Behavior of Internal Stakeholders in Project Portfolio Management and Its Impact on Success. International Journal of Project Management, 31(6): 830-846. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.11.006.

Jonas, Daniel; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2013): Predicting Project Portfolio Success by Measuring Management Quality – A Longitudinal Study. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 60(2): 215-226. DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2012.2200041.

Unger, Barbara; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg; Jonas, Daniel (2012): Enforcing Strategic Fit of Project Portfolios by Project Termination: An Empirical Study on Senior Management Involvement. International Journal of Project Management, 30(6): 675-685. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2011.12.002.

Teller, Juliane; Unger, Barbara; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2012): Formalization of Project Portfolio Management: The Moderating Role of Portfolio Complexity. International Journal of Project Management, 30(5): 596-607. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.01.020.

Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg; Jonas, Daniel (2012): Wertsteigerung durch Projektportfoliomanagement. Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation, 81(1): 4-9.

Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg; Salomo, Søren; Schultz, Carsten (2011): The Mixed Blessings of Technological Innovativeness for the Commercial Success of New Products. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 28(S1): 28-43. DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00859.x.

Talke, Katrin; Salomo, Søren; Kock, Alexander (2011): Top Management Team Diversity and Strategic Innovation Orientation: The Relationship and Consequences for Innovativeness and Performance. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 28(6): 819-832. DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00851.x.

Kock, Alexander (2007) Innovativeness and Innovation Success – A Meta-Analysis. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, Special Issue 2007-2: 1-21.

Bechtel, Jadena; Sabini, Luca; Kock, Alexander (2023): Do sustainability tensions harm or benefit innovation portfolios? A paradoxical perspective. British Academy of Management Annual Conference 2023, Sussex.

Gemünden, Hans Georg; Kock, Alexander (2023): The Six-Alpha Concepts of Project Portfolio Management: Ambition and Anticipation, Alignment and Ambidexterity, Adaptability and Agility. European Academy of Management 2023, Dublin.

Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2023): It Takes Two to Tango: The Interactive Effect of Project Portfolio Management Offices and Voice Behavior on Project Portfolio Management Quality and Business Success. European Academy of Management 2023, Dublin.

Koch, Florian; Konrad, Elmar; Kock, Alexander (2023): The Spark that Ignites the Whole: A Case-study on Aggregation Processes of Individual Ambidexterity within Entrepreneurial Teams in the Creative Industries. European Academy of Management 2023, Dublin.

Tschiedel, Christian; Bechtel, Jadena; Kock, Alexander (2023): Sustainability integration and its relationship to innovation project managers' affective commitment. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2023, Lecco.

Feiter, Tim; Resch, Christian; Kock, Alexander (2023): Distant knowledge and local expertise: Investigating the effect of changes in interest on the generation of novel and valuable knowledge. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2023, Lecco.

Bechtel, Jadena; Sabini, Luca; Kock, Alexander (2023): Finding Opportunity in Tensions – How Balancing Sustainability and Competitive Strategies Drives Portfolio Innovativeness. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2023, Lecco.

Koch, Florian; Konrad, Elmar; Kock, Alexander (2022): The Spark that Ignites the Whole: A Case-study on Aggregation Processes of Individual Ambidexterity within Entrepreneurial Teams. RENT, Naples.

Koch, Florian; Konrad, Elmar; Kock, Alexander (2022): The stimulating influence of individual ambidextrous behavior on team members: a multi-case study of entrepreneurial teams. G-Forum, Dresden.

Bechtel, Jadena; Kock, Alexander (2022): How Can Innovation Portfolio Management Integrate Sustainability? An Empirical Analysis. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2022, Hamburg. Best Paper of the Conference.

Gamber, Michael; Itter, Ilaria; Kock, Alexander (2022): Well-selected or properly supported? The effect of corporate accelerator participation on startup performance. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2022, Hamburg.

Bechtel, Jadena; Kock, Alexander (2022): The Relevance of Urban Agglomeration Micro-Foundations for the Emergence of Innovation in Living Labs: A Qualitative Field Study. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2022, Hamburg.

Feiter, Tim; Tschiedel, Christian; Kock, Alexander (2022): Tensions in Sustainable Open Innovation – A Case Study of Business Model Innovation in a Living Lab. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2022, Hamburg.

