Lehrstuhlforschung

Die Forschungsarbeiten am Lehrstuhl für Unternehmertum, Innovation und Transformation und UNESCO Lehrstuhl für Entrepreneurship und Interkulturelles Management werden durch laufende Arbeiten an den Kernthemen des Lehrstuhls sowie durch temporäre Forschungsprojekte bestimmt. Folgende Themenbereiche stehen dabei im Fokus:

Schwerpunkte

  • Sassmannshausen, S. P., & Volkmann, C. (2018). The scientometrics of social entrepreneurship and its establishment as an academic field. Journal of Small Business Management, 56(2), 251-273.
  • Wirtz, M. & Volkmann, C. K. (2017): Social Business Joint Ventures: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks of New Hybrids at the Bottom of the Pyramid. International Journal of Social Business, 1(1).
  • Volkmann, C.K., Tokarski, K. O. & Ernst, K. (2012): Social Entrepreneurship and Social Business-An Introduction and Discussion with Case Studies, Wiesbaden: Springer

  • Wirtz, M., & Volkmann, C. (2015). Social business microfinance-different models to empower women. International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 3(5), 323-338.
  • Roski, M., Halbfas, B. & Volkmann, C.K. (2013): The effects of the social and cultural embedded ness of (fe)male entrepreneurs and the consequences for regional policy. Regions, Special issue of Regional Surveys: 'Entrepreneurship, Gender and Structural Transformation: Women's Experiences of Entrepreneurship.
  • Roski, M., Halbfas, B. & Volkmann, C.K. (2013): Unternehmensgründung und Umfeldfaktoren: Ein ganzheitliches Modell zur Erklärung von Geschlechterdifferenzen im Gründungsgeschehen. In: Ebers, I., Halbfas, B. & Rastetter, D. (Hrsg.): Gender und ökonomischer Wandel. Sammelband des Arbeitskreises Politische Ökonomie, Marburg: Metropolis. 

  • Bürger, T., Volkmann, C.K. (2020): Mapping and thematic analysis of cultural entrepreneurship research, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 40(2).
  • Volkmann, C.K. & Howahr, R. (2016): Die Rolle des Cultural Entrepreneurs in einer nachhaltigen Gestaltung des Kultursektors. ZfKE- Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, 64(1), S.1-19.

  • Krebs, K., Volkmann, C., Grünhagen, M. (2023). Cultivating the Impact of Sustainable Entrepreneurship: A Discussion of Upscaling Approaches in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. In: Adams, R., Grichnik, D., Pundziene, A., Volkmann, C. (eds) Artificiality and Sustainability in Entrepreneurship. FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Springer, Cham. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11371-0_11
  • Bischoff, K. & Volkmann, C.K. (2018): Stakeholder Support for Sustainable Entrepreneurship - A Framework of Sustainable Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 10(2), S.172-201.

  • Bolz, K., & Volkmann, C. (2019). Responsible Bioentrepreneurs. NanoEthics, 13(2), 147-150.
  • Loonus, Yannick, (2017). Ethik und Entrepreneurship: Eine empirische Untersuchung der Lösung ethischer Dilemmata im Entrepreneurship mittels Reflective Judgement. Wuppertal

  • Bischoff, K. & Volkmann, C. K. (2018): Stakeholder Support for Sustainable Entrepreneurship – A Framework of Sustainable Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 10(2), S.172-201.
  • Duricova, V., Grünhagen, M. & Bischoff, K. (2014): University-based Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Regional Specifics in Eastern and Western Europe, CERS Conference Proceedings

  • Bischoff, K., Volkmann, C. K., & Audretsch, D. B. (2018). Stakeholder collaboration in entrepreneurship education: an analysis of the entrepreneurial ecosystems of European higher educational institutions. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 43(1), 20-46.
  • Volkmann, C.K. & Audretsch, D.B. (2017): Entrepreneurship Education at Universities - Learning from Twenty European Cases, Berlin et al.: Springer.

  • Mathiaszyk, L., Volkmann, C.K. & Read, S. (2019): Effectual Project Management: Thinking Like an Expert Entrepreneur. PM World Journal, 8(3).
  • Mathiaszyk, L., (2017). Corporate effectuation: Effectual Strategy for Corporate Management. Wuppertal. 

  • Koster, S. and Isaak, A. (2026). Exploring the impact of gender dynamics in equity crowdfunding: A social role theory perspective. In Cumming, D., Hoque, H., & Kashefi-Pour, E. (Eds.), Transformations in banking, finance and regulation: Vol. 18. Raising finance: From traditional to new forms of entrepreneurial finance (pp. 463–526). World Scientific. https://doi.org/10.1142/9781800617032_0010
  • Mochkabadi, K., Kleinert, S., Urbig, D., & Volkmann, C. (2024). From distinctiveness to optimal distinctiveness: External endorsements, innovativeness and new venture funding. Journal of Business Venturing, 39(1), 106340. doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2023.106340
  • Kleinert, S., Bafera, J., Urbig, D., & Volkmann, C. K. (2021). Access Denied: How Equity Crowdfunding Platforms Use Quality Signals to Select New Ventures. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 46(6), 1626-1657. doi.org/10.1177/10422587211011945.
  • Kleinert S. & Volkmann, C.K. (2019): Equity crowdfunding and the role of investor discussion boards. Venture Capital - An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 21(4), 327-352. doi.org/10.1080/13691066.2019.1569853