Dr. Jessica Birkholz
Scientific employee
Contact:
Max-von-Laue-Straße 1
28359 Bremen
Building WIWI 2, Room F 2030
Phone: +49 (0)421 218-66634
jessica.birkholz(at)uni-bremen.de
Person
Dr. Jessica Birkholz is currently working as a research assistant (postdoc) in the research group "Innovation and Structural Economics" (Prof. Dr. Jutta Günther) at the University of Bremen. Her research interests lie in the area of the emergence and diffusion of innovations. In addition, she is active in the hyBit project.
Previously, Ms. Birkholz completed her studies in business administration at the University of Bremen (B.Sc. 2015 and M.Sc. 2018). In the context of her dissertation, which was completed in September 2022, she dealt with the connection between entrepreneurship and knowledge creation and diffusion in regional innovation systems.
Academic education and degrees
Seit 09/2022 | Scientific Employee University of Bremen |
01/2022 - 08/2022 | Guest Researcher University of Bremen |
03/2018 - 12/2021 | Scientific Employee (PhD Candidate) University of Bremen |
10/2021 - 11/2021 | Research Stay University of Zaragoza - Department of Economic Analysis Funded by: BremenIDEA (Central Research Development Fund at the University of Bremen) |
08/2021 - 09/2021 | Research Stay Maastricht University - Department of Organisation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship Funded by: YUFE Mobility Award (YUFE) |
10/2015 – 02/2018 | Master in Business Studies University of Bremen
Titel of thesis: ”Determination of Adoptor Clusters of Innovations According to, for Purchasing Behaviour Relevant, Behavioural Biases and the Analysis of the Impact of Brand Value Dimensions on the Adoption Using the Example of Smartphones. An Empirical Analysis.“ Degree: Master of Science |
10/2012 – 08/2015 | Bachelor in Business Studies University of Bremen Major:Behavioral Economics Titel of thesis: “Interpersonal Relationships and Their Impact on Consumption Decision Using the Example of Status Symbols: a Graph Theory and Game Theory Approach Involving Aspects of Social Psychology” Degree: Bachelor of Science |
Projects
Since 09/2022 | hyBit - Hydrogen for Bremen`s industrial transformation
Project lead: Dr. Torben Stührmann (University of Bremen) Duration: 42 months Project start: 01.09.2022 Funded by: BMBF |
03/2018 - 12/2019 | VISIBLE 2.0 – Virtual simulation lab for the analysis of investments in learning and education
Project lead: Dr. Matthias Müller Duration: 24 months Project start: 01.01.2018 Funded by: Dieter Schwarz Foundation Project consortium: University of Bremen, University of Hohenheim |
27/09/2018 - 28/09/2018 | Workshop organization of INNcentive |
19/09/2019 - 20/09/2019 | Workshop organization of INNcentive |
Teaching
SoSe 2021 | Teaching Assistance "Trasition, Structural Change and Innovation - Seminar for Bachelor Students in Economics" (Bachelor) |
SoSe 2020 | Teaching Assistance "Trasition, Structural Change and Innovation - Seminar for Bachelor Students in Economics" (Bachelor) |
WiSe 2018/2019 | Teaching assistance"Entstehung von Innovationen und Technologien" (Master) Teaching assistance "Project module - Innovation Economics" (Master) |
SoSe 2018 | Teaching assistance "Innovation economics – Empirics" (Master) |
WiSe 2016/2017 | Tutorial Introduction to Economics (Bachelor) Tutorial Company Taxation (Bachelor) |
WiSe 2014/2015 | Tutorial Macroeconomics (Bachelor) Tutorial Company Taxation (Bachelor) |
Workshops, Conferences and Summer Schools
2021 | |
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08/07 - 10/07 | 18th ISS Conference - Online Event Presentation: Do Not Judge a Business Idea by its Cover. A machine learning approach to retrieve the impact of innovative and non-innovative business idea content on their incorporation success |
17/03 - 19/03 | Workshop: "Advancing Indicators of Regional Structural Change" - Online Event Presentation: Explore or exploit? Crisis-induced innovation behavior of SMEs and large firms |
2020 | |
