Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation ('Juniorprofessur')

Research


Our research centers around resource mobilization in entrepreneurship and innovation, in particular financial resources. This includes topics such as networks and networking, entrepreneurial ecosystems, resourcing practices, and entrepreneurial teams in the areas of high-growth entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, and corporate entrepreneurship.
Our research has been awarded at international conferences and published in high-ranked journals.

Selected publications:


  • Scheidgen, Katharina; Günzel-Jensen, Franziska & Schmidt, Simon (2024): Entrepreneurial resourcefulness throughout crisis. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.
  • Farhoud, Mohamed; Williams, Trenton Alma; de Matos, Manuel Aires; Scheidgen, Katharina; George, Kurian; Sufyan, Muhammad & Alakkad, Anas (2024): Sustaining spontaneous venturing in response to the global refugee crisis. Journal of Business Venturing Insights.
  • Roth, Philip & Scheidgen, Katharina (2024): Local Cultures of Advice Tie Formation. Journal of Organizational Sociology.
  • Scheidgen, Katharina & Hruskova, Michaela (2024): Demystifying Silicon Valley: Unequal entry thresholds between entrepreneurial ecosystems. In: Robert Huggins, Fumi Kitagawa, Daniel Prokop, Christina Theodoraki and Piers Thompson (editors): Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions: Emergence, Evolution, Future; Oxford University Press.
  • Scheidgen, Katharina & Brattström, Anna (2023). Berlin is Hotter Than Silicon Valley! How Networking Temperature Shapes Entrepreneurs’ Networking Across Social Contexts. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 47 (6), 2233-2262.
  • Stamm, Isabell; Schürmann, Lena & Scheidgen, Katharina (2023). Market Dependence as a Boundary Construction for Work Solidarity with the Solo Self-employed. Work, Employment and Society, online first.
  • Scheidgen, Katharina; Gümüsay, Ali; Günzel-Jensen, Franziska; Krlev, Gorgi; Wolf, Miriam (2021): Crises and entrepreneurial opportunities: Digital social innovation in response to physical distancing. Journal of Business Venturing Insights.
  • Scheidgen, Katharina (2021): Degrees of integration: how a fragmented entrepreneurial ecosystem supports different types of entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 33 (1-2), p. 54-79.


Selected Awards:


  • Carolyn Dexter Award. All-Academy Award for the Best International Paper, Academy of Management Conference 2021, Katharina Scheidgen & Anna Brattström
  • Best International Paper Award, OMT division, Academy of Management Conference 2021, Katharina Scheidgen & Anna Brattström
  • ISBJ Best Paper Award, RENT Conference 2022, Katharina Scheidgen, Franziska Günzel-Jensen & Simon Schmidt
  • Runner-up for ISBJ Best Paper Award, RENT Conference 2023, Katharina Scheidgen & Franziska Günzel-Jensen
  • Best Reviewer Award 2022, Industry and Innovation, Katharina Scheidgen
  • Best Reviewer Award 2018, ENT division, AOM Conference, Katharina Scheidgen
  • ESCB Best Doctoral Proposal Award, RENT Conference 2022, Simon Schmidt