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Innovation and Intellectual Property Management (IIPM) Laboratory

Many congratulations to soon-to-be Dr. Alexander Moerchel, who successfully completed his viva only with very minor corrections. His thesis is titled “Intellectual Property Management in Innovation Ecosystems – Developing Visual Methods for Mapping Dynamics, Uncertainties and Risks”. Many thanks to Prof. Tim Minshall, who kindly agreed to serve as his internal examiner and Prof. Cornelius Herstatt (Hamburg University of Technology) as his external examiner.

Alex’s thesis is an exemplary piece of work, not only in terms of quality, but also in context of CTM’s history. As an essential part of his research Alex developed a new practical method that can be used by different innovation system stakeholders, such as firms and policy makers to visualise emerging dynamics in innovation ecosystems and identify implications for organisations’ IP risks and opportunities. If you are intrigued, why not take a look at the two papers, which Alex has already published about it:

Moerchel, Alexander, Frank Tietze, Leonidas Aristodemou, and Pratheeba Vimalnath. (2022) ‘A Novel Method for Visually Mapping Intellectual Property Risks and Uncertainties in Evolving Innovation Ecosystems: A Design Science Research Approach for the COVID-19 Pandemic’. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 1–13.

Moerchel, Alexander, Frank Tietze, and Florian Urmetzer. (2023) ‘Visualising Dynamics in Innovation Ecosystems: A New Method and Demonstration in the Commercial Aircraft MRO Ecosystem’. Technovation 128: 102856. 


News & Blog articles

IIPM @ R&D Management Conference

1 July 2025

Qi Ang Du and Frank Tietze attended this year's R&D Management Conference in Pisa (Italy) organized by the Institute of Management of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna . Frank Tietze acted as one of the chairs for the IP Management track jointly organized with Alfred Radauer, Martin Moehrle, Ioanna Stefan, Martin Bader and...

Newspaper article

2 June 2025

A short opinion piece by Prof. Tietze was featured in the Brussels Morning Newspaper calling for more innovation within our IPR systems to address global challenges: https://brusselsmorning.com/we-need-strong-intellectual-property-rights-for-a-sustainable-future/73186/

Thought piece: Has Innovation Broken Western Culture? Reflections on Contemporary Western Culture and Possible Innovative Ways Forward

20 May 2025

By Frank Tietze (2025) Western culture today is profoundly shaped by ongoing waves of innovation, a concept close to my heart and to which I have dedicated many years of my professional research and teaching career. Technological innovation particularly has transformed daily life, created jobs, and helped build tech...