Professor Dr. Uwe Cantner

Current positions
Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Professor at the University of Southern Denmark/Odense
Director of the PhD Program DFG-RTG 1411 "The Economics of Innovative Change"
Director of the interdisciplinary Jena Graduate School “Human Behaviour in Social and Economic Change”
Executive Board of the interdisciplinary International Max Planck Research School “Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World”
Spokesman of the Research Major “Human Behaviour in Social Change” at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Curriculum vitae
since 2010 Professor of Economics (II) at the University of Southern Denmark/Odense
since 2000 Professor of Economics, Chair for Microeconomics at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
4-11/2000 Temporary Professorship at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
1998-2000 Guest Professor at Université de Rennes
1998 Guest Professor at Université du Toulon et du Var
1997-1998 Temporary Professorship at the Department of Economics, University of Augsburg
1996-1997 Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Augsburg
1996 Habilitation in Economics, topic "Heterogenität und technologische Spillovers - Grundelemente einer ökonomischen Theorie des technologischen Fortschritts" (Heterogeneity and Technological Progress -basic elements of an economic theory of technological progress) (degree: Dr.rer.pol.habil.)
1990-1996 Assistant at the Chair of Professor Dr. Horst Hanusch, Department of Economics, University of Augsburg
1990 PhD at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Professor Dr. Franz Gehrels, Institute for International Economics, topic: "Technischer Fortschritt, neue Güter und internationaler Handel" (Technical Progress, New Goods and International Trade) (degree: Dr.oec.publ.)
1985-1990 Assistant at the Chair of Professor Dr. Horst Hanusch, Department of Economics, University of Augsburg
1983-1984 Wayne-State University, Detroit, MI, USA: Economics (degree: MA)
1980-1985 University of Augsburg: Business Administration/Economics (degree: Dipl.oec.)

Scientific appointments

08/2013 Award of the Honorary Membership in the RNI Network
10/2012 Member Scientific Committee "Einstein Stiftung" Berlin
since 2013 President- of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society
since 2012 Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the IWH in Halle/Saale
2012 Chairman Schumpeter Prize Competition 2012
2011 Runner-up for the Dorothy Harllow Best Paper Award at the 2011 Academy of Management Meeting (2nd best paper), "Functional heterogeneity as a two-dimensional concept: Empirical evidence for new venture teams”, co-authored with Maximilian Gothner and Michael Stuetzer
2011 Call for professor at the University of Lund (Schweden) and director of CIRCLE (Center of Innovation, Reseach), rejected
since 2010 Member of the advisory board of the Thuringian Ministry of Economic Affairs
since 2010 President-elect of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society (Term 2013-14)
since 2010 Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Economic Analysis (JEA)
2010 Member of the Jury of the Joseph A. Schumpeter-Prize 2010
since 2009 Member Scientific Advisory Board of the IWH in Halle/Saale
2008-2009 Chairman of the Evolutionary Economics Chapter of the German Economic Association
since 2007 Director Jena Graduate School "Human Behavior in Social and Economic Change"
since 2007 Member of the Executive Board of the International Max Planck Research School “Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World”
since 2006 Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Mannheim Innovationpanel of the ZEW (MIP)
since 2006 Director of the PhD Program DFG-RTG 1411 "The Economics of Innovative Change"
2005-2006 Mitglied im Beirat des ZEW Innovations-Panels
2005-2011 Vice Chair of the Governing Board of the DIME EU-Network of Excellence
2002 Member of the Jury of the Joseph A. Schumpeter Prize 2002
since 2001 Managing Editor of the Journal of Evolutionary Economics (JEE)
1999-2000 Member of the Jury of the Joseph A. Schumpeter Prize 2000
1998-2008 General Editor of the International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society (ISS)

Research interests
Economics of Innovation
Evolutionary Economics
Industrial Economics
Productivity: Theory and Measurement
Public Economics, Public Finance

Record of Acquiring Research Funds since 2000 8.758.000 EUR


Publications (selected, only in refereed journals)

