Competition in the digital economy

Field of appointment

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Academic career

Since July 2017
, Honorary Professor of Competition in the Digital Economy at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences
Since October 2015
, Lecturer in Competition, Income and Social Policy at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences
2014 to 2015
: Lecturer at HTW Berlin on regional economic development
2010 to 2013
: PhD thesis on ‘The Transformation Process of Berlin’s Economy – Developments in West and East Berlin following Reunification’ at Chemnitz University of Technology
2004 to 2010
: Studied Business Administration at Humboldt University of Berlin; completed a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration under the supervision of Prof. Dr Joachim Schwalbach

Publications

Pätzold, Martin / Tolkmitt, Volker / Vesta, Florian (2026): Rethinking Growth. An Invitation to a Sustainable Economic Philosophy and the Growth Policy of Tomorrow, Springer Gabler: Wiesbaden.
Arnu, Hannah / Medanhodžić, Lejla / Pfeffer-Hoffmann, Christian / Pätzold, Martin / Ziegler, Janine (2026): How Can Women with Refugee Backgrounds Be Successfully Integrated into the Labour Market? Specific Characteristics, Success Factors and Proposed Solutions, Springer Gabler: Wiesbaden.
Pätzold, Martin / Zinke, Elisabeth (2025): Modern agriculture and its place in the social market economy. Strategies for ensuring food security, regional value creation and resource conservation, Springer Gabler: Wiesbaden.
Pätzold, Martin / Stapf, Tobias / Sutormina, Taissiya / Wangard, Annika (2024): The role of social media in labour market integration: the case of Ukrainian refugees in Germany, Discussion Paper: Mittweida University of Applied Sciences.
Dohmen, Dieter / Pätzold, Martin (2023): Ensuring the Success of the Training Initiative in the State of Berlin: Further Efforts Can Help, FiBS Policy Paper No. 2.
Pätzold, Martin (2022): Matthias Wilrich and Lesara AG, in: Hasewinkel, Volker / Hoxtell, Anette (eds.): Entrepreneurship and Business Start-ups in Germany. Case Studies on Entrepreneurial Personalities, Springer Gabler: Wiesbaden; pp. 171–187.
Bartel, Leonie / Dölling, Isabell / Pätzold, Martin (2022): The Baker Tilly Foundation in Action – Baker Tilly’s Charitable Engagement, Baker Tilly: Düsseldorf.
Pätzold / Martin (2021): Competition Policy and the Market Economy: Ministerial Authorisation Should Be Abolished, in: Flohr, Eckhard / Schmitt, Michael Franz (eds.): Diversity of Law, C. H. Beck; Munich, pp. 367–374.
Pätzold, Martin / Gräning, Ralf (2021): Sustainability Report 2020, Baker Tilly: Düsseldorf.
Hollidt, Andreas / Pätzold, Martin (2020): A Market in Transition: Customer Focus in Modern Auditing, Discussion Paper No. 2/2020, Faculty Industrial Engineering, Mittweida University of Applied Sciences.
Hesse, Mario / Liebing, Alexander / Pätzold, Martin / Vollstädt, Sven / Wirtz, Marie-Therese (2020): Start-ups in Central Germany. An economic driver for an entire region, Baker Tilly: Düsseldorf.
Pätzold, Martin (2020): The Timeliness Principle as an Opportunity in Digital Competition, in: Economists’ Blog, Initiative for a New Social Market Economy, 10 August 2020.
Pätzold, Martin (2020): Zero Marginal Cost: How Digital Goods Are Transforming the Economy, in: Economists’ Blog, Initiative for a New Social Market Economy, 23 July 2020.
Pätzold, Martin (2020): The sharing economy: a prototype of a social market economy, in: Economists’ Blog, Initiative for a New Social Market Economy, 26 June 2020.
