Dipl.-Kaufmann Freie Universität Berlin Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaft Graduiertenkolleg: „Pfade organisatorischer Prozesse“ Garystr. 21 D-14195 Berlin Tel.: 030/838-57180 Fax: 030/838-57186 Email: pfadkolleg @ wiwiss.fu-berlin.de

Dissertation topic:

• Hospital Specialization after Implementation of Diagnosis Related Groups The emergence of paths in several societal spheres such as politics and the economy allows the conclusion that path dependency is a superordinate phenomenon. This project analyses the development and effects of specialization in hospitals as a social system between medicine and business. The empirical research focuses on hospitals as units of analysis, adding multiple case studies to a quantitative analysis.

Curriculum Vitae:
since 4/2005	Member of the Doctoral Program "Research on Organizational Paths"
2000 – 2005	Business Administration, FU Berlin
11/2004	Diploma Thesis: "Economies of Scale and Scope in the German Daily Newspaper Branch"
2003 – 2004	Fujitsu Siemens Computers

Research Interests:

• Path Research
• Learning-/Experience Curve Research
• Liberalisation of power markets

Conference Presentations:

• Nothnagel, Barnas/Koch, Jochen/Eisend Martin 2007. Non-Market Influences And The Threat Of Strategic Lock-In. SMS 27th Annual Conference 2007, San Diego.
• Nothnagel, Barnas. Dancing on thin ice : Public management reform activating organizational inertia?. 23rd EGOS Colloquium 2007, Vienna.
• Roedenbeck, Marc R.H./Nothnagel, Barnas/Strobel, Jan C. 2006. Simulating Path Dependent Processes - Extending Arthur's Model. EIASM-Workshop "Organizing Paths - Paths of Organizing" 2006,Berlin.