List of Publications Prof. Dr. Ingo Liefner

Liefner, I.; Fraedrich, W. (2019): Metropolen als globale Wirtschaftszentren. Das Beispiel Shanghai. In: geographie heute 345, 32-37.

Hennemann, S.; Liefner, I.; Wang, H. (2010): Netzwerke in der Grundlagenforschung in den Optischen Technologien Chinas. Berichte zur Deutschen Landeskunde, 84(2), 137-152.

Liefner, I.; Schmid, D. (2009): Arbeitsplatzexport durch „Offshoring“? Erwünschte und unerwünschte Wirkungen der wirtschaftlichen Integration in Nordamerika. In: Geographische Rundschau 61(6), 20-25.

Liefner, I. (2008): Ausländische Direktinvestitionen und Wissenstransfer nach China. In: Geographische Rundschau 60(5), 4-11.

Hennemann, S.; Liefner, I. (2006): Kooperations- und Innovationsverhalten von chinesischen Hochtechnologieunternehmen – Empirische Ergebnisse aus Beijing und Shanghai. In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie, 50(1), 58-71.

Hennemann, S.; Liefner, L.; Schätzl, L. (2005): Wirtschaftsgeograph was tun? Universitäre Ausbildung und Berufschancen von Wirtschaftsgeographen aus Hannover. In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie, 49(1), 50-61.

Liefner, I. (2004): Technologie- und Gründerzentren und regionales Wissenspotenzial: eine empirische Analyse geförderter Unternehmen am Beispiel Niedersachsen. In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung 62, 290-300.

Liefner, I.; Schröder, T.; Schätzl, L. (2004): Reforms in German Higher Education: Implementing and Adapting Anglo-American Organizational and Management Structures at German Universities. In: Higher Education Policy 17, 23-38.

Liefner, I. (2003): Forschungspotenziale von Universitäten und Wirtschaft in Deutschland. „Scientific Wealth“ im interregionalen Vergleich. In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung 61, 68-82.

Liefner, I. (2001): Regionale Verteilung öffentlicher Mittel für Universitäten. In: Raumforschung und Raumordnung 59, 436-445.

Liefner, I.; Losacker, S. (2022): Innovatives China. Entwicklung und Anwendung neuer Technologien im Bereich der Nachhaltigkeit. Praxis Geographie (4), 4-9.

Robak, S.; Kühn, C.; Schomaker, C.; Zander, L.; Liefner, I. (2021): Das interdisziplinäre Forschungscentre „Bildung, Wissen, Innovation“. Hessische Blätter für Volksbildung 71(3), 48-55.
DOI: 10.3278/HBV2103W005

Liefner, I. (2002): Leistungsfähigere Universitäten durch leistungsorientierte Ressourcensteuerung? In: WIST 31, 9-14.

Henry, R.; Liefner, I. (1994): Umwelt in Geographielehrplänen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. In: Internationale Schulbuchforschung 16, 333-348.

Liefner, I.; Hennemann, S. (2023): Der Aufstieg des mobilen Internets in China. In: Hardaker, S.; Dannenberg, P. (Hrsg.): China: Geographien einer Weltmacht. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 295-301.

Hennemann, S.; Liefner, I. (2023): Die chinesische Gesellschaft im digitalen Raum. In: Hardaker, S.; Dannenberg, P. (Hrsg.): China: Geographien einer Weltmacht. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 303-308.

Hennemann, S.; Liefner, I. (2023): Chinas Innovationslandschaft. In: Hardaker, S.; Dannenberg, P. (Hrsg.): China: Geographien einer Weltmacht. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 309-317.

Liefer, I.; Schaefer, K. J. (2023): Regionale Disparitäten sowie regionale und kommunale Wirtschaftspolitik. In: Kulke, E. (eds) Wirtschaftsgeographie Deutschlands, 17-41.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-65070-7_2

Liefner, I. (2010): Regionale Disparitäten sowie regionale und kommunale Wirtschaftspolitik. In: Kulke, E. (Hrsg.): Wirtschaftsgeographie Deutschlands. 2. Aufl., Heidelberg: 17-42.
ISBN: 978-3-8274-1919-4

Liefner, I.; Kroll, H. (2007): Universitäre Spin-off-Unternehmen und universitär-industrieller Technologietransfer in China. In: Hof, H.; Wengenroth, U. (Hrsg.): Innovationsforschung. Ansätze, Methoden, Grenzen und Perspektiven. Münster, 227-241.

