Tina Krell
Tina Krell is a researcher in the research group “Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Society”. She works on the projects DaPla SMEs and Platform Alternatives. She is also the coordinator for the Task Force European Platform Economy. She is currently on parental leave.
She did her Master’s at the London School of Economics with a focus on ICT policy and empirical research methods. A course in the international political economy got her focused on the cross-border flow of data, content, and trade in services. For that, she finished an additional diploma in copyright law with the Berkman Klein Center. During her studies, she was honored with a stipend from the HBS foundation. She is also a proud alumna of the Young Titans Summer Academy 2018, a member of the G20 Young Global Changers community, and a research ambassador for the city of Berlin.
Before joining, she worked in research and policy for the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva, and as a research and insights analyst for a startup in London.
Politics & law · Society & cultureDigital Electoral Compass 2021
The Digital Electoral Compass is intended to create transparency, show the parties' positions on digital policy issues and provide an overview of their individual...
Entrepreneurship & innovationData Cooperation Platforms for SMEs
The project Data Cooperation Platforms for SMEs (DaPla Mittelstand) is exploring how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in data-rich markets can better participate...
Entrepreneurship & innovation · Media & dataPlatform Alternatives
The project team will derive Corporate Governance Principles for digital platforms that seek to distribute collectively created value more fairly. The project is implemented...
Journal articles and conference proceedings
Meier, P., Friederici, N.,Krell-Sun, T. & Trabucchi, D. (2024). Strategies for Designing and Growing Business-to-Business Platforms A Study of Six Cases Across Industrial Sectors in Germany. This study offers an actionable management framework—specialization over generalization, adaptation over disruption, and quality over quantity—that practitioners can apply to build B2B platforms. Research-Technology Management, 67(2), 44–56. Publication details
Working paper
Krell, T., Braesemann, F., Stephany, F., Friederici, N., & Meier, P. (2020). A Mixed-Method Landscape Analysis of SME-focused B2B Platforms in Germany. Social Science Research Network. Publication details
Other publications
Krell, T. (2021). Caught in the jungle of bureaucracy? Can European Platform Entrepreneurship succeed? Digital Society Blog. Publication details
Krell, T. (2020). Packaging and scholarship – a summary of Zuboff’s talk during the Making Sense of the Digital Society lecture series. Digital society blog. Publication details
Lehdonvirta, V., Park, S., Krell, T., & Friederici, N. (2020). Platformization in Europe. Global and local digital intermediaries in the retail, taxi, and food delivery industries, . Publication details
Friederici, N., Krell, T., Meier, P., Braesemann, F., & Stephany, F. (2020). Plattforminnovation im Mittelstand, . Publication details
Lectures and presentations
“One strategy does not fit all” – A typology of European platform competition.Session E: Platform Economy. BEYOND4.0 Conference. Online, Sofia, Bulgaria: 01.10.2021 Further information
Tina Krell, Nicolas Friederici
Governance of SME-focused Data Cooperation Platforms in GermanyISPIM Conference 2020 (Session: Research in Progress: Platforms and Ecosystems). ISPIM, Online, Germany: 09.06.2020 Further information
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Analysing the relatedness of YouTube video search ranking and video monetizationPlatform Economy Seminar Series (Session: Platform Economy Seminar Series). Platform Economy Interest Group. Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford, UK: 05.05.2020
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Panels
Airbnb, Uber, Lieferando: Die Zukunft der Wirtschaft?Berlin Science Week 1–10 Nov. Einstein Center Digital Future, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. Weizenbaum-Institut, Berlin, Germany: 03.11.2021 Further information
Tina Krell
Future of Work After Covid-19: Opportunities and Challenges of Platform CooperativismPLUS Project – Platform Labour in Urban Spaces. Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Online, Italy: 04.06.2021
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Leibniz Media Lunch Talk: Der Corona-Effekt: Pandemiebekämpfung durch digitale Medien in China und Europa. Leibniz Institute for media research | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI). Online, Hamburg, Germany: 28.04.2020 Further informationJörg Pohle, Tina Krell, Deniz Erden, Wolfgang Schulz
Organisation of events
Platform Entrepreneurship & Society. Lunch Talk with Inge Graef, Jovana Karanović and Christian FieselerOpen Lunch Talk Series. 27.09.2021. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Online, Germany (International) Further information
Maria Gradl, Lena Starke, Tina Krell, Nicolas Friederici
Roundtable: Data Governance in Digital Platform EconomyFrom 23.06.2021 to 23.06.2021. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Online, Germany. Co-Organised by: Oxford Internet Institute & European Commission (National)
Asal Dardan, Lea Erlenwein, Lena Starke, Tina Krell, Matthias C. Kettemann
Roundtable: Treatment of users and complementors21.04.2021. Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Online, Germany. Co-Organised by: Oxford Internet Institute & European Commission (International)
Asal Dardan, Lea Erlenwein, Lena Starke, Tina Krell
Policy Co-Creation Workshop17.06.2020. Online, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Federal Ministry of Finance (National)
Tina Krell, Nicolas Friederici, Philip Meier
Platform Entrepreneurship in Europe: Which Business Models are Viable and Sustainable?03.06.2020. Online, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Oxford Internet Institute (International) Further information
Asal Dardan, Lena Starke, Tina Krell, Nicolas Friederici
Digitaler Salon: Data Kolumna27.05.2020. Online, Berlin, Germany. Co-Organised by: Kooperative Berlin (National) Further information
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Position
Associated Researcher: Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Society
