Prof. Dr. Claudia Doblinger

Academic Career and Research Areas

Professor Doblinger’s research focuses on the interface of public policies, firm-level technological innovation and sustainability with a particular focus on the (bio-)energy sector. Her main focus is on understanding how political incentives affect the innovation and entrepreneurial activities of firms, especially in the context of clean energy and transportation technologies.

Professor Doblinger holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Regensburg, where she earned her PhD in Innovation and Technology Management. After her doctoral studies, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Harvard Kennedy School. She has further been a guest researcher at the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Cambridge. She also earned practical work experience as a project manager for digitization at the Maschinenfarbik Reinhausen GmbH. In 2018, she accepted an offer to take on the newly created professorship in Innovation and Technology Management at TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability.

Goldstein, A., Doblinger, C., Baker, E., Anadon, L.D.: “ARPA-E Encourages Innovation in Clean Energy Startups but Funding Gap May Remain”. Nature Energy. 2020; 5(10), 803–810.

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Steinhauser, S., Doblinger, C., Hüsig, S.: “The Relative Role of Digital Complementary Assets and Regulation in Discontinuous Telemedicine Innovation in European Hospitals”. Journal of Management Information Systems. 2020; 37(4): 1155-1183.

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Surana, S., Doblinger, C., Anadon, L.D., Hultman, N.: “Technology Complexity Affects the Emergence and Evolution of Wind Industry Manufacturing Locations along Global Value Chains”. Nature Energy. 2020; 5(10), 811–821.

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Doblinger, C., Surana, K., Anadon, L.D.: “Governments as partners: The role of alliances in U.S. cleantech startup innovation”. Research Policy. 2019; 48(6), 1458–1475.

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Hüsig, S., Timar, K., Doblinger, C.: “The Influence of Regulation and Disruptive Potential on Incumbents’ Sub-market Entry Decision and Success in the Context of a Network Industry”. Journal of Product Innovation Management. 2014; 31 (5), 1039–1056.

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