Schätzl, L.; Liefner, I. (1998): Regionale Disparitäten und Raumgestaltung. In: Kulke, E. (Hrsg.): Wirtschaftsgeographie Deutschlands. Gotha, S. 267-306.

Rao, B. C.; Liefner, I. (2023): Frugal Engineering of Advanced Frugal Innovations for Global Sustainability Entrepreneurship. The Journal of Entrepreneurship. 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1177/09713557231201130.
DOI: 10.1177/09713557231201130

Wang, T.; Hennemann, S.; Liefner, I.; Li, D. (2011): Spatial Structure and Evolution of Knowledge Networks and their Impact on the NIS. In: Geographical Research (Chinese edition), 30(10), 1861-1872.
DOI: 10.11821/yj2011100012

Wang, T.; Hennemann, S.; Liefner, I.; Li, D. (2011): Spatial Polarization and Knowledge Diffusion in Networks – A Case Study of the Chinese Bio-technology. In: Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin 20(7), 796-801.

Wang, T.; Liefner, I.; Zeng, G. (2006): Western Cluster Studies and Cluster Politics and their Implications to China. In: Ren Wen Di Li (Humangeographie) 21, 74-79.

Zeng, G.; Liefner, I.; Fan, J. (2006): Comparison of Regional Innovation Systems of High-tech Enterprise Clusters in Beijing and Shanghai. In: Cheng Shi Gui Hua (Stadtplanung) 30, 32-38.

Liefner, I. (2001): Spatial Distribution of Public Funds for Teaching and Research. In: Europäische Zeitschrift für Regionalentwicklung 9, 47-51.

Kroll, H.; Liefner, I. (2021): User-Driven Innovation with Frugal Characteristics: A Multi-Case Analysis of China’s Innovation-Driven Economy. In: Agarwal, N.; Brem, A. (eds) Frugal Innovation and Its Implementation. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham, 95-116. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67119-8_5

Walcott, S. M.; Liefner, I. (2017): Chinese Outward FDI in Germany and the U.S.: An Assessment of National and Sub-national Location Strategies. In: Martina Fuchs, Sebastian Henn, Martin Franz, Ram Mudambi (eds): Managing Culture and Interspace in Cross-border Investments. Building a Global Company. Routledge: 110-121.

Liefner, I.; Zeng, G. (2016): China’s Mechanical Engineering Industry: Offering the Potential for Indigenous Innovation? In: Lazonick, W.; Zhou, Y.; Sun, Y.F (ed.): The Handbook of Global Science, Technology, and Innovation. Oxford u.a.: Oxford Univ Press, pp. 98-132.
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198753568.001.0001

Hennemann, S.; Liefner, I. (2015): Global Science Collaboration. In: Archibugi, D.; Filippetti, A. (ed.): The Handbook of Global Science, Technology, and Innovation. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 343-363.
ISBN: 978-1-118-73906-8

Liu, W.-H.; Bickenbach, F.; Fu, W.; Kilian, P.; Meyer, S.; Ohm, S.; Hennemann, S.; Schiller, D.; Kraas, F.; Liefner, I.; Revilla-Diez, J.; Soltwedel, R. (2013): Agile Firm Organisation and Upgrading in the Greater Pearl River Delta. In: Kraas, F.; Coy, M.; Mertins, G.; Aggarwal, S. (Eds.): Megacities – Our Global Urban Future. Heidelberg, Berlin: Springer.

Wei, Y.H.D.; Liefner, I. (2013): Conclusion. In: Liefner, I.; Wei, Y.H.D. (ed.): Innovation and Regional Development in China. London: Routledge, pp. 293-303.

Liefner, I. (2013): Explaining innovation and regional development in China. How much can we learn from applying established Western theories? In: Liefner, I.; Wei, Y.H.D. (ed.): Innovation and Regional Development in China. London: Routledge, pp. 21-40.

Liefner, I.; Wei, Y.H.D. (2013): Introduction: Innovation and regional development in China. In: Liefner, I.; Wei, Y.H.D. (ed.): Innovation and Regional Development in China. London: Routledge, pp. 1-18.

Brünjes, J.; Schmid, D; Revilla Diez, J.; Liefner, I. (2012): Participation in different regional non-farm wage activities: Evidence from Thailand and Vietnam. In: Klasen, S.; Waibel, H. (Eds.): Vulnerability to poverty: Theory, measurement and determinants, with Case Studies from Thailand and Vietnam. Basingstoke, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 305-334.

