Teaching

• Entrepreneurship and Startup (Bachelor)
• Platform Economy (Master)

Research

• Discovery and Validation of Digital Platforms and Ecosystems
• Agile Development (Live-Labs)
• Smart Business Experiments
• Cooperative Venture Projects between Startups and the German Mittelstand

Publications

Journal Articles

• Brecht P., Niever M., Kerres R., Stroebele A., Hahn C.H. 2021. Smart Platform experiment cycle (SPEC): A process to design, analyze and validate digital platforms. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0890060421000081
• Brecht P., Hendriks D., Stroebele A., Hahn C.H &Wolff I. 2021. Discovery and Validation of Business Models: How B2B Startups can use Business Experiments. Technology Innovation Management Review, 11(3): 17-31. http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1426
• Brecht P., Fassbinder J, Hendriks D, Stroebele A, Hahn C.H. 2023. Rapid Platform Exploration: A Sprint to Discover and Design Digital Platform Business Models. Athens Journal of Business & Economics, 9, 27-44. doi:10.30958/ajbe.9-1
• Ströbele A., Brecht P., Kurz L., & Hahn H. C.: Conceptualization of a Cooperative Company Builder for Systematic Transfer of University Research and Innovation in the German Mittelstand  Available online 24 February 2023
  https://www.athensjournals.gr/business/2022-4956-AJBE-SME-Stroebele-05.pdf
• Brecht P., Reinbold J., Niever M, Hahn C. H., Pfaff F., Albers, A.: KaPIL – Karlsruher Platform Innovation Lab: A Validation Environment to Design Digital Platform Business Models and Test Related Tools and Methods Available online 8 June 2023 https://www.athensjournals.gr/ajbe/forthcoming
• Brecht P., Hendriks D., Niever M., Hahn C. H., Pfaff F., Rapp S., Albers, A.: Linking digital b2b platform business models and product development: A bibliometric analysis and literature review. Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 3: ICED23 , July 2023 , pp. 2465 - 2474 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2023.247 
• Brecht P., Keller S., Niever M., Hahn C. H., Pfaff F., Albers, A. : Product Digital-Platform-Business Co-Design: A Systematic Sprint Approach. In: Procedia CIRP Design 2023. Volume 119. Sydney, Australia, 17.-19.05.2023 (119 Aufl., S495-500) Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2023.03.111

Conference Papers/Proceedings

• Müller J., Brecht P., Hahn C.H.: Discovery and Validation of Business Models in Cooperative Venture Projects. In: Bitran I, Conn S, Gernreich C, Heber M, Huizingh KRE, Torkkeli M (Hrsg.): ISPIM Innovation Conference Berlin, Germany, 20.-23.06.2021(online), 2021 (LUT Scientific and Expertise Publications), 14 S.- ISBN 978-952-335-467-8  (Elektronische Veröffentlichung:  https://www.conferencesubmissions.com/ispim/berlin21/proceedings/documents/1166146550_Paper.pdf
• Brecht P., Niever M., Kerres R., Hahn C.H: Smart platform experiment cycle (SPEC) : A validation process for digital platforms. In: Horváth I., Keenaghan G. (Hrsg.): Digital Proceedings of TMCE 2020, TMCE 2020 Repository. 13th International Tools and Methods of Competitive Engineering Symposium (TMCE 2020) (Digital (Dublin, Ireland), 11.-15.05.2020), TU Delft 2020, 13 S.- ISBN 978-94-6384-131-3 (Elektronische Veröffentlichung: https://tmce.io.tudelft.nl/pages/2020/proceedings/TMCE2020-ESS-VCS-4.pdf)
• Brecht P., Hendriks D., Stroebele A., Hahn C.H., Wolff I.: Business Model Validation : How B2B Startups can use Business Experiments. In: Bitran I., Conn S., Gernreich C., Heber M., Huizingh KRE, Torkkeli M (Hrsg.): ISPIM Connects Global 2020: Celebrating the World of Innovation. ISPIM Connects Global (Osaka (online), 06.-08.12.2020), 2020 (LUT Scientific and Expertise Publications), 14 S.- ISBN 978-952-335-566-8 (Elektronische Veröffentlichung: 
  https://conferencesubmissions.com/ispim/global2020/proceedings/documents/11​34445024_Paper.pdf)
• Kerres R., Brecht P., Hahn C.H.: Mid-size Companies in the Digital Platform Economy – Building the Hidden Champions of tomorrow. In: Forschung aktuell, ISSN 1613-4958 (2020), S. 56-59 (Elektronische Veröffentlichung: https://www.h-ka.de/fileadmin/Hochschule_Karlsruhe_HKA/Bilder_VW-PK/Publikationen/Forschungsbericht/HKA_ZH_Forschung_aktuell_2020.pdf)