Meier, Andre; Kock, Alexander (2022): What About the People? Agile Project Organisation and Team Member Dedication. European Academy of Management 2022, Winterthur. Best Paper of the Project Organizing SIG.

Gemünden, Hans Georg; Kock, Alexander (2022): What’s in for Me? Does Project Portfolio Management Support Project Managers? European Academy of Management 2022, Winterthur.

Koch, Florian; Kock, Alexander; Konrad, Elmar (2022): Is there a mimicry effect in ambidextrous behavior? A multi-case study of entrepreneurial teams. European Academy of Management 2022, Winterthur.

Loderer, Maria; Kock, Alexander (2022): Cultural Antecedents of Design Thinking: Empirical Insights on the Project and Portfolio Level. European Academy of Management 2022, Winterthur.

Feiter, Tim; Bär, Joshua; Kock, Alexander (2022): Resilience In Teams: How Team Characteristics Matter For Bouncing Back From A Setback. European Academy of Management 2022, Winterthur.

Bechtel, Jadena; Kock, Alexander (2022): The Role of Sustainability in Project Portfolio Decision-Making. European Academy of Management 2022, Winterthur.

Resch, Christian; Kock, Alexander (2022): Social Influence on Idea Development in Online Communities. 19th Open and User Innovation Conference 2022, Zurich (virtual).

Koch, Florian; Konrad, Elmar; Kock, Alexander (2021): Innovation with a twist: linking creative and business orientation to continuous innovations. CINet (virtual).

Koch, Florian; Konrad, Elmar; Kock, Alexander (2021): Two sides of the coin? The interaction between creative and business orientation on innovation in the creative industries. RENT 2021.

Loderer, Maria; Kock, Alexander (2021): The Influence of Design Thinking on Open Innovation. ISPIM Conference 2021; Knut Holt Award for Best Conference Paper.

Resch, Christian; Streibel, Julian; Kock, Alexander (2021): Lead user identification through artificial intelligence – A transfer learning approach. 18th Open and User Innovation Conference 2021, Aachen (virtual).

Kaufmann, Carsten; Resch, Christian; Kock, Alexander (2021): Novelty in innovative project sequences: The effect of team continuity and domain experience. European Academy of Management 2021, Montreal (virtual).

Bechtel, Jadena; Kaufmann, Carsten; Kock, Alexander (2021): Agile project management and teamwork quality: The moderating role of organizational contingencies. European Academy of Management 2021, Montreal (virtual).

Kock, Alexander; Lehner, Patrick; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2021): The Project-Oriented Organisation: An Empirical Investigation of its Impact on Performance trough Driving Promotors. European Academy of Management 2021, Montreal (virtual).

Resch, Christian; Feiter, Tim; Kock, Alexander (2021): Inspiration before focus – Time-dependent interest allocation and idea innovativeness in online communities. 29th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2021), Marrakesh (virtual). Nominated for Best Paper.

Resch, Christian; Kock, Alexander (2021): Social influence on idea development in online communities. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2021, Milan (virtual). Best Student Paper of the Conference.

Bechtel, Jadena; Kaufmann, Carsten; Kock, Alexander (2021): The relevance of dynamic capabilities for innovation portfolio agility. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2021, Milan (virtual). Runner-up Best Student Paper of the Conference.

Feiter, Tim; Kock, Alexander (2021). The interaction of collaboration and knowledge networks and its impact on knowledge exploration and exploitation. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2021, Milan (virtual).

Fey, Sascha; Kock, Alexander (2021): Meeting challenges with resilience – How innovation projects face adversity. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2021, Milan (virtual).

Loderer, Maria; Kock, Alexander (2021): Applying design thinking in corporate-start-up relationships – a multi-study design. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2021, Milan (virtual).

Kaufmann, Carsten; Kock, Alexander (2020): The performance effects of project status misreporting Academy of Management Meeting 2020, Vancouver (virtual).

Kaufmann, Carsten; Resch, Christian; Kock, Alexander (2020): The Influence of Team Continuity and Prior Experience on the Success of Innovative Projects. Academy of Management Meeting 2020, Vancouver (virtual).

Gamber, Michael; Kruft, Tobias; Kock, Alexander (2020): „Not-Invented-Here“– An Empirical Analysis of Individual and Climate-Related Antecedents. Innovation and Product Development Conference 2020, Antwerp (virtual).

Meier, Andre; Kock, Alexander (2020): Agile R&D Units’ Organization and its Relationship with Innovation Performance. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2020, Antwerp (virtual).