Liefner, I.; Hennemann, S. (2008): Cooperation in Chinese Innovation Systems. In: Rowen, H.S.; Hancock, M.G.; Miller, W.F. (eds.): Greater China’s Quest for Innovation. Shorenstein APARC Books. Stanford: 157-168.

Liefner, I.; Schätzl, L. (2017): Theorien der Wirtschaftsgeographie. 11., aktualisierte Auflage. Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh.
ISBN: 9783825247874

Liefner, I.; Schätzl, L. (2012): Theorien der Wirtschaftsgeographie. UTB 782. 10. Auflage. Paderborn. Schöningh.
ISBN: 978-3825236434

Liefner, I. (2006): Ausländische Direktinvestitionen und internationaler Wissenstransfer nach China – untersucht am Beispiel von Hightech-Unternehmen in Shanghai und Beijing. Wirtschaftsgeographie 34. Münster: LIT.
ISBN: 3-8258-9440-1

Liefner, I. (2001): Leistungsorientierte Ressourcensteuerung in Hochschulsystemen. Ein internationaler Vergleich. Abhandlungen zu Bildungsforschung und Bildungsrecht 9. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot.

Liefner, I. (2019): Rezension zu: Belle, I. (2015): From Economic Zone to Eco‐city? Urban Governance and Urban Development Trends in Tianjin’s Coastal Area. Stuttgart: Borntraeger. In: Geographische Zeitschrift 107 (3): 251‐252.

Liefner, I. (2007): Rezension zu: Berndt, C.; Glückler, J. (2006): Denkanstöße zu einer anderen Geographie der Ökonomie. Bielefeld: Transcript. In: Erdkunde 61: 296-297.

Liefner, I. (2006): Rezension zu: Breitung, W. (2001): Hongkong und der Integrationsprozess. Räumliche Strukturen und planerische Konzepte. Basel: Wepf & Co. In: Eurasian Geography and Economics 47, 378-379.

Liefner, I.; Brueck, C.; Losacker, S.; Zeng, G. (2024): What Can Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy Learn from China? Available at SSRN.
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4869399

Liefner, I.; Hennemann, S.; Rietmann, C.; Zirbes, L.; Worbs, L. (2024): Whitebook: Hidden Champions als zentrales Element der Stabilisierung ländlicher Regionen in Zeiten der Digitalisierung - Handlungsempfehlungen. Gießen: Universitätsbibliothek (UB) der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen.
DOI: 10.22029/jlupub-18271

Grote, U., Dietrich, J., Ibendorf, J., Werthmann, C., Gabbert, W., Liefner, I., Nolte, K., Onken, H., Schlurmann, T., Schmieder, U., Tuitjer, L., Weichgrebe, D. (2019): Migration und räumliche Transformation. Theoretische Ansätze, empirische Erkenntnisse, interdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Leibniz Forschungszentrum TRUST. TRUST-Schriftenreihe. Diskussionspapier Nr. 1/2019. Hannover. 74 S.
DOI: 10.15488/5212

Liu, J.; Liefner, I. (2016): The Joint Influencing Mechanism of Proximities and Knowledge Base on Multinational Companies‘ Global Innovation Networks. In: Papers in Innovation Studies 2016-4. CIRCLE-Lund University.

Jesberger, S.; Liefner, I. (2014): The German M&E industry: an analysis in the context of innovation. In: E-Journal of China Urban Studies 9(1).

Bredl, S.; Liefner, I.; Teichert, C.; Winker, P. (2014): Effekte der Hochschulen am Standort Gießen aus regionalökonomischer Sicht. In: MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics 33-2014.

Hennemann, S.; Wang, T.; Liefner, I. (2011): Dynamics of center-periphery patterns in knowledge networks - the case of China's biotech science and technology system.
arXiv: 1112.2498v1 [physics.soc-ph].

Liefner, I.; Hennemann, S. (2011): Standortbedingungen und Standortperspektiven der Wirtschaftsregion Lahn-Dill. In: Studien zur Wirtschaftsgeographie Nr. 2011-01. Gießen.

Liefner, I. (2009): Spatial Disparities of Knowledge Absorption, Technological Change, and Prosperity: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence from China. In: Kochendörfer-Lucius, G.; Pleskovic, B. (Hrsg.): Spatial Disparities and Development Policy. Berlin Workshop Series 2009. The World Bank. Washington D.C.: 71-80.

