Research Activity

The research activities of the Chair for SME Research and Entrepreneurship are embedded in the Institute for SME Research and Entrepreneurship (ifm Mannheim). It is a central research institute of the University of Mannheim and carries out research projects on current and structural SME-related topics. The staff at the institute work under the direction of Professor Woywode in four research areas. The special strength of the ifm Mannheim lies in its interdisciplinary orientation and the bridging function between science and practice. Research projects are of national and international focus. Permanent tasks include advising political bodies in Germany and abroad on SME issues and providing key statistical data on SMEs, as well as knowledge transfer between science and the industry.

The Ifm Mannheim has three main foci: First, fundamental research in its four research areas. Second, teaching activities at the Chair. Third, science-based policy advisory. The ifm Mannheim strives for excellence in each of these domains and underlies continuous quality and performance appraisal.

The four fields of research at the ifm Mannheim

Family Firms

Interdisciplinary research group “family firms”: Organization, Behavioral Science, Entrepreneurship, Information Systems, & Public Policy.

New Self-Employment

New fields and new forms of self-employment, their stakeholders, and the opportunities and challenges that arise as a result.

Entrepreneurship

Founder personalities and the founder teams, entrepreneurial opportunity recognition, the developing organization and the entrepreneurial environment.

Digitization

Digitization and competitiveness in SMEs

Articles
Research Papers
Conference Publications
Conference Presentations
Books
Book Chapters