Kaufmann, Carsten; Resch, Christian; Kock, Alexander (2020): New project, new team? Choosing the right team composition in innovative project sequences Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2020, Antwerp (virtual). Best Student Paper of the Conference.

Wirsich, Alexander; Schultz, Carsten; Kock, Alexander; Strumann, Christoph; Salomo, Sören (2019) University-Industry Collaboration as Signal for Firm Value: Determinants of Signaling Efficacy. PDMA Research Forum 2019, Orlando.

Resch, Christian; Kock, Alexander (2019): How Social Interactions in Online Maker Communities Influence the Content of Maker Projects. Open and User Innovation Conference, Utrecht.

Kaufmann, Carsten; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2019): Emerging Strategy Recognition in Agile Portfolios. R&D Management Conference 2019, Paris. Best Paper of the Conference Award.

Meier, Andre; Kock, Alexander (2019): Antecedents and Consequences af Agile R&D Units' Organization – A Conceptual Framework. R&D Management Conference 2019, Paris.

Kruft, Tobias; Kock, Alexander (2019): Exchange but Stay Focused: How Social Learning and Workshop Participation Affect Submission Quality and Quantity in Corporate Ideation Contests. European Academy of Management Conference 2019, Lisbon.

Kaufmann, Carsten; Kock, Alexander (2019): Does Project Management Matter? The Casual Impact of Project Management Effort on Project Success. European Academy of Management Conference 2019, Lisbon. IPMA PMI Best Student Paper Prize of PO SIG.

Resch, Christian; Kock, Alexander (2019): Generalists or Specialists – Who has new Ideas? The Interaction Between Konwledge Breadth and Broker Status in Online Maker Communities. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2019, Leicester. Best Student Paper of the Conference.

Kaufmann, Carsten; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2019): Real Option Thinking as Behavioral Attitude to Improve Portfolio Innovativeness and Portfolio Success. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2019, Leicester. Runner-Up Best Student Paper of the Conference.

Kruft, Tobias; Kock, Alexander (2019): Behavioral Change of Innovation Climate: How Employee-Focused, Centralized Innovation Activities Affect Organizational Innovation Climate. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2019, Leicester.

Gamber, Michael; Kruft, Tobias; Kock, Alexander (2019): The Success of Ideators' Action Strategies in Corporate Ideation Platforms. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2019, Leicester.

Kruft, Tobias; Kock, Alexander (2019): Towards a comprehensive categorization of corporate incubators: Evidence from cluster analysis. ISPIM Conference 2019, Florence. Nominated for Best Paper of the Conference.

Kruft, Tobias; Gamber, Michael; Kock, Alexander (2018): The Role of Corporate Incubators for Firm's Innovative Behavior. International Society of Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) Forum 2018, Boston.

Salzmann, Edmund C.; Kock, Alexander (2018): Does Design Thinking Relate to Team Climate for Innovation in R&D Projects? A Multi-Level Approach. Academy of Management Meeting 2018, Chicago.

Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2018): Project Lineage Management and Project Portfolio Success. EURAM Conference 2018, Reykjavik.

Salzmann, Edmund C.; Kock, Alexander (2018): The Role of Design Thinking for Team Processes in R&D Projects. EURAM Conference 2018, Reykjavik.

Kruft, Tobias; Tilsner, Christoph; Schindler, Andreas; Kock, Alexander (2018): Persuasion in corporate idea contests: the moderating role of content scarcity on decision making. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2018, Porto. Best Paper of the Conference.

Killen, Catherine P.; Geraldi, Joana; Kock, Alexander (2018): Visualizations: Their Use and Impact on Innovation Portfolio Decision Making. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2018, Porto.

Salzmann, Edmund C.; Kock, Alexander (2018): Empowering Teams through Design Thinking: Consequences of Using Design Thinking Principles in Innovation Projects. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2018, Porto.

Schultz, Carsten; Gretsch, Oliver; Kock, Alexander (2018): The Impact of Differences in University and Industry R&D Project Perceptions on Collaboration Performance. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2018, Porto.

Gretsch, Oliver; Tietze, Frank; Kock, Alexander (2018): Open Research or Sponsor Takes it All: The Influence of IP Policy Aggressiveness on University-Industry Collaboration Project Success. Innovation and Product Development Management Conference 2018, Porto.

Wirsich, Alexander; Kock, Alexander; Strumann, Christoph; Schultz, Carsten (2017): Effects of University-Industry Collaboration on Firm Value. Academy of Management Meeting 2017, Atlanta.

Kruft, Tobias; Gamber, Michael; Kock, Alexander (2017): The Role of Corporate Incubators for Innovative Behvior in Firms and the Moderating Influence of Innovation Climate. European Academy of Management Conference 2017, Glasgow.

Nguyen, Na Mi; Killen, Catherine P.; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2017): The Use of Effectuation in Projects: The Influence of Business Case Control, Portfolio Monitoring Intensity and Project Innovativeness. European Academy of Management Conference, Glasgow 2017.

Gemünden, Hans Georg; Lehner, Patrick; Kock, Alexander (2017): The Project-oriented Organization and its Contribution to Innovation. European Academy of Management Conference, Glasgow 2017.

Gretsch, Oliver; Salzmann, Edmund; Kock, Alexander (2017): University-Industry Collaboration and Front-end Success: The Moderating Effects of Innovativeness and Concurrent Firm Collaboration. R&D Management Conference 2017, Leuven.

Salzmann, Edmund; Kock, Alexander (2017): When Ethnography is Good for You – Comparing Traditional Methods for Acquiring Customer Information with Methods from Design Thinking. R&D Management Conference 2017, Leuven.

Wirsich, Alexander; Kock, Alexander; Strumann, Christoph; Schultz, Carsten (2016): Effects of University-Industry Collaboration on Firm Value: A signaling theory perspective. WOIC conference, Barcelona, 2016.

Gretsch, Oliver (2016): Driving Factors of University-Industry Collaboration Project Performance: A Dyadic Qualitative Approach. International Product Development Management Conference 2016, Glasgow.

Gretsch, Oliver (2016): Understanding Critical Management Activities for University-Industry Collaboration Project Performance: A Dyadic Qualitative Approach. R&D Management Conference 2016, Cambridge.

Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2016): How Strategic Orientation Moderates the Relationship between Innovation Portfolio Management and Success. R&D Management Conference, Cambridge 2016.

Ekrot, Bastian; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2016): Project Employees’ Voice Behavior and its Relevance for Project Portfolio Success. European Academy of Management Conference, Paris 2016. Runner-up for best conference paper.

Schrauder, Stefan; Baccarella, Christian; Kock, Alexander; Voigt, Kai-Ingo (2016): Antecedents of Business Model Evaluation in the Front End of Innovation. International Product Development Management Conference 2016, Glasgow.

Kok, Robert; Kock, Alexander (2016): Firm innovativeness and economic performance: The role of the economic crisis. International Product Development Management Conference 2016, Glasgow.

Ekrot, Bastian; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2015:): Retaining Project Management Competence – Theoretical Model and Empirical Analysis. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference 2015, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Gemünden, Hans Georg; Kock, Alexander (2015): Antecedents to Responsiveness in Innovation Portfolio Management – The Mediating Effect of Decision-Making Quality. APROS/EGOS Conference 2015 – Sydney, Australia.

Wirsisch, Alexander; Kock, Alexander; Strumann, Christoph; Schultz, Carsten (2015): Effects of University Industry Collaboration on Technological Newness. TIE Tagung 2015, Potsdam.

Stock, Ruth; Kock, Alexander (2015): Understanding Negative and Positive Outcomes of Customer Mistreatment at the Service Encounter. AMA Summer Marketing Educators' Conference 2015, Chicago.

Kock, Alexander; Schulz, Babette; Kopmann, Julian; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2015): Project Portfolio Management Information Systems: Panacea or Poppycock? IRNOP Conference 2015, London.

Stock, Ruth; Kock, Alexander (2015): Trick or Treat: Does Costumer Mistreatment Really Provoke Negative Frontline Employee Behaviours? Academy of Management Meeting 2015, Vancouver.

Ekrot, Bastian; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2015): Retaining Project Management Competence – Antecedents and Consequences. IRNOP Conference 2015, London.

Wirsisch, Alexander; Kock, Alexander; Strumann, Christoph; Schultz, Carsten (2015): Effects of University Industry Collaboration on Technological Newness. International Product Development Management Conference 2015, Copenhagen.

Schwenk, Minea; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2014): How Autonomy and Formalization Influence the Effect of Group Creativity on Product Innovativeness. Academy of Management Meeting 2014, Philadelphia.

