60 https://www.uni-bremen.de/bit-institute/arbeitsgebiete/ag-technologie-und-innovation/prof-dr-tobias-roeth de Universität Bremen Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:11:20 +0100 Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:11:20 +0100 Universität Bremen content-650383 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:00:13 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/bit-institute/arbeitsgebiete/ag-technologie-und-innovation/prof-dr-tobias-roeth#c650383 <p class="CxSpFirst"><strong>EDUCATION</strong></p> <table cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse:collapse; height:417px; width:500px"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="height:39px; vertical-align:top; width:132px"> <p class="CxSpMiddle">08/2018 – 03/2024</p> </td> <td style="height:39px; vertical-align:top; width:520px"> <p class="CxSpMiddle"><strong>Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Kassel</strong> (since 02/2020 “Akademischer Rat auf Zeit, Qualifizierungstelle”, preparation of habilitation)</p> <p class="CxSpMiddle">School of Economics and Management</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="height:35px; vertical-align:top; width:132px"> <p class="CxSpMiddle">09/2017 – 11/2017</p> </td> <td style="height:35px; vertical-align:top; width:520px"> <p class="CxSpMiddle"><strong>Visiting Research Scholar at the Department Management and Entrepreneurship</strong><br /> W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona, USA)</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="height:35px; vertical-align:top; width:132px"> <p class="CxSpMiddle">12/2014 – 08/2018</p> </td> <td style="height:35px; vertical-align:top; width:520px"> <p class="CxSpMiddle"><strong>Doctoral Candidate (Dr. rer. pol.) at University of Kassel (Summa cum laude)</strong><br /> School of Economics and Management</p> <p class="CxSpMiddle">Dissertation: “How does individual behavior scale up to organizational decision-making? An investigation of formalized innovation processes.”</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="height:74px; vertical-align:top; width:132px"> <p class="CxSpMiddle">09/2011 – 11/2014</p> </td> <td style="height:74px; vertical-align:top; width:520px"> <p class="CxSpMiddle"><strong>Master’s Program Business Administration (M.Sc.) at Kiel University</strong><br /> Focus on Technology and Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship, and Organization Theory and Design<strong> </strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="CxSpFirst"><strong>WORK EXPERIENCE</strong></p> <table cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse:collapse; width:500px"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="height:39px; vertical-align:top; width:132px"> <p class="CxSpMiddle">04/2024 - Present</p> </td> <td style="height:39px; vertical-align:top; width:520px"> <p class="CxSpMiddle"><strong>Professor for Innovation and Technology</strong> at the University of Bremen</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="height:35px; vertical-align:top; width:132px">08/2018 - 03/2024</td> <td style="height:35px; vertical-align:top; width:520px"><strong>Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Technology, Innovation Management, and Entrepreneurship</strong> (Prof. Dr. Patrick Spieth), University of Kassel</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="height:35px; vertical-align:top; width:132px"> <p class="CxSpMiddle">12/2014 – 08/2018</p> </td> <td style="height:35px; vertical-align:top; width:520px"> <p class="CxSpMiddle"><strong>Research Assistant at the Chair of Technology, Innovation Management, and Entrepreneurship</strong> (Prof. Dr. Patrick Spieth), University of Kassel</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="CxSpMiddle"> </p> <p class="CxSpMiddle"><strong>HONORS, AWARDS, AND RECOGNITION</strong></p> <table cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse:collapse; width:500px"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border-bottom:none; border-left:none; border-right:none; border-top:1px solid black; height:16px; vertical-align:top; width:113px"> <p class="CxSpMiddle">Awards &<br /> Nominations</p> </td> <td style="border-bottom:none; border-left:none; border-right:none; border-top:1px solid black; height:16px; vertical-align:top; width:539px"> <p class="CxSpMiddle"><strong>Best Reviewer Award </strong>for the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division of the Academy of Management (2023)</p> <p class="CxSpMiddle"><strong>Knut Holt Best Paper Award 2022 </strong>of the XXXIII ISPIM Innovation Conference for the conference submission “How do Technological Frames Feel?”