Felix Poege
Assistant Professor
Biography
Felix Poege is an Assistant Professor of Innovation at Università Bocconi. Before joining Università Bocconi, he was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Technology & Policy Research at Boston University and a junior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich, Germany. His research focuses on the innovation strategy of firms under competition. With this, he studies topics in strategic management and the economics of innovation, interlinked with topics in industrial organization, science, and human capital. In his working papers, he analyzes how the breakup of a leading firm affects an industry in terms of competition and innovation. He is the author of numerous articles on his topics of interest. His works have been published in the American Economic Review and in the American Economic Journal, among others. He got a Master of Science in Economics at the University of Bonn, a Bachelor of Science in the Economics University of Heidelberg and a PhD at Max Planck Institute.
Recent Publications
- 2025
Filling the Gap: The Consequences of Collaborator Loss in Corporate R&D
POEGE, F., F. GAESSLER, K. HOISL, D. HARHOFF, M. DORNER, "Filling the Gap: The Consequences of Collaborator Loss in Corporate R&D", Management Science, 2025 - 2025
Like Stars: How Firms Learn at Scientific Conferences
BARUFFALDI, S., F. POEGE, "Like Stars: How Firms Learn at Scientific Conferences", Management Science, 2025, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 2056-2078 - 2025
Profit Taxation, R&D Spending, and Innovation
LICHTER, A., M. LÖFFLER, I. E. ISPHORDING, T.-V. NGUYEN, F. POEGE, S. SIEGLOCH, "Profit Taxation, R&D Spending, and Innovation", American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2025, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 432-463 - 2019
Science quality and the value of inventions
POEGE, F., D. HARHOFF, F. GAESSLER, S. BARUFFALDI, "Science quality and the value of inventions", Science Advances, 2019, vol. 5, no. 12 - 2017
Estimating Measures of Multidimensional Poverty with Stata
PACIFICO, D., F. POEGE, "Estimating Measures of Multidimensional Poverty with Stata", The Stata Journal: Promoting communications on statistics and Stata, 2017, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 687-703 - 2024
Competing for Talent: Large Firms and Startup Growth
BESSEN, J., F. POEGE, R. RÖTTGER, "Competing for Talent: Large Firms and Startup Growth" in The 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 9-13, 2024, Chicago, IL, United States of America