Adomako, S., Zhu, F., Hsu, D. K., Istipliler, B. and Wiklund, J. (2024). Navigating environmental threats to new ventures: A regulatory fit approach to bricolage. Journal of Management Studies : JMS, 1–45.
Castellanza, L. and Woywode, M. (2024). Types, determinants, and outcomes of entrepreneurial behaviours during crises. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 1–30.
Dahlke, J., Beck, M., Kinne, J., Lenz, D., Dehghan, R., Wörter, M. and Ebersberger, B. (2024). Epidemic effects in the diffusion of emerging digital technologies: evidence from artificial intelligence adoption. Research Policy, 53, 1–24.
Mula, C., Zybura, N. and Hipp, T. (2024). From digitalized start-up to scale-up: Opening the black box of scaling in digitalized firms towards a scaling process framework. Technological forecasting & social change, 202, 1–16.
Suwala, L., Ahrens, J.-P. and Basco, R. (2024). Family firms, hidden champions and regional development. ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 68, 1–8.
Zybura, J., Ahrens, J.-P., Istipliler, B., Woywode, M. and Kowalzick, M. (2024). It takes two to Tango – Conceptualizing the “succession dance” in family firms through social exchange theory. Journal of General Management.
Bort, S. and Kieser, A. (2023). Coping with devils and climate change with the help of asceticism? Exploring the role of asceticism as trigger of collective climate action. Environmental Values : EV, 1–30.
Isaak, R. (2023). Entrepreneurship in international context: Trends and coping with eco-entropy. Circular Economy, 1, 1–5.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Bort, S. and Isaak, A. (2023). Is exposure to the family firm always good for the next CEO? How successor pre-succession firm experience affects post-succession performance in family firms. Journal of Business Research : JBR, 167, 1–15.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Hauer, A., Steininger, D. M. and Woywode, M. (2023). Heroes of the Green Room – How Able Successors Revitalize and Reinvent Family Firms. Journal of Small Business Management.
Istipliler, B., Bort, S. and Woywode, M. (2023). Flowers of adversity: Institutional constraints and innovative SMEs in transition economies. Journal of Business Research : JBR, 154.
Istipliler, B., Hauer, A., Keese, D., Woywode, M. and Ahrens, J.-P. (2023). Childhood exposure to family firm and transgenerational orientation: Moderated mediation of affective commitment. Journal of Small Business Management, 1–44.
Kowalzick, M., Ahrens, J.-P., Lauterbach, J. G. and Tang, Y. (2023). Overconfident CEOs in dire straits: How incumbent and successor CEOs’ overconfidence affects firm turnaround performance. Journal of Management Studies : JMS, 1–48.
Kowalzick, M. and Appels, M. (2023). To change or not to change? Evidence on the steadiness of more hubristic CEOs. Journal of Management : JOM, 49, 2415-2454.
Lanivich, S., Adomako, S., Ahsan, M., Istipliler, B. and Cox, K. C. (2023). Multidimensional cognitive style: Linking founders to firm performance through strategy and resource orchestration. Journal of Business Research : JBR, 166.
Castellanza, L. (2022). Discipline, abjection, and poverty alleviation through entrepreneurship: A constitutive perspective. Journal of Business Venturing, 37, 1–18.
Gottschalk, S. and Müller, B. (2022). A second chance for failed entrepreneurs: a good idea? Small Business Economics, 59, 745–767.
Gerberich, C. W. and Woywode, M. (2021). Digitalisierungskompetenz in mittelständischen Unternehmen. Der Aufsichtsrat, 18, 127–129.
Leicht, R. and Philipp, R. (2021). Lage und Entwicklung der mittelständischen Wirtschaft in Baden-Württemberg. Mittelstandsbericht des Landes Baden-Württemberg, 2021, 19–30.
Oberg, A., Lefsrud, L. and Meyer, R. E. (2021). Organizational (issue) field perspective on climate change. Economic Sociology. Perspectives and Conversations, 22, 21–29.
Tonoyan, V. and Strohmeyer, R. (2021). Gender role (in-)congruity and resource-provider gender biases: a conceptual model. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 13, 225–242.
Zybura, J., Zybura, N., Ahrens, J.-P. and Woywode, M. (2021). Innovation in the post-succession phase of family firms: Family CEO successors and leadership constellations as resources. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 12.
Aharonson, B. S., Bort, S. and Woywode, M. (2020). The influence of multinational corporations on international alliance formation behavior of colocated start-ups. Organization Science, 31, 770–795.
Tonoyan, V., Strohmeyer, R. and Jennings, J. E. (2020). Gender gaps in perceived start-up ease: Implications of sex-based labor market segregation for entrepreneurship across 22 European countries. Administrative Science Quarterly : ASQ, 65, 181–225.
Ahrens, J.-P., Calabrò, A., Huybrechts, J. and Woywode, M. (2019). The enigma of the family successor-firm performance relationship: A methodological reflection and reconciliation attempt. Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice : ET&P, 43, 437–474.
Berwing, S. (2019). Migrantenökonomien: ein Weg zur ökonomischen Integration von Geflüchteten? Stadtforschung und Statistik, 32, 21–27.
Sajons, C. (2019). Birthright citizenship and parental labor market integration. Labour Economics, 57, 1–22.
Vith, S., Oberg, A., Höllerer, M. A. and Meyer, R. E. (2019). Envisioning the 'sharing city': Governance strategies for the sharing economy. Journal of Business Ethics, 159, 1023-1046.
Wruk, D., Oberg, A., Klutt, J. and Maurer, I. (2019). The presentation of self as good and right: How value propositions and business model features are linked in the sharing economy. Journal of Business Ethics, 159, 997-1021.

