Dr. Sebastian Kobarg
Research Interests
My primary research interest lies at the intersection of organization and innovation. Specifically, I am interested in how prerequisites and measures of organization designs, such as ambidexterity and open innovation, relate to the emergence of innovation. In my research, I seek to identify how such measures can be employed to increase the innovation performance of firms and organizations in knowledge-intensive environments.
Educational Background
| 08/2011 - 06/2013 | Center for Digital Technology & Management, Munich, Germany |
| Honours Degree in Technology Management | |
| 01/2013 - 05/2013 | Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York, USA |
| Visiting Researcher and Student | |
| 10/2007 - 12/2012 | Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany |
| Technology & Management, Dipl.-Kfm. (Univ.) | |
| 08/2009 - 01/2010 | Tongji University, Shanghai, PR of China |
| Visiting Student at the Tongji School of Economics and the CDHK |
Work experience
| 03/2011 - 06/2011 | BMW AG, Munich, Germany |
| Cost Engineering | |
| Consulting Project | |
| 03/2010 - 05/2010 | Ernst & Young Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, Germany |
| Assurance & Audit | |
| Internship | |
| 08/2008 - 10/2008 | Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany |
| Quality Management | |
| Internship |
Publications
Kobarg, S., Wollersheim, J., Welpe, I. M., & Spörrle, M. (2017). Individual ambidexterity and performance in the public sector: A multilevel analysis. International Public Management Journal, 20(2): 226-260. VHB-JQ3: B; ISI-IF:
Kobarg, S., Stumpf-Wollersheim, J., & Welpe, I. M. (2017). University-industry collaboration and product innovation performance: The moderating effects of absorptive capacity and innovation competencies. The Journal of Technology Transfer. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s10961-017-9583-y VHB-JQ3: B; ISI-IF:
Kobarg, S., Stumpf-Wollersheim, J., & Welpe, I. M. (2017, August). Green Together? The Effects of Companies’ Innovation Collaboration with Different Partner Types on Ecological Process and Product Innovation. Paper presented at the 2017 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta (USA), 4-8 August 2017.
Kobarg, S., Wollersheim, J., Welpe, I. M., & Spörrle, M. (2015, July). Individual Ambidexterity and Performance in the Public Sector: A Multilevel Analysis. Paper presented at the Symposium "Governance, Performance & Leadership of Research and Public Organizations", Munich (Germany), 15-16 July 2015.
Kobarg, S., Wollersheim, J., & Welpe, I. M. (2014, August). Ambidexterity in academia: A multilevel analysis of determinants of research performance. Paper presented at the 2014 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Philadelphia (USA), 1-5 August 2014.