</p> <p class="CxSpMiddle"><strong>Nomination for the Innovation Special Interest Group (SIG) Best Paper Award at EURAM 2022 (short list) </strong>for the conference submission “Digital Transformation of Incumbents: Exploring the Consequences of Incongruent Technological Frames”</p> <p class="CxSpMiddle"><strong>Jürgen Hauschildt Award 2020 </strong>of the Commission Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (TIE) in the German Academic Association of Business Research (VHB) for the Paper<strong> “</strong>Managerial Political Behavior in Innovation Portfolio Management: A Sensegiving and Sensebreaking Process*” (Röth, T.; Spieth, P.; Lange, D. 2019)</p> <p class="CxSpMiddle"><strong>Best Reviewer Award </strong>for the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division of the Academy of Management (2020)</p> <p class="CxSpMiddle"><strong>Best dissertation award at University of Kassel </strong>(2019)</p> <p class="CxSpMiddle"><strong>Nomination for ISPIM dissertation award (long list), </strong>(2018)</p> <p class="CxSpMiddle"><strong>Nomination for SMS best paper award (short list) </strong>of the Innovation and Knowledge IG for the conference submission: “Intuition and Rationality during NPD Decisions: The Interplay of Affect and Uncertainty” at 27th Strategic Management Society (SMS) Annual Conference, Houston, USA, 2017</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:113px"> <p class="CxSpMiddle">Others</p> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; width:539px"> <p class="CxSpMiddle">Invitation for submission: “Special Issue of Journal of Product Innovation Management from the 2018 IPDM Conference” (Double blind review process)</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="CxSpMiddle"> </p> Content content-650384 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:00:13 +0100 https://www.uni-bremen.de/bit-institute/arbeitsgebiete/ag-technologie-und-innovation/prof-dr-tobias-roeth#c650384 <figure class="table" style="height:4002px;width:500px;"><table><tbody><tr><td style="border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-top:1px solid black;height:108px;vertical-align:top;width:113px;">Refereed journal publications</td><td style="border-bottom-style:none;border-left-style:none;border-right-style:none;border-top:1px solid black;height:108px;vertical-align:top;width:539px;"><p class="text-justify"><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr"><strong>Bechtel, J.; Röth, T.; & Kock. A. (forthcoming):</strong></span> The Influence of Sustainability Orientation on Portfolio Innovativeness in Manufacturing and Service Firms. <i>Journal of Product Innovation Management</i>  <span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">(VHB=A, IF=8)</span></p><p><strong>Müller, L., Röth, T., & Spieth, P. (2025).</strong> Steering the Sustainability Course of Innovation Portfolios: An Agile Control Perspective. <i>Journal of Product Innovation Management</i>. <span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">(VHB=A, IF=8)</span></p><p><strong>Röth, T., Spieth, P., & Dzomba, H. (2025).</strong> Shaping innovation portfolios: The effect of interactive and diagnostic control use on organizational politics and agility. <i>Management Accounting Research, 66</i>, 100934.</p><p><strong>Bechtel, J., Röth, T., & Kock, A. (forthcoming).</strong> The influence of sustainability orientation on portfolio innovativeness in manufacturing and service firms. <i>Journal of Product Innovation Management</i>.</p><p><strong>Block, J., Brändle, L., Limbach, P., Röth, T., & Sabel, C. A. (2025).</strong> Half dead or more alive than ever? New, old, and (increasingly) redundant literature review formats. <i>Management Review Quarterly.</i></p><p><strong>Röth, T., Heidenreich, S., Schweitzer, F., & Spieth, P. (2024)</strong>. Navigating through learning tensions at the front end: How firms can motivate paradoxical thinking when screening the creativity of ideas. <i>R&D Management</i>, 1–20. (VHB=B; IF= 6.3)</p><p><strong>Spieth, P.; Breitenmoser P.; & Röth, T. (2023):</strong> Business Model Innovation: Integrative Review, Framework, and Agenda for Future Innovation Management Research, Journal of Product Innovation Management (VHB= A, IF= 10.5)</p><p><strong>Röth, T., Schweitzer, F. & Spieth, P. (2023):</strong> Digital New Market Creation by Incumbent Firms: The Influence of Formalization and Political Behavior on Decision-Making Agility, Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 32(1): 101755 (VHB= A, IF= 7)</p><p><strong>Spieth, P.; Röth, T.; Clauss, T.; Urhahn, C.; Killen, C. (2023): </strong>Investigating the Effect of Perceived Product Portfolio Innovativeness on Consumers’ Brand