Alexander Brem

Selected Publications

Ferras, X., Nylund, P., Brem, A., (2023). The Emergence of Dominant Designs in Artificial Intelligence, California Management Review, 65(3), 73–91, https://doi.org/10.1177/00081256231164362

Viardot, E., Brem, A., & Nylund, P. A. (2023). Post-pandemic implications for crisis innovation: A technological innovation view. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 194, 122680, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122680

Nawroth, G., Brem, A., & Rymarczyk, C. (2023). Open innovation and closed innovation: a simulation study on market conditions and innovation strategies. International Journal of Technology Management, 92(1-2), 63-94. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJTM.2023.128796

Calabrese, A., Costa, R., Tiburzi, L. & Brem, A. (2023). Merging two revolutions: A human-artificial intelligence method to study how sustainability and Industry 4.0 are intertwined. 
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 188, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.122265

Saleh, R. & Brem, A. (2023). Creativity for sustainability: An integrative literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 388, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.135848

Yu, F., Stolzenberg, R. & Brem, A. (2023). Assessment of the mono-disciplinary approaches and interdisciplinary approaches in prototyping practice. Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 67, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jengtecman.2022.101729

Brem, A., & Nylund, P. (2022). The Inertia of Dominant Designs in Technological Innovation: An Ecosystem View of Standardization. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2022.3192094 

Brem, A. (2022). Zur Relevanz betriebswirtschaftlicher Forschung in der Corona-Pandemie: die Rolle der BWL als Wissenschaft. Der Betriebswirt, 63(1), 27-39. https://doi.org/10.3790/dbw.63.1.27 

Bettenmann, D., Giones, F., Brem, A., & Gneiting, P. (2022). Break Out to Open Innovation. MIT Sloan Management Review, 63(2), 39-43. https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/break-out-to-open-innovation/ 

Nylund, P. A., Ferràs-Hernández, X., Pareras, L., & Brem, A. (2022). The emergence of entrepreneurial ecosystems based on enabling technologies: Evidence from synthetic biology. Journal of Business Research, 149, 728-735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.05.071 

Brem, A., & Nylund, P. A. (2021). Home bias in international innovation systems: The emergence of dominant designs in the electric vehicle industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 321, 128964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128964 

Brem, A., & Nylund, P. A. (2021). Maneuvering the bumps in the New Silk Road: Open innovation, technological complexity, dominant design, and the international impact of Chinese innovation. R&D Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12451

Brem, A., Viardot, E., & Nylund, P. A. (2021). Implications of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak for innovation: Which technologies will improve our lives? Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 163, 120451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120451

Brem, A., Giones, F., & Werle, M. (2021). The AI digital revolution in innovation: A conceptual framework of artificial intelligence technologies for the management of innovation. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2021.3109983 

Brockhoff, K., & Brem, A. (2021). Forschung und Entwicklung - Planung und Organisation des F&E Managements (6. Aufl.). De Gruyter Oldenbourg. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110600667

Nylund, P. A., Brem, A., & Agarwal, N. (2021). Innovation ecosystems for meeting sustainable development goals: The evolving roles of multinational enterprises. Journal of Cleaner Production, 281, 125329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125329

Agarwal, N., Oehler, J., & Brem, A. (2021). Constraint-Based Thinking: A Structured Approach for Developing Frugal Innovations. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 68(3), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2020.3042929

Nylund, P. A., Brem, A., & Agarwal, N. (2021). Enabling technologies mitigating climate change: The role of dominant designs in environmental innovation ecosystems. Technovation, 102271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2021.102271

Agarwal, N., & Brem, A. (Eds.). (2021). Frugal Innovation and Its Implementation: Leveraging Constraints to Drive Innovations on a Global Scale. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67119-8 

Agarwal, N., Chakrabarti, R., Prabhu, J., & Brem, A. (2020). Managing dilemmas of resource mobilization through Jugaad: a multi-method study of social enterprises in Indian healthcare. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.54372

