Entrepreneurship
Sucess and Satisfaction of Entrepreneurs
In several studies, we have investigated the (financial) success and start-up satisfaction of founders. In one study, we analyze the reaction of companies to the failure of their business using Twitter data.
Fisch, C., Block, J. (2021). How does entrepreneurial failure change an entrepreneur’s digital identity? Evidence from Twitter data. Journal of Business Venturing. 36(1): 106015.
(article, working paper version)Xi, G., Block, J., Lasch, F., Robert, F., Thurik, R. (2020). The survival of business takeovers and new venture start-ups. Industrial and Corporate Change. 29(3): 797-826.(article - open access)
Block, J., Hoogerheide, L., Thurik, R. (2012). Are education and entrepreneurial income endogenous? A Bayesian analysis. Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 2(3).(article, working paper version)
Block, J., Sandner, P., Wagner, M. (2011). Selbständigkeit von Ausländern in Deutschland: Einkommenseffekte und Implikationen für die Gründungsförderung. Soziale Welt – Zeitschrift für Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung, 62(1): 7-23.
(article, working paper version)Block, J., Wagner, M. (2010). Necessity and opportunity entrepreneurs in Germany: characteristics and earnings differentials. Schmalenbach Business Review, 62(2): 154-174.
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Block, J., Köllinger, P. (2009). I can’t get no satisfaction – necessity entrepreneurship and procedural utility. Kyklos, 62(1): 191-209.
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Block, J., Sandner, P. (2009). Necessity and opportunity entrepreneurs and their duration in self-employment: evidence from German micro data. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 9(2): 117-137.
(article, working paper version)Lutz, A., Block, J., Spiegel, F. (2009). Unglücklich trotz Erfolg – Faktoren für die Zufriedenheit von Gründern. Wirtschaftpsychologie aktuell, 1: 9-11.
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Sandner, P., Block, J., Lutz, A. (2008). Determinanten des Erfolgs staatlich geförderter Existenzgründungen – eine empirische Untersuchung. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft,78(7/8): 753-777.
(article, working paper version)König, C., Steinmetz, H., Frese, M., Rauch, A., & Wang, Z.-M. M. (2007). Scenario-based scales measuring cultural orientations of business owners. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 17(2), 211-239.
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Intention to start a business and its determinants
Furthermore, we investigated which factors influence the decision to start a business and which groups of people prefer to take over an existing business instead of starting a new one.
Fisch, C., Wyrwich, M., Nguyen, T. L., Block, J. (in press). Historical institutional differences and entrepreneurship: Socialist legacy in Vietnam. International Review of Entrepreneurship.
Abbasianchavari, A., Block, J. (in press). Perceptual factors explaining the gender gap in entrepreneurial propensity: A replication and extension. Journal of Business Venturing Insights.
(article)Steinmetz, H., Isidor, R., & Bauer, C. (2021). Gender differences in the intention to start a business: An updated and extended meta-analysis. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 229(1), 70-84.
(article)Block, J., Fisch, C., Rehan, F. (2020). Religion and entrepreneurship: a map of the field and a bibliometric analysis. Management Review Quarterly. 70(4): 591-627.
(article)Jakob, E. A., Isidor, R., Steinmetz, H., Wehner, M. C., & Kabst, R. (2019). The other side of the same coin–how communal beliefs about entrepreneurship influence attitudes toward entrepreneurship. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 112, 431-445.
(article)Rehan, F., Block, J., Fisch, C. (2019). Entrepreneurship in Islamic communities: How do Islamic values and Islamic practices influence entrepreneurship intentions? Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 13(5): 557-583.
(article, working paper version)Krieger, A., Block, J., Stützer, M. (2018). Skill variety in entrepreneurship: A literature review and research directions. International Review of Entrepreneurship, 16(1): 29-62.
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Verheul, I., Rietdijk, W., Block, J., Franken, I., Larsson, H., Thurik, R. (2016). The association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) symptoms and self-employment. European Journal of Epidemiology, 31(8): 793-801.
(article)- Zapkau, F., Schwens, C., Steinmetz, H., & Kabst, R. (2015). Disentangling the effect of prior entrepreneurial exposure on entrepreneurial intention. Journal of Business Research, 68(3), 639-653.
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Verheul, I., Block, J., Burmeister-Lamp, K., Tiemeier, H., Thurik, R., Turturea, R. (2015). ADHD-like behavior and entrepreneurial intentions. Small Business Economics, 45(1): 85-101.
(article, working paper version)Parboteeah, P., Walter, S., Block, J. (2015). When does Christian religion matter for entrepreneurial activity? The contingent effect of a country's investments into knowledge. Journal of Business Ethics, 130(2): 447-465.
(article, working paper version)Haus, I., Steinmetz, H., Isidor, R., & Kabst, R. (2013). Gender effects on entrepreneurial intention: A meta-analytical structural equation model. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 5(2), 130-156.
(article)Block, J., Thurik, R., Van der Zwan, P., Walter, S. (2013). Business takeover or new venture? Individual and environmental determinants from a cross-country study. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 37(5): 1099-1121.
(article, working paper version)Block, J., Hoogerheide, L., Thurik, R. (2013). Education and entrepreneurial choice: an instrumental variables analysis. International Small Business Journal, 31(1): 23-33.
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Start-up support and start-up policy
Start-up promotion and start-up policy pursue the goal of producing (successful) start-ups through government support and other government measures. The following studies fall into this area:
Block, J., Fisch, C., van Praag, M. (2018). Quantity and quality of jobs by entrepreneurial firms. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 34(4): 565-583.
