Die Frage ist: Wie schaffen es Familienunternehmen über mehrere Generationen erfolgreich zu sein? Was sind die Gründe für den langfristigen Erfolg? Eben dieser und weiteren Fragen widmen wir uns in unseren Forschungsaktivitäten im Bereich Entrepreneurship und Innovation:

• Generationenübergreifendes Unternehmertum
• Mitunternehmertum
• Innovationen in Familienunternehmen
• Internationales Forschungsprojekt GUESSS


Ausgewählte Publikationen

Bird, M. & Wennberg, K. (2016). Why Family Matters: The Impact of Family Resources on Immigrant Entrepreneurs’ Exit from Entrepreneurship. In: Journal of Business Venturing, 31 (6), 687-704, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2016.09.002.

Bird, M., & Wennberg, K. (2014). Regional Influence on the Prevalence of Family versus Non-Family Start-ups. In: Journal of Business Venturing, 29(3), 421-436, DOI:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.06.004.

Duran, P.; Kammerlander, N.; van Essen, M. & Zellweger, T. (2016). Doing more with less: Innovation input and output in family firms. In: Academy of Management Journal, 59 (4), 1224-1264.

Eddleston, K. H., Kellermanns, F. W., & Zellweger, T. (2012). Exploring the entrepreneurial Tendencies of Family Firms: Does the Stewardship Perspective explain Differences?. In: Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 36(2), 347-367, DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6520.2010.00402.x. 

Hsueh, J. & Zellweger, T. (2018). The influence of family business background on next-generation entrepreneurship: A gift or a curse?

Kammerlander, N., Burger, D., Fust, A., & Fueglistaller, U. (2015). Exploration and Exploitation in Established Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: The Effect of CEOs' Regulatory Focus. In: Journal of Business Venturing, 30(4), 582-602, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2014.09.004.

König, A., Kammerlander, N., & Enders, A. (2013). The Family Innovator’s Dilemma: How Family Influence Affects the Adoption of Discontinuous Technologies by Incumbent Firms. In: Academy of Management Review, 38(3), 418-441, DOI:10.5465/amr.2011.0162.

Sieger, P., Bernhard, F., & Frey, U. (2011). Affective Commitment and Job Satisfaction Among Non-family Employees: Investigating the Roles of Justice Perceptions and Psychological Ownership. In: Journal of Family Business Strategy, 2(2), 78-89, DOI:10.1016/j.jfbs.2011.03.003.

Sieger, P., Gruber, M., Fauchart, E. & Zellweger, T. M. (2016). Measuring the social identity of entrepreneurs: Scale development and international validation. In: Journal of Business Venturing, 31 (5), 542-572, DOI:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2016.07.001.

Sieger, P., Zellweger, T., Aquino, K.,(2013) Turning Agents into Psychological Principals: Aligning Interests of Non-Owners Through Psychological Ownership. In: Journal of Management Studies 50 (3), 361-388, DOI:10.1111/joms.12017.

Sieger, P., Zellweger, T., Nason, R., & Clinton, E. (2011). Portfolio Entrepreneurship in Family Firms: A Resource-based Perspective. In: Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 5(4), 327-351, DOI:10.1002/sej.120.

Zellweger, T., & Kammerlander, N. (2014). Family Business Groups in Deutschland: Generationenübergreifendes Unternehmertum in grossen deutschen Unternehmerdynastien.

Zellweger, T., & Sieger, P. (2011). How much Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) is needed for Long-term Success?. In: The Global STEP Booklet (pp. 8-11): The Global STEP Project.