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Frugal Innovation, Mobile Banking, Global Innovation
Germany

Biography

Dr. rer. pol. habil. Rajnish Tiwari is Professor for Business Administration and Global Innovation at Hochschule Fresenius - University of Applied Sciences (HSF) at its Hamburg Campus in Germany. Previously, he worked as a Senior Research Fellow and Program Leader at Institute forTechnology and Innovation Management (TIM) of Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH).

At TIM, he established the research program on "Global Innovation" that includes work on frugal innovations. He is one of the founding members of Center for Frugal Innovation (CFI) and continues to be a member of its Board of Management, thus establishing a cooperation between HSF and TUHH. Additionally, he was a member of the Advisory Circle ("Beraterkereis") of ITA ("Innovations- und Technikanalysen"), a program iniatied by Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) between 2014-17.

His research and teaching are both centered in the confluence zone of international business and innovation management. His current research is primarily focused on affordability-driven "frugal innovations" that fulfill high quality standards ("affordable excellence") and are responsible in its usage of resources. In this multi-leveled research, involving firm, sectoral and national perspectives, he looks not only at emerging economies but also beyond them in oder to get a holistic view. For this, his research proactively examines the prospects for such innovations in the industrialized nations. Rajnish has been a visiting fellow at Swinburne University of Technology (Melbourne, Australia: 2013), Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo, Japan: 2015, 2016), and Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, USA: 2017). He is also an alumni of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

Cross-cultural management is another area of his expertise. Rajnish offers master level courses in Intercultural Management & Communication at TUHH (as a part of the modules International Business and Marketing and Communication).

Activities

Employment (3)

Hochschule Fresenius online plus GmbH: Hamburg, Hamburg, DE

2021-05 to present | Professor for Business Administration and Global Innovation (Hamburg Campus)
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Hamburg University of Technology: Hamburg, Hamburg, DE

2012-07 to present | Senior Research fellow (Institute for Technology and Innovation Management)
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Hamburg University of Technology: Hamburg, Hamburg, DE

2006-04 to 2012-06 | Research Associate (Institute for Technology and Innovation Management)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Hamburg University of Technology: Hamburg, Hamburg, DE

2013 to 2020 | Habilitation (venia legendi) (Management Sciences and Technology)
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Hamburg University of Technology: Hamburg, Hamburg, DE

2006-04-01 to 2013-01-31 | Doctorate (Institute for Technology and Innovation Management)
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University of Hamburg: Hamburg, Hamburg, DE

1999-10-01 to 2006-03-31 | Diplom-Kaufmann (Economics and Management (Wirtschaftswissenschaften))
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Funding (6)

Performance Monitoring Asia-Pacific Research Area

2020-05 to 2021-05 | Contract
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Bonn, DE)
GRANT_NUMBER: BMBF, 2018-2021
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Rajnish Tiwari

Scope of cooperation between India and Germany in renewables with a focus on opportunities in the wind sector in India

2018-12 to 2019-02 | Contract
Consulate General of India (Hamburg, DE)
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Rajnish Tiwari

Potenzielle gesellschaftspolitische Relevanz und Bedeutung frugaler Innovationen für Österreich

2017-10 to present | Contract
Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development (Vienna, AT)
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Rajnish Tiwari

Avenues of Indo-German Cooperation in the Food Processing Industry

2016-07 to 2017-01 | Contract
Consulate General of India, Hamburg (Hamburg, DE)
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Rajnish Tiwari

The Age of ‘good enough’ Innovations: Can Frugal Innovations be the Next Driver of Growth in Emerging & Industrialized Economies?

2014-10 to 2017-09 | Grant
Claussen-Simon-Stiftung (Hamburg, DE)
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Rajnish Tiwari

Potenziale, Herausforderungen und gesellschaftliche Relevanz frugaler Innovationen in Deutschland im Kontext des globalen Innovationswettbewerbs

2014-08 to 2017-10 | Grant
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Berlin, DE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

16|1670

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