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Research at the Chair

The research work at the UNESCO Chair for Entrepreneurship and intercultural Management is driven by core themes of the chair as well as through current third party funded research projects. The following topic areas are hereby in focus:

 

Social Entrepreneurship

  • 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

Female Entrepreneurship

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  • 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. 

 

Cultural Entrepreneurship

  • 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.

Sustainable Entrepreneurship

  • 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.

Ethics in Entrepreneurship

  • 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.

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

  • 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. 

University Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurship Education

  • Volkmann, C.K. & Audretsch, D.B. (2017): Entrepreneurship Education at Universities - Learning from Twenty European Cases, Berlin et al.: Springer.

Entrepreneurial Cognition & Behavior

  • 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. 

Entrepreneurial Finance

  • 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, 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.