Perceptions, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 70(10), 3451-3464 (VHB =B, IF = 5.8)</p><p><strong>Arnold, F.; Breitenmoser P.; Röth, T. & Spieth, P. (2022):</strong> How Do Technological Frames Feel? A Digital Business Model Perspective, International Journal of Innovation Management, 26(09), 1-30 (VHB= B, IF = - )</p><p><strong>Schweitzer, F.; Palmié, M.; Gassmann, O.; Kahlert, J.; Röth, T. (2022): </strong>Open innovation for institutional entrepreneurship: How incumbents induce institutional change to advance autonomous driving, R&D Management, 52(3), 456-483 (VHB= B, IF= 6.3)</p><p><strong>Bauer, J., Schweitzer, F., Heidenreich, S., Roeth, T. (2021):</strong> „The value of experience-based simulation in garnering support for radically new concepts“. International Journal of Innovation Management, 2150095, pp. 1-24 (VHB= B, IF = - )</p><p><strong>Spieth, P.; Röth, T.; Claus, T.; Klos, C. (2021):</strong> Measuring Technological Frames in the Digital Age: Conceptualization, Scale Development, and Validation; Journal of Management Studies, 58(7), 1962-1993 (VHB= A, IF= 10.5)</p><p><strong>Schweitzer, F.; Röth, T.; Gillier, T. (2020): </strong>The eye of the beholder: The influence of intuition, rationality, and leeway on the assessment of an idea's market-creation potential, Industrial Marketing Management, 91, 274-284 (VHB= B, IF = 10.3)</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P.; Joachim, V. (2020)</strong>: The Interaction of Intuition and Rationality during Escalated NPD Decisions: An Investigation of Decision-makers’ Affective States, International Journal of Innovation Management, 2050033, (VHB= B, IF = - )</p><p><strong>Spieth, P.; Röth, T.; Meissner, S. (2019)</strong>: Reinventing a business model in industrial networks: implications for customers’ brand perceptions, Industrial Marketing Management, 83, 275-287 (VHB= B, IF = 10.3)</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P.; Lange, D. (2019): </strong>Managerial Political Behavior in Innovation Portfolio Management: A Sensegiving and Sensebreaking Process*, Journal of Product Innovation Management, 36(5), 534-559 (VHB= A, IF= 10.5)</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P. (2019)</strong>: The influence of resistance to change on evaluating an innovation project’s innovativeness and risk: A sensemaking perspective. Journal of Business Research, 101, 83–92 (VHB= B, IF= 11.3)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:113px;">Monograph</td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:539px;">Röth, T. (2018) How does individual behavior scale up to organizational decision-making? An investigation of formalized innovation processes. kassel university press. Kassel</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:113px;">Further (practitioner-oriented) publications</td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:539px;"><p><strong>Spieth, P.; Röth, T.; Claus, T.; Klos, C. (2021): </strong>Digitalization starts in the minds of decision makers. But how can we capture this in empirical research? Online at managementstudiesinsights.com, available at https://managementstudiesinsights.com/<br>digitalization-starts-in-the-minds-of-decision-makers-but-how-can-we-capture-this-in-empirical-research/</p><p><strong>Gillier, T.; Schweitzer, F.; Roeth, T. (2021): </strong>Gut feel or rational analysis? Both may be vital in finding winning ideas for new markets. Online at the Conversation. https://theconversation.com/gut-feel-or-rational-analysis-both-may-be-vital-in-finding-winning-ideas-for-new-markets-159496 (last access on July 28, 2021)</p><p><strong>Spieth, P., Klos, C., Röth, T., et al. (2021):</strong> „Entwicklung eines digitalen Lehr- und Lernarrangements für das deutsche Handwerk“ in TransWork - Assistenzsysteme und Kompetenzentwicklung, Hrsg. Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft und Organisation IAO, Springer</p><p><strong>Klos, C., Beutner, C., Röth, T. & Spieth, P. (2020):</strong> „Fachkräftequalifizierung und –sicherung in der zukünftig digitalisierten Arbeitswelt: Multimediales Lehr- und Lernarrangement für die Adoption von IuK-Technologien im Handwerk.“ kassel university press. Kassel</p><p><strong>Klos, C., Röth, T. & Spieth, P. (2018): </strong>Technologische Vorausschau: Der Einfluss der Digitalisierung auf die Arbeit von morgen. kassel university press. Kassel</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:113px;">Refereed conference publications</td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:539px;"><p><strong>Müller, L.; Röth, T. & Spieth, P. (2024)</strong>: Explorering the Interface of Agile and Conventional New Product Development: A Paradox Lens, 84. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung des Verbandes der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.</p><p><strong>Klein, S.; Röth, T. & Spieth, P. (2024): </strong>Political Contestation of Incumbents’ Adaption to Technological Change: The Influence of Strategic Leaders’ Emotional and Strategic Framing. 84. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung des Verbandes der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P.; Klos, C. (2023): </strong>Managing Technological Frames: How Strategic Actors’ Framing Shapes the Implementation of Digital Technologies, JPIM Research Forum</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P & Dzomba, H., Speith, S. (2023): </strong>Agility in the Management of Innovation Portfolios: The Interaction of Politics and Organizational Controls, European Academy of Management, Dublin, Irland</p><p><strong>Breitenmoser, P.; Röth, T.; Spieth, (2023): </strong>Mechanisms for Managing Business Model Ambiguity and Implications for Organizational Agility: A Multiple Case Study, 23<sup>rd</sup> Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management (EURAM), Dublin, Irland</p><p><strong>Breitenmoser, P.; Röth, T.; Spieth, (2023):</strong> The Impact of Cognitive Ambiguity on Individual Resonance to Business Model Innovation: A Multiple Case Study, 30<sup>th</sup> Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC), Lecco, Italien</p><p><strong>Müller, L.; Röth, T. & Spieth, P. (2023)</strong>: Exploring the interface of agile and conventional new product development: A paradoxical view, Innovation and Product Development Management Conference, Lecco, Italien</p><p><strong>Müller, L.; Röth, T. & Spieth, P. (2023)</strong>: Agile Control: Theory and Scale Development, European Academy of Management, Dublin, Irland</p><p><strong>Röth, T. & Müller, L. (2022): </strong>How the Grounding of Framing Shapes the Digital Transformation of Incumbents, Strategic Management Society (SMS) 42<sup>nd</sup> Annual Conference, London, United Kingdom</p><p><strong>Röth, T. & Schweitzer, F.; Heidenreich, S.; Spieth, P. (2022):</strong> Navigating Through Paradoxes: The Influence of Paradoxical Thinking on Idea Screening, 82<sup>nd</sup> Annual Meeting of The Academy of Management (AoM), Seattle, USA</p><p><strong>Arnold, F.; Breitenmoser, P.; Röth, T. & Spieth, P. (2022):</strong> The Emotional Grounding of Technological Frames, R&D Management Conference, Trient, Italien</p><p><strong>Spieth, P.; Breitenmoser, P. & Röth, T. (2022):</strong> Business Model Innovation Research: A Literature Review. R&D Management Conference, Trient, Italien</p><p><strong>Müller, L.; Röth, T. & Spieth, P. (2022):</strong> Agile Organizational Control: Theory, Scale Development, and Future Research Areas?, 29<sup>th</sup> Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC), Hamburg, Deutschland</p><p><strong>Heidenreich, S.; Spieth, P. & Joachim; V. & Röth, T., (2022):</strong> Why Do Consumers Reject Innovations Before Evaluating Them? Exploring the Nature of and Strategies to Overcome Passive Innovation Resistance, 29<sup>th</sup> Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC), Hamburg, Deutschland</p><p><strong>Schweitzer, F. & Röth, T. (2022):</strong> How Do Strategic Leaders in Incumbent Firms Shape Digital Mindsets?, 29<sup>th</sup> Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC), Hamburg</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P. & Klos, C. (2022):</strong> Digital Transformation of Incumbents: Exploring the Consequences of Incongruent Technological Frames. EURAM, Winterthur, Schweiz</p><p><strong>Röth, T; Müller, L. & Spieth, P. (2022):</strong> Drifting apart of Frames‘ Grounding: How Framing Tactics shape the Digital Transformation of Incumbents, EURAM, Winterthur, Schweiz</p><p><strong>Arnold, F.; Breitenmoser, P.; Röth, T. & Spieth, P. (2022):</strong> How Do Technological Frames Feel?, XXXIII ISPIM Innovation Conference, Kopenhagen, Dänemark</p><p><strong>Müller, L; Röth, T. & Spieth, P. (2022):</strong> Exploring the paradox of agility: How can organizations manage the agile transformation of their new product development processes?, ISPIM, Kopenhagen, Dänemark</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P. (2021): </strong>How to Play the Political System Well? An Organizational Change Perspective on Process Innovations. Strategic Management Society (SMS) 41<sup>st</sup> Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada</p><p><strong>Müller, L.; Röth, T.; Spieth, P. (2021):</strong> NPD Processes in the Digital Age: Exploring and Measuring Agility. International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) Conference, Berlin/ Germany</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Schweitzer, F.; Spieth, P. (2021): </strong>Formalized New Product Development: A Political Perspective on Flexibility. EURAM (European Academy of Management), Montréal, Canada</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P. (2021): </strong>How to Play the System Well? Exploring Strategic Actors’ Framing Flexibility to Push Digital Innovations in Incumbent Firms. 