Prof. Dr. Peter M. Bican (Chair Representative)

Prof. Dr. Peter M. Bican, MBA, FCCA

Lehrstuhlvertreter

Professor Bican studied law at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg. During that time, he co-founded and led an e-commerce start-up until its acquisition.

After the legal preparatory service and an MBA in Business Integration at the Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg, Germany, and the Boston University, Questrom School of Business, USA, he joined Deloitte in Luxembourg und PwC in Frankfurt, Germany. His work experience spans consulting, audit, financial advisory, and capital market transactions in both SME and large multinational firms.

Thereafter, he worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Technology- and Innovation Management at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar, Germany. Building on his prior experiences as educated Lawyer, MBA, and Certified Accountant (FCCA), he intensively studied questions on intellectual property and its strategic application at the intersection of law, business, and accounting. In addition, he spent multiple international research visits to the Center for Research in Technology and Innovation at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management in Chicago. Before taking over the Chair of Technology Management, Professor Bican was active as Akademischer Rat (Assistant Professor) at the chair.

Research Interest

In addition to entrepreneurship and technology and innovation management, Professor Bican is predominantly concerned with the question of how companies can proactively develop and strategically deploy their intellectual property rights portfolio. He takes an integrative approach that covers the entire spectrum of intellectual property rights, such as patents, trademarks and copyrights, in an interdisciplinary manner. In addition, he examines the effect of other intellectual assets on innovation, start-up and firm factors.

For more information, please visit Google Scholar and ResearchGate.

Professor Bican is serving as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Technology Marketing and Associate Editor of the International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM). He is also an Editorial Advisory Board Member of the South Asian Journal of Marketing and the FIIB Business Review.

Teaching

Please find information on lectures, seminars and theses in the BSc and MSc programs here.

Publications

2021

Hohl L., Bican P., Guderian C., Riar FJ.:
Gender Diversity Effects in Investment Decisions
In: Journal of Entrepreneurship 30 (2021), p. 134-152
ISSN: 0971-3557
DOI: 10.1177/0971355720974821
Weyer J., Tiberius V., Bican P., Kraus S.:
Digitizing Grocery Retailing: The Role of Emerging Technologies in the Value Chain
In: International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (2021), Article No.: 2050058
ISSN: 0219-8770
DOI: 10.1142/S0219877020500583

2020

Bican P., Brem A.:
Managing innovation performance: Results from an industry-spanning explorative study on R&D key measures
In: Creativity and Innovation Management (2020)
ISSN: 0963-1690
DOI: 10.1111/caim.12370
Bican P., Brem A.:
Digital Business Model, Digital Transformation, Digital Entrepreneurship: Is there a sustainable "digital"?
In: Sustainability 12 (2020), Article No.: 5239
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOI: 10.3390/su12135239
Brem A., Bican P., Wimschneider C. (ed.):
Gender Differences in Technology and Innovation Management - Insights from Experimental Research
München: 2020
(De Gruyter Studies in Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
ISBN: 978-3-11-059079-1
Clauss T., Kraus S., Kallinger FL., Bican P., Brem A., Kailer N.:
Organizational ambidexterity and competitive advantage: The role of strategic agility in the exploration-exploitation paradox
In: Journal of Innovation & Knowledge (2020)
ISSN: 2444-569X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2020.07.003
Guderian C., Bican P., Riar FJ., Chattopadhyay S.:
Innovation management in crisis: patent analytics as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic
In: R & D Management (2020)
ISSN: 0033-6807
DOI: 10.1111/radm.12447
Hommel K., Bican P.:
Digital entrepreneurship in finance: fintechs and funding decision criteria
In: Sustainability 12 (2020), p. 1-18
ISSN: 2071-1050
DOI: 10.3390/su12198035
Straub O., Bican P., Brem A.:
Distinguishing Self-Sufficient Business Incubators in Start-up Incubation Ecosystems
In: A. Novotny, E. Rasmussen, T. H. Clausen, & J. Wiklund (ed.): Research Handbook on Start-Up Incubation Ecosystems, Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020
ISBN: 978 1 78897 352 6
DOI: 10.4337/9781788973533
Wagner S., Bican P., Brem A.:
Critical success factors in the front end of innovation: Results from an empirical study
In: International Journal of Innovation Management (2020), Article No.: 2150046
ISSN: 1363-9196
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919621500468