Felfe, C., Kagerbauer, L., Müller, M., Sajons, C., Saurer, J. and Zwick, T. (2022). Mehr Ausbildung wagen!: Barrieren und Chancen für die Einstellung von Geflüchteten in deutschen Unternehmen. Policy brief, 1. Mannheim: Institut für Mittelstandsforschung der Universität Mannheim.
Sajons, C., Philipp, R. and Hartmann, C. (2022). Selbständigkeit von Geflüchteten und Zugewanderten – Alternativer Weg in den Arbeitsmarkt oder berufliche Sackgasse? Policy brief, 2. Mannheim: Institut für Mittelstandsforschung der Universität Mannheim.
Wruk, D. and Oberg, A. (2022). Wirkungen der Sharing Economy in Deutschland. i-share Report, 3. Mannheim.
Mair, J., Veit, D. J. and Woywode, M. (2021). Arbeiten in der Sharing Economy in Deutschland. i-share Report, 2. Mannheim.
Götz, A., Müller, B., Philipp, R. and Sajons, C. (2020). Evaluation des Integrationsmanagements in Baden-Württemberg : Module 1 und 2, Endbericht. Mannheim.
Götz, A., Müller, B., Sajons, C. and Philipp, R. (2020). Evaluation des Integrationsmanagements : Module 1 und 2, Endbericht – Anhang. Mannheim.
Leicht, R., Lange, R. and Megtert, S. (2020). Projekt: Frauen mit Fluchterfahrung gründen : Erfahrungen, Erkenntnisse, Handlungsempfehlungen. Frankfurt a.M..
Leicht, R., Philipp, R. and Woywode, M. (2019). Migrantische Ökonomie : Berufliche Selbständigkeit und Unternehmen von MIgrantinnen und Migranten in Deutschland. Mannheim.

Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Bort, S. and Isaak, A. (2020). Learning the bias? How successor pre-succession firm experience affects family. In , (S. 17032). Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management: Briarcliff Manor, NY.
Ahrens, J.-P., Isaak, A., Istipliler, B. and Steininger, D. M. (2019). The Star Citizen phenomenon & the “ultimate dream management” technique in crowdfunding. In , Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems – Information Systems at the Heart of Innovation Ecosystems : ICIS 2019, Munich, Germany, December 15–18, 2019 (S. Paper 1959). ICIS Proceedings, AISeL: Atlanta, GA.
Ahrens, J.-P., Kowalzick, M. and Lauterbach, J. (2019). Identity, strategy, and firm performance – Evidence from firm crises. In , 19th Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management 2019 (S. Paper 708). , EURAM: Brussels.
Ahrens, J.-P., Kowalzick, M., Lauterbach, J. and Woywode, M. (2019). Identity and turnaround performance – Evidence from S&P 1500. In , 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2019 (S. 1 Aug 2019). Annual Meeting Proceedings / Academy of Management, Academy of Management: Chicago, IL.
Dusdal, J., Oberg, A. and Powell, J. J. W. (2019). Das Verhältnis zwischen Hochschule und Wissenschaft in Deutschland : Expansion – Produktion – Kooperation. In , Komplexe Dynamiken globaler und lokaler Entwicklungen : 39. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie in Göttingen 2018 : DGS-Verhandlungsband 2018 (S. 1–13). , Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie: Göttingen.
Istipliler, B. and Ahrens, J.-P. (2019). Role of sovereignty goals in explaining stakeholder orientation in family firms. In , (S. 14418). Annual Meeting Proceedings / Academy of Management, Academy of Management: Chicago, IL.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Bort, S. and Isaak, A. (2019). Learning the bias? How successor pre-succession firm experience affects family firm performance. In , 19th Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management 2019 (S. Paper 830). , EURAM: Brussels.
Lefsrud, L. and Oberg, A. (2019). Heated atmosphere: Organizational emotions and field structuring in online climate change debates. In , (S. Article 12132). Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Academy of Management: Chicago, IL.
Woywode, M., Ahrens, J.-P. and Zybura, J. (2019). When is it time to stop dancing the succession dance? In , 19th Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management 2019 (S. Paper 1091). , EURAM: Brussels.
Wruk, D., Oberg, A., Maurer, I. and Klutt, J. (2019). The presentation of self as good and right: How value propositions and business model features are linked in the sharing economy. In , (S. Article 16660). Annual Meeting Proceedings / Academy of Management, Academy of Management: Chicago, IL.

