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Global Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

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01/23/20

THE GCEI

The Global Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation is the leading institution of the University of St. Gallen that integrates research activities in the fields of entrepreneurship, family business and innovation.

10/19/21

From Insight to Impact

About the GCEI

Media releases

04/13/22

Prof. Oliver Gassmann in Forbes

"There are very few academics in the business world who can compare with Oliver Gassmann by the number of citations or H-index (number of academic papers with the same number of citations)".
Congratulations to Prof. Oliver Gassmann to his wonderful work of measuring the efficiency of R&D in the pharmaceutical industry.

Research

04/06/22

AOM Best Paper Proceedings

We are happy to announce that two papers (co-)authored by members of the GCEI have been chosen for publication in the Best Paper Proceedings (top 10%) of the 2019 Meeting of the Academy of Management. Read more here about the authors and their papers...

Events

03/24/22

Research talk "Ecosystems research and publishing qualitative research in top-tier journals"

We would like to invite you to our next research talk on Thursday, June 9, 3.00 – 4.30pm, on the topic of ‘Ecosystems research and publishing qualitative research in top-tier journals’, presented by Joachim Stonig and Torsten Schmid.

Research

02/15/22

SNSF funding through the Doc.CH grant

PhD Candidate Nina Zachlod was granted the highly competitive SNSF Doc.CH grant for four years to study informal entrepreneurship in India utilizing satellite data.

Research

02/15/22

Ranking of Research.com

With the newest ranking of Research.com several professors of our GCEI have been nominated among the top 10 scientists of Switzerland: Oliver Gassmann (#1), Thomas Zellweger (#10) as well as of Finland Joakim Wincent (#2). The ranking is based on h-index, publications and citation values collected in December 2021.

Research

05/26/21

The HSG Impact Award...

...goes to Prof. Dr. Charlotta Sirén, Research Associate Michael Hudecheck, Prof. Ph.D. Joakim Vincent and Prof. Dr. Dietmar Grichnik with "Staying on Top of the Crisis: Tracking the Economic and Social Impacts of SARS CoV 2 and Future Disasters to Improve Global Disaster Management and Response Efforts".

Publications

10/18/21

New AMR Publication

We are delighted to share that the publication of the paper "Entrepreneurs as scientists: A pragmatist approach to producing value out of uncertainty" by Thomas Zellweger and Todd Zenger is forthcoming in the Academy of Management Review.

Publications

07/05/21

Prof. Oliver Gassmann in the top 10 of most published authors

Congratulation to Prof. Oliver Gassmann! He is in the top 10 of research in technology and innovation management journals (TIM) during the last 20 years. See for more JTEM (2021) ...

Publications

06/24/21

New publication in the ETP

We are happy to announce the article "With(out) a little help from my friends? Reconciling incongruous findings on stakeholder management, innovation, and firm performance" by Naomi Haefner, Maximilian Palmié, and Petteri T. Leppänen has been published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Read more here...

Research

06/01/21

Award at Dies academicus 2021

Charlotta Sirén, Michael Hudecheck, Joakim Vincent and Dietmar Grichnik were awarded for the project "Staying on Top of the Crisis: Tracking the Economic and Social Impacts of SARS CoV 2 and Future Disasters to Improve Global Disaster Management and Response Efforts" at the Dies academicus 2021.

Publications

05/28/21

Publication on pharmaceutical R&D

We are delighted to announce that the paper "Big Techs and startups in pharmaceutical R&D – A 2020 perspective on artificial intelligence" by Alexander Schuhmacher, Alexander Gatto, Michael Kuss, Oliver Gassmann and Markus Hinder has been accepted for publication in the Drug Discovery Today. You can retrieve the article here...

Research

05/26/21

PDW on the topic "Spanning Organizational Boundries"

On 9 June the fifth PDW of our PDW series "On Neutral Grounds" will take place. The Working paper "Spanning Organizational Boundaries across Space and Time: Engagement Dynamics, Temporary Role Transitions and Implications for Knowledge Transfer" written by Ann-Kristin Zobell, Lukas Falcke and Stephen D. Comello will be discussed.

Research

04/23/21

PDW about the topic Matching matters

On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, the next round of our PDW series "On Neutral Grounds" took place. The working paper “Matching matters! A longitudinal study of relationship quality disagreement between mentors and protégés” written by Patrick Tinguely (ETHZ), Vivianna Fang He (Essec), Shiko Ben-Menahem (ETHZ), and Georg von Krogh (ETHZ) was discussed.

Research

04/01/21

New SNF Project on New Venture Boards

The research team of Prof. Wincent, Grichnik, Hess and Malmström has been granted a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) funded research project on “Overcoming Gender Stereotypes in New Venture Board Networks”. The project will develop an understanding on director selection mechanisms at board formation, the role of networks, barriers toward women, and the effects of gender diversity on performance in technology startups.

Research

11/16/20

New Video on the HBR Article

Dietmar Grichnik and Torben Antretter explain in their new video, how AI can help to analyze the chances of success of startups.

Research

03/24/21

Third successful PDW

On Wednesday, April 14, 2021, the third PDW took place. Almost 20 high profile researcher discussed on the topic “Societal Impact at The Nexus of Entrepreneurship and Community: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead” from the authors Sophie Bacq (Indiana University), Christina Hertel (EPFL), and Tom Lumpkin (University of Oklahoma).

Research

03/12/21

Most Promising New Textbook award

Congratulation to Dietmar Grichnik, Torben Antretter and Alexander Stoeckel, contributors to the textbook "Entrepreneurial Finance"! We are thrilled to announce that the textbook has won the 2021 Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) Most Promising New Textbook award by Cambridge University Press.

Research

11/25/20

EQUA Best Paper Award

We are excited to share that Christine Scheef and Thomas Zellweger have been awarded the EQUA Best Paper Award at the 6th International Research Forum on Mittelstand for their conference paper “Overlooked and undervalued: Predecessor CEOs as board chairs in family and nonfamily firms”. Congratulations on this achievement!

Research

11/16/20

ETP Editorial Review Board

Congratulations to Dietmar Grichnik for his appointment to the Editorial Review Board of the renowned journal Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice! With Joakim Wincent (editor), Thomas Zellweger, Isabella Hatak, Heiko Bergmann and recently Dietmar Grichnik, the GCEI is now heavily represented.

10/25/16