02/09 - 04/09 | EAEPE Conference - Online Event Presentation: Regional Entrepreneurship Culture: Individual Origins, Subconscious Attitudes and Impacts on Entrepreneurship Activities |
09/07 - 10/07 | Cognitive Economics Virtual Conference - Online event Poster Session: It all starts in your head – Institutional Change through Corona Crisis impacting Entrepreneurship Perception |
2019 | |
21/11 - 22/11 | Workshop „Research Area [X] ‚Networks‘“ - Stuttgart, Deutschland Presentation: The Role of Entrepreneurial Exploration and Exploitation for the Transformation of Regional Knowledge Bases |
30/09 - 04/10 | Scientific Seminar "New Dimensions in the Economics of Innovation" - Thiessow, Germany Presentation: Regional Entrepreneurship Culture and Opportunity Perception - Measurement and Determinants |
12/09 - 14/09 | EAEPE Conference - Warsaw, Poland Presentation: The Role of Entrepreneurial Exploration and Exploitation for the Transformation of Knowledge Bases |
27/06 - 29/06 | Uddevalla Symposium 2019 - L'Aquila, Italy Presentation: The Role of Entrepreneurial Exploration and Exploitation for Unlocking the Potential of Regions. Geographical Determinants, Regional Absorptive Capacity, and Use of Entrepreneurial Knowledge |
03/06 - 05/06 | European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics 2019 (EMAEE) - Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom Presentation: The role of social networks for innovative business idea generation. Geographical distribution of social contracts, structural embeddedness and digitalisation |
2018 | |
17/09 - 21/09 | Scientific Seminar "New innovation indicators" - Thiessow, Germany Presentation: Entrepreneurship and the Role of Regional Characteristics on Knowledge Transformation - Dissertation Project |
22/07 - 04/08 | 12th Summer Academy on "Innovation and Uncertainty" - Jena, Germany Presentation: Informal Institutions and Entrepreneurship in a Regional Context – Conceptual Challenges and Analytical Directions |
03/05 | Doctoral Workshop – Bremen, Germany Presentation: Stimulating Regional Entrepreneurship: Conceptual Challenges and Analytical Directions |
Publications
2022 |
| Birkholz, J. (2022): Entrepreneurship and regional knowledge dyamics - empirical evidence from Germany. Dissertation. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/1962 |
| Birkholz, J. (2022): Do not judge a business idea by its cover: The relation between topics in business ideas and incorporation probability. In: Journal of Technology Transfer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-022-09966-6 |
Birkholz, J.; Kühn, J.; Shkolnykova, M. (2022): Exploration or Exploitation: Innovation Behavior of SMEs and Large Firms during the COVID-19 Crisis, in: Bremen Papers on Economics & Innovation, No. 2203. (link: https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/1489) |
2021 |
Birkholz, J. (2021): Do not judge a business idea by its cover: The relation between topics in business ideas and incorporation probability, in: Bremen Papers on Economics & Innovation, No. 2109. (link: https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/1283) |
Birkholz, J.; Kühn, J. (2021): Entrepreneurship Perception during the first COVID-19 Shock: Mental Representations of Entrepreneurship and Preferences of Business Models during the Pandemic, in: Bremen Papers on Economics & Innovation, No. 2105. (link: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/5027) |
Birkholz, J.; Günther, J.; Shkolnykova, M. (2021): Using Topic Modeling in Innovation Studies: The Case of a Small Innovation System under Conditions of Pandemic Related Change, in: Bremen Papers on Economics & Innovation, No. 2101. (link: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/4654) |
2020 |
Birkholz, J.; Günther, J.; Shkolnykova, M. (2020): Der Einfluss von COVID-19 auf das Innovationsgeschehen in Bremen – eine systematische Auswertung aktueller Nachrichtentexte, in: Günther, J. & Wedemeier, J. (Hrsg.): Struktureller Umbruch durch COVID-19: Implikationen für die Innovationspolitik im Land Bremen, HWWI Policy Paper 128, 12-26. (Download) |