Ahrens, J. (2024). Organisational sustainability, governance, and time-insights from AI and Big Data. Crossroads for Organizations: Time, Space, and People, Milano, Italy.
Boukhabza, S., Istipliler, B., Müller, B. and Ouhadi, S. (2024). How Moroccan female entrepreneurs adapt to lead their family firms: Identity work in the face of role complexity. 44th Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, BCERC, München, Germany.
Boukhabza, S., Istipliler, B., Müller, B. and Ouhadi, S. (2024). Moroccan female successors as dominated dominants and their identity work activities in the face of role complexity. 40th EGOS Colloquium: Crossroads for Organizations: Time, Space, and People, Milano, Italy.
Istipliler, B. (2024). Entrepreneurship as an ill-defined design domain and impact of prior experiences on entrepreneurial performance. 40th EGOS Colloquium: Crossroads for Organizations: Time, Space, and People, Milano, Italy.
Istipliler, B. (2024). Know-what or know-how to venture? Ill-definedness of entrepreneurship and role of experiences. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2024, Chicago, IL.
Park, K. . and Istipliler, B. (2024). Better shot?: Impact of gender quota on female entrepreneurship, evidence from Germany. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2024, Chicago, IL.
Reif, T., Hossnofsky, V., Junge, S., Riefolo, M. and Ahrens, J.-P. (2024). Navigating succession: Unveiling predecessor preferences for successor attributes in family firms. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2024, Chicago, IL.
Sarikaya, E. (2024). Discrimination against female and migrant entrepreneurs in the finance sector-Experimental Evidence from Germany. Annual PHD Workshop & Early Stage Researcher Symposium, Rom.
Ahrens, J.-P., Istipliler, B., Isaak, A. and Bort, S. (2023). Rethinking the merits of family firm exposure of the CEO prior to family business succession. 18th EISAM Workshop on Family Firm Management Research: Balancing financial and non-financial wealth, Neapel, Italy.
Ahrens, J.-P., Onneken, F., Rottler, M., Strohmeyer, R. and Torchia, M. (2023). Gender equality in firm leadership worldwide: Where are we now and how do family and non-family firms differ? 26. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand (G-Forum) 2023, Darmstadt, Germany.
Boukhabza, S., Istipliler, B., Müller, B. and Ouhadi, S. (2023). “Identity work in progress”: How Moroccan female successors adapt to lead their family firms? 26. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand (G-Forum) 2023, Darmstadt, Germany.
Burgstaller, L., Müller, B., Sajons, C. and Sarikaya, E. (2023). Discrimination against migrant entrepreneurs in the finance sector. Experimental evidence from Germany. Migrant Entrepreneurship: developments at the intersection of policy and practice, Bologna, Italy.
Castellanza, L. and Woywode, M. (2023). The power dynamics of institutional resistance: Class and gender discrimination in SW Cameroon. AOM 2023, 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, MA.
Dehghan, R., Schmidt, S. and Schwierzy, J. (2023). 3D printing and sustainability: A web analysis approach. Informatik Festival 2023, 53. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Informatik, Berlin, Germany.
Hartmann, C. and Dana, L.-P. (2023). New venture creation by immigrants: Learnings from online diaries of founders. 8th Annual Entrepreneurship as Practice Conference and Symposium, Lüneburg, Germany.
Isaak, A., Bort, S. and Woywode, M. (2023). Hype and regulative legitimacy in contested markets: The case of bitcoin trading. 26. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand (G-Forum) 2023, Darmstadt, Germany.
Istipliler, B., Hauer, A., Keese, D., Woywode, M. and Ahrens, J.-P. (2023). Childhood exposure to family firm and transgenerational orientation: Moderated mediation of affective commitment. 26. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand (G-Forum) 2023, Darmstadt, Germany.
Kinne, J., Dehghan, R., Schmidt, S., Lenz, D. and Hottenrott, H. (2023). Location factors and ecosystem embedding of sustainability-engaged blockchain companies in the US. A web-based analysis. The Symposium on Spatiotemporal Data Science, Cambridge, MA.
