Die Wechselbeziehung zwischen Arbeitslosigkeit und Selbstständigkeit ist von komplexer (kausaler) Natur. Einerseits können Individuen durch die Gründung eines Unternehmens ihre Arbeitslosigkeit beenden, anderseits nimmt die Selbstständigkeit - und mit ihr die Zahl der Unternehmen - einen Einfluss auf...
In recent years, modern economies have shifted away from being based on physical capital and towards being based on new knowledge (e.g., new ideas and inventions). Consequently, contemporary economic theorizing and key public policies have been based on the assumption that resources for generating knowledge...
This dissertation investigates important and cutting-edge issues surrounding new product development failure and its consequences for market values of innovation-driven firms. Although a substantial body of literature demonstrates that new product development failure harms some companies more than others,...
This dissertation consists of five studies that focus on different social contexts of entrepreneurial individuals and that analyze important cognitive or affective processes in these contexts. The dissertation comprises different stages of the entrepreneurial process and shows the social context’s importance...
Diese Arbeit mit dem Titel „Decision Making in Innovation and Entrepreneurship – A Collection of Conjoint-based Studies“ beschäftigt sich mit unterschiedlichen Themenbereichen der Kognition, Entscheidungsfindung und des Engagements im innovativen und unternehmerischen Umfeld. Die Conjoint-Analyse bildet...
The topic of the dissertation is the relationship between knowledge spillovers and firms' likelihood to co-operate on R&D and innovation activities. The analysis contains two parts: A review of relevant theoretical and empirical literature and an empirical part that analyses the relationship between...