Dr. Stefan Nothelfer
Former Research Fellow
Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research
Areas of Interest
Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Economics of Innovation, Digital Technologies, Entrepreneurship
Academic Résumé
2015 - 2018
Junior Research Fellow and Doctoral Candidate at Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research). Doctoral Thesis: “Behavior in Foreign Languages – Experimental Evidence on Creativity, Cooperation, and Culture-related Effects.”
Since 2013
Member of the Management Team at the Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM)
2015 - 2017
Postgraduate Studies in Business Research (Master of Business Research) at Munich School of Management, LMU Munich
2013 - 2015
Business Developer at EIT ICT Labs
2013
Junior Consultant at Porsche Consulting
2012
Mandarin Studies at Shanghai Jiaotong University
2012
Diploma Thesis at the Sino-German School for Postgraduate Studies, Tongji University Shanghai
2011 - 2012
Consultant for Shanghai Pudong Int’l Airport Cargo Terminal Co. Ltd. (PACTL)
2009 - 2010
Interdisciplinary Study Program Technology and International Development at TU Darmstadt Darmstadt
2005 - 2012
Trainee Program „Technik Students“ at Lufthansa Technik AG
2005 - 2012
Mechanical Engineering & Management Studies at TU Darmstadt and Institut Nationale Polytechnique de Grenoble
Honours, Scholarships and Academic Prizes
2011 - 2012
Scholarship of the Erich Becker Stiftung
2011 - 2012
DAAD Scholarship for the stay at Tongji University Shanghai
2005 - 2012
Lufthansa Technik "Technik Student"
Publications
Edited Books, Collected Editions
(2015). The Future of Individual Premium Mobility. Trend Report 2015. München: CDTM, Center for Digital Technology and Management.
(2015). The Future of Education. Trend Report Fall 2015. München: CDTM, Center for Digital Technology and Management.
(2015). Entrepreneurship in Bavaria. Trend Report Fall 2015. München: CDTM, Center for Digital Technology and Management.
(2014). Data Marketplaces in Smart Cities. Trend Report 2013/2014. München: CDTM, Center for Digital Technology and Management.
(2014). Sensor-based Authentication. Trend Report 2014. München: CDTM, Center for Digital Technology and Management.
(2013). Human-Machine-Interaction in Individual Mobility. Trend Report 2013. München: CDTM, Center for Digital Technology and Management.
Further Publications, Press Articles, Interviews
(2016). Urheberrecht und Innovation in digitalen Märkten - Studie im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz. München: Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb.
Monographies
(2020). Behavior in Foreign Languages: Experimental Evidence on Creativity, Cooperation, and Culture-Related Effects (Innovation und Entrepreneurship). Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler.
- Working and interacting in foreign languages is widespread. While the relationship between language and behavior has been discussed for many years, empirical evidence for behavioral effects of foreign language use is surprisingly scarce. Stefan Nothelfer has conducted a series of laboratory studies to investigate and disentangle effects of language and culture on creativity and cooperation, important behavioral foundations of innovation. He draws insights from a large cross-country dataset with pairings between three languages, using a custom-built mobile laboratory. The author’s findings challenge theories of linguistic relativity, foreign language effects, and cultural accommodation, and enrich the empirical basis for fundamental research on language and behavior.