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D-Index
37
Citations
6359
World Ranking
1965
National Ranking
64

Overview

Uwe Cantner is affiliated with Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany and specializes in research spanning economics, econometrics, finance, business, management, and accounting. Their work frequently engages with multiple subfields including economics and econometrics, management of technology and innovation, strategy and management, accounting, as well as sociology and political science.

The research topics addressed by Uwe Cantner notably include entrepreneurship studies and influences, firm innovation and growth, private equity and venture capital, innovation policy and R&D, innovation and knowledge management, sustainability and climate change governance, and global trade and economics.

Selected recent publications illustrate the diversity and scope of their research interests. These include:

  • "The dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems: an empirical investigation" (2022) published in R and D Management
  • "Innovation for the German energy transition - Insights from an expert survey" (2020) published in Energy Policy
  • "Entrepreneurial ecosystems: a dynamic lifecycle model" (2020) published in Small Business Economics
  • "Economic diversification and human development in Europe" (2020) published in Eurasian Economic Review
  • "Outcomes of science-industry collaboration: factors and interdependencies" (2023) published in The Journal of Technology Transfer

Their publication record also includes a book titled Sozialpolitik im vereinten Deutschland II., published by Duncker & Humblot in 2022.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Uwe Cantner are:

  • Martin Kalthaus (5 joint publications)
  • Matthias Menter (4 joint publications)
  • Friederike Welter (4 joint publications)
  • Wolfgang Gerstlberger (4 joint publications)
  • Irene Bertschek (3 joint publications)

Their work has appeared predominantly in venues such as:

  • Journal of Evolutionary Economics (4 publications)
  • Industrial and Corporate Change (3 publications)
  • Wirtschaftsdienst (3 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications)
  • Small Business Economics (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • The network of innovators in Jena: An application of social network analysis

    Uwe Cantner;Holger Graf

  • Scientists' transition to academic entrepreneurship: Economic and psychological determinants

    Maximilian Goethner;Martin Obschonka;Rainer K. Silbereisen;Uwe Cantner;Uwe Cantner

  • Regional characteristics, opportunity perception and entrepreneurial activities

    Michael Stuetzer;Martin Obschonka;Udo Brixy;Rolf Sternberg

  • Social identity and the transition to entrepreneurship: The role of group identification with workplace peers

    Martin Obschonka;Maximilian Goethner;Rainer K. Silbereisen;Uwe Cantner;Uwe Cantner

  • CLASSIFYING TECHNOLOGY POLICY FROM AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE

    Uwe Cantner;Andreas Pyka

  • Entrepreneurial ecosystems: a dynamic lifecycle model

    Uwe Cantner;James A. Cunningham;Erik E. Lehmann;Matthias Menter

  • Entrepreneurial Self-Identity: Predictors and Effects Within the Theory of Planned Behavior Framework

    Martin Obschonka;Martin Obschonka;Rainer K. Silbereisen;Uwe Cantner;Uwe Cantner;Maximilian Goethner

  • Innovator networks and regional knowledge base

    Uwe Cantner;Andreas Meder;Anne L.J. ter Wal

  • Technological proximity and the choice of cooperation partner

    Uwe Cantner;Andreas Meder

  • Picking the winner? Empirical evidence on the targeting of R&D subsidies to start-ups

    Uwe Cantner;Uwe Cantner;Sarah Kösters

  • Inventor Networks in Renewable Energies: The Influence of the Policy Mix in Germany

    Uwe Cantner;Holger Graf;Johannes Herrmann;Martin Kalthaus

  • Produktivitäts- und Effizienzanalyse : der nichtparametrische Ansatz

    Uwe Cantner;Jens Krüger;Horst Hanusch

  • The effects of knowledge management on innovative success – An empirical analysis of German firms

    Uwe Cantner;Uwe Cantner;Kristin Joel;Tobias Schmidt

  • The use of knowledge management by German innovators

    Uwe Cantner;Kristin Joel;Tobias Schmidt

  • Absorbing Technological Spillovers: Simulations in an Evolutionary Framework

    Uwe Cantner;Andreas Pyka

  • Networks and innovation: the role of social assets in explaining firms' innovative capacity

    Uwe Cantner;Elisa Conti;Andreas Meder

  • Total factor productivity, the east Asian miracle, and the world production frontier

    Jens J. Kaüger;Uwe Cantner;Horst Hanusch

  • Firm survival in the German automobile industry

    Uwe Cantner;Kristina Dreßler;Jens J. Krüger

  • EFI – Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation: Gutachten zu Forschung, Innovation und technologischer Leistungsfähigkeit Deutschlands 2018

    Uschi Backes-Gellner;Christoph Böhringer;Uwe Cantner;Dietmar Harhoff

  • Soft skills, hard skills, and individual innovativeness

    Achmad Fajar Hendarman;Achmad Fajar Hendarman;Uwe Cantner;Uwe Cantner

  • Change, Transformation and Development

    Stanley J. Metcalfe;Uwe Cantner

  • Classifying Technology Policy from an Evolutionary Perspective

    Andreas Pyka;Uwe Cantner

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Pyka
Andreas Pyka University of Hohenheim
Martin Obschonka
Martin Obschonka Queensland University of Technology
Rainer K. Silbereisen
Rainer K. Silbereisen Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Christoph Böhringer
Christoph Böhringer Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Dietmar Harhoff
Dietmar Harhoff Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Ipsita Roy
Ipsita Roy University of Sheffield
Werner Güth
Werner Güth Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Rolf Sternberg
Rolf Sternberg University of Hannover
Steven Klepper
Steven Klepper Carnegie Mellon University
Dennis C. Mueller
Dennis C. Mueller University of Vienna

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