Innovation management

Adoption and diffusion of products and innovations in network markets

  • Henkel, J., Block, J. (2013). Peer influence in network markets: a theoretical and empirical analysis. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 23(5): 925-953.
    (article, working paper version)

  • Block, J., Köllinger, P. (2007). Peer influence in network markets – an empirical investigation. Schmalenbach Business Review, 59(4): 364-386.
    (article, working paper version)

Innovations in and from China

  • Fisch, C., Block, J., Sandner, P. (2019). The impact of acquisitions on Chinese acquirers' innovation performance: An empirical investigation of 1,545 Chinese acquisitions. Journal of Business Economics / Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 89(2): 125-153.
    (article - open access)

  • Fisch, C., Block, J., Sandner, P. (2016). Chinese university patents: Quantity, quality, and the role  of subsidy programs. Journal of Technology Transfer, 40(2): 318-345.
    (article, working paper version)

Green and circular innovation

  • Block, J., Lambrecht, D., Willeke, T., Cucculelli, M., Meloni, D. (in press). Green patents and green trademarks as indicators of green innovation. Research Policy.
    (article - open access)

User innovation

  • Tian, G., Wang, M., Rieger, M. O., Block, J. (2021). How do thinking style and motivation influence household sector innovation? Evidence from a cross-country survey. International Review of Entrepreneurship. 19(2): 201-224.

  • Block, J., Henkel, J., Schweisfurth, T., Stiegler, A. (2016). Commercializing user innovations by vertical diversification: the user-manufacturer innovator. Research Policy, 45(1): 244-259.
    (article, working paper version)

  • Henkel, J., Bock, A., Block, J. (2016). Selling to competitors – competitive implications of user-manufacturer integration. In: D. Harhoff, K. Lakhani (eds.), Revolutionizing innovation - users, communities and open innovation. MIT Press, Cambridge, pp. 379-396.
    (edited book, working paper version)

Digital and business model innovation

  • Hock-Doepgen, M., Heaton, S., Clauß, T., Block, J. (in press). Identifying microfoundations of dynamic managerial capabilities for business model innovation. Strategic Management Journal.
    (article - open access)