Research Seminar on Entrepreneurial Sustainability Decisions

We are delighted to invite you on February 15, 2023, to our next research seminar "To buy green, or not to buy green: elements of entrepreneurial sustainability decisions" with Prof. Dr. Henri Hakala, and Prof. Dr. Charlotta Sirén. Read more here.

HSG Spin-Off Barometer 2022

HSG spin-offs have created over 6000 jobs in recent years. Many of the 171 companies bearing the spin-off label are active in HSG-related sectors such as the finance and insurance industries. But innovative start-ups by HSG graduates are also working in the food industry and in the IT sector. The new "HSG Spin-Off Barometer 2022" also shows that almost all of the companies are oriented towards sustainability goals.

Invitation to iMotions Roadshow

Are you curious to learn about possible new avenues for research, explore customer insight/behavior tools, or expand existing capabilities?

Join the iMotions Roadshow '22 on December 6, 2022 (from 10-12 am), at HSG as they dive into how biosensors can add invaluable insights into areas such as strategic decision-making, neurophysiological measurement, user experience and cognitive psychology, among others.

Research Talk with Ass.-Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Butticè

We are happy to invite you on November 16, 2022, from 2-3.30 p.m. to the GCEI-HSG research seminar “Information diffusion impact on entrepreneurs’ strategic choice: The case of equity crowdfunding” with Ass.-Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Butticè, Polytechnical University of Milan, School of Management. Register here.

Are Universities Ready for a Collaborative Future of Work and Learning?

A new White Paper, developed jointly by the St. Gallen Symposium and the University of St. Gallen’s Institute of Technology Management (including members of the GCEI), explores the shifting role of universities in the future of work and learning.
Click here to download the White Paper.

Research Talk with Prof. Dr. Christopher Tucci

We are pleased to invite you on August 24, 2022, to the GCEI-HSG research seminar “The role of technology market strategy and founder experience in anticipating architectural innovations” with Dr. Christopher Tucci, Professor of Digital Strategy & Innovation at Imperial College. The talk will be from 10.30 to 12.00 at the ZIG Seminar room 24-0-216. Register now.

Join our on-site PDW "On Neutral Grounds"

Since we haven’t had a chance to meet onsite yet, we decided to host a live event on the 5th of September at ETH Zurich. We will start at 12 a.m. with a lunch provided by ETHZ followed by three paper sessions (including a coffee break between), an Outro and some "social time". Read here for more information...

New publication in JBVI and the Wall Street Journal

Congratulations to Dr. Henrik Wesemann and Prof. Dr. Joakim Wincent for their newest publication in the Journal of Business Venturing. In the linked enlightening interview, Dr. Wesemann is talking about the insights he and Prof. Dr. Wincent found on crowdfunding for female founders. Read the article…

New publication in the Journal of Management

We are delighted to inform you that our GCEI Team in co-authorship have a new publication in the Journal of Management (JOM). The title is: Nothing ventured, nothing gained: A meta-analysis of CEO overconfidence, strategic risk taking, and performance. Read the paper here

Publication on value-based pricing in digital platforms

We are happy to announce the article "Value-based pricing in digital platforms: A machine learning approach to signaling beyond core product attributes in cross-platform settings" by Tatjana Christen, Manuel Hess, Dietmar Grichnik and Joakim Wincent has been published in Journal of Business Research.

Literature review publication

We are delighted to inform you that together with colleagues from Sweden and the US, GCEI member Maximilian Palmié produced a systematic literature review on the benefits, challenges, and critical success factors of 11 Industry 4.0 technologies in the supply-chain context. The review and research agenda has just been published in Industrial Marketing Management. Read more...

Federal Council decides in favor of a Swiss innovation fund

Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Dietmar Grichnik and his team, who have made a significant contribution to the Federal Council's decision in favor of a Swiss Innovation Fund. The Innovation Fund is intended to further improve the financial framework conditions for local startups in the growth phase.

Staying internationally connected with a state innovation fund

The Federal Council decides on a Swiss innovation fund. Prof. Dietmar Grichnik and Petra Gössi have written a guest commentary on this topic in the NZZ. Read the article here (it is in German).

New Publication - Entrepreneurial Responses to Chronic Adversity

Joakim Wincent from the GCEI with colleagues wrote a book based on their studies about the experiences of entrepreneurship in highly adverse/challenging contexts. The open access book extends recent work on entrepreneurship in response to adverse events to explore entrepreneurial responses by people who face chronic adversity more deeply. Instead of focusing on the sort of responses intended to destroy the institutions that create and sustain chronic adversity, the authors are interested in how individuals use entrepreneurial action to find a way within these adverse constraints to improve their lives. Read more...

PDW on the topic "The emergence of a formal control systems in innovation"

On 29 June from 1 to 2 p.m. the next PDW of our PDW series "On Neutral Grounds" will take place. The Working paper "The Emergence of a Formal Control System in Innovation: The Case of a Swiss Family Firm" written by Vivianna Fang He, Shiko Ben-Menahem (VU Amsterdam), Christian Wedl (Accenture), and Georg von Krogh (ETH Zurich) will be discussed.

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...