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
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 - 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 - 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 - 2024
Research: The Risks of Founding a Startup Near Big Companies
BESSEN, J., F. POEGE, R. RÖTTGER, "Research: The Risks of Founding a Startup Near Big Companies", Harvard Business Review, 12 November 2024 - 2022
New Research Shows The Breakup of IG Farben Increased Innovation
POEGE, F., "New Research Shows The Breakup of IG Farben Increased Innovation", Promarket, 5 October 2022 - 2022
Competition and Innovation: The Breakup of IG Farben
POEGE, F., "Competition and Innovation: The Breakup of IG Farben", The FinReg Blog, 4 October 2022 - 2022
Competition and Innovation: The Breakup of IG Farben
POEGE, F., "Competition and Innovation: The Breakup of IG Farben" in The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 5-9, 2022, Seattle, United States of America - 2021
Higher profit taxes reduce firms’ R&D activities
SIEGLOCH, S., F. POEGE, T.-V. NGUYEN, M. LÖFFLER, A. LICHTER, I. E. ISPHORDING, "Higher profit taxes reduce firms’ R&D activities", VoxEU - CEPR, 21 December 2021 - 2020
Filling the Gap - Firm Strategies for Human Capital Loss
DORNER, M., F. GAESSLER, D. HARHOFF, K. HOISL, F. POEGE, "Filling the Gap - Firm Strategies for Human Capital Loss" in The 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2020), 7-11 August, 2020, (Online)
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