Project Manager

Studied geography, majoring in economic geography at the University of Hanover (Universität Hannover). From 2003 to 2006 he was employed as a Research Associate at the Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography at the University of Hanover. In 2005 he was awarded his doctorate on the subject of university spin-off activities in China. In August 2006 he joined the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI in Karlsruhe as a researcher in the Competence Center Policy and Regions.

• Analysis of regional and national innovation systems in Germany, Europe and Asia
• Analysis and evaluation of regional innovation and technology policy
• Regional innovation and technology indicators
• University-industry relations
• Cluster-based regional development

Baier, E./Kroll, H./Zenker, A. (2013): Templates of smart specialisation: Experiences of place-based regional development strategies in Germany and Austria (= Working Papers Firms and Region No. R5/2013). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Stahlecker, T./Kroll, H. (2013): Policies to Build Research Infrastructures in Europe – Following Traditions or Building New Momentum? (= Working Papers Firms and Region No. R4/2013). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Baier, E./Kroll, H./Zenker, A. (2013): Regional Autonomy with regard to Innovation Policy: A Differentiated Illustration of the European Status Quo (= Working Papers Firms and Region No. R3/2013). 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.

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.

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.

Hemer, J./Kroll, H. (2012): A Stepwise, Actor-Based Approach to the Establishment of Science-Industry Co-operations. In: Assimakopoulos, D./Carayannis, E./Dossani, R. (Eds.) Knowledge Perspectives of New Product Development - A Comparative Approach. New York, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London: Springer,159-174.

Stahlecker, T./Kroll, H. (2012): The cluster concept as a multi-dimensional thematic field: Methodological and substantive perspectives (= Working Papers Firms and Region No. R3/2012). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Kroll, H./Schricke, E./Stahlecker, T. (forthcoming): Scope and determinants of the "third role" of higher education institutions in Germany. Higher Education Policy.

Stahlecker, T./Kroll, H. (2012): Das Clusterkonzept als multidimensionales Themenfeld: methodische und inhaltliche Perspektiven. In. Koschatzky, K./Stahlecker, T. (Eds.): Clusterpolitik quo vadis? Perspektiven der Clusterförderung. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag, 1-32.

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./Schiller, D. (2012): Upgrading strategies of electronics firms within the Regional Innovation System of the Pearl River Delta, illustrated by the example of two Hong Kong Firms. In: Petti, C. (Ed.): Technological Entrepreneurship in China. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Tagscherer, U./Kroll, H./Luo, X. (2012): Regional Innovation Systems in China – An Analysis of Industry-Science Linkages in Bohai Bay Area. In: Petti, C. (Ed.): Technological Entrepreneurship in China. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

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.

Koschatzky, K./Hufnagl, M./Kroll, H./Daimer, S./Schulze, N. (2011): Relevanz regionaler Aktivitäten für Hochschulen und das Wissenschaftssystem (= Arbeitspapiere Unternehmen und Region Nr. R3/2011): Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Kroll, H. (2011): Exploring the validity of patent applications as an indicator of Chinese competitiveness and market structure, World Patent Information, 33, 1, 23-33.

Schiller, D./Kroll, H. (2010): The global economic crisis as leverage for emerging regional growth paths in China? A comparison of tentative evidence from the three major economic regions. Annual Conference of the Chinese Economic Association (Europe/UK) at the University of Oxford. 12.-13. Juli 2010. Oxford University.

Kroll, H./Schiller, D. (2010): Establishing an Interface between Public Sector Applied Research and the Chinese Enterprise Sector: Preparing for 2020, Technovation, 30, 2, 117-129.

Kroll, H. (2010): Indicator-Based Reporting on the Chinese Innovation System 2010 – The Regional Dimension of Science and Innovation in China (= Discussion Papers Innovation Systems and Policy Analysis Nr. 25). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Kroll, H./Stahlecker, T./Zenker, A. (2010): The European Area (ERA): Trends and Future Challenges. In: Frietsch, R./Schüller, M. (Eds.): Competing for Global Innovation Leadership: Innovation Systems and Policies in the USA, Europe and Asia. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag, 57-72.

