The Research Training Group “The Economics of Innovative Change“ will address unresolved questions and problems concerning the economic dynamics of firms, markets, sectors and regions with an analytical focus on the endogenous driving forces mainly understood as the activities of invention and innovation.

The variety of topics that is dealt with covers the foundations of individual behavior and the economic and institutional environment, the generation of innovations together with the organizational forms of activities of invention and innovations, the change of the sectoral structures caused by innovations, the role of the demand side in this context, as well as the political management of change.

The scholarship positions require a permanent and active participation in the study and the research program of the research training group.

Therefore all scholarship holders are expected to choose Jena as their place of residence.

Applications should include

• CV, copy of diploma, BA, MA certificate, copy of diploma or master thesis, writing sample (about 10 pages), 2 reference letters from academic teachers, 1 page statement on the expected benefit from participating in the program;

• the application form: visit our homepage http://www.wiwi.uni-jena.de/Mikro/gk-eic.html, download, fill in and return to us;

and be mailed to the spokesman of the Research Training Group, preferably by August 30, 2006:

Professor Dr. Uwe Cantner Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Department o Economics
Carl-Zeiss-Str. 3
D-07743 Jena
e-mail: uwe.cantner@wiwi.uni-jena.de

Please do not send any originals because materials submitted cannot be returned to the applicant.

For more information on the structure, teaching staff and objectives of the Research Training Group visit:
http://www.wiwi.uni-jena.de/Mikro/gk-eic.html

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