Brem, A., Nylund, P., & Viardot, E. (2020). The impact of the 2008 financial crisis on innovation: A dominant design perspective. Journal of Business Research, 110, 360–369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.01.048

Giones, F., Brem, A., Pollack, J. M., Michaelis, T. L., Klyver, K., & Brinckmann, J. (2020). Revising entrepreneurial action in response to exogenous shocks: Considering the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 14, e00186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2020.e00186 

Overview of all publications

Topics: Technology and Innovation Management, Organizational Creativity, R&D Management, User and Open Innovation, Frugal Innovation, Responsible Innovation, Digital Transformation, Digital Innovation, Artificial Intelligence, Dominant Design, Innovation Ecosystems, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Technology Entrepreneurship, Digital Entrepreneurship

Overview of classes

Alexander Brem (born 1979 in Bad Kötzting, Bavaria) studied business administration with a major in entrepreneurship at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). After graduating in 2004 (Dipl.-Kfm.), he co-founded the consultancy firm VEND consulting with three fellow students. At the same time, he was employed as a research associate at FAU, where he completed his doctoral degree (Dr. rer. pol.) in 2007.

From 2007 to 2011, he worked full-time at VEND consulting, both as managing director and as consultant focusing on high-tech companies. In this period, he joined the founding team of the biotech-startup Agrolytix as CEO. From 2011 to 2014 Alexander Brem held a junior professorship at FAU. Afterwards, he was appointed Professor of Technology and Innovation Management at the Mads Clausen Institute of the University of Southern Denmark (SDU). Here, he was also head of the interdisciplinary section SDU Innovation and Design Engineering. Until today, he has been affiliated with SDU as Honorary Professor. From December 2016 to December 2019, Alexander Brem was holding the Chair of Technology Management at FAU. Since January 2020, he is Endowed Chaired Professor of Entrepreneurship in Technology and Digitalization, funded through the Mercedes-Benz Fund of the Stifterverband, and Institute Director at the University of Stuttgart. He got elected as Vice Rector for Science Transfer and International Affairs on October 1st, 2024.

His current internal and external affiliations are summarized in the following, as well as his editorships and awards/honors.

Honorary Professor (Adj.-Prof.) of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Southern Denmark (Denmark)

International Research Associate at the DeMontford University (UK)

Board Member of the Research Center of Technological Innovation at the Tsinghua University (China)

Board of Governors member IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Technologie-Lizenz-Büro (TLB) der Baden-Württembergischen Hochschulen GmbH

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the TTI - Technologie-Transfer-Initiative GmbH

Board Member of the IMS Chips Foundation

Initiator and Deputy Chairman of the Board at quer.kraft - the innovation association e.V.

Professor at Faculty 10 (Management, Economics and Social Sciences) and co-opted Professor at Faculty 7 (Engineering Design, Production Engineering and Automotive Engineering)

University of Stuttgart Entrepreneurship Representative

Scientific Head of the Excellence Project Agility Lab

Board of Professors Steering Committee Member

Graduate School of Excellence Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (GSaME) Scientific Member

Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems (IRIS) Scientific Member

Study Affairs Board member Master (tech) Intra-Entrepreneurship

Chairman Examination Board for the study program Technology Management (Bachelor/ Master)

Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Engineering Management Review (IEEE EMR)

Associate Editor, Technological Forecasting and Social Change (TFSC)

Editorial Board Member e.g. at Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Business Research or Journal of Product Innovation Management

Editor-in-Chief Emeritus: International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM) (2018-2021) & International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing (IJEV) (2015-2018)

Department Editor Emeritus: IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (IEEE TEM) (2018-2023)

Jury Member German Startup Award (since 2023)

Evaluator Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (since 2023)

Evaluator European Comission (since 2019)

Evaluator Bayerische Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie (since 2019)

Evaluator for the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (since 2020)

Evaluator for the Government of Canada, Social Sciences and Research Council (since 2021)