Ekrot, Bastian; Kock, Alexander; Rank, Johannes; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2014): Retaining Project Managers – An Empirical Analysis of the Antecedents to Project Manager's Satisfaction and Intention to Quit. PMI Research Conference 2014, Portland.

Kopmann, Julian; Kock, Alexander; Killen, Catherine; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2014): Business Case Control: The Key to Project Portfolio Success or Merely a Matter of Form? EURAM Conference 2014, Valencia. Best paper in PM track.

Kopmann, Julian; Kock, Alexander; Killen, Catherine; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2014): The Role of Innovation Portfolio Management in the Nexus between Deliberate and Emergent Innovation Strategies. International Product Development Management Conference 2014, Limerick.

Wirsisch, Alexander; Kock, Alexander; Salomo, Sören; Schlutz, Carsten (2013): University Industry Collaboration and Firm Performance. Jahrestagung der WK Technologie, Innovation und Entrepreneurship TIE 2013, St. Gallen, Schweiz.

Kock, Alexander; Schwenk, Minea; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2013): Balancing Formalization and Climate in the Front End of Innovation. Academy of Management Meeting 2013, Orlando.

Voss, Martin; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2013): Customer Integration and Project Portfolio Success – Investigating Process Integration as a Mediator. EURAM Conference 2013, Istanbul.

Kock, Alexander; Meskendahl, Sascha; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2013): The Moderating Influence of Strategic Orientation on the Project Portfolio Formation–Performance Relationship. IPDM Conference 2013, Paris.

Kock, Alexander; Schwenk, Minea; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2013): The Interplay of Formal and Informal Factors in the Fuzzy Front End of Innovation. IPDM Conference 2013, Paris.

Wirsisch, Alexander; Kock, Alexander; Schneider, Jan-Philip; Salomo, Sören; Schultz, Carsten (2013): Performance Effects of University Industry Collaboration. IPDM Conference 2013, Paris.

Teller, Juliane; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden Hans Georg (2013): Risk Management in Project Portfolios Is More than Managing Solely Project Risks: A Contingency Perspective on Risk Management. IRNOP Conference 2013, Oslo.

Kock, Alexander; Heising, Wilderich; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2012): The Impact of Ideation Portfolio Management on Project Portfolio Success. Jahrestagung der WK Technologie, Innovation und Entrepreneurship TIE 2012, Hamburg.

Kock, Alexander; Heising, Wilderich; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2012): How Ideation Portfolio Management Influences Project Portfolio Success – The Mediating Role of Front End Success. EURAM Conference 2012, Rotterdam.

Teller, Juliane; Kock, Alexander (2012): An Empirical Investigation of Portfolio Risk Management and Its Success. EURAM Conference 2012, Rotterdam.

Beringer, Claus; Jonas, Daniel; Kock, Alexander (2012): Behavior of Internal Stakeholders in Project Portfolio Management and Its Impact on Success. EURAM Conference 2012, Rotterdam.

Kock, Alexander; Meskendahl, Sascha; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2012): Overcoming the Implementation Gap by Project Portfolio Management. Academy of Management Meeting 2012, Boston.

Kock, Alexander; Heising, Wilderich; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2012): The Impact of Front End Success on Project Portfolio Success. IPDM Conference 2012, Manchester.

Kock, Alexander; Schneider, Jan-Philip; Schultz, Carsten; Salomo, Søren (2012): The long-term Effects of University Industry Collaboration on Firm Performance. IPDM Conference 2012, Manchester.

Kock, Alexander; Meskendahl, Sascha; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2011): The Integration between Strategy and Portfolio Management – Overcoming the Implementation Gap. Jahrestagung der WK Technologie, Innovation und Entrepreneurship TIE 2011, Berlin.

Jonas, Daniel; Kock, Alexander; Schultz, Carsten; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2011): Involvement of Middle Managers in Project Portfolio Management. Jahrestagung der WK Technologie, Innovation und Entrepreneurship TIE 2011, Berlin.

Schultz, Carsten; Kock, Alexander; Salomo, Søren (2011): Innovation Process Formalization in Product and Service Firms. PDMA Annual Research Forum 2011, Phoenix, USA.

Teller, Juliane; Unger, Barbara; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2011): Formalization of Project Portfolio Management: The Moderating Role of Portfolio Complexity. IRNOP Conference 2011, Montreal, Canada.