In refereed journals (forthcoming)
Cantner U., B. Raake, International Research Networks in Pharmaceuticals: Structure and Dynamics, Research Policy, forthcoming
Stuetzer, M., M. Obschonka, U. Brixy, R. Sternberg, U. Cantner, Examining the black box between regions and individual entrepreneurship, mimeo, Small Business Economics, DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9488-6
Brenner, T., U. Cantner, H. Graf, Introduction: Structure and Dynamics of Innovation Networks, Regional Studies, DOI:10.1080/00343404.2013.770302
Cantner U., M. Göthner, M. Stützer, Team functional heterogeneity and new venture success, Homo Oeconomicus, forthcoming
Körner, A., Silbereisen, R.K., Cantner, U., Work-Related Demands Originating from Social Change and Life Satisfaction: A Longitudinal Analysis, Social Indicators Research, DOI: 10.1007/s11205-012-0215-5

In refereed journals (published)
Brenner, T., U. Cantner, H. Graf, Introduction: Structure and Dynamics of Innovation Networks, Regional Studies 47(5), 2013, 647–650
Cantner U., S. Kösters, Picking Winners? – Empirical Evidence on the Targeting of R&D Subsidies to Start-ups, Small Business Economics 39, 2012, 921–936
Cantner U., J. Krüger, R. Söllner, Product Quality, Product Price and Share Dynamics in the German Compact Car Market, Industrial and Corporate Change 21(5), 2012, 1085-1115
Buenstorf, G., U. Cantner, H. Hanusch, H.W. Lorenz, F. Rahmeyer, Editorial: The two sides of innovation, Special Issue, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 22(3), 2012, 407-411
Stützer M., M. Göthner, Cantner U., Do Balanced Skills Help Nascent Entrepreneurs to Make Progress in the Venture Creation Process?, Economics Letters 117, 2012, 186-188
Obschonka, M., M. Göthner, R.K. Silbereisen, U. Cantner, Social identity and the transition to entrepreneurship: The role of group identification with workplace peers, Journal of Vocational Behavior 80(1), 2012, 37–147
Göthner M., M. Obschonka, R.K. Silbereisen, U. Cantner, Scientists' transition to academic entrepreneurship: Economic and psychological determinants, Journal of Economic Psychology 33(3), 2012, 628–641 Cantner U., K. Joel, T. Schmidt, The effects of knowledge management on innovative success – an empirical analysis of German firms, Research Policy 40(10), 2011, 1453-1462
Cantner U., J. Krüger, K. v. Rhein, Knowledge Compensation in the German Automobile Industry, Applied Economics 43(22), 2011, 2941-2951
Brenner T., Cantner U., Fornahl, D., Fromholz-Eisebith M., Werker C., Regional Innovation Systems, Clusters, and Knowledge Networking - An introduction, Papers in Regional Science, 90(2), 2011, 243-249
Bürger M., Cantner U., The Regional Dimension of Innovativeness - An Empirical Investigation of two Specialised Supplier and two Science-Based Industries, Papers in Regional Science 90(2), 2011, 373-394
Cantner U., A. Meder, T. Wolf, Intermediation, reciprocity and innovation cooperations of firms, Papers in Regional Science 90(2), 2011, 313-330
Brenner T., U. Cantner, H. Graf, Innovation Networks: Measurement, Performance and Regional Dimensions, Industry and Innovation 18(1), 2011, 1–5
Cantner U., K. Joel, Network Position, Absorptive Capacity and Firm Success, The IUP Journal of Knowledge Management IX(1), 2011, 37-56
Brenner T., U. Cantner, H. Graf, Innovation Networks: Measurement, Performance and Regional Dimensions, Industry and Innovation 18(1), 2011, 1–5
Cantner U., E. Conti, A. Meder, Networks and innovation: the role of social assets in explaining firms’ innovative capacity, European Planning Studies 18(12), 2010, 1937-1956
Huettner M., A. Freibauer, C. Haug, U. Cantner, Regaining momentum for international climate policy beyond Copenhagen, Carbon Balance and Management 2010, 5:2 doi:10.1186/1750-0680-5-2