Pätzold, Martin (2020): How digitalisation could put relationship-building at the centre, in: Economists’ Blog, Initiative for a New Social Market Economy, 22 May 2020.
Bächstädt, Karl-Heinz / Pätzold, Martin / Thiele, Heinrich (2020): FinTechs. Innovation or Revolution in the Field of Corporate Finance, Baker Tilly: Düsseldorf.
Pätzold, Martin (2020): How does creative digitalisation work?, in: Economists’ Blog, Initiative for a New Social Market Economy, 7 April 2020.
Pätzold, Martin (2020): Matthias Wilrich and Lesara. A high-flyer who also knows what it’s like to fail, in: Hasewinkel, Volker / Hoxtell, Anette (eds.): Case Studies on Berlin’s Founding Figures, Springer Gabler: Wiesbaden; pp. 87–101.
Pätzold, Martin (2020): Wanted: A Competition Policy for the 21st Century, in: Economists’ Blog of the New Social Market Economy Initiative, 10 March 2020.
Pätzold, Martin (2019): New Competition Policy in the 21st Century: Ten Theses on the Digital Economy, Springer Gabler: Wiesbaden.
Bayat, Jannik / Pätzold, Martin / Wendel, Marco / Wirtz, Marie-Therese (2019): Recruitment in SMEs: The Attractiveness of SMEs in Times of Demographic Change, Baker Tilly: Düsseldorf.
Abel, Tibor / Adam, Alexander / Luther, Dirk / Pätzold, Martin (2019): Blockchain: Practical Applications Beyond Cryptocurrencies, Baker Tilly: Düsseldorf.
Edenhofer, Thomas / Gröning, Ralf / Pätzold, Martin (2019): Audit of the Future: Implications for SMEs, Baker Tilly: Düsseldorf.
Bäcker, Ingo / Pätzold, Martin / Weidenbach, Felix / Winkler, Janine (2019): Whistleblowing Systems – “A Trend Takes Hold”, Baker Tilly: Düsseldorf.
Thiele, Heinrich / Pätzold, Martin (2019): Innovative Financing Instruments for German SMEs. Time for Change, Baker Tilly: Düsseldorf.
Pätzold, Martin, / Tolkmitt, Volker (2018): Wealth Without Borders? The Social Market Economy in the 21st Century, Springer Gabler: Wiesbaden.
Neuhäuser, Klaus / Pätzold, Martin (2018): The Energy Company of the Future. Transformation into an Infrastructure Service Provider by 2030, Baker Tilly: Düsseldorf.
Adam, Alexander / Pätzold, Martin / Tolkmitt, Volker / Weidenbach, Felix (2018): Blockchain: Cryptic Fantasy or the Financial Market of the Future?, Baker Tilly: Düsseldorf.
Deimer, Klaus / Pätzold, Martin / Tolkmitt, Volker (2017): Resource Allocation, Competition and Environmental Economics, Springer Gabler: Wiesbaden.
Bode, Alexander / Pätzold, Martin (2016): Economic Miracle 4.0: How Politicians and Businesses Can Navigate the Path into the Digital Age, Herder Verlag: Freiburg, Basel and Vienna.
Pätzold, Martin / Tolkmitt, Volker (2016): ‘For Greater Competition: Ministerial Authorisation Should Be Abolished’, in: Economists’ Blog, Initiative for a New Social Market Economy, 15 August 2016.
Bode, Alexander / Pätzold, Martin (2016): ‘Everyone should be able to organise their own working hours’, in: WirtschaftsWoche Online, 25 April 2016.
Pätzold, Martin (2015): Corporate volunteering in the context of international competition. Added value for companies, in: Klein, Ansgar / Neuling, Johanna / Sprengel, Rainer (eds.): Yearbook on Engagement Policy 2016, Schwalbach: WOCHENSCHAU Verlag, pp. 82–85.
Pätzold, Martin (2014): A driving force behind European integration. The European debt crisis, in: BullsEye, November 2014, No. 58, pp. 10–11.
Büge, Michael / Pätzold, Martin / Schneider, D©sirée (2013): The Social Economy as a Job Engine. A Growth Sector in Times of Global Crisis, Deloitte: Munich.
Pätzold, Martin (2013): The Transformation of Berlin’s Economy: Developments in West and East Berlin following Reunification, Chemnitz University of Technology Press: Chemnitz.