Unger, Barbara; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2011): Does senior management successfully enact what project portfolios need? An empirical study on senior management involvement in project termination. EURAM Conference 2011, Tallinn, Estonia.

Jonas, Daniel; Kock, Alexander; Schultz, Carsten; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2011): Keeping Organizational Control: The Role of Middle Management in Project Portfolio Management. 71st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2011, San Antonio, USA.

Dunowski, Jan-Philip; Schultz, Carsten; Kock; Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Gerog (2011) The Importance of Dedicated Functions for University Collaboration Portfolio Management. WK Organisation Workshop 2011, Berlin.

Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg; Salomo, Søren (2010): The Curvilinear Effect of Product Innovativeness on New Product Success. 70th Annual Conference of the Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada.

Bogenstahl, Christoph; Kock, Alexander; Awe, Björn; Schultz, Carsten (2010): How to Manage a Network? A Meta-Analysis of Network Management Capabilities and Network Success. 70th Annual Conference of the Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada.

Schultz, Carsten; Kock, Alexander; Salomo, Søren (2010): What’s Really Different in Service Innovation? The Importance of Process Formalization. 17th International Product Development Management Conference, Murcia, Spain, June 2010.

Dunowski, Jan-Philip; Schultz, Carsten; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg; Salomo, Søren (2010): Implementing University Collaboration Strategies through Portfolio Management. DRUID Summer Conference, London, June 2010.

Jonas, Daniel; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2010): The Impact of Portfolio Management Quality on Project Portfolio Success. EURAM Conference 2010, Rome, Italy, 19-22 May 2010. Best Paper in Project Management Track.

Bogenstahl, Christoph; Kock, Alexander; Awe, Björn; Schultz, Carsten (2010): Accumulated Findings on the Influence of Network Management on Network Success. EURAM Conference 2010, Rome, Italy, 19-22 May 2010.

Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg; Salomo, Søren; Schultz, Carsten (2010): The Different Impact of NPD Project Innovativeness on Project and Product Success. EURAM Conference 2010, Rome, Italy, 19-22 May 2010.

Hölzle, Katharina; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg; Petersen, Tanja (2009): Specialized or Omnipotent? – A Meta-Analytic Review of Innovator Roles. 69th Annual Conference of the Academy of Management, Chicago, August 7-11, 2009.

Hölzle, Katharina; Kock, Alexander; Petersen, Tanja; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2009): Promotors, Champions and Gatekeepers – State of the Art and Future Research. 16th International Product Development Management Conference in Twente, Netherlands.

Kock, Alexander (2007) Innovativeness and innovation success – a meta-analysis at the project level. R&D Management Conference, Bremen, July 2007.

Bechtel, J.; Lehner, P.; Kock, A.; Gemünden, H.G. (2023): Zukunftsfähige Projektportfolios – wie Top-Performer ökonomische, ökologische und soziale Anforderungen in Einklang bringen: Ergebnisse der 10. MPM-Benchmarking-Studie. Projektmanagement Aktuell, 34(4), 30-35.

Kock, A. and Gemünden, H. G. (2023): Success Factors of Project Portfolio Management and their Influence on Innovation Success. In: Andrew Davies, Sylvain Lenfle, Christoph Loch and Christophe Midler: Handbook of Innovation and Project Management, Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2023.

Gemünden, H. G. and Kock, A. (2023): Project Portfolio Management. In: Rodney Turner and Martina Huemann (Eds.). Gower Handbook of Project Management, 6th Edition, forthcoming 2023.

Gemünden, H. G. and Kock, A. (2023): Project Sequence Management. In: Rodney Turner and Martina Huemann (Eds.). Gower Handbook of Project Management, 6th Edition, forthcoming 2023.

Kock, A. and Gemünden, H. G. (2023): Addressing the challenges of new product development by Triple-A Project Management. In: Maude Brunet and Graham Winch: Research Handbook on Complex Project Organizing, pp. 193-202.

Nazemi, K., Feiter, T., Sina, L.B., Burkhardt, D., and Kock, A. (2022). Visual Analytics for Strategic Decision Making in Technology Management. In: Kovalerchuk, B., Nazemi, K., Andonie, R., Datia, N., Banissi, E. (eds) Integrating Artificial Intelligence and Visualization for Visual Knowledge Discovery. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1014. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-93119-3_2

Gemünden, H. G., Kock, A. (2022): Projektmanagement neu Denken: Das Triple-A-Konzept: Agil, Ambidexter und Adaptiv. Zeitschrift Führung Organisation (ZFO), Vol.91, Heft 1.