Hennemann, S.; Liefner, I. (2008): Proposing bipartite network analysis for the evaluation of regional innovation systems-/-regions, actors, and content. In: Duysters, G.; Kaminishi, K. (Hrsg.): Proceedings of the International Conference on Innovation and Management. Maastricht, 224-233.

Schricke, E.; Liefner, I. (2006): 20 Jahre Technologie- und Gründerzentren - Eine regional-wirtschaftliche Bilanz. Hannoversche Geographische Arbeitsmaterialien 32. Hannover. | File |
ISBN: 3-927053-44-9

Liefner, I.; Hennemann, S. (Hrsg.) (2005): Große Exkursion China 2004. Hannoversche Geographische Arbeitsmaterialien 30. Hannover. | File |

Valentinelli, N.; Liefner, I.; Brandt, O. (2004): Fluggastpotenzial des Flughafens Hannover Langenhagen. Hannoversche Geographische Arbeitsmaterialien 29. Hannover. | File |
ISBN: 3-927053-40-6

Liefner, I. (2002): 15 Jahre Technologie- und Gründerzentren - Eine regionalwirtschaftliche Bilanz. Hannoversche Geographische Arbeitsmaterialien 27. Hannover. | File |

Liefner, I. (1999): Wissenschaft und Forschung. In: Niedersächsische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung (Hrsg.): Niedersachsen. Ein Porträt. Hannover: 209-217.

Brueck, C.; Losacker, S.; Liefner, I. (2024): China’s digital and green (twin) transition: insights from national and regional innovation policies. Regional Studies, 1–17.
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2024.2384411

Muehlberger, C.; Gruen, L.; Liefner, I.; Losacker, S. (2024): Socio-technical imaginaries of climate-neutral aviation. Energy Research & Social Science, Vol. 114.
DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103595

Barnikol, J.; Liefner, I. (2024): Serving society at large: Operationalization and evidence of (advanced) frugal innovation in industrialized economie. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 204, 123444.
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123444

Schaefer, K. J.; Hennemann, S.; Liefner, I. (2024): Give us ideas! Creating innovativeness through strategic direction of reverse technology transfers. The Journal of Technology Transfer.
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-024-10092-8

Losacker, S.; Heiden, S.; Liefner, I.; Lucas, H. (2023): Rethinking bioeconomy innovation in sustainability transitions. Technology in Society, 102291.
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102291

Losacker, S.; Hansmeier, H.; Horbach, J.; Liefner, I. (2023): The geography of environmental innovation: a critical review and agenda for future research. Review of Regional Research 43 (2), 291-316.
DOI: 10.1007/s10037-023-00193-6

Losacker, S.; Horbach, J.; Liefner, I. (2023): A spatial perspective on green technology adoption in China: insights from patent licensing data. Innovation and Development.
DOI: 10.1080/2157930X.2023.2233199

Liefner, I.; Li, Y.C. (2023): China–International Linkages: Introduction to the Special Issue. ZFW–Advances in Economic Geography 67 (1), 1-4.
DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2023-0037

Teichert, C.; Liefner, I.; Otto, A. (2022): How wide is the gap? Comparing geography graduates’ labor market success with that of peers from business and computer science. Journal of Geography in Higher Education 46(4), 599-627.
DOI: 10.1080/03098265.2021.1960490

Barnikol, J., Liefner, I. (2022): The prospects of advanced frugal innovations in different economies. Technology in Society, 71, November 2022, 102081.
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2022.102081

Kleiner-Schäfer, T.; Tatoglu, E.; Liefner, I. (2022): Internationalization and domestic political support: a differentiation of R&D-related foreign and domestic firms in Turkey. International Journal of Emerging Markets.
DOI: 10.1108/IJOEM-07-2019-0502

Losacker, S.; Horbach, J.; Liefner, I. (2022): Geography and the speed of green technology diffusion. Industry and Innovation, 30 (5), 531-555.
DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2022.2071237

Liefner, I.; Kroll, H.; Zeng, G.; Heindl, A.-B. (2021): Regional Innovation Profiles: A Comparative Empirical Study of Four Chinese Regions Based on Expert Knowledge. Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie, 65 (3-4), 101-117.
DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2020-0022

Kleiner-Schäfer, T.; Liefner I. (2021): Innovation success in an emerging economy: A comparison of R&D‐oriented companies in Turkey. Growth and Change 52(2), 963-989.
DOI: 10.1111/grow.12479

Losacker, S.; Liefner, I. (2020): Regional lead markets for environmental innovation. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 37, 120-139.
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2020.08.003

