Thorsten Teichert (born 1963 in Berlin) is a German

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

and Professor of Business Administration, especially marketing and innovation at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the

University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (, also referred to as UHH) is a public university, public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('':de:Allgemeines Vorlesungswesen, ...

.''Thorsten Teichert'' – Profile
Website of University of Hamburg. Accessed 1 November 2012.

Biography

Thorsten Teichert studied engineering at

Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin; also known as Berlin Institute of Technology and Technical University of Berlin, although officially the name should not be translated) is a public university, public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was the first ...

and received his

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in engineering. Subsequently, he obtained his MBA from

Union College Union College is a Private university, private liberal arts college in Schenectady, New York, United States. Founded in 1795, it was the first institution of higher learning chartered by the New York State Board of Regents, and second in the s ...

in Schenectady, New York. In 1993 Teichert obtained his PhD at the University of Kiel with the thesis "Erfolgspotential internationaler F-&-E-Kooperationen." (The potential success of international Research & Development cooperations).''Thorsten Teichert'' – Dissertation
Catalogue of the German National Library. Accessed on 1 November 2012. After graduation Teichert was Research Fellow at the

Fuqua School of Business The Duke University Fuqua School of Business (pronounced ) is the business school of Duke University, a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina. It enrolls more than 1,300 students in degree-seeking programs. Du ...

in Durham (North Carolina) in the United States. In 2000 he obtained his Habilitation at the

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management is a private German business school with campuses in Vallendar and Düsseldorf, Germany. As of September 2024, there are 2,007 students (including doctoral students) at WHU, about 251 employees and 5 ...

in Koblenz with the thesis "Nutzenschätzung in Conjoint-Analysen. Theoretische Fundierung und empirische Aussagekraft" (Benefit estimation in conjoint analysis. Theoretical foundation and empirical significance). Thorsten Teichert acts as Head of the Marketing and Innovation at the Institute of Marketing and Media at the

. He is also Professor at the R&D Management study at the

University of Stuttgart The University of Stuttgart () is a research university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties. It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany with programs in civil, mechanical, ind ...

. Teichert is director of the Institute for Innovation Management at the

University of Bern The University of Bern (, , ) is a public university, public research university in the Switzerland, Swiss capital of Bern. It was founded in 1834. It is regulated and financed by the canton of Bern. It is a comprehensive university offering a br ...

as well as honorary member and Visiting Professor at the

University of Technology, Sydney The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1988, though its origins as a technical institution can be traced back t ...

. Teichert has worked in industry as assistant to the CEO at the INPRO GmbH in Berlin. Moreover, Teichert was head of staff department Corporate Development at

ThyssenKrupp ThyssenKrupp AG (, ; stylized as thyssenkrupp) is a German industrial engineering and steel production multinational conglomerate. It resulted from the 1999 merger of Thyssen AG and Krupp and has its operational headquarters in Duisburg and E ...

in Düsseldorf. He has works as research consultant in the area of technology and innovation management, particularly for patent analysis and issues of new product development.

Research Areas

His scientific focus is new product development and technology marketing, strategic technology and R&D management, market development, internationalization and networks, theory of innovation management programs, particularly empirical research approaches and radical innovations, time and diffusion strategies. Other research priorities include market-driven new product development, organizational innovation and interface management, technological competition analysis, and using patent data and surveys on consumer behavior.

Publications

* 1994. ''Erfolgspotential internationaler F-&-E-Kooperationen''. PhD thesis University of Kiel, 1993. Wiesbaden: Springer. * 2001. ''Nutzenschätzung in Conjoint-Analysen. Theoretische Fundierung und empirische Aussagekraft'', Habilitation thesis, 2000. Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag. * 2011. Volker Trommsdorff & Thorsten Teichert. ''Konsumentenverhalten.'' Stuttgart:

Kohlhammer Verlag W. Kohlhammer Verlag GmbH, or Kohlhammer Verlag, is a German publishing house headquartered in Stuttgart. History Kohlhammer Verlag was founded in Stuttgart on 30 April 1866 by . Kohlhammer had taken over the businesses of his late father-in-la ...

;Articles, a selection: *

Brockhoff, Klaus Klaus Brockhoff (born 16 October 1939) is a German economist, organizational theorist and Emeritus Professor at the University of Kiel.Sönke Albers. "Klaus Brockhoff 65 years", in: Journal of Marketing Research, 56 Born (2004), p. 660-662. Biogr ...

, and Thorsten Teichert. "Cooperative RD and partners measures of success." International Journal of Technology Management 10.1 (1995): 111–123. * Von Wartburg, Iwan, Thorsten Teichert, and Katja Rost. "Inventive progress measured by multi-stage patent citation analysis." Research Policy 34.10 (2005): 1591–1607. * Pilkington, Alan, and Thorsten Teichert. "Management of technology: themes, concepts and relationships." Technovation 26.3 (2006): 288–299.

References

External links

Profile of Thorsten Teichert
University of Hamburg

in the catalog of the German National Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Teichert, Thorsten 1963 births Living people German economists German business theorists Technische Universität Berlin alumni Academic staff of the University of Hamburg Duke University faculty Academic staff of the University of Stuttgart Academic staff of the University of Bern