Kowalzick, M., Appels, M. and Woywode, M. (2023). A moral foundations perspective on CEO political ideology and (ir)responsible behavior. EGOS 2023, 39th EGOS Colloquium, Cagliari, Italy.
Kowalzick, M., Appels, M. and Woywode, M. (2023). A moral foundations perspective on CEO political ideology and moral behavior. EURAM 2023, European Academy of Management Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
Kowalzick, M., Appels, M. and Woywode, M. (2023). A moral foundations perspective on CEO political ideology and moral behavior. AOM 2023, 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, MA.
Mula, C., Zybura, N. and Hipp, T. (2023). The Scaling process: How do high-tech start-ups transform during scaling? AOM 2023, 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Boston, MA.
Müller, B. and Stamm, I. (2023). The status of women in entrepreneurial groups: A relational perspective on gender inequalities in new business. 5th ZEW Conference on the Dynamics of Entrepreneurship (CoDE), Mannheim, Germany.
Zybura, N., Müller, B. and Gottschalk, S. (2023). Innovation activities after CEO succession in family firms: A longitudinal perspective. EuFBC Seminar #67, Online.
Ahrens, J.-P., Istipliler, B. and Kowalzick, M. (2022). The ATALANTA algorithm. 5th International Family Business Research Forum, Hasselt, Belgium.
Bort, S. and Kieser, A. (2022). Coping with devils and climate change with the help of asceticism? Exploring the role of asceticism. The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Seattle, WA, Hybrid.
Dahlke, J., Beck, M., Kinne, J., Lenz, D., Dehghan, R., Wörter, M. and Ebersberger, B. (2022). When is AI adoption contagious? Epidemic effects and relational embeddedness in the inter-firm diffusion of artificial intelligence. R&D 2022 Management Conference “Innovation for People and Territories”., Trento, Italy.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Hauer, A., Steininger, D. M. and Woywode, M. (2022). Fusing contingency theory and upper echelon theory – for a new perspective on the critical juncture of family firm succession. IECER 2022, Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research, 20th Annual Conference, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Hauer, A., Steininger, D. M. and Woywode, M. (2022). Fusing contingency theory and upper echelon theory for a new perspective on the critical juncture of family firm succession. 5th International Family Business Research Forum, Hasselt, Belgium.
Mula, C., Hipp, T. and Zybura, N. (2022). Towards a scaling process: How do high-tech start-ups transform during scaling? Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER 2022), Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Rottler, M., Ahrens, J.-P., Strohmeyer, R. and Onneken, F. (2022). Female leadership in family firms. EQUA Stipendiatenkolloquium 2022, München, Germany.
Tonoyan, V., Kacperczyk, A. J., Jennings, J. E., Randles, J., Eagly, A. H., Gupta, V. K., King, E., Strohmeyer, R. and Younkin, P. (2022). Gender stereotypes about leadership and entrepreneurship: Taking stock and looking ahead. AOM 2022, 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Panel Symposium, Seattle, WA, Hybrid.
Zybura, N., Müller, B. and Gottschalk, S. (2022). Innovation activities after CEO succession in family firms: A longitudinal perspective. 5th International Family Business Research Forum, Hasselt, Belgium.
Ahrens, J.-P., Basco, R. and Suwala, L. (2021). Family firms, hidden champions and regional development : the way ahead; special session and introduction to special issue. Regions in recovery : Building Sustainable Futures – Global E-Festival, Online.
Castellanza, L. and Woywode, M. (2021). Resilience among the Disadvantaged: How losses influence the post crisis behaviors of Cameroonian entrepreneurs. unCONVENTIONal IECER, IECER 2021 – Virtual Community Conversation Vol. II, Online.
Stamm, I., Bernhard, F., Ahrens, J.-P. and Istipliler, B. (2021). Examining the relational embeddedness of entrepreneurs' marital attitudes: What do entrepreneurs expect from their spouses? And how do family entrepreneurs differ? International Family Enterprise Research Academy, IFERA, Online.
