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Ulrich Kaiser is a Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Zurich's Department of Business Administration. He holds additional affiliations at Copenhagen Business School (10% professorship), ZEW Mannheim, IZA Bonn, and others. Born in Germany in 1971, he earned a Diplom-Volkswirt (Master's) and PhD in Economics from the University of Konstanz. His research focuses on innovation economics, entrepreneurship, and business strategy, emphasizing empirical analysis. He has held roles at the University of Southern Denmark and conducted postdoctoral work at Harvard University.
Key research interests include gender equality in entrepreneurship, digital human capital, multinational corporation strategies, and pharmaceutical pricing policies. He has supervised numerous PhD and postdoctoral researchers, many of whom now hold academic or industry roles globally. His work has been funded by Swiss National Science Foundation grants (e.g., CHF 765,000 for mental health and innovation studies) and the Novo Nordisk Foundation.
Awarded the 2014 Stephan Schrader Prize and 2003 Grundfos Prize, his contributions span academic publications, editorial roles (e.g., Co-editor of Information Economics and Policy), and advisory roles at institutions like the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. Teaching focuses on entrepreneurship, innovation economics, and business strategy at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Collaborative efforts include cross-country research on innovation (e.g., Denmark-Germany comparisons) and projects on digital transformation in education. His recent studies explore real-time startup monitoring via big data and the long-term impacts of IT skills in vocational training.