2019

Brand M., Tiberius V., Bican P., Brem A.:
Agility as an innovation driver: towards an agile front end of innovation framework
In: Review of Managerial Science (2019)
ISSN: 1863-6683
DOI: 10.1007/s11846-019-00373-0
Henninger P., Brem A., Giones F., Bican P., Wimschneider C.:
Effectuation vs. Causation: Can established firms use Start-Up Decision-Making Principles to stay innovative?
In: International Journal of Innovation Management (2019)
ISSN: 1363-9196
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919620500024

2018

Weigelt M., Mayr A., Kühl A., Batz K., Bican P., Russer JA., Russer P., Franke J.:
Techno-Economic Evaluation of Technological Alternatives to Extend the Range of Electric Vehicles
5th Annual Conference on Electric Roads & Vehicles (Park City, Utah, 26. February 2018 - 27. February 2018)
(anderer)
Weigelt M., Mayr A., Masuch M., Batz K., Franke J., Bican P., Brem A., Russer JA., Russer P.:
Techno-Economic Evaluation of Strategic Solutions to Extend the Range of Electric Vehicles
8th International Electric Drives Production Conference (EDPC) (Schweinfurt, 4. December 2018 - 5. December 2018)
DOI: 10.1109/EDPC.2018.8658329
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8658329

2020

Brem A., Bican P., Wimschneider C. (ed.):
Gender Differences in Technology and Innovation Management - Insights from Experimental Research
München: 2020
(De Gruyter Studies in Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
ISBN: 978-3-11-059079-1
Straub O., Bican P., Brem A.:
Distinguishing Self-Sufficient Business Incubators in Start-up Incubation Ecosystems
In: A. Novotny, E. Rasmussen, T. H. Clausen, & J. Wiklund (ed.): Research Handbook on Start-Up Incubation Ecosystems, Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020
ISBN: 978 1 78897 352 6
DOI: 10.4337/9781788973533

2018

Weigelt M., Mayr A., Kühl A., Batz K., Bican P., Russer JA., Russer P., Franke J.:
Techno-Economic Evaluation of Technological Alternatives to Extend the Range of Electric Vehicles
5th Annual Conference on Electric Roads & Vehicles (Park City, Utah, 26. February 2018 - 27. February 2018)
(anderer)
Weigelt M., Mayr A., Masuch M., Batz K., Franke J., Bican P., Brem A., Russer JA., Russer P.:
Techno-Economic Evaluation of Strategic Solutions to Extend the Range of Electric Vehicles
8th International Electric Drives Production Conference (EDPC) (Schweinfurt, 4. December 2018 - 5. December 2018)
DOI: 10.1109/EDPC.2018.8658329
URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8658329

2017

Tiemer J., Guderian CC., Bican P.:
HKS-Dessous: A Main Street Retail Entrepreneur Handling Digital Change
(2017), p. 1-14
URL: https://www.iveycases.com/ProductView.aspx?id=85977
(online publication)

2016

Guderian CC., Bican P.:
Martin Bauer Group: Corporate Social Responsibility with EinDollarBrille
(2016), p. 1-11
URL: https://www.iveycases.com/ProductView.aspx?id=77562
(online publication)

2014

Bican P., Truong QN.:
Bayer in India: Intellectual Property Expropriation?
(2014), p. 1-15
URL: https://www.iveycases.com/ProductView.aspx?id=62082
(online publication)

2013

Conley JG., Bican P., Wilkof N.:
WIPO Study on Patents and the Public Domain (II) - Impact of Certain Enterprise Practices
(2013), p. 1-70
URL: http://www.wipo.int/edocs/mdocs/mdocs/en/cdip_12/cdip_12_inf_2_rev.pdf
(Working Paper)

2018: Renate-Wittern-Sterzel-Preis der FAU (Gleichstellungspreis) (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Prof. Dr. Peter M. Bican, MBA, FCCA

Research Interest

Teaching

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Books

2020

Conference Proceedings

2018

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