Frietsch, R./Kroll, H. (2010): Recent Trends in Innovation Policy in Germany. In: Frietsch, R./Schüller, M. (Eds.): Competing for Global Innovation Leadership: Innovation Systems and Policies in the USA, Europe and Asia. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag, 73-92.

Kroll, H./Conlé, M./Schüller, M. (2010): China: Innovation System and Innovation Policy. In: Frietsch, R./Schüller, M. (Eds.): Competing for Global Innovation Leadership: Innovation Systems and Policies in the USA, Europe and Asia. Stuttgart: Fraunhofer Verlag, 241-264.

Kroll, H./Zenker, A./Schubert, T. (2009): An Analysis of the Development of R&D Expenditure at the Regional Level in the Light of the 3% Target. Bruxelles: European Commission, DGRTD.

Kroll, H./Stahlecker, T. (2009): Europe's Regional Research Systems: Current Trends and Structures. Bruxelles: European Commission, DGRTD.

Kroll, H./Mallig, N. (2009): Regional patterns of co-patenting by technological fields, a Europe - US comparison. Science and Innovation Policy, 2009 Atlanta Conference on 2-3 Oct. 2009, pp. 1-11 .

Kroll, H./Tagscherer, U. (2009): Chinese Regional Innovation Systems in Times of Crisis: The Case of Guangdong, Asian Journal of Technology Innovation, Vol. 17 (2), 6-13.

Koschatzky, K./Kroll, H. (2009): Multi-level governance in regional innovation systems, Ekonomiaz, No. 70, I/2009, 44-59.

Koschatzky, K./Kroll, H. (2009): Gobernanza multinivel en los sistemas regionales de innovación, Economiaz, No. 70, I/2009, 132-149.

Koschatzky, K./Baier, E./Kroll, H./Stahlecker, T. (2009): The spatial multidimensionality of sectoral innovation – the case of information and communication technologies (= Working Papers Firms and Region No. R4/2009). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Kroll, H. (2009): Spillovers and Proximity in Perspective A Network Approach to Improving the Operationalisation of Proximity (=Working Papers Firms and Region No. R2/2009). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Kroll, H. (2009): The Regional Development of Science and Innovation in China – A Brief Review of Current Evidence on Matches and Mismatches – (=Working Papers Firms and Region No. R1/2009). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Jappe-Heinze, A./Baier, E./Kroll, H. (2008): Clusterpolitik: Kriterien für die Evaluation von regionalen Clusterinitiativen (=Working Papers Firms and Region No. 3/2008). Karlsruhe: Fraunhofer ISI.

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Hrsg.) (2008): Angewandte Forschung an Fachhochschulen im Verbund mit der Wirtschaft (FH3) – Evaluation des BMBF-Förderprogramms 2004-2006. Bonn: BMBF.

Kroll, H. (2009): Demonstrating the instrumentality of motivation oriented approaches for the explanation of academic spin-off formation-an application based on the Chinese case. In: The International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal Volume 5, Number 1/March 2009,  pp. 97-116.

Kroll, H./Schiller, D. (2008): Managing the Interface between Public Sector Applied Research and Technological Development in the Chinese Enterprise Sector. Paper Presented at the 32nd R&D Management Conference 2008. Ottawa: Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa.

Hennemann, S./Kroll, H. (2008): Die Wissensmacht China. In: Geographische Rundschau 60 (5), S. 12-19.

Kroll, H./Liefner I. (2008): Spin-off Enterprises as a Means of Technology Commercialisation in a Transforming Economy: Evidence from Three Universities in China, Technovation, 28, 5, 298-313.

Koschatzky, K./Kroll, H. (2007): Which Side of the Coin? The Regional Governance of Science and Innovation, Regional Studies, 48, 1115-1127.

Liefner, I./Kroll, H. (2007): Universitäre Spin-off-Unternehmen und universitär-industrieller Technologietransfer in China. In: Hof, H. (Ed.) "Innovationsforschung – Ansätze, Methoden, Grenzen und Perspektiven". Münster: Lit-Verlag, 227-243.

Kroll, H. (2006): Entstehung und Entwicklung universitärer Spin-off-Aktivitäten in China. Eine regional vergleichende Analyse. Reihe: Wirtschaftsgeographie. Münster: Lit-Verlag.