Stamm, I., Bernhard, F., Ahrens, J.-P. and Istipliler, B. (2021). What do entrepreneurs expect from their spouses? And how do family entrepreneurs differ? EURAM 2021 European Academy of Management Annual Conference, Online.
Stamm, I., Bernhard, F., Ahrens, J.-P. and Istipliler, B. (2021). What do entrepreneurs expect from their spouses? And how do family entrepreneurs differ? Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER 2021), 19th Annual Conference, Online.
Tonoyan, V., Strohmeyer, R. and Jennings, J. E. (2021). A conceptual model on gender biases and discrimination in entrepreneurial resource provision. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2021, Online.
Tonoyan, V., Strohmeyer, R. and Jennings, J. E. (2021). Human capital provision to innovative start-ups in a male-typed industry. Gendered perspective. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2021, Online.
Tonoyan, V., Strohmeyer, R. and Jennings, J. E. (2021). Innovative women-led ventures and resource-provider gender bias: The contingent role of high- vs. low-resource commitment. BCERC 2021, Babson Conference on Entrepreneurship Research Meeting, Online.
Zybura, N., Müller, B. and Gottschalk, S. (2021). Innovation activities after CEO succession in family firms: A longitudinal perspective. Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2021 (AOM), Online.
Ahrens, J.-P., Kowalzick, M., Lauterbach, J. G. and Petriglieri, J. L. (2020). Business on the line: Entrepreneurs and family firms in crises. 18th IECER Entrepreneurship Conference, Online.
Ahrens, J.-P., Kowalzick, M., Lauterbach, J. G. and Petriglieri, J. L. (2020). Business on the line: Entrepreneurs and family firms in crises. 24. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand (G-Forum), Online.
Ahrens, J.-P., Kowalzick, M., Lauterbach, J. G. and Petriglieri, J. L. (2020). How leader identity content and social context shape turnaround performance. EURAM 2020, European Academy of Management, 20th Annual Conference 2020, Online.
Ahrens, J.-P., Kowalzick, M., Lauterbach, J. G. and Petriglieri, J. L. (2020). Identity and crisis behavior of entrepreneurial and family firms. 6th International Research Forum on Mittelstand – Exploring Entrepreneurial Ventures, Family Firms, and Hidden Champions, Online.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Bort, S. and Isaak, A. (2020). Learning the bias? How successor pre-succession firm experience affects family firm performance. International Family Enterprise Research Academy, IFERA, Online.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Bort, S. and Isaak, A. (2020). Learning the bias? How successor pre-succession firm experience affects family firm performance. 10. Konferenz der deutschsprachigen Forschungszentren und Institute für Familienunternehmen, FIFU, Witten, Germany.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Hauser, C. and Calabrò, A. (2020). Role of sovereignty goals in explaining stakeholder orientation in family firms. International Family Enterprise Research Academy, IFERA, Online.
Kowalzick, M., Ahrens, J.-P., Lauterbach, J. G. and Tang, Y. (2020). How incumbent and successor CEO overconfidence affects firm turnaround performance. EUROAM 2020, European Academy of Management, 20th Annual Conference 2020, Online.
Kowalzick, M. and Appels, M. (2020). Risk-takers – what else? CEO hubris, risk-taking, and strategic renewal. 20th EURAM Annual Conference, Online.
Park, K. ., Ahrens, J.-P., Woywode, M. and Istipliler, B. (2020). Impact of human capital of successors in family post-succession changes. 18th Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER), Online.
Park, K. ., Ahrens, J.-P., Woywode, M. and Istipliler, B. (2020). Rolling stone gathers no moss: The role of change in the successions of family firms. EURAM 2020, European Academy of Management, 20th Annual Conference 2020, Online.
Schöllhorn, T. and Oberg, A. (2020). Organizing the wisdom of crowds: How Wikipedia helps to theorize and legitimize the blockchain. 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2020, Online.
Schöllhorn, T., Wruk, D. and Oberg, A. (2020). How fields overlap: An exploratory study of relational and symbolic connections between three fields. 16th New Institutionalism in Organization Theory Workshop, Odense, Denmark.
