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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.

11/28/18

From Insight to Impact

Recent activities at the GCEI

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.

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.

Publications

11/06/20

Startup Navigator in English

The "Startup Navigator - Guiding Your Entrepreneurial Journey" is now also available in English. Macmillan International Higher Education has published the English version of the handbook by Dietmar Grichnik, Manuel Hess, Diego Probst, Torben Antretter, and Britta Pukall with additional features. Find more information here...

Publications

11/05/20

New Article in Harvard Business Review

We are glad to announce that the article "Do Algorithms Make Better - and Fairer - Investments Than Angel Investors?" by Torben Antretter, Ivo Blohm, Charlotta Sirén, Dietmar Grichnik, Malin Malmstrom, and Joakim Wincent has been published in the Harvard Business Review. You can read the full article online here...

Publications

10/22/20

Publication on AI and Innovation Management

We are happy to share that the paper "Artificial intelligence and innovation management: A review, framework, and research agenda" by Naomi Haefner, Joakim Wincent, Vinit Parida, and Oliver Gassmann has been published in the journal Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Retrieve the article here...

People

10/22/20

F.A.Z. Ranking 2020

Congratulations to Prof. Thomas Zellweger and Prof. Oliver Gassmann! Both GCEI-researchers are again listed in the F.A.Z.-ranking 2020 of the most influential economists in German-speaking countries in the field of science. You can have a look at the ranking here...

Research

10/13/20

The HSG Impact Award 2020...

...goes to “Business Model Innovation for the Circular Economy” by Karolin Frankenberger, Fabian Takacs and Oliver Gassmann. Watch the video here!

Research

10/12/20

New SNF project on COVID-19

The research team, led by Charlotta Sirén, is undertaking a Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) funded research project on Tracking and Managing Economic and Social Impact of COVID-19 through Collective Emotions, Media Traces, and Satellite-Based Remote Sensing Data, thereby developing an online global early warning system for policy makers and other stakeholders.

Publications

09/23/20

New publication in Long Range Planning

Publication success from GCEI authors Bernhard Lingens, Lucas Miehé, and Oliver Gassmann: The article "The Ecosystem Blueprint: How Firms Shape the Design of an Ecosystem According to the Surrounding Conditions" was accepted for publication in the renowned strategy journal Long Range Planning. You can retrieve the article here...

Research

09/15/20

Research Talk with Ryan Krause

We are glad to share that Prof. Ryan Krause from TCU Neeley School of Business will hold a research talk at the GCEI on November 26, 2020, 14.30-16.00 on the topic “Chairing the Board in a Crisis: An Examination of Board Chair Leadership Behavior and Crisis Response”. Pre-register here for the event…

Publications

08/06/20

New publication in JBV

We are excited to announce that the paper "Should business angels diversify their investment portfolios to achieve higher performance? The role of knowledge access through co-investment networks" by GCEI researchers Torben Antretter, Charlotta Sirén, Dietmar Grichnik, and Joakim Wincent has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Business Venturing (JBV).

Publications

08/04/20

New article accepted in ETP

We are happy to share that the article "It's a Peoples Game, Isn't It?! A Comparison between the Investment Returns of Business Angels and Machine Learning Algorithms" by Ivo Blohm, Torben Antretter, Charlotta Sirén, Joakim Wincent, and Dietmar Grichnik has been accepted for publication in the renowned journal Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice (ETP).

Publications

07/20/20

New publication in the SMJ

We are delighted to announce that the paper "Ownership Competence" by Thomas Zellweger and his co-authors Nicolai Foss, Peter Klein, Lasse Lien and Todd Zengler has been accepted for publication in the Strategy Management Journal (SMJ). Read here about the role of ownership competence in driving value generation...

Publications

07/20/20

Paper featured in Forbes

The GCEI creates impact: The study "The upside of being a digital pharma player" by Oliver Gassmann and his co-authors published in Drug Discovery Today has been featured in Forbes, including an interview by the authors. Read the Forbes article here and learn about the current state of AI in pharmaceutical R&D...

Publications

05/05/20

SEJ Most Downloaded Article

We are delighted to share that the article "Some principles are more equal than others: Promotion‐ versus prevention‐focused effectuation principles and their disparate relationships with entrepreneurial orientation" is among the 10% most downloaded papers in the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. Congratulations to the authors M. Palmié, P. Huerzeler, D. Grichnik, M. Keupp and O. Gassmann for this achievement! Read the article here...

Publications

04/20/20

Second Article in MIT SMR

Michael Hudecheck, Charlotta Sirén, Dietmar Grichnik, and Joakim Wincent have published their second article on the economic impact of Covid-19 in the MIT Sloan Management Review. The paper centers on the question how satellite sensing data can serve as an early detection system for crises. Read the article here...

Research

04/14/20

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 2020 Meeting of the Academic of Management.

Publications

03/24/20

Article in MIT Sloan Management Review

The COVID-19 outbreak poses challenges for companies all around the world. Michael Hudecheck, Charlotta Sirén, Dietmar Grichnik, and Joakim Wincent have studied the effects of government quarantines on Chinese companies and have identified important lessons for leaders on how to manage such a crisis. Learn more about their key insights here...

10/25/16