Dr. Michael Wustmans

M.Sc. - Industrial Engineering and Management
Research assistant
Chair for Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship
Research interests
- Technology dynamics
- Technology emergence, convergence and divergence
- Technology and knowledge transfer
- Identification and classification of eco-innovations
- Interdisciplinary collaborations and collaborative thinking
Professional development
Since 2021
Visiting Researcher at W.J. VanDusen Professorship of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
Since 2018
Research assistant at the Institute for Food and Resource Economics, University of Bonn, Chair for Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (Prof. Dr. Stefanie Bröring)
2014 - 2017
Research assistant at the Institute of Project Management and Innovation, University of Bremen (Prof. Dr. Martin G. Moehrle)
2016
Visiting researcher at the Netherlands Institute for Knowledge-intensive Entrepreneurship (NIKOS), University of Twente (Prof. Dr. Petra De Weerd-Nederhof, Dr. Rik van Reekum)
2014 - 2015
Consultant at i3 Management GmbH, Bremen
2008 - 2015
Bachelor- and Master in Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Siegen
Awards & Scholarships
Best Paper in Track "Enabling sustainability-oriented innovation in R&D management: Organization, frameworks, methods and tools", R&D Management Conference (2021)
BioSC Supervision Award (2020)
Scholarship University of Bremen (2017)
Research scholarship, BremenIDEA out (2016)
Memberships
Academy of Management (AOM)
Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e.V. (VHB)
Publications
Journal articles (peer-reviewed)
Moretti, D., Baum, C., Wustmans, M., & Bröring, S. (2021). Application of journey maps to the development of emergent sustainability-oriented technologies: Lessons for user involvement in agriculture, Business Strategy and Development.
Tsvetanova, L., Carraresi, L., Wustmans, M., & Bröring, S. (2021). Actors’ strategic goals in emerging technological innovation systems: evidence from the biorefinery sector in Germany, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management.
Wustmans, M., Haubold, T., & Bruens, B. (2021). Bridging Trends and Patents: Combining Different Data Soruces for the Evaluation of Innovation Fields in Blockchain Technology. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
Rennings, G., Wustmans, M., & Kupp, M. (2021). Dedicated business model innovation units: do they work? A case study from Germany. Journal of Business Strategy.
Waßenhoven, A., Block, C., Wustmans, M., & Bröring, S. (2021). Analyzing an emerging business ecosystem through M&A activities: The case of the Bioeconomy. Business Strategy and Development 4(3), 258-278.
Bröring, S., Laibach, N., & Wustmans, M. (2020). Innovation types in the bioeconomy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 121939.
Kronemeyer, L. L., Eilers, K., Wustmans, M., & Moehrle, M. G. (2020). Monitoring Competitors' Innovation Activities: Analyzing the Competitive Patent Landscape Based on Semantic Anchor Points. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.
Wustmans, M., van Reekum, R., Walter, L. (2019). Survey of and modular construction possibilities for maturity approaches in the field of patent management. World Patent Information, 57, 8-17.
Berg, S., Wustmans, M., Bröring, S. (2019). Identifying first signals of emerging dominance in a technological innovation system: A novel approach based on patents. Technological Forecasting and Social Change.
Moehrle, M. G., Wustmans, M., Gerken, J. M. (2018). How business methods accompany technological innovations–a case study using semantic patent analysis and a novel informetric measure. R&D Management.
Moehrle, M. G., Walter, L., Wustmans, M. (2017). Designing the 7D patent management maturity model–A capability based approach. World Patent Information, 50, 27-33.
Contribution to books
Wustmans, M. (2019). Patent Intelligence zur unternehmensrelevanten Wissenserschließung: Reifegradbasierte Fähigkeiten - Qualitative Fallstudienanalysen - Iterativer Ablauf. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden.
Möhrle, M. G., Walter, L. und Wustmans, M. (2018). Patente managen mit dem 7D-Reifegradmodell: Erfassung – Bewertung – Verbesserung. i3-Management von Invention, Innovation und Information GmbH, Bremen, ISBN 978-3-00-059533-2.
Contributions to scientific conferences
Block, C., Wustmans, M., Bröring, S. (2021): Evaluation of sustainability-oriented technologies from business perspective - Insights from a multi-stakeholder studyEvaluation of sustainability-oriented technologies from business perspective - Insights from a multi-stakeholder study, R&D Management Conference, 6.-8. Juli, 2021, Glasgow. (Best Paper in Track)
Berg, S., Wustmans, M., & Bröring, S. (2019). Assessing path dependence in multi-technological organizations using patent data. In: Academy of Management Proceedings. 2019(1). Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA.
Hartjes, K., Wustmans, M., & Bröring, S. (2019). Digitale Transformation - Wie etablierte Unternehmen und Start-ups aus dem Agribusiness digitale Kompetenzen aufbauen. In: Gausemeier, J. (Hrsg.) Vorausschau und Technologieplanung. 15. Symposium for Vorausschau und Technologieplanung. Paderborn: Heinz Nixdorf Institut.
Block, C., Berg, S., Wustmans, M., & Bröring, S. (2018). Strategisches Technologiemanagement im Zeitalter von Cross-Industry-Innovationen. In: Gausemeier, J. (Hrsg.) Vorausschau und Technologieplanung. 14. Symposium for Vorausschau und Technologieplanung. Paderborn: Heinz Nixdorf Institut.
Eilers, K., Kronemeyer, L., Wustmans, M., Frischkorn, J., Moehrle, M. G. (2017). Monitoring Competitors’ Innovation Activities Using Stable Patent Maps. In ISPIM Innovation Symposium (p. 1). The International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM).
Walter, L., Wustmans, M. Möhrle, M. G. (2017). Reifegradmodell für ein effektives Patentmanagement. In: PATINFO 2017 Europäische Schutzrechtssysteme im Wandel. Proceedings des 39. Kolloquiums der TU Ilmenau über Patentinformation, Ilmenau: 31. Mai bis 02. Juni 2017, Christoph Hoock, Sabine Milde (Hrsg.). Ilmenau: TU Ilmenau, 386 S., S.129- 142.
Wittfoth, S., Wustmans, M., Möhrle, M. G. (2017). The development of product and process claims in Blu-ray technology – Validation of the dynamics of innovation theory. In 2017 Proceedings of PICMET'17: Technology Management for Interconnected World.
Wustmans, M., Möhrle, M. G. (2017). Von der Evaluation zur Gestaltung betrieblicher Patent Intelligence – Eine Handreichung auf Grundlage eines fähigkeitsbasierten Reifegradmodells. In: Gausemeier, Jürgen (Hrsg.) Vorausschau und Technologieplanung. 13. Symposium für Vorausschau und Technologieplanung. Paderborn: Heinz Nixdorf Institut.
Others
Wustmans, M., & Bröring, S. (2020). Unsere Branche wird umgekrempelt. Zeitungsartikel in der Zukunft Landwirtschaft. DLG-Mitteilungen. 3/2020, 82-84.
Wustmans, M. (2017). Europe is alive - Impressions from PATLIB 2017 conference. World Patent Information, 51, 7.