- Strategic Management
- Innovation Management
- Digital Strategies and Transformation
- Digital and Sustainable Business Model Innovation
- Venture Lab
- Business Project
- Consulting Techniques
M.A. Economic Geography / Economics / Regional Planning, RWTH Aachen
Dr. rer. nat.in Economic Geography, CAU Kiel
Topic of Doctor Thesis: Innovation Networks in the Automotive, Biotech and Gaming Industry
- Corporate and Startup Strategy
- Corporate Entrepreneurship / Ventures
- Digital Strategy and Transformation
- Business Model Innovation (focus on digital and sustainable BMs)
- Innovation Networks
- Artificial Intelligence
- XR / Metaverse
- Agile Management
- Consultant and Speaker
- BoardFinder, International Network of Independant Board Members
- DSD Duales System Deutschland / Grüner Punkt
- Brenntag AG
- Accenture Strategy
- CAU Kiel
- RWTH Aachen
Journal Articles
PLUM, O. & R. HASSINK (2014):
Knowledge bases, innovativeness and competitiveness in creative industries: the case of Hamburg’s video game developers. Regional Studies, Regional Science, 1 (1): 248–268. Link
HASSINK, R., O. PLUM, A. RICKMERS (2014):
On the implications of knowledge bases for regional innovation policies in Germany. Quaestiones Geographicae, 33 (4): 7-16. Link
PLUM, O. & R. HASSINK (2013):
Analysing the knowledge base configuration that drives southwest Saxony’s automotive firms. European Urban and Regional Studies, 20 (2): 206-226. Link
PLUM, O. & R. HASSINK (2011):
Comparing knowledge networking in different knowledge bases in Germany. Papers in Regional Science, 90 (2): 355–371. Link
PLUM, O. & R. HASSINK (2011):
On the nature and geography of innovation and interactive learning: A case study of the biotechnology industry in the Aachen Technology Region, Germany. European Planning Studies, 19 (7): 1141-1163. Link
Books and Book Chapters
Plum, O. (2011):
Developing biotech products, making cars, creating video games: Disentangling knowledge bases in three German regions (Doctoral dissertation). University of Kiel. Link
PLUM, O. & R. HASSINK (2011):
Wissensbasen als Typisierung für eine maßgeschneiderte regionale Innovationspolitik von morgen? In: Ibert, O. & Kujath, H.J. (eds.) Räume der Wissensarbeit - Zur Funktion von Nähe und Distanz in der Wissensökonomie. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag, 171-188. Link
Further Publications
PLUM, O. & R. HORSTMANN (2020):
Beiratsstudie 2020 – Ergebnisse einer gemeinsamen Studie der CBS International Business School und BoardFinder. Link
HORSTMANN, R. & O. PLUM (2020):
KMU-Beiräte – Potenzial wird unterschätzt. SparkassenZeitung, Kolumne 11/20. Link
HORSTMANN, R. & O. PLUM (2020):
Nur knapp 50 % der mittelständischen Unternehmen haben die Vorteile eines Beirats erkannt – Ergebnisse einer gemeinsamen Studie der CBS International Business School und BoardFinder. Nord Wirtschaft. Link
HORSTMANN, R. & O. PLUM (2020):
Vorteile teils unerkannt – Ergebnisse einer gemeinsamen Studie der CBS Business School und BoardFinder. Schifffahrt Hafen Bahn und Technik 7, 25.
Podcast
PLUM, O., Irnich, U. & M. Kuckertz 05.04.2022:
Corporate Entrepreneurship. Digital Pacemaker Podcast, Episode 5. Link
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