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Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
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The Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition is committed to #legal and #economic #research on processes of #innovation and their #regulation.

Website: https://www.ip.mpg.de
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Dietmar Harhoff and Rafael Laguna de la Vera chart Europe’s path to digital sovereignty. From dependencies and choke points to startups, industry, and government action, the conversation emphasized: it’s time for “do mode”. Expertly hosted by Cristina Caffarra 👏

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November 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research, headed by Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., invites outstanding and motivated researchers to apply as Postdocs in Management or Economics.

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November 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🏛️ Additionally, we will offer guided tours of our new location in the newly designed, listed building — an example of how urban spaces can be reimagined and filled with new life.
#Innovation #PolicyAdvice #ResearchImpact #HERZOGMAX #Munich
October 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
👉 “Inform, Advise, Shape – Innovation Research and Politics”
Moderator: @jmwiarda.bsky.social
The leading experts Irene Bertschek (EFI), @rafbuff.bsky.social (SPRIND), @podszun.bsky.social (Monopolies Commission) and Louisa Specht-Riemenschneider (BfDI) will discuss.
October 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
✨ Grand Opening of Our New Premises

Today we will open the doors to science at HERZOG MAX — right in the heart of Munich.
We expect guests from science, politics, and society to attend the grand opening. The highlight will be the panel discussion.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🌟 Exciting News: Writing Fellowship Awarded to Liza Herrmann 🌟

Imagine living and working like Max Planck in his summer house by the beautiful Lake Tegernsee! What could be better than retreating into a writing sanctuary during the final phase of your dissertation?
September 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📢 Exciting Insights into AI and Competition Law! 🚀

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, strategic partnerships between tech giants and smaller AI developers are shaping both innovation and competition.
September 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
International Day of #Charity❗
How can we encourage more charitable giving?
Insights in a study by Marina Chugunova, A. Nicklisch and K. Schnapp: They examine how the timing and type of donation decisions affect people’s charitable giving behavior.

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September 5, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Are you looking for a new challenge? We are looking for a new colleague!

Join the team as a personal assistant (f/m/d).

Please find all details online: www.ip.mpg.de/fileadmin/ip...

Please share!
August 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🔎 Who in Germany has a #secure #digital #identity? 🧐 Our new study shows that only 35% of the adult German-speaking population have activated the #eID function 😦 6% are not even aware of it 😱 ❗

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❓ Have you activated your eID? Pls tell us in the comments 💬
July 18, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A huge thank you to the examination committee with the doctoral supervisors Dietmar Harhoff, Monika Schnitzer (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), and Martin Watzinger (Universität Münster) 🙏
July 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🥂 🎓 ✨ Time to congratulate yet another brilliant Junior Research Fellow on successfully defending her doctoral thesis! Kathrin Wernsdorf presented truly inspiring research on #KnowledgeFlows in #Science and #Innovation – From the Embryonic #Internet to the #GermanReunification 💡 ❗
July 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🙌 We are thrilled to announce that @volkswagenstiftung.de has granted funding to our pioneering project, “From Legacy to Leadership”, which strives to develop a playbook to rebuild Ukraine’s pharmaceutical industry in partnership with the EU ⚗️ 🧪 💉 💊

More information: www.ip.mpg.de/en/research/...
July 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A huge thank you the examination committee with the doctoral supervisors @dharhoff.bsky.social, Fabian Waldinger (Economics LMU Munich), and @hannahottenrott.bsky.social (TUM School of Management) 🙏

#MegaProjects #DigitalPlatforms #Productivity #Inventors #FabLabs #Innovations
#Patent #Grants
July 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🥂 🎓 ✨ Congratulations to our Junior #Research Fellow Ann-Christin Kreyer on the successful and really excellent defense of her doctoral thesis "From #Knowledge Access to #Economic #Value – Essays on #Digitalization, #Innovation and #Patent Valuation".
July 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🌟 Call for Contributions: National Innovation Systems in Central Asia – A Cross-Disciplinary Edited Volume 🌟

We are excited to announce a call for chapter proposals for an upcoming book that delves into the evolution and future of National Innovation Systems across Central Asia. 📚
July 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
📢 We are happy to welcome Jordan Bisset as a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition! 🙌 His research is focused in the economics of #innovation, and lies at the intersection of #organizational economics and #labor economics.
June 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
We are pleased to announce that the Max Planck Startup School, a program of the Max Planck Foundation (Max-Planck-Förderstiftung), is taking place today and tomorrow at our new location!
June 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Our Institute has moved to its new location in the center of #Munich! You can now find us at Herzog-Max-Straße 4, 80333 Munich – directly at Karlstor/Stachus in the heart of the city. More information below 👇 #ScienceInTheCity @maxplanck.de @maxplancklaw.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🎺Call for Papers❗️ #RISE8workshop from young researchers for young researchers! On 15/16 December 2025 in Munich. Please share the news!

#Research
#Innovation
#Science
#Entrepreneurship

Submit your paper/ext. abstract until 25 July 2025.

#CfP and more information: 👇
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April 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ever thought of using competition law to reduce the gender innovation gap? 🤔 #Innovation #GenderEquality

Carolina Banda, Doctoral Candidate and Research Fellow at the Institute and co-author Ece Gizay Ban published a paper in the Journal of European Competition Law & Practice. 📚
March 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The presentation examined the development of national case law following the Cofemel judgment of the #CJEU, highlighting that while limited substantive harmonisation has been achieved to date, these approaches may nevertheless help to find solutions to the problem of extensive overlap.
February 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Yesterday, our Doctoral Researcher Marc Huckschlag had the opportunity to present his research at the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.

In his talk at the IECL Seminar Series he presented “Diverging Approaches to Copyright and Design Cumulation under the EU Notion of Originality”.
February 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
We cordially invite you to subscribe to our quarterly newsletter 💌 #innovation #competition #IP #law #economics 💡

Issue 1/2025 is just out ❗
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Topics 🤖🚀🌱🛫❤️
#GenAI #startups #biodiversity #NetZero #charity #democracy #fairness #science #entrepreneurship

#EconSky #LawSky
February 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.

Let’s celebrate our female researchers🎉!

Meet them on our website:
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#WomenInScience
February 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM