Macro Economics
Research projects
Completed Project

Education at the Interface of Technology and Economy - Region Rheintal
March 2009 to June 2010
This study deals with the educational situation at the interface of technology and economics in the region Rheintal. Using literature research, interviews and written surveys all stakeholders (pupils, students and entrepreneurs) were adequately repre... more...

Dipl.-Kffr. Claudia Brunner


Completed Project

Innovation System Switzerland
March 2009 to June 2010
On behalf of the Swiss Science and Technology Council, the team of the Chair of Technology and Entrepreneurship compiled a review of the situation of the Swiss Innovaation System 2009. After analyzing the actual innovation performance, nine basic rec... more...

Prof. Dr. Christian Marxt
Dipl.-Kffr. Claudia Brunner


Completed Project

User Innovation and Firm Innovation Performance: Towards a New Agenda
January 2008 to July 2011
Empirical studies since the 1980ies have shown that users are a very important external source of innovation. However, most of the research on user innovation has been conducted on the basis of case and small-sample studies exploring specific product... more...

Dr. rer. soc. oec. Barbara Fuchs