Research

Our research focuses on three broad areas of management research and their intersections:

  • Strategy & Entrepreneurship
  • Innovation and Digital Transformation
  • Sustainability Management, Diversity

Our research context are often start-ups, family firms, hidden champions and Mittelstand firms.

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Our research primarily employs quantitative-empirical methods, utilizing data from surveys, experiments, and objective sources such as company balance sheets, patents, and other datasets. We also focus on methodological research, including meta-analytical studies and the application of machine learning and natural language processing techniques to patent and text data.

Below is a detailed overview of our research topics (in alphabetical order). By clicking on the links, you can access the corresponding publications:

Dissertations and habilitations

Data sets

(Academic) publications