Dr. Alexander Schiersch

Dr. Alexander Schiersch

Researcher
Firms and Markets Department
Entrepreneurship Research Group

Research Topics and Working Areas

Dr. Alexander Schiersch is a researcher at DIW Berlin, where his work centers on productivity and the competitiveness of firms. He studies how technological shifts – particularly digitalization – and economic policy measures drive firm-level dynamics, while identifying the key factors that determine how firms compete and thrive. His research also explores the broader socio-ecological transformation within Germany and Europe. A recognized expert in administrative microdata, Dr. Schiersch serves on the Scientific Advisory Board (WBK) of the Research Data Centres of the Federal Statistical Office and the Statistical Offices of the Länder for the 2023–2027 term.

Publications

DIW Wochenbericht 47 / 2025

Trotz veränderter politischer Lage: Energiewende und Klimapolitik vorantreiben: Editorial

2025| Franziska Holz, Alexander Schiersch
DIW Discussion Papers 2126 / 2025

Clean Production, Dirty Sourcing: How Embodied Emissions Alter the Environmental Footprint of Exporters

2025| Till Köveker, Philipp M. Richter, Alexander Schiersch, Robin Sogalla
DIW Wochenbericht 26 / 2025

Aktives Management auch in kleinen Unternehmen wichtig für Erfolg

2025| Alexander S. Kritikos, Knarik Poghosyan, Alexander Schiersch
DIW Wochenbericht 15 / 2025

Europas digitale Fragmentierung bremst Wachstum und Innovation: Kommentar

2025| Alexander Schiersch
Externe Monographien

Wertschöpfung und Spezialisierung im internationalen Vergleich

Berlin: Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation, 2026, 41 S.
(Studien zum deutschen Innovationssystem ; 2026, 3)
| Christian Danne, Alexander Schiersch
Non-refereed Articles

Administrative Data Access on Firms and Markets

In: Fabio Berton, Paolo Paruolo (Eds.) , Data-Driven Learning in the EU : From Administrative Sources to Public Value
Cham : Springer
im Ersch.
| Tomaso Duso, Francesco Quatraro, Pietro Santoleri, Alexander Schiersch, Stefano Verzillo
Externe Monographien

FuE-intensive Industrien und wissensintensive Dienstleistungen im internationalen Vergleich

Berlin: Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation, 2025, 44 S.
(Studien zum deutschen Innovationssystem ; 2025, 3)
| Alexander Schiersch, Christian Danne, Ioana Paul
Non-refereed Articles

For a Strategic, European and Competition-Oriented Industrial Policy

In: Intereconomics 60 (2025), 4, S. 215-220 | Tomaso Duso, Martin Gornig, Alexander Schiersch
Refereed essays Web of Science

Broadband and Productivity: Structural Estimates for Germany

In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 237 (2025), 107133, 18 S. | Tomaso Duso, Mattia Nardotto, Alexander Schiersch

Lectures

Diskussionsteilnahme

Panel Discussion

Alexander Schiersch
Berlin, 24.03.2026
| Von der Innovation zur Wirkung: wie die Politik die Verbreitung von KI unterstützen kann: DIW-OECD Industrial Strategy Dialogue
Vortrag

Management Practices Matter: Enhancing Productivity in Micro and Small Firms

Alexander S. Kritikos, Knarik Poghosyan, Alexander Schiersch
Mannheim, 09.10.2025 - 10.10.2025
| Sixth International ZEW Conference on the Dynamics of Entrepreneurship (CoDE)
Vortrag

Management Practices Matter: Enhancing Productivity in Micro and Small Firms

Alexander S. Kritikos, Knarik Poghosyan, ALexander Schiersch
Weimar, 25.09.2025 - 26.09.2025
| Jahrestagung der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Technologie, Innovation und Entrepreneurship (TIE 2025)
Vortrag

Heterogeneous Sourcing, CO2 Emissions and Exporting

Till Köveker, Philipp M. Richter, Alexander Schiersch, Robin Sogalla
Menaggio, Italien, 29.07.2025 - 01.08.2025
| 4th Global Economic Networks Workshop: European Research Council
Vortrag

Management Practices Matter: Enhancing Productivity in Micro and Small Firms

Alexander S. Kritikos, Knarik Poghosyan, ALexander Schiersch
Barcelona, Spanien, 11.06.2025 - 12.06.2025
| Workshop on Entrepreneurship: Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Research Projects

Research Project

SOEP-LEE2-Entrepreneurs

Current Project| Entrepreneurship
Research Project

Inclusive Productivity

Completed Project| Firms and Markets
Research Project

Increasing Differences in Productivity

Completed Project| Firms and Markets
Research Project

Indikatorensystem zur technologischen Leistungsfähigkeit Deutschlands

Completed Project| Firms and Markets
Research Project

Industry in the City

Completed Project| Firms and Markets
Research Project

INNOMSME

Completed Project| Entrepreneurship
Research Project

Measurement of the Digitalisation of the German Economy

Completed Project| Firms and Markets
Research Project

Scaling up of SMEs

Completed Project| Entrepreneurship
Research Project

Smart Public Intangibles (SPINTAN)

Completed Project| Firms and Markets
Research Project

SME Performance Review 2012

Completed Project| Firms and Markets
Research Project

SME Performance Review 2013/2014

Completed Project| Firms and Markets
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