28<sup>th</sup> Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC), Milan, Italy</p><p><strong>Müller, L.; Röth, T.; Spieth, P. (2021):</strong> Making Sense of Agility: Exploring the Agile Transformation of Inflexible NPD Processes. 28<sup>th</sup> Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC), Milan Italy</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P. (2020): </strong>Investigating the Implementation of Digital Process Innovation: A Political Perspective on Organizational Change, at 20<sup>th</sup> EURAM Conference, Dublin (Ireland)</p><p><strong>Röth, T., Schweitzer, F.; Spieth, P. (2020): </strong>Managerial Leeway in New Product Development’s Market Creation Potential: A Political Perspective on Decision-Making Processes; 27<sup>th</sup> Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC), Antwerp, Belgium</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P. (2019): </strong>A Behavioral Perspective on Agility in Innovation Portfolio Management Investigating Political and Rational Decision-Making Processes. <a href="https://tie2019.de/" target="_self">VHB TIE Conference,</a> Darmstadt/ Germany</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P. (2019):</strong> The Interaction of Political and Rational Decision‐Making Processes: A Behavioral Perspective on Agility in Innovation Portfolio Management, 26<sup>th</sup> Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC), Leicester/England</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P. (2018):</strong> Political behavior and decisions-making processes: A multiple case study in the context of innovation project portfolio management, EURAM (European Academy of Management), Reykjavík/Island</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P. (2018):</strong> Framing at the CEO, top management team, and middle management interfaces: How much does the CEO matter?, 25<sup>th</sup> IPDMC: Innovation and Product Development Management Conference, Porto/Portugal</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P. (2018):</strong> Political behavior revisited: Individual’s sensegiving and sensebreaking practices to influence innovation project portfolio management decisions, 25<sup>th</sup> IPDMC: Innovation and Product Development Management Conference, Porto/Portugal</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Joachim, V.; Spieth, P. (2018):</strong> The role of affect on escalating commitment: The interplay of intuition and rationality in decision-making, 80. Jahrestagung des VHB, Magdeburg/Deutschland</p><p><strong>Klos, C.; Röth, T., Spieth, P. (2018): </strong>The Influence of Managerial Capabilities on Digital Technology Integration: Required Management Competencies in Industries with Highly Specialized, Unstandardized Work, Academy of Management Global Proceedings,</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P. (2017):</strong> Political behavior revised: Exploring positive effects on decision-making effectiveness, Strategic Management Society (SMS) 37<sup>th</sup> Annual Conference, Houston/USA</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Joachim, V.; Spieth, P. (2017):</strong> Intuition and Rationality During NPD Decisions: The Interplay of Affect and Uncertainty, Strategic Management Society (SMS) 37<sup>th</sup> Annual Conference, Houston/USA</p><p><strong>Spieth, P.; Klusmann, C.; Röth, T.; Schneider, S. (2017):</strong> Cognitive View on Business Model Innovation, R&D Management Conference Leuven/Belgium</p><p><strong>Spieth, P.; Klusmann, C.; Röth, T.; Schneider, S. (2017): </strong>Opportunity Evaluation utilizing the Concept of Business Model Innovation: Insights from an Experimental Research Design, International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) Conference, Vienna/Austria</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P.; Joachim, V. (2017):</strong> Evaluation of NPD projects: The impact of emotions and uncertainty, International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) Conference, Vienna/Austria</p><p><strong>Röth, T.; Spieth, P. (2016): </strong>How to design effective decision-making in new product portfolio management: An upper echelon perspective, EURAM Annual Conference, Paris, France</p></td></tr></tbody></table></figure> Content