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Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models

About us

Innovations at the boundaries of different fields of knowledge and technology have the potential to enable new technology and innovation systems as well as entirely new entrepreneurial eco-systems. For example, the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals adopted in Paris can only succeed through new technologies and new value chains that enable a more efficient use of resources. Against the background of this motivation, the team of the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models deals with the entire transformation or start-up process from the emergence of new "Technological Innovation Systems" and the associated transformation of established firms to the identification of entrepreneurial opportunities and the underlying mental models of managers/entrepreneurs.

We aim at closely linking theoretical and practical questions in research and education. Our research projects are based on a wide array of quantitative as well as qualitative methods to analyze management questions in the diverse applications fields.

Abschlussarbeiten
Here you can find information about bachelor and master theses at our chair. If you have any questions, please contact Vanessa Thybussek (vanessa.thybussek@rub.de).
Business Model Design Lab
The Business Model Design Lab (BMDL) offers students the opportunity to design a business model in cooperation with a regional start-up company or a planned RUB spin-off.
Hall of Fame
Former PhD students and researchers
Opportunities for collaboration
We offer different possibilities for collaboration with our chair.

Team

Position
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring
Chair of the department, Professor
Vanja Mati
Employee in technology and administration
Dr. Michael Rennings (geb. Wustmans)
Academic council, Scientific assistant
Dr. Vera Jahn
Post-Doc, Scientific assistant
Dr. Vivian Peuker Steinhäuser
Post-Doc, Scientific assistant
Lev Kalishchuk
Scientific assistant
Simon Ohlert
Scientific assistant
Martina Schomer (geb. Böhmel)
Scientific assistant

Teaching

The registration for the modules at the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models is done via Moodle. If you are interested in a module, please enroll in the corresponding Moodle course.

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Further information on bachelor and master theses are here.

Please contact Vanessa Thybussek (vanessa.thybussek@rub.de) if you are interested in writing your bachelor or master theses with us or have any further questions.

In general, there are two different types of credit recognition:

  1. If you take a module at a foreign university that is equivalent to one of the modules offered by our chair in terms of content and requirements, you can have it credited as the corresponding RUB module.
  2. If you take an economics module at a foreign university for which there is no equivalent module at our chair in terms of content and requirements, you can have it credited as a so-called “dummy” module (“(Advanced) Applied Management/Economics”).

Basically, our chair will determine in which form we can credit your module. Students who need credit for a module taken at another university or department for a subject offered by the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models, please contact Ms. Vanessa Thybussek: vanessa.thybussek@ruhr-uni-bochum.de.

In order to be able to provide information about the credit, the following information is required:

  • Your RUB degree (Bachelor, Master, etc.)
  • Your exchange type (Erasmus, change of university, etc.)
  • Completed application for recognition, available at the examination office

In order to assess the content and level of the non-RUB module, we need the following information about the non-RUB module:

  • Name of the module
  • ECTS or credits
  • Contact/teaching hours (“semester hours per week”)
  • Study program to which the module belongs
  • Syllabus
  • Literature
  • WWW link of the module

Teaching offers

Study Type
Video seminar
4 contact hours
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SS 2024
Seminar
6 contact hours
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SS 2024
Seminar
6 contact hours
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SS 2024
Seminar
6 contact hours
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SS 2024
Seminar
4 contact hours
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SS 2024
Seminar
4 contact hours
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Next dates

April 08, 2024
Introduction to Technology Entrepreneurship
April 08, 2024
Introduction Strategic Technology and Innovation Management
April 09, 2024
Guest Lecture Florian Mrosek (European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre)
April 23, 2024
Start-up creation: Idea Generation Workshop with Elena Blazquez (WSC Makerspace)

Research

Given the increasing need to implement sustainable development goals and the pressing urge to mitigate challenges such as climate change, new technologies and innovations are not only increasingly necessary but also a fascinating research subject.

Research focus

Technology Dynamics and Transformation
New technologies have the potential to disrupt and thus change the logic of various industries. On the one hand, this dynamic leads to opportunities for start-ups; on the other, it poses major challenges for established companies.
Business Model Innovations
The combination of different knowledge and technology areas holds great potential for technology-based business models and at the same time poses major challenges for the transformation process of established companies.
Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition
Identifying and realizing entrepreneurial opportunities in the context of interdisciplinary high-tech fields helps to link diverse fields of knowledge and technology.

Research projects

Collaborative Project
Bio4MatPro: Kompetenzzentrum zur Biologischen Transformation von Materialwissenschaften und Produktionstechnik
Collaborative Project
PRIMED: Redesigning the Primary Sector for Maximizing Bioeconomy Development

Interested in working for our chair?

Student Assistant (m/w/d) with Bachelor's degree
Student Assistant (m/w/d)
Verwaltungsmitarbeiter*in (m/w/d)
External Job Offers

Publications

Bohnsack, R., Rennings, M., Block, C., & Bröring, S. (2024). Profiting from innovation when digital business ecosystems emerge: A control point perspective. Research Policy53(3), 104961.

Moretti, D.M., Baum, C.M., Ehlers, M.-H., Finger, R., & Bröring, S. (2023). Exploring actors' perceptions of the precision agriculture innovation system – A Group Concept Mapping approach in Germany and Switzerland. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 122270.

Appio, F. P., Bröring, S., Sick, N., Lee, S., & Mora, L. (2023). Editorial Deciphering Convergence: Novel Insights and Future Ideas on Science, Technology, and Industry Convergence. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 70(4), 1389-1401.

Bohnsack, R., Rennings, M., Block, C., & Bröring, S. (2024). Profiting from innovation when digital business ecosystems emerge: A control point perspective. Research Policy53(3), 104961.

Moretti, D.M., Baum, C.M., Ehlers, M.-H., Finger, R., & Bröring, S. (2023). Exploring actors' perceptions of the precision agriculture innovation system – A Group Concept Mapping approach in Germany and Switzerland. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 122270.

Appio, F. P., Bröring, S., Sick, N., Lee, S., & Mora, L. (2023). Editorial Deciphering Convergence: Novel Insights and Future Ideas on Science, Technology, and Industry Convergence. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 70(4), 1389-1401.

Latest news

Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring will give a presentation at the University of the Fraser Valley in Vancouver, Canada
March 15, 2024
New publication published in the journal Research Policy on profiting from innovation in emerging business ecosystems
March 7, 2024
Stefanie Bröring befasst sich in Forschung und Lehre mit technologiebasierten Unternehmensgründungen. © RUB, Marquard
Ein neues Amt für Stefanie Bröring
December 13, 2023
Interview, Meet your Prof
Meet your Prof: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring
December 6, 2023
Anna Waßenhoven among the top 3 in the "Förderpreis der Agrarwirtschaft"
November 10, 2023
New study published on Key Enabling Technologies in transitions
October 17, 2023
Entrepreneurship and Innovative Business Models

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