Professorship of Business Administration, in particular Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Entrepreneurship
Welcome to the homepage of the Chair of Business Administration, in particular Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Entrepreneurship of Prof. Dr. Arndt Werner.
Our research profile
Research focus of our chair
Our chair focuses on theoretical and empirical research into start-ups and SMEs as well as selected issues of personnel management in young companies and SMEs. In particular, topics relating to the personal, company-specific and regional influencing factors of business start-ups form the focus of the chair's research.
Further research focuses on the analysis of health and well-being in entrepreneurship, in particular the psychological and physical stress of founders and the identification of stress-prone phases in the entrepreneurial process. The chair also examines the interplay between work and family in self-employment, startup incubators and entrepreneurial ecosystems as well as their regional framework conditions. The research also deals with the challenges of personnel management in SMEs, strategies for dealing with the shortage of skilled workers and the causes and dynamics of corporate crises and insolvencies.
Main research areas
- Entrepreneurship and health
- Areas of tension in family businesses
- Start-up incubators and ecosystems
- Personnel management and skills shortages
- Corporate crises and insolvencies
Publications
University Collaboration and Digitalization in SMEs: The Mediating Role of Managers' Digital Knowledge
University Collaboration and Digitalization in SMEs: The Mediating Role of Managers' Digital Knowledge
Absorptive capacity in family firms: a systematic literature review
Absorptive capacity in family firms: a systematic literature review
Zum Zusammenhang von Persönlichkeitseigenschaften und der Nutzung von Gründungsunterstützungsleistungen – eine genderspezifische Analyse
Zum Zusammenhang von Persönlichkeitseigenschaften und der Nutzung von Gründungsunterstützungsleistungen – eine genderspezifische Analyse
Corporate Social Responsibility in Family Firms: Status and Future Directions of a Research Field
Corporate Social Responsibility in Family Firms: Status and Future Directions of a Research Field
Psychological well-being of hybrid entrepreneurs: A replication and extension study using German panel data
Psychological well-being of hybrid entrepreneurs: A replication and extension study using German panel data
Openness to knowledge: does corporate social responsibility mediate the relationship between familiness and absorptive capacity?
Openness to knowledge: does corporate social responsibility mediate the relationship between familiness and absorptive capacity?
Educational Assimilation of First-Generation and Second-Generation Immigrants in Germany
Educational Assimilation of First-Generation and Second-Generation Immigrants in Germany