Kaufmann, C., Bechtel, J., Lehner, P., Gemünden, H. G., & Kock, A. (2021). Triple-A PPM: Agiles, Adaptives und Ambidexteres Projektportfoliomanagement fördert den Erfolg – gerade in Zeiten von Umbruch und Turbulenz. Projektmanagement Aktuell, 32(5), 51-58.

Kopmann, Julian; Kock, Alexander; Killen, Catherine P. (2017): Project Portfolio Management – The Linchpin in Strategy Processes. In: Sankaran, Shankar; Müller, Ralf; Drouin, Nathalie: Cambridge Handbook of Organizational Project Management, S. 88-101.

Ekrot, Bastian; Kock, Alexander (2017): Zukunftsfähigkeit sichern – Projektleiter langfristig an das Unternehmen binden. ProjektMagazin, Ausgabe 8, 1-9.

Gemünden, H. G.; Lehner, P. und Kock, A. (2017): Innovation durch projektorientierte Unternehmensführung. DOAG Business News, 3(2), 5-8.

Kopmann, Julian; Ekrot, Bastian; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2015): Multiprojektmanagement: Not oder Tugend? Ergebnisse der aktuellen MPM-Benchmarking-Studie. projektMANAGEMENT aktuell 2/2015, 31-38.

Kock, Alexander; Kopmann, Julian; Jonas, Daniel; Schott, Eric (2014): Emergenz in Projektlandschaften. In: Schultz, Carsten & Hölzle, Katharina: Motoren der Innovation – Zukunftsperspektiven der Innovationsforschung. Festschrift zum 65. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr. Hans Georg Gemünden. Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler. S. 117-131.

Meskendahl, Sascha; Jonas, Daniel; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2013): A Boa Gestão de Portfólios de Projetos Compnesa – Um Estudo Empírico. Mundo Project Management. Ago/Set 2013, 8-14.

Kock, Alexander; Globocnik, Dietfried; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2011): Erfolgsfaktoren im Multiprojektmanagement – Was erfolgreiche Unternehmen beim Management von Projektlandschaften auszeichnet. WINGbusiness 2/2011, S. 23-27.

Meskendahl, Sascha; Jonas, Daniel; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2011): Wie Unternehmen erfolgreich ihr Projektportfolio managen – Ergebnisse der 4. Studie zum Multiprojektmanagement der TU Berlin. projektMANAGEMENT aktuell 1/2011, S. 20-25.

Jonas, Daniel; Meskendahl, Sascha; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2011) Projektportfoliomanagement – Jenseits der Prozessmodelle. In: TÜV Media – Projekte erfolgreich managen. Chapter 7.2.14, S. 1-18.

Meskendahl, Sascha; Jonas, Daniel; Kock, Alexander; Gemünden, Hans Georg (2010): Die Kunst der Projektsteuerung. Harvard Business Manager (VHB-JQ2 E), November 2010, S. 12-15.

Gemünden, Hans Georg; Kock, Alexander (2009) Bei radikalen Innovationen gelten andere Spielregeln. In: Harland, Peter E. & Schwarz-Geschka, Martina: Immer eine Idee voraus – Wie innovative Unternehmen Kreativität systematisch nutzen. S. 31-51.

Gemünden, Hans Georg; Kock, Alexander (2008) Erfolg substanzieller Innovationen – Der Innovationsgrad als Einflussfaktor. In: Fisch, Rudolf; Müller, Andrea & Beck, Dieter: Veränderungen in Organisationen – Stand und Perspektiven. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. S. 201-226.

Schultz, Carsten; Kock, Alexander (2005) Telemedizinakzeptanz im Doc2Doc Bereich. In: Schultz, Carsten, Gemünden, Hans Georg & Salomo, Søren (Hrsg.): Akzeptanz der Telemedizin; Darmstadt: Minerva KG.

Hauschildt, Jürgen; Salomo, Sören; Schultz, Carsten; Kock, Alexander (2022): Innovationsmanagement. 7., vollständig aktualisierte und überarbeitete Auflage. Buch, 380 S., gebunden. Vahlen-Verlag.

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