Short CV

• Doctorate in economics, Dr. rer. pol. (May, 2009, University of Jena)
• since 2006 Research Assistant IWH / Ph.D. student
• 2005 Diploma in Business Administration, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Main focus: Economics of Innovation, Decision Analysis, International Management)
• Born June, 19th,1979 (Jena)

Most important journal articles

Schwartz, M. & Göthner, M., A Multidimensional Evaluation of the Effectivness of Business Incubators - An application of the PROMETHEE outranking method, Environment and Planning C: Government & Policy, forthcoming.

Hornych, C. & Schwartz, M. (2009), Industry concentration and regional innovative performance - Empirical evidence for Eastern Germany, Post-Communist Economies, forthcoming.

Schwartz, M. (2009), Beyond Incubation: An analysis of firm survival and exit dynamics in the post-graduation period, Journal of Technology Transfer 34 (4).

Schwartz, M., Hornych, C. (2009), Ende der 'Gemischtwarenläden' - Spezialisierung von Technologie- und Gründerzentren als Option kommunaler Wirtschaftsförderung, List Forum für Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik, forthcoming.

Schwartz, M. & Hornych, C. (2008), Specialization as strategy for business incubators: An assessment of the Central German Multimedia Center, Technovation 28 (7).

...more Publications.

• International Small Business Journal
• International Journal of Technology Management
• The Journal of Technology Transfer
• Technovation
• Technological Forecasting & Social Change

Papers under review

Schwartz, M., Incubating an Illusion? Long-term incubator firm performance after graduation, submitted to Growth and Change.

Schwartz, M., Incubation time, incubator age, and firm survival after graduation, submitted to International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management.

Schwartz, M. & Hornych, C., Cooperation Patterns of Incubator Firms and the Impact of Incubator Specialization, submitted to Technovation.

Schwartz, M. & Hornych, C., Specialization versus Diversification: Perceived Benefits of Different Incubation Models, submitted to International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management.

• Academic-Industry Linkages and Informal Knowledge Transfer
• Evaluation of incubators' effectiveness using a control-group concept
• City size, agglomeration economies and regional economic growth
• Technological trajectories and the development of cities
• Diversification versus Specialization in Business Incubation Initiatives (with Christoph Hornych)
• Regional Innovative Performance in Eastern Germany (with Christoph Hornych)

Recent Discussion Papers

Determinants of Academic-Industry Linkages and Incubator-Internal Cooperation Patterns of Incubator Firms, IWH-Discussion Papers 02/09. (with Christoph Hornych)

...more Discussion Papers .

Memberships

• List Gesellschaft e.V