Liefner, I.; Losacker, S.; Rao, B.C. (2020): Scale up advanced frugal design principles. Nature Sustainability.
DOI: 10.1038/s41893-020-0585-7

Losacker, S.; Liefner, I. (2020): Implications of China's innovation policy shift: Does “indigenous” mean closed?. Growth and Change.
DOI: 10.1111/grow.12400

Liefner, I.; Losacker, S. (2020): Low-cost innovation and technology-driven innovation in China’s machinery industry. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 32(3), 319-331.
DOI: 10.1080/09537325.2019.1656333

Zeng, G.; Liefner, I. (2019): Retrospect and Prospect of Research into China’s Equipment Manufacturing Innovation Network. Introduction to the Theme Issue. In: Erdkunde 73 (3), 161-165.
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2019.03.01

Liefner, I.; Kroll, H. (2019): Advancing the Structured Analysis of Regional Innovation in China. Integrating New Perspectives in an Comprehensive Approach. In: Erdkunde 73 (3), 167-184.
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2019.03.02

Lyu, G.Q.; Liefner, I.; Schiller, D. (2019): The Evolution of Cross-Border M&As and Innovation Strategies: Evidence from Chinese Construction Machinery Firms. In: Erdkunde 73 (3), 211-224.
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2019.03.05

Heindl, A.-B.; Liefner, I. (2019): The Analytic Hierarchy Process as a methodological contribution to improve regional innovation system research: Explored through comparative research in China. Technology in Society 59.
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2019.101197

Liefner, I.; Si, Y.-F.; Schäfer, K. (2019): A latecomer firm's R&D collaboration with advanced country universities and research institutes: The case of Huawei in Germany. Technovation 86-87, 3-14.

Lauer, J.; Liefner, I. (2019): State-Led Innovation at the City Level: Policy Measures to Promote New Energy Vehicles in Shenzhen, China. Geographical Review 109(3), 436-456.
DOI: 10.1111/gere.12320

Haasis, T. I.; Liefner, I. (2019): Reviewing the research on the internationalization of Chinese firms: Thematic expansion, new impulses and potential future development. International Journal of Emerging Markets 14(1), 24-50.
DOI: 10.1108/IJoEM-03-2017-0094

Haasis, T.; Liefner, I.; Garg, R. (2018): The organization of knowledge transfer in the context of Chinese cross-border acquisitions in developed economies. Journal of Asian Business & Management, Vol. 17, Issue 4, pp 286–311.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-018-0041-y

Lyu, G. & Liefner, I. (2018): The spatial configuration of innovation networks in China. In: GeoJournal 83 (6): 1393-1410.
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-017-9844-1

Schaefer, K.J.; Liefner, I. (2017): Offshore versus domestic: Can EM MNCs reach higher R&D quality abroad? In: Scientometrics, Vol. 113 (3), 1349-1370.
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-017-2533-5

Liefner, I.; Kroll, H.; Peighambari, A. (2016): Research-driven or party-promoted? Factors affecting patent applications of private small and medium-sized enterprises in China’s Pearl River Delta. Science and Public Policy, 43(6), 2016, 849–858.
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scw002

Liefner, I.; Jessberger, S. (2016): The use of the analytical hierarchy process as a method of comparing innovation across regions: The examples of the equipment manufacturing industries of Shanghai and Xiamen, China. Environment and Planning A 48(6), 1188-1208.
DOI: 10.1177/0308518X16636886

Liefner, I. (2016): Knowledge-based Economy. In: The International Encyclopedia of Geography.
DOI: 10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0046

Liefner, I. (2016): Outsourcing. In: The International Encyclopedia of Geography.
DOI: 10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0045

Si, Y.F.; Liefner, I. (2014): Cognitive Distance and Obstacles to Subsidiary Business Success – The Experience of Chinese Companies in Germany. In: Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie 105(3), 285-300.
DOI: 10.1111/tesg.12064

Lohmann, C.; Liefner, I. (2014): Spatial Patterns of Private Sector and Public Sector Non-Agricultural Jobs in Rural Northeast Thailand. In: Regional Studies 48(4), 710-726.
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2012.663481

Peighambari, A.; Hennemann, S.; Liefner, I. (2014): Success factors for upgrading and innovation: an analysis of private small and medium-sized enterprises in the Pearl River Delta. In: International Journal of Technology Management 65(1/2/3/4), 49-69.
DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2014.060950

Si, Y.F.; Liefner, I.; Wang, T. (2013): Foreign direct investment with Chinese characteristics: A middle path between Ownership-Location-Internalization model and Linkage-Leverage-Learning model. In: Chinese Geographical Science 23(5), 594-606.
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-013-0603-z

