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Enno Kohlisch

Enno Kohlisch

Economist for Innovations

Tel: +49 221 4981-879
  • Studied economics at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the University of Cologne.
  • At the IW since 2016
  • Research interests: Patent and benchmark analyses, research and development, regional economics.

IW Publications

Kohlisch, Enno / Koppel, Oliver / Puls, Thomas, 2023, Transformation der Automobilindustrie. Deutschlands Investitionsperformance im internationalen Vergleich, in: IW-Trends, Nr. 4, 50. Jg., S. 23-44
Zur Studie

Haag, Maike / Kempermann, Hanno / Kohlisch, Enno / Koppel, Oliver, 2023, Innovationsatlas 2023. Die Innovationskraft der deutschen Regionen, IW-Analyse, Nr. 153, Köln
Zur Studie

Kohlisch, Enno / Koppel, Oliver / Küper, Malte / Puls, Thomas, 2023, Forschungsschwerpunkte der Kfz-Industrie am Standort Deutschland. Eine Auswertung auf Basis der IW-Patentdatenbank, in: IW-Trends, 50. Jg., Nr. 1/2023, S. 23-69
Zur Studie

Haag, Maike / Kohlisch, Enno / Koppel, Oliver, 2022, Innovation und Vielfalt. Migration verhindert Rückgang bei Patentanmeldungen, IW-Kurzbericht, Nr. 84, Köln
Zur Studie

Küper, Malte / Koppel, Oliver / Kohlisch, Enno, 2021, Grüne Innovationen der Grundstoffindustrie in NRW, IW-Report, Nr. 40, Köln
Zur Studie

Kohlisch, Enno / Koppel, Oliver / Küper, Malte / Puls, Thomas, 2021, Innovationswandel in der deutschen Kfz-Industrie. Eine Analyse mit der IW-Patentdatenbank, in: IW-Trends, 48. Jg., Nr. 3, S. 68-88
Zur Studie

Wo in Deutschland wohnen Erfinder mit ausländischen Wurzeln?
IW-Kurzbericht 30/2019

(in cooperation with Oliver Koppel, Judith Wojda)
Der Beitrag weiblicher Erfinder zu deutschen Patentanmeldungen
IW-Trends 1/2019

(in cooperation with Oliver Koppel, Daniel Lüke)
Migration und die Innovationskraft Deutschlands
IW-Trends 4/2018

(in cooperation with Sarah Berger, Oliver Koppel)
Deutschlands Hochburgen der Digitalisierung
IW-Kurzbericht 42/2017

(in cooperation with Sarah Berger, Hanno Kempermann, Oliver Koppel, Anja Katrin Orth)
Innovationsatlas 2017 – Wo Deutschlands Ideen entstehen
IW-Analysen–Forschungsberichte Nr. 117, Köln 2017

(in cooperation with Oliver Koppel, Thomas Puls)
Die Patentleistung der deutschen KFZ-Unternehmen
IW-Report 34/2018

Expertises

(in cooperation with Christina Anger, Oliver Koppel, Axel Plünnecke, Ruth Maria Schüler)
MINT-Fruhjahrsreport 2019 – MINT und Innovationen – Erfolge und Handlungsbedarfe
Gutachten für BDA, BDI, Mint Zukunft schaffen und Gesamtmetall, 2019

(in cooperation with Christina Anger, Oliver Koppel, Axel Plünnecke, Ruth Maria Schüler)
MINT-Herbstreport 2018 – MINT: Qualifizierung und Zuwanderung zur Stärkung von Forschung und Digitalisierung
Gutachten für BDA, BDI, Mint Zukunft schaffen und Gesamtmetall, 2018

More from Enno Kohlisch

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An International Comparison of Germany's Innovation Performance
IW-Trends No. 4 13. November 2023

The Transformation of the Automotive Industry: An International Comparison of Germany's Innovation Performance

Enno Kohlisch / Oliver Koppel / Thomas Puls

The automotive industry is undergoing a comprehensive technological transformation that is challenging established value chains. Making sure that domestic research helps to shape this ongoing transformation is therefore an important task for countries with a significant car industry.

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The innovative strength of the German regions
IW-Analyse No. 153 2. June 2023

Innovation Atlas 2023: The innovative strength of the German regions

Maike Haag / Hanno Kempermann / Enno Kohlisch / Oliver Koppel

All indicators of innovative strength in Germany – from research intensity and scientific and technical employment structures to patent successes – point to a strong south-north, west-east and urban-rural divide.

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An Assessment Based on the IW Patent Database
IW-Trends No. 1 14. March 2023

The Focus of Research in Germany’s Automotive Industry

Enno Kohlisch / Oliver Koppel / Malte Küper / Thomas Puls

The automotive industry in Germany is currently facing several challenges. Car production had already fallen significantly before the Covid19 pandemic and in 2020 and 2021 suffered two slumps of historic proportions.

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Migration prevents decline in patent activity
IW-Kurzbericht No. 88 25. October 2022

Innovation and diversity: Migration prevents decline in patent activity

Maike Haag / Enno Kohlisch / Oliver Koppel

Migration makes an indispensable contribution to Germany's innovative strength: a record 12.2 percent of all patent applications developed in this country are entirely attributable to inventors with foreign roots. Many German companies already show considerable diversity in this respect.

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Green innovations in the basic materials industry in NRW
IW-Report No. 40 27. October 2021

Green innovations in the basic materials industry in NRW

Malte Küper / Oliver Koppel / Enno Kohlisch

Transforming the economy towards climate-neutrality poses major challenges for the energy-intensive primary industry in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). At the same time, the development of environmentally friendly basic materials and production processes presents a great potential for transforming NRW into an attractive industrial location for the future.

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Change in Innovation in the German Motor Vehicle Industry
IW-Trends No. 3 14. September 2021

Change in Innovation in the German Motor Vehicle Industry

Enno Kohlisch / Oliver Koppel / Malte Küper / Thomas Puls

Social and political change necessitates corresponding innovations in motor vehicle technology. This paper analyses the nature of current technological progress in Germany’s motor vehicle industry.

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Standards and Innovations
IW-Trends No. 4 26. November 2019

A Patent Analysis: Standards and Innovations

Oliver Koppel / Pauline Pohl / Enno Röben / Philipp Schade

Using the eCl@ss Standard as an Example Innovations are increasingly generated through networked research and cooperation that transcends company, industry and national boundaries.

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An analysis of patent applications in Germany for the years 2005 to 2016
IW-Analyse No. 132 30. October 2019

Automotive Companies as Drivers of Innovation

Oliver Koppel / Thomas Puls / Enno Röben

The present paper uses the IW Patent Database to analyse the patent activity of German companies in the automotive sector. The database covers all patent applications disclosed to the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA) since 2005.

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The Contribution of Female Inventors to German Patent Applications
IW-Trends No. 1 28. March 2019

The Contribution of Female Inventors to German Patent Applications

Oliver Koppel / Enno Röben / Judith Wojda

Women continue to make only a small, and recently actually diminishing, contribution to patent activity in Germany. In 2016, female inventors accounted for just 4.4 per cent of all national patent applications filed with the German Patent and Trade Mark Office.

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The Contribution of Migration to Germany's Innovative Strength
IW-Trends No. 4 2. January 2019

The Contribution of Migration to Germany's Innovative Strength

Oliver Koppel / Daniel Lüke / Enno Röben

This special analysis of the patent database maintained by the German Economic Institute (IW) examines how migration is contributing to Germany's innovative power. A first name database, enabling a socio-demographic analysis of all inventors living in Germany between 2005 and 2016, was developed specifically for this purpose.

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