Social entrepreneurship

Social entrepreneurship in the D/A/CH-region

  • Block, J., Hirschmann, M., Leirich, L., Moritz, A. (2020). Die Unterstützungslandschaft für Social Entrepreneurship im DACH-Raum -- ein Überblick. Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship. 68(3-4): S. 219–257.
    (article)

Determinants of the emergence and growth of social enterprises

  • Gnad, M., Steinmetz, H., Moritz, A., Block, J., Lasch, F. (2024). Contextual predictors of social and ecological considerations in entrepreneurship: A country-level explorative machine learning approach. Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis. 76(2): 121-150.
    (article, working paper version)

  • Hirschmann, M., Block, J. (2022). Trademarks and how they relate to the sustainability and economic outcomes of social startups. Journal of Cleaner Production. 376: Article 134320.
    (article, working paper version)

Decision criteria of impact investors

  • Hirschmann, M., Moritz, A., Block, J. (2022). Motives, supporting activities, and selection criteria of social impact incubators: An experimental conjoint study. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. 51(5): 1095-1133.
    (article)

  • Block, J., Hirschmann, M. Fisch, C. (2021). Which criteria matter when impact investors screen social enterprises? Journal of Corporate Finance. 66 (February): 101813.
    (article - open access)

  • Leirich, L. (2020). Das Entscheidungsverhalten von Social Entrepreneurship unterstützenden Organisationen bei der Auswahl von Social Ventures. Dissertation an der Universität Trier.
    (dissertation)