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Dr. Pamela Mueller

	Dr. Pamela Mueller
	Research Fellow
	Max Planck Institute of Economics, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group Kahlaische Straße 10 D-07745 Jena Germany
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Curriculum Vitae

since Sep. 2005	Researcher at the Max Planck Institute of Economics Jena; Lecturer at the University of Jena
Jan. 2003 - Aug. 2005	Research and teaching assistant at the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg (Prof. Dr. Michael Fritsch) Dissertation: Entrepreneurship and Economic Performance - The Impact of New Firm Formation on Regional Development and Individual Behavior (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Michael Fritsch)
Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2002	Research Assistant at the Institute of Applied Innovation Research, Bochum (Prof. Dr. Dr. E. Staudt)
Dec. 2001	Diplom-Volkswirtin (MSc in Economics) at University of Bonn
Oct. 1996 - Dec. 2001	Studies in Economics at the University of Bonn
Aug. 1998 - Dec. 1998	Studies in Economics at the Copenhagen Business School, DK

Non-Academic Positions / Internships

Dec. 2000 - May 2001	Bayer Corporation, Pittsburgh, USA (Internship Management Strategy, Management Development)
Aug. 2000 - Nov. 2000	Association of the German Woodworking and Plastic Industries (Hauptverband der Holz und Kunststoffe verarbeitenden Industrie), Contact Office to the European Union, Brussels (Internship Economic Policy)

Research areas

• Academic entrepreneurship
• Commercialization of science
• University-industry linkages
• Regional economic growth

Journal articles and contributions to books

Employment effects of business dynamics: Mice, Gazelles and Elephants (with Zoltan J. Acs), Small Business Economics, in press (2007)

The effects of new firm formation on regional development over time: The case of Great Britain (with André van Stel and David J. Storey), Small Business Economics, in press (2007).

Exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities: The impact of entrepreneurship on growth, Small Business Economics, Vol. 28 (2007), 355-362.

Entrepreneurship: Only a few are chosen but some are even chosen twice (with Michael Niese). In: Dowling, M. and J. Schmude (Eds.), Empirical Entrepreneurship in Europe: New Perspectives, Cheltenham 2007: Elgar.

The persistence of regional new business formation activity over time - Assessing the potential of policy promotion programs (with Michael Fritsch), Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol. 17 (2007), 299-315.

Entrepreneurship in the region: Breeding ground for nascent entrepreneurs?, Small Business Economics, Vol. 27 (2006), 41-58

Exploring the knowledge filter: How entrepreneurship and university-industry relations drive economic growth, Research Policy, Vol 35 (2006), 1499-1508.

Das Gründungsgeschehen in Dresden, Rostock und Karlsruhe: Eine Betrachtung des regionalen Gründungspotenzials (with Tobias Henning and Michael Niese). In: Sternberg, R. (Ed.), Deutsche Gründungsregionen, Muenster 2006, Lit-Verlag, 133-163.

The evolution of regional entrepreneurship and growth regimes (with Michael Fritsch). In: Fritsch, M. and J. Schmude (Eds.), Entrepreneurship in the region, New York 2006: Springer, 225-244.

How persistent are regional start-up rates? An empirical analysis (with Michael Fritsch). In: Vinig, G.T. and R.C.W. van der Voort (Eds.), The emergence of entrepreneurial economics, Amsterdam 2005: Elsevier Science, 71-82.

Die Beständigkeit regionaler Gründungsaktivitäten über die Zeit - Welches Potenzial hat die Gründungsforschung (mit Michael Fritsch), in: Achleitner, A.K., Klandt, H., Koch, L.T. und Voigt, K.I. (Hrsg.), Jahrbuch Entrepreneurship 2005/06, Berlin 2005: Springer, 91-105

Direct and indirect effects of new business formation on regional employment (with Michael Fritsch and Antje Weyh), Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 12 (2005), 545-548.

Regional growth regimes revisited - the case of West Germany (with Michael Fritsch), in: M. Dowling, J. Schmude and D. zu Knyphausen-Aufsess (eds.), Advances in interdisciplinary european entrepreneurship research, Vol. II, Münster 2005, 251-273.

The effects of new business formation on regional development over time (with Michael Fritsch), Regional Studies, Vol. 38 (2004), 961-975.

Monographs

Entrepreneurship and economic performance: The impact of new firm formation on regional development and individual behaviour, Dissertation, Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, 2006. [pdf]

Working Papers

The effects of new firm formation on regional development over time: The case of Great Britain (with André van Stel and David J. Storey), Discussion Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy 24/2006, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany.[pdf]

Employment effects of business dynamics: Mice, Gazelles and Elephants (with Zoltan Acs), Discussion Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy 23/2006, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany. [pdf]

The Persistence of Regional New Business Formation-Activity over Time - Assessing the Potential of Policy Promotion Programs (with Michael Fritsch). Discussion Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy 02/2005, Max Planck Institute of Economics - Group Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy, Jena, Germany. [pdf]