(article - open access, working paper version)Darnihamedani, P., Block, J., Hessels, J., Simonyan, A. (2018). Taxes, start-up costs, and innovative entrepreneurship. Small Business Economics, 51(2): 355-369.
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Block, J. (2016). Corporate income taxes and entrepreneurship activity. IZA World of Labor.
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Block, J., Kohn, K. (2011). Sozialpolitische Ziele der Gründungsförderung am Beispiel von Gründungen aus der Arbeitslosigkeit. in: N. Irsch, P. Witt (Hrsg.), Gründungsförderung in Theorie und Praxis, KfW Research, S. 69-93.
(working paper version)Sandner, P., Block, J., Lutz, A. (2008). Determinanten des Erfolgs staatlich geförderter Existenzgründungen – eine empirische Untersuchung. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft,78(7/8): 753-777.
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Image of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship
The public and media image of entrepreneurs is an important part of the start-up culture and influences the start-up climate and the motivation to start a business. The following study examines the image of entrepreneurs among the general public using a Europe-wide data set:
Adam-Müller, A., Andres, R., Block, J., Fisch, C. (2015). Socialist heritage and the opinion on entrepreneurs: Micro-level evidence from Europe. Die Betriebswirtschaft (Business Adminstration Review), 75(4): 211-232.
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Innovative Entrepreneurship
Innovative entrepreneurship refers to entrepreneurs and start-ups that introduce innovative products and services to the market and see them through. However, the number of (truly) innovative start-ups is small. The challenges and characteristics of this group of startups differ significantly from other startups. As part of an extensive literature review, we have summarized the literature on innovative startups. Furthermore, we empirically investigated the role of entrepreneurship in transforming knowledge into innovative products.
Block, J., Fisch, C., van Praag, M. (2017). The Schumpeterian entrepreneur: A review of the empirical evidence on the antecedents, behavior, and consequences on innovative entrepreneurship. Industry and Innovation, 24(1): 61-95.
(article, working paper version)Block, J., Thurik, R., Zhou, H. (2013). What turns knowledge into innovative products? The role of entrepreneurship and knowledge spillovers. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 23(4): 693-718.
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Necessity Entrepreneurship
Necessity entrepreneurship is the term used to describe start-ups that occur due to a lack of alternative sources of income. Within the framework of several empirical analyses, the characteristics and success of necessity start-ups were investigated at the professorship. Furthermore, the founding satisfaction and the chosen competitive strategy of necessity founders were analyzed.
Block, J., Sandner, P., Spiegel, F. (2015). How do risk attitudes differ within the group of entrepreneurs? The role of motivation and procedural utility. Journal of Small Business Management, 53(1): 183-206.
(article, working paper version)Block, J., Kohn, K., Miller, D., Ullrich, K. (2015). Necessity entrepreneurship and competitive strategy. Small Business Economics, 44(1): 37-54.
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Block, J., Wagner, M. (2010). Necessity and opportunity entrepreneurs in Germany: characteristics and earnings differentials. Schmalenbach Business Review, 62(2): 154-174.
(article, working paper version)Block, J., Köllinger, P. (2009). I can’t get no satisfaction – necessity entrepreneurship and procedural utility. Kyklos, 62(1): 191-209.
(article, working paper version)
Block, J., Sandner, P. (2009). Necessity and opportunity entrepreneurs and their duration in self-employment: evidence from German micro data. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 9(2): 117-137.
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Personality of founders and entrepreneurs
Founders differ from other individuals in their personality. Within the framework of empirical studies, we investigated the extent to which attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has a positive effect on the decision to found a company. Furthermore, we used an analysis of Twitter data to determine the personality of entrepreneurs.
Obschonka, M., Fisch, C. (2018). Entrepreneurial personalities in political leadership. Small Business Economics, 50(4): 851-869.
(article)Obschonka, M., Fisch, C., Boyd, R. (2017). Using digital footprints in entrepreneurship research: A Twitter-based personality analysis of superstar entrepreneurs and managers. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 8: 12–23.
(article)Verheul, I., Rietdijk, W., Block, J., Franken, I., Larsson, H., Thurik, R. (2016). The association between attention-deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD) symptoms and self-employment. European Journal of Epidemiology, 31(8): 793-801.
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Verheul, I., Block, J., Burmeister-Lamp, K., Tiemeier, H., Thurik, R., Turturea, R. (2015). ADHD-like behavior and entrepreneurial intentions. Small Business Economics, 45(1): 85-101.
(article, working paper version)Block, J. (2011). Zur Gründungskultur in Deutschland: Persönlichkeitseigenschaften als Gründungshemmnis? in: N. Irsch, P. Witt (Hrsg.), Gründungsförderung in Theorie und Praxis, KfW Research, S. 131-143.
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Part-time Entrepreneurship
The number of part-time start-ups alongside work and study has grown strongly in recent years. In several empirical projects, we have investigated the transition from part-time to full-time self-employment and the factors that lead to the start of a part-time business.
Block, J., Landgraf, A., Semrau, T. (2019). The differential impact of societal cultural practices on part-time and full-time self-employment: A multi-level, multi-country study. International Small Business Journal, 37(1): 43-68.
(article - open access)Xi, G., Block, J., Lasch, F. Robert, F., Thurik, R. (2018). Mode of entry into hybrid entrepreneurship: new venture start-up versus business takeover. International Review of Entrepreneurship, 16(2): 217-240.
(article, working paper version)Block, J., Landgraf, A. (2016). Transition from part-time entrepreneurship to full-time entrepreneurship: the role of financial and non-financial motives. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 12(1): 259-282.
(article, working paper version)Landgraf, A. (2016). Part-time entrepreneurship: micro-level and macro-level determinants. Dissertation.
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