Beatrice Landefeld

Beatrice Landefeld is a research associate and PhD candidate at the Institute for Organizational Design & Collaboration Engineering at Hamburg University of Technology. Her research focuses on exaptive innovation, examining how users repurpose existing products/services for unintended functions and how such user-driven exaptations interact with internal organizational innovation dynamics.

Education:

• M.Sc. in Business, Psychology and Management (University of Kassel, 2020–2023)
• B.Sc. in Economics (University of Kassel, 2015–2020)
• Study Abroad at Universidad de Valencia (2018–2019)

Research Themes:

• Exaptive innovation processes
• User-driven product repurposing
• Organizational creativity
• Digital transformation in innovation
• Intersection of external and internal innovation dynamics

Professional Background:

• HR Analytics Expert at SMA Solar Technology AG (2022–2025)
• Evidence-based Management research at Fraunhofer IEE (2021)