Liefner, I.; Wei, Y.H.D.; Zeng, G. (2013): The innovativeness and heterogeneity of foreign-invested high-tech companies in Shanghai. In: Growth & Change 44(3), 522-549.
DOI: 10.1111/grow.12018

Hennemann, S.; Rybski, D.; Liefner, I. (2012): The Myth of Global Science Collaboration – Collaboration Patterns in Epistemic Communities. In: Journal of Informetrics 6(2), 217-225.
DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2011.12.002

Liefner, I.; Brömer, C.; Zeng, G. (2012): Knowledge Absorption of Optical Technology Companies in Shanghai, Pudong: Successes, Barriers and Structural Impediments. In: Applied Geography 32(1), 171-184.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.01.012

Wei, Y.H.D.; Liefner, I. (2012): Globalization, industrial restructuring, and regional development in China. In: Applied Geography 32(1), 102-105.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.02.005

Hennemann, S.; Wang, T.; Liefner, I. (2011): Measuring Regional Science Networks in China: A Comparison of International and Domestic Bibliographic Data Sources. In: Scientometrics, 88(2), 535-554.
DOI: 10.1007/s11192-011-0410-1

Ohm, S.; Liefner, I. (2011): Crisis and Recovery in the Pearl River Delta. Growth and Employment in the Electronics Industry. In: Die Erde 142(4), 393-410.

Wei, Y.H.D.; Liefner, I.; Miao, C.-H. (2011): Network configurations and R&D-activities of the ICT industry in Suzhou municipality, China. In: Geoforum 42(2), 484-495.
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.03.005

Liefner, I.; Hennemann, S. (2011): Structural holes and new dimensions of distance: The Spatial Configuration of the Scientific Knowledge Network of China’s Optical Technology Sector. In: Environment and Planning A, 43(4), 810-829.
DOI: 10.1068/a43100

Zeng, G.; Liefner, I.; Si, Y.F. (2011): The role of high-tech parks in China’s regional economy: Empirical evidence from the IC industry in the Zhangjiang High-tech Park, Shanghai. In: Erdkunde 65(1), 43-53.
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2011.01.04

Liefner, I.; Wei, Y.H.D. (2011): Geography and the research on contemporary China. Introduction to the Special Issue. In: Erdkunde 65(1), 3-5.
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2011.01.01

Hennemann, S.; Liefner, I. (2010): Employability of German Geography Graduates: The Mismatch between Knowledge Acquired and Competencies Required. In: Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 34(2), 215-230.
DOI: 10.1080/03098260903227400

Lohmann, C.; Liefner, I. (2009): Location, non-agricultural employment, and vulnerability to poverty in rural Thailand. In: Erdkunde 63(2): 141-160.
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2009.02.03

Revilla Diez, J.; Schiller, D.; Meyer, S.; Liefner, I.; Brömer, C. (2008): Agile Firms and their Spatial Organisation of Business Activities in the Greater Pearl River Delta. In: Die Erde 139(3), 251-269.

Liefner, I.; Zeng, G. (2008): Cooperation Patterns of High-tech Companies in Shanghai and Beijing: Accessing External Knowledge Sources for Innovation Processes. In: Erdkunde 62 (3), 245-258.

Kroll, H.; Liefner, I. (2008): Spin-off enterprises as a means of technology commercialisation in a transforming economy – Evidence from three universities in China. In: Technovation 28 (5), 298-313.
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2007.05.002

Liefner, I; Schiller, D. (2008): Academic capabilities in developing countries - A conceptual framework with empirical illustrations from Thailand. In: Research Policy 37(2), 276-293.

Schiller, D.; Liefner, I. (2007): Higher education funding reform and university–industry links in developing countries: The case of Thailand. In: Higher Education 54(4). 543-556.

Pantazis, N.; Liefner, I. (2006): The Impact of Low-Cost Carriers on Catchment Areas of Established International Airports: The Case of the Hanover Airport (Germany). In: Journal of Transport Geography 14, 265-272.

Liefner, I.; Hennemann, S.; Lu, X. (2006): Cooperation in the Innovation Process in Developing Countries: Empirical Evidence from Beijing Zhongguancun. In: Environment and Planning A 38(1), 111-130.
DOI: 10.1068/a37343

Liefner, I. (2003): Funding, Resource Allocation, and Performance in Higher Education Systems. In: Higher Education 46, 469-490.