Innovation und Entrepreneurship

The digital transformation of the business environment and its impact on firm performance is of central interest in economics and management. However, it is still an open question how firms should optimally align their business models and …

Participation of firms in Open Source Software (OSS) development is steadily increasing. In fact, a substantial part of OSS projects today are developed in informal collaboration between firms and a community of voluntary contributors. As more and …

Individuals and firms can improve their performance through collaboration and competition. However, it is still an open question how collaboration and competition schemes can be optimally designed and incentivized in order to exploit their full …

Michael Mödl examines the impact and signaling effects of crowd-based start-up financing on subsequent venture capital funding rounds. The digital era has substantially expanded the entrepreneurial financing landscape and crowdfunding is emerging …

Working and interacting in foreign languages is widespread. While the relationship between language and behavior has been discussed for many years, empirical evidence for behavioral effects of foreign language use is surprisingly scarce. Stefan …

Collective knowledge and the associated concepts of collectively learning, remembering and inventing are increasingly important in today’s economy and society. Completing knowledge work alone is more and more difficult for individuals. Based on …

Christian P. Steinle analysiert in seiner empirischen Studie Erfinder als Individuen in kreativen Prozessen im Hinblick auf die Wechselwirkungen von Persönlichkeit, Leistung und Position im Erfindernetzwerk. Der Schwerpunkt der Untersuchung liegt …

Applying novel datasets, Fabian Gäßler analyzes how key aspects of the current patent system in Europe and Germany, respectively, affect patent enforcement and patent trade. In particular, he shows what factors determine court selection in patent …

Sarah Eckardt analysiert den Zusammenhang der Dimensionen des Innovations- und Intrapreneurship-Klimas mit den unternehmerischen und innovativen Verhaltensweisen der Mitarbeiter, die neue Produkte oder Dienstleistungen innerhalb der bestehenden Struk

Nina Schießl entwickelte ein psychometrisch fundiertes Befragungsinstrument, das bei der Identifikation von Intrapreneuren bzw. bei der Einschätzung des Intrapreneurship-Potenzials von Mitarbeitern unterstützen kann. Intrapreneure sind unternehmerisc

Using cooperative game theory, this book shows how bargaining structure affects the distribution of value among the constituent firms of the value chain. Results show that positions in the bargaining structure most conducive to value capture are t

​Im Mittelpunkt des Forschungsvorhabens steht die Frage nach der Entstehung und dem Effekt von Kooperation zwischen Venture-Capital-Fonds und Business Angels. Ausgangspunkt zur Beantwortung der Frage in Hinsicht auf die Entstehung bildet die Analyse

Facebook Platform is a prominent example of an internet-based service for which third-party developers can offer small add-on programs, which are often referred to as applications. The distribution of success of applications is highly skewed. This ma

Business Angel-Netzwerke (BAN) sind öffentliche oder private Organisationen, die einen Kommunikationskanal zwischen Business Angels und jungen Unternehmen herstellen sollen. Bisher ist nur wenig über die Organisation und den Erfolg von BAN bekannt. D

In wissensintensiven Industrien gelten Erfindungen als wesentliche Quelle künftiger Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Angesichts des technologischen Wandels und der steigenden Komplexität der Technik spielen die Kommunikationsnetzwerke der Erfinder heute eine ze

Entrepreneurship education at tertiary institutions ranks high on policy agendas in Europe and the US. The increase in resources allocated to this kind of education comes along with a growing demand for justifying these investments. A better understa