Cantner U., A. Meder, A. ter Wal, Innovator networks and regional knowledge base, Technovation 30(9-10), 2010, 496-507
Cantner U., M. Guerzoni, Innovations Driving Industrial Dynamics - Between incentives and knowledge, Economica Politica - Journal of Analytical and Institutional Economics XXVI(3), 2009, 473-501
Cantner U., W. Güth, A. Nicklisch, T. Weiland, Competition in product design: An experiment exploring innovation behavior, Metroeconomica 60(4), 2009, 724-752
Cantner U., K. Joel, T. Schmidt, The Use of Knowledge Management by Innovators – Empirical Evidence for Germany, Journal of Knowledge Management 13(4), 2009, 187-203
Cantner U., J. Krüger, K. v. Rhein, Knowledge and Creative Destruction over the Industry Life Cycle - The Case of the German Automobile Industry, Economica 76(301), 2009, 132-148
Cantner U., A. Meder, Innovators and the Diversity of Innovation Systems, Applied Economics Quarterly Supplement 54 (59), 2008, 9-26
Cantner U., J. Krüger, Micro-Heterogeneity and Aggregate Productivity Development in the German Manufacturing Sector - Results from a Decomposition Exercise, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 18(2), 2008, 119-134
Cantner U., J.-L. Gaffard, L. Nesta, Schumpeterian Perspectives on Innovation, Competition and Growth, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 18/3-4, 291-293, 2008
Cantner U., A. Meder, Technological proximity and the choice of cooperation partner, Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination 2, 2007, 45-65
Cantner U., K. Joel, Functional Chains of Knowledge Management – Effects on Firms’ Innovative Performance, European Journal of Economic and Social Systems 20(2), 2007, 211-230
Cantner U., H. Graf, The Network of Innovators in Jena: An Application of Social Network Analysis, Research Policy 35(4), 2006, 463-480
Cantner U., K. Dressler, J. Krüger, Firm Survival in the German Automobile Industry, Empirica 33, 2006, 49-60
Cantner U., F. Malerba, Innovation, Industrial Dynamics and Structural Transformation: Schumpeterian Legacies, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 16/1-2, 1-3, 2006
Cantner U., C. McCann, In honor of Mark Perlman - Editor of the Journal of Evolutionary Economics 1991-96, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 14/2, 2004, 111-112
Cantner U., J.J. Krüger, Geroski´s Stylized Facts and Mobility in Large German Manufacturing Firms, International Journal of Industrial Organisation 24(3), 2004, 267-283
Cantner U., H. Graf, Cooperation and Specialization in German Technology Regions, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 14(5), 2004, 543-562
Cantner U., B. Ebersberger, H. Hanusch, J.J. Krüger, A. Pyka, Twin Peaks in National Income – Parametric and Non-parametric Estimates, Revue Économique 55(6), 2004, 1127-1144
Baum G., J. Cantner,U. Cantner, H. Hanusch, R. Przybilla, B. Stegmann, Controlling-Instrument “Benchmarking” in der kommunalen Abfallwirtschaft, KommunalPraxis 25(1), 2003, 14-18
Baum G., J. Cantner, U. Cantner, H. Hanusch, R. Przybilla, B. Stegmann, Wettbewerbssurrogat “Benchmarking”, Kommunale Steuer-Zeitschrift 52(1), 2003, 1-5
Cantner U., H. Hanusch, J.J. Krüger, Explaining International Productivity Differences, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 223/6, 2003, 659-679
Baum G., J. Cantner, U. Cantner, H. Hanusch, R. Przybilla, B. Stegmann, Benchmarking als Instrument einer modernen Controllingkonzeption für thermische Abfallbehandlungsanlagen, Müll und Abfall 34, 4, 2002, 199-204
Baum G., J. Cantner, U. Cantner, H. Hanusch, R. Przybilla, B. Stegmann, Sektor-Controlling mittels Benchmarking am Beispiel von Verbrennungsanlagen, Umweltpraxis 4, 2002, 24-29
