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26.06.2023
Asia Forum 2023: Lunch talk with Keun Lee (Seoul National University) July 7th, 2023, 12:20
This year's Asia Forum, a joint project of CEDITRAA, ConTrust and IZO, will feature a lunch talk with Keun Lee (Seoul National University), editor at Research Policy and a leading Korea economist. He will speak on "Evolution of the Film Industry in Korea: Market Liberalizations, the State, and the Changes in the Key Players" on July 7th, 2023, starting at 12:20. The talk will take place...[more]
04.05.2023
Call for Papers: TIE Kommissionstagung 2023 am 21.-22.09.2023 in Frankfurt
Die TIE Kommissionstagung 2023 wird am 21./22.9 an der Goethe Universität Frankfurt stattfinden. Lokale Gastgeber sind Cornelia Storz (Professur für Innovation und Entrepreneurship), Lars Schweizer (Professur für BWL, insbes. Strategisches Management) und Simone Wies (Professur für Marketing Strategy und Performance). Wir freuen uns besonders, mit Prof. Sam Garg, Ph.D. (ESSEC Business School...[more]
13.04.2023
New publication in Journal of Political Economy: What Do Employee Referral Programs Do? Measuring the Direct and Overall Effects of a Management Practice
Guido Friebel, Matthias Heinz, Mitchell Hoffman, Nick Zubanov, 2023, Journal of Political Economy, 131(3) Abstract: Employee referral programs (ERPs) are randomly introduced in a grocery chain. On direct effects, larger referral bonuses increase referral quantity but decrease quality, though the increase in referrals from ERPs is modest. However, the overall effect of having an ERP is ...[more]
16.03.2023
New publication in Journal of Business Research: Why do some entrepreneurs thrive? A network content perspective
Na Zou, Cornelia Storz, 2023, Journal of Business Research, 161, 113821 [Published Online: 16 March 2023] Abstract: Why do some entrepreneurs in developing environments thrive whereas others fail, even though they all face the same uncertainties? Prior research on entrepreneurial networks has attributed differences in business performance to variations in network structure. However, many ...[more]
22.02.2023
Dr. Michael Gross has been appointed Honorary Professor
We congratulate Dr Michael Groß, who has been working with us for many years as a lecturer in the field of leadership, on the award of the title Honorary Professor and look forward to many years of cooperation. In the coming summer term, Michael Groß will offer a lecture with exercises in the Master's program on "Organization and Leadership in the Digital Age". The Master's seminar...[more]
15.02.2023
New publication in Journal of Financial Intermediation: Fund ownership, wealth, and risk-taking: Evidence on private equity managers
Carsten Bienz, Karin S. Thorburn, Uwe Walz, 2023, Journal of Financial Intermediation [published online: 14. February 2023] Abstract: Private equity (PE) managers are required to invest their own money in the funds they manage. We examine the incentive effects of this ownership on the delegated acquisition decision. A simple model shows that PE managers select less risky firms and use more...[more]
11.01.2023
New publication in Journal of Development Economics: Poverty and perseverance: The detrimental effect of poverty on effort provision
Zahra Sharafi, 2022, Journal of Development Economics. [published online: 31. December 2022] Abstract: Perseverance, known as provision and continuation of effort, is a decisive factor in the accomplishment of all goals. Poverty, however, can impair this crucial skill. In this paper, I analyze the causal effect of poverty on perseverance in an education context with adolescents in Iran....[more]