Entrepreneurship

Our group focuses on research and teaching in the broad area of entrepreneurship, with a strong emphasis on high-impact entrepreneurial activity. We aim to contribute new insights into how entrepreneurs and organisations create value from innovative initiatives. Our main context is that of independent technology ventures emerging from environments such as universities and different types of corporate venturing initiatives.

Research

We conduct theoretical and empirical research that contributes to important conversations in management research, with an emphasis on new technology and implications for entrepreneurial strategy. We predominantly study deep-tech contexts but are open to all domains in which entrepreneurial venturing generates social and economic value. We are currently focusing on the following settings:

• science-based ventures and how their processes of strategy formation and resource mobilisation impact their development trajectories
• new technology paradigms (e.g., blockchain, AI, ML) and how these lead to new forms of organising economic activity
• corporate entrepreneurship and how to design systems that successfully contribute to corporate innovation and renewal
• grand challenges and the impact of technology entrepreneurship in designing new sustainable structures and business ecosystems

Publications

We are committed to designing and delivering innovative educational programmes that combine useful theory with practical experience. Our teaching is aimed at self-motivated students who want to explore entrepreneurial career opportunities. To enrich the learning experience, we build on real-life cases, project-based teaching, and regular talks from members of the start-up community.