Cantner U., A. Pyka, Classifying Technology Policy from an Evolutionary Perspective, Research Policy 30(5), 2001, 759-75
Cantner U., B. Ebersberger, H. Hanusch, J.J. Krüger, A. Pyka, Empirically Based Simulation: The Case of Twin Peaks in National Income, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 4(3), 2001
Cantner U., H. Hanusch, J.J. Krüger, Total factor productivity, the East Asian Miracle and the World Production Frontier, Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Jahrgang 136, 2000, 111-136
Baum G., J. Cantner, U. Cantner, H. Hanusch, R. Przybilla, B. Stegmann, Benchmarking als Instrument einer modernen Controllingkonzeption für die öffentliche Abfallwirtschaft, Müll und Abfall 32(12), 2000, 710-17
Cantner U., T. Kuhn, Optimal Regulation of Technical Progress in Natural Monopolies with Incomplete Information, in: Economic Design 4, 1999, 191-204
Cantner U., A. Pyka, Absorbing technological spillovers - simulations in an evolutionary framework, Industrial and Corporate Change 7(2), 1998, 369-97
Cantner U., A. Pyka, Technological Evolution - An Analysis within the Knowledge-Based Approach, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 9(1), 1998, 85-108.
Cantner U., G. Westermann, Localized Technological Progress and Industrial Dynamics An Empirical Approach, Economics of Innovation and New Technology 6, 1998, 121-45.
Cantner U., H. Hanusch, Grundlagen einer Schumpeterianischen Technologiepolitik, in: Ifo-Studien 1997
Cantner U, G. Westermann, R. Pröll, Die Data Envelopment Analysis als Instrument zur Effizienzmessung im Filialbereich von Sparkassen, Betriebswirtschaftliche Blätter, 1996/2, 77-81.
Bernard J., U. Cantner, G. Westermann, Technological Leadership and Variety A Data Envelopment Analysis for the French Machinery Industry, Annals of Operations Research 68, 1996, 361-377.
Cantner U., H. Hanusch, G. Westermann, Die DEA Effizienz öffentlicher Stromversorger: Ein Beitrag zur Deregulierungsdiskussion, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 214, 1995, 257 274.
Cantner U., T. Kuhn, Technical Progress in Bureaucracies, Public Choice 78, 1994, 389 399.
Boucke C., U. Cantner, H. Hanusch, Technopoleis as a Policy Goal: A Morphological Study of the Wissenschaftsstadt Ulm, Technovation 14, 1994, 407 418.
Cantner U., H. Hanusch, Process and Product Innovations in an International Trade Context, Economics of Innovation and New Technology 2, 1993, 217 236.
Cantner U., H. Hanusch, Produktion öffentlicher Leistungen: Effizienz und Technischer Fortschritt, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 208, 1991, 369 384.
Cantner U., H. Hanusch, Technischer Fortschritt und internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Jahrbuch für Neue Politische Ökonomie 1989, 1990.
Cantner U., H. Hanusch, Schumpeter as an Economist of the 20th Century, Politická ekonomie 11, 1990.

Papers submitted
Cantner U., R. Silbereisen, S. Wilfling, Which Big-Five personality traits drive entrepreneurial failure in highly innovative industries? Mimeo, submitted to Journal of Business Venturing
Cantner U., M. Göthner, M. Stützer, Disentangling the effects of new venture team functional heterogeneity on new venture performance, submitted to Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (rev/resub)
Cantner U., T. Plotnikova, Technological Diversity and Future Product Diversity in the Drug Industry, submitted to Industry and Innovation (rev/resub)
Cantner U., M. Guerzoni, A. Martinelli, Innovation and market dynamics: A two-mode network approach to user-producer relation, submitted to Industrial and Corporate Change (rev/resub)