This is a paper-based dissertation, consisting of a 'cape' and three articles, one of which is singleauthored. The topic is servitization at work. Servitization is a competitive strategy that, typically, Western industrial manufacturing companies implement in order to secure their continued...

The textbook case for industrial policy is well understood. If some sectors are subject to external economies of scale, whereas others are not, a government should subsidize the first group of sectors at the expense of the second. The empirical relevance of this argument, however, remains...

The textbook case for industrial policy is well understood. If some sectors are subject to external economies of scale, whereas others are not, a government should subsidize the first group of sectors at the expense of the second. The empirical relevance of this argument, however, remains...

Die Große Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit ist eine gesamtgesellschaftliche Herausforderung, für deren Bewältigung auch die Wissenschaft gefordert ist. Das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) hat daher unter anderem die Fördermaßnahme "Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften" (NaWi) ins...

This paper aims to offer a critical reflection on the way Talent Management (TM) is investigated in practice, by addressing the key issues regarding the quality (in terms of rigor and relevance) of academic empirical TM research and therefore the critical scrutiny of TM scholars’ work. We will...