Dr. Lucas Miehé
Weinbergstrasse 56/58
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CH-8092 Zürich
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Lucas is a senior researcher in the Group for Sustainability and Technology (SusTec) at the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (DownloadD-MTEC) at ETH Zurich. He joined the group in July 2022.
In his research, Lucas focuses on business opportunities and innovation strategies at the firm level during the energy transition. He studies ecosystem designs and how firms collaborate across traditional industry boundaries. In doing so, Lucas focuses on firm strategy, innovation processes, and enabling technologies. He uses positivist and interpretive qualitative research methods.
Lucas served as guest editor for a special issue of DownloadTechnological Forecasting and Social Change on “Digitization and Business Model Innovation in Retailing and Transport: Implications for Economic, Social, and Environmental Sustainability”.
Lucas holds a Ph.D. in Management from the DownloadUniversity of St.Gallen. During his doctoral studies, he spent over one year as visiting researcher at the DownloadDepartment of Strategy and Innovation, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) sponsored this research stay with a Downloadpersonal research grant. Lucas received his M.Sc. in Business Administration and a B.A. in Social Sciences (focusing on Political Science), both from the DownloadUniversity of Bern. For his Master’s, he spent one semester at DownloadParis 2 Panthéon-Assas University.
Between his Master’s and Ph.D., Lucas worked in the insurance industry and was deployed for military peace support operations in the Balkans (three tours). He serves as a non-executive board member of a local energy cooperative dedicated to renewable energies.
Lucas is originally from Basel and now living Lucerne, Switzerland. In his free time, he enjoys running, hiking, cooking, and other things ending with -ing. Learn more about Lucas through his linked profiles on DownloadLinktree.
Publications
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
- Palmié, M., Miehé, L.; Mair, J.; Wincent, J., (2024). “ Valuation Entrepreneurship through Product-Design and Blame-Avoidance Strategies: How Tesla Managed to Change the Public Perception of Sustainable Innovations.” Journal of Product Innovation Management, 1–33. Downloadhttps://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12732. Funded by Swiss Federal Office of Energy, SWEET PATHFNDR
- Miehé, L., Palmié, M. & Oghazi, P. (2023). Connection successfully established: How complementors can use connectivity technologies to join existing ecosystems – Four archetype strategies. Technovation, 122. 102660. Downloaddoi:10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102660Download
- Palmié, M., Miehé, L., Oghazi, P., Parida, V., & Wincent, J. (2022). The Evolution of the Digital Service Ecosystem and Digital Business Model Innovation in Retail: The Emergence of Meta-Ecosystems and the Value of Physical Interactions. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 177, 121496. Downloaddoi:10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121496
- Lingens, B., Miehé, L., & Gassmann, O. (2021). The Ecosystem Blueprint: How Firms Shape the Design of an Ecosystem According to the Surrounding Conditions. Long Range Planning, 54 (2), 102043. Downloaddoi:10.1016/j.lrp.2020.102043
Book Chapters
- Huber, F., Miehé, L., & Lingens, B. (2019). Helvetia: Neue Customer Journey im Ecosystem “HOME”. In O. Gassmann & P. Sutter (Eds.), Digitale Transformation gestalten (2nd, pp. 225–232). München: Hanser. Downloaddoi:10.3139/9783446459632.017
Conferences & Workshop Items
- Stonig, J. & Miehé, L. (2022). Organizational Structure and Managerial Role Conflict During Strategic Renewal: The Case of Digital Insurance. In Strategic Management Society (SMS) 42nd Annual Conference. London, United Kingdom. (Presented by Joachim Stonig)
- Miehé, L., Ritala, P., Thomas, L. D. W., & Aagaard, A. (2021). Orchestrating Heterogeneity: Co-Alignment of Core and Peripheral Ecosystem Participants. In 8th Annual World Open Innovation Conference (WOIC). Eindhoven, Netherlands. (Extended abstract presented by Paavo Ritala)
- Hurni, T., Palmié, M., & Miehé, L. (2020). Striving for trust in ecosystems: How cooperation emerges between competitors. In Research Policy Ecosystems Conference. Online. (Poster presented by Thomas Hurni. Due to COVID-19, the conference was held virtually.)
- Miehé, L., Aagaard, A., & Ritala, P. (2020). Heterogeneous innovation ecosystem governance strategies to manage complementors. In Research Policy Ecosystems Conference. Online. (Poster presented by Lucas Miehé. Due to COVID-19, the conference was held virtually.)
- Böger, M., Lingens, B., & Miehé, L. (2018). How to build up an ecosystem – Recommendations for practitioners. In XXIX International Society for Professional Innovation Management Conference (ISPIM). Stockholm, Sweden. (Presented by Maximilian Böger)
- Lingens, B., Miehé, L., & Spelmeyer, M. (2018). The Ecosystem Blueprint: Archetypes of Business Ecosystems and Recommendations for Design and Structure. In 18th European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM). Reykjavik, Iceland. (Presented by Bernhard Lingens)
- Miehé, L., Lingens, B., & Böger, M. (2018). Business Ecosystem Structures: How to Configure Key Characteristics for Value? In XXIX International Society for Professional Innovation Management Conference (ISPIM). Stockholm, Sweden. (Presented by Lucas Miehé. Nominated for best paper award, Top 3 of >400 submissions)
Magazine & Newspaper Articles
- Miehé, L. & Lingens, B. (2019). Ecosystems als Wunderwaffe? Schweizer Versicherung, 7-8, 45–49Download
- Obrist, D., Miehé, L., Guenter, R. W., & Lingens, B. (2019). Zukunftsmodell Ökosystem. Zeitschrift Führung + Organisation (zfo), 88(6), 402–409