Schöllhorn, T., Wruk, D. and Oberg, A. (2020). How fields overlap: An exploratory study of relational and symbolic connections between three fields. 36th EGOS – European Group of Organizational Studies Colloquium, Hamburg, Germany.
Vith, S., Oberg, A., Berwing, S., Höllerer, M. A. and Wruk, D. (2020). Sociocultural meaning, urban space, and the formation of the sharing economy. 16th New Institutionalism in Organization Theory Workshop, Odense, Denmark.
Vith, S., Oberg, A., Berwing, S., Höllerer, M. A. and Wruk, D. (2020). Sociocultural meaning, urban space, and the formation of the sharing economy. 36th EGOS – European Group of Organizational Studies Colloquium, Hamburg, Germany.
Ahrens, J. (2019). The past and future of SME research. 1st Siegener SME Research Forum, Siegen, Germany.
Ahrens, J.-P., Calabrò, A., Huybrechts, J. and Woywode, M. (2019). The “Succession-Performance-Paradox” – A reconciliation attempt using social exchange theory. Conference “Family business: thinking about the future”, Lviv, Ukraine.
Ahrens, J.-P., Kowalzick, M. and Lauterbach, J. (2019). Family firms at the hardness test. 4th International Family Business Research Forum (IFBRF), Monaco, Monaco.
Ahrens, J.-P., Kowalzick, M. and Lauterbach, J. (2019). How CEO identity and social structure dynamics mold crisis response and performance in founder and family influenced firms – evidence from S&P 1500. 9. Konferenz der deutschsprachigen Forschungszentren und Institute für Familienunternehmen (FIFU), Bielefeld, Germany.
Ahrens, J.-P., Kowalzick, M. and Lauterbach, J. (2019). How CEO identity and social structure dynamics mold crisis response and performance in founder and family influenced firms – evidence from S&P 1500. Conference “Family business: thinking about the future”, Lviv, Ukraine.
Ahrens, J.-P., Kowalzick, M. and Lauterbach, J. (2019). On conflict and consonance: Founder and family involvement in turnaround situations. G-Forum Jahreskonferenz 2019, Wien, Austria.
Ahrens, J.-P., Kowalzick, M., Lauterbach, J. and Petriglieri, J. (2019). Identity change across time in entrepreneurial families: Founder and family involvement in turnaround situations. Mapping Entrepreneurial Group Research Conference 2019, Berlin, Germany.
Ahrens, J.-P., Kowalzick, M., Lauterbach, J. and Petriglieri, J. (2019). On conflict and consonance: Founder and family involvement in turnaround situations. 17th Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research, IECER 2019, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Bort, S. and Isaak, A. (2019). Learning the bias? How successor pre-succession firm experience affects family firm performance. 4th International Family Business Research Forum (IFBRF), Monaco, Monaco.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Bort, S. and Isaak, A. (2019). Learning the bias? How successor pre-succession firm experience affects family firm performance. G-Forum Jahreskonferenz 2019, Wien, Austria.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Bort, S. and Isaak, A. (2019). Learning the bias? How successor pre-succession firm experience affects family firm performance. 17th Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research, IECER 2019, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P. and Hauser, C. (2019). The role of sovereignty goals in explaining stakeholder orientation in family firms. G-Forum Jahreskonferenz 2019, Wien, Austria.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P. and Hauser, C. (2019). The role of sovereignty goals in explaining stakeholder orientation in family firms. 17th Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research, IECER 2019, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Istipliler, B., Ahrens, J.-P., Isaak, A. and Bort, S. (2019). When successors learn not to see the wood for the trees in family firms. 4th International Family Business Research Forum (IFBRF), Monaco, Monaco.
Meyer, R. E., Oberg, A. and Lefsrud, L. (2019). Heated atmosphere: Organizational emotions and field structuring in online climate change debates. 17th Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research SCANCOR Workshop on Institutional Analysis, Mannheim, Germany.
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