Dr. Moritz Böhmecke-Schwafert

Postdoctoral Researcher and Manager

New publication in the Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Measuring Innovation in Mauritius’ ICT Sector Using Unsupervised Machine Learning: A Web Mining and Topic Modeling Approach

Summary I am thrilled to announce the publication of our latest research in the Journal of the Knowledge Economy. In this study, co-authored by Colin Dörries, we delve into the intricacies of meas...

Posted by Moritz on November 25, 2023

New publication in Empirica - Journal of European Economics

The trade effects of product market regulation in global value chains: evidence from OECD and BRICS countries between 2000 and 2015

I am super excited that our empirical article on the trade-effects of regulation has been recently published in Empirica - Journal of European Economics. In this paper, we disentangled different ty...

Posted by Moritz on April 23, 2023

New publication in Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Exploring blockchain-based innovations for economic and sustainable development in the global south: A mixed-method approach based on web mining and topic modeling

Our article on blockchain innovators in the Global South has been recently published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change. In this paper, we utilized a mixed-method approach based on web ...

Posted by Moritz on March 14, 2023

Digital Teaching and Science Communication

Creating Scientific Podcasts in Master courses

What is SciComm Science communication (SciComm) is almost as much as important as the science itself. An effective evidence-based SciComm empowers the public to embrace the unbiased view that scien...

Posted by Moritz on August 30, 2022

New publication in the Journal Business Strategy and the Environment

Blockchain for the circular economy: Theorizing blockchain's role in the transition to a circular economy through an empirical investigation

Our article on blockchain-based innovations for the circular economy has been recently published in the special issue of Business Strategy and the Environment and it’s open source. In this paper, ...

Posted by Moritz on May 30, 2022

What an exciting day - Ph.D. thesis defense!

Today I successfully defended my Ph.D. thesis

Today I finally defended my dissertation entitled: Unraveling the Phenomenon of Blockchain Innovation: Five Studies on Blockchain’s Role for Economic and Sustainable Development I am extrem...

Posted by Moritz on April 22, 2022

Inductive, Deductive, and Abductive Reasong in Academic Research

Know the differences

In a current manuscript^1, we embrace an abductive approach, which allows for theory refinement other than new theory generation or theory testing (Dubois & Gadde, 2002). Abduction can be appro...

Posted by Moritz on December 30, 2021

ABOUT ME

Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at TU Berlin, Ph.D in Economics, Manager at the Economic Advisory of EY. Research at the intersection of digital innovation and development economics.

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