Dr. Esther Schnabl
Fraunhofer Institute for
Systems and Innovation Research ISI
Project Manager
Experience
Esther Schricke studied geography with a focus on economic geography at the University of Hanover and the University of Bristol. From 2003 to 2007 she worked as a researcher in research and teaching at the Institute for Economic and Cultural Geography of the University of Hanover. In 2007 she was awarded her PhD on the subject of localization patterns and development dynamics in optical technologies clusters in Germany. From 2007 until 2010 she was employed as research analyst at McKinsey & Company in Düsseldorf. Since October 2010 she has been employed as a project manager in the Competence Center Policy and Regions in the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI in Karlsruhe.
Work Focus
- Cluster-based regional development
- Regional innovation and technology policy
- Application of theories of regional economic development
Projects
- 'Research campus – proactive'. Exchange of experiences and integration within the scope of the funding initiative 'Research campus – public-private partnership for innovation'
- Establishment of a European Service Innovation Centre
- Meta-study: Universities as an economic factor
- Types of groups involved in shaping regional innovation systems
- Study of "Branch and technology profiles in the Karlsruhe Technology Region"
- Half-time assessment of the operational programme for the European Fund for Regional Development (EFRE) Berlin
- Development of a methodology for the profiling of regional economies
- Regional Key Figures of the European Research Area
Publications
Aschhoff, B./Baier, E./Crass, D./Hud, M./Hünermund, P./Köhler, C./Peters, B./Rammer, C./Schricke, E./Schubert, T./Schwiebacher, F. (2013): Innovation in Germany – Results of the German CIS 2006 to 2010 (= ZEW Dokumentation No. 13-01). Mannheim, Karlsruhe: Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung.
Daimer, S./Dornbusch, F./Hufnagl, M./Koschatzky, K./Kroll, H./Schricke, E. (2013):
Relevanz regionaler Aktivitäten für Hochschulen und das Wissenschaftssystem – Handlungsfelder für Hochschulen – 7 Thesen. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
Kroll, H./Schricke, E. (2013): Patterns of Technology Transfer in Chinese Hotspots of Innovative Development - The Perspective of the Recipient Firms (= Working Papers Firms and Region No. R2/2013). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
Schricke, E. (2013): Occurrence of cluster structures in knowledge-intensive services (= Working Papers Firms and Region No. R1/2013). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
Schubert, T./Baier, E./Hufnagl, M./Meyer, N./Schricke, E./Stahlecker, T. (2012): Endbericht zur Metastudie Wirtschaftsfaktor Hochschule - Modul 1. Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft. Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
Schricke, E./Zenker, A./Stahlecker, T. (2012): Knowledge-intensive (business) services in Europe. Brussels: European Commission.
Dornbusch, F./Kroll, H./Schricke, E. (2012): Multiple Dimensions of Regionally-Oriented University Involvement - How Motivation and Opportunity Prompt German Researchers to Engage in Different Ways (= Working Papers Firms and Region No. R6/2012). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
Schricke, E. (2012): Factors driving engagement in politically supported clusters and networks of firms. Presented at the 7th International Seminar on Regional Innovation Policies. Porto, Portugal. 11. -13. October 2012.
Schricke, E./Zenker, A./Stahlecker, T. (2012): Knowledge-intensive (business) services in Europe. Brussels: European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation.
Kroll, H./Schricke, E./Stahlecker, T. (forthcoming): Scope and determinants of the "third role" of higher education institutions in Germany. Higher Education Policy.
Baier, E./Kroll, H./Schricke, E./Stahlecker, T. (2012): The regional innovation system of Baden-Württemberg reconsidered: path dependency and technological leadership. In: Fraunhofer ISI (Ed.): Innovation system revisited - Experiences from 40 years of Fraunhofer ISI research. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag, 171-192.
Schricke, E. (2012): Ausprägung von Clusterstrukturen in wissensintensiven Dienstleistungsbranchen. In: Koschatzky, K./Stahlecker, T. (Eds.): Clusterpolitik quo vadis? Perspektiven der Clusterförderung. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag.
Kroll, H./Schricke, E./Stahlecker, T. (2012): Developing new roles for higher education institutions in structurally-fragmented regional innovation systems (= Working Papers Firms and Region No. R2/2012). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.
Kroll, H./Schricke, E. (2012): Making Sense of Alleged Fuzziness – Diverging Framework Conditions and Policy Rationales Shaping Cluster Policies in Germany. Presented at: Geography of Innovation 2012, EuroLIO European Seminar, St. Étienne, 26/01/2012.
Kroll, H./Schricke, E./Stahlecker, T. (2011): Developing New Roles for Higher Education Institutions in Structurally Fragmented Regional Innovation Systems. The 6th International Seminar on Regional Innovation Policies. CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden. 13-14 October 2011.
Pantazis, N./Schricke, E. (2008): Clusterentwicklung und Unternehmensgründungen am Beispiel der Optischen Technologien in Südostniedersachsen. In: Kiese, M./Schätzl, L. (Eds.): Cluster und Regionalentwicklung. Dortmund, 67-82.
Schricke, E. (2007): Lokalisierungsmuster und Entwicklungsdynamik von Clustern der Optischen Technologien in Deutschland. Untersucht am Beispiel von Clusterstrukturen in Thüringen, Bayern und Niedersachsen. Berlin: wvb.
Schricke, E./Liefner, I. (2006): 20 Jahre Technologie- und Gründerzentren – Eine regional-wirtschaftliche Bilanz (= Hannoversche Geographische Arbeitsmaterialien 32). Hannover.
Leineweber, B./Schricke, E. (2006): Region Hannover: Einbindung von Existenzgründungen in regionale Cluster. In: Sternberg, R. (Ed.): Deutsche Gründungsregionen. Berlin, 249-280.