Piet Hausberg

Piet Hausberg

Professor Piet Hausberg holds the chair for Technology and Innovation Management at Osnabrück University. Previously, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher as the chair of management and digital markets, University of Hamburg, having received his PhD from LUISS Guido Carli University, Rome. Piet’s research focuses on R&D management and open innovation, particularly in digital markets.

Despite – or because – of their ubiquity, even digital market giants such as Facebook, Google and Amazon run the risk of losing their social licence.

The social licence is not simply the overall organisational legitimacy, but features a local character in that it builds on locally rooted values and norms.

This local character might induce many to think that digital markets are an...