The TIM department was represented with a total of three papers at the 32nd Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC) in Porto. Particularly pleasing: Doreen Gehl and Alexander Kock were honoured with the Christer Karlsson Overall Best Paper Award for their paper “How Purpose Shapes Innovation Portfolios: Thriving in Times of Dynamic Change”.

Der Artikel „When Do Sustainability Tensions Harm or Benefit Innovation Portfolios? A Paradoxical Perspective“ von Jadena Bechtel, Luca Sabini und Alexander Kock ist im renommierten Journal of Product Innovation Management (JPIM) erschienen.

The article “When Do Sustainability Tensions Harm or Benefit Innovation Portfolios? A Paradoxical Perspective” by Jadena Bechtel, Luca Sabini, and Alexander Kock has been published in the Journal of Product Innovation Management (JPIM).

11th MPM Study 2025 – Successful presentation of results with over 150 company representatives live from the TU Darmstadt studio.

The article “A System of Management Principles to Improve the Performance of Innovative Project Portfolios” by Hans Georg Gemünden and Alexander Kock has been published in the Project Management Journal (PMJ).

The article “A System of Management Principles to Improve the Performance of Innovative Project Portfolios” by Hans Georg Gemünden and Alexander Kock has been published in the Project Management Journal (PMJ).

William Schütte joins our team.

We are delighted to welcome William Schütte as a new research assistant in our Department of Technology and Innovation Management in December and wish him every success for his time with us!

The article “How organisational and team climates foster design thinking for project success” by Maria Loderer and Alexander Kock has been published in the International Journal of Project Management.

The article “How organisational and team climates foster design thinking for project success” by Maria Loderer and Alexander Kock has been published in the International Journal of Project Management.

Last week, our team had the pleasure of participating in the 6th TIME Research Colloquium, hosted by the University of Kassel. This two-day seminar provided a valuable platform for academic exchange in the fields of Technology and Innovation Management as well as Entrepreneurship.

William Schütte joins our team.

We are delighted to welcome William Schütte as a new research assistant in our Department of Technology and Innovation Management in December and wish him every success for his time with us!

Tim Feiter successfully defended his dissertation entitled ‘How Knowledge enables Innovative Behaviour – A Temporal and Network Perspective’ on 27 January 2025.

Florian Koch successfully defended his dissertation entitled “Navigating Paradoxes and Multiple Institutional Logics in Creative Startups'” on December 6, 2024.