Academia is a marathonAt last, it is done! 4.5 years after starting my PhD program, I successfully defended my thesis my thesis this March. What remains is a mix…Apr 8Apr 8
Uncertainty competence as a key skill for the 21st centuryIn my dissertation, I studied the relationship between uncertainty and effectuation, and I focused on the areas of corporate…Apr 7Apr 7
Policy entrepreneurship — how to be entrepreneurial about policymakingEntrepreneurship is about creating businesses? Not necessarily. In our latest research, Patricia Cabero Tapia, René Mauer and I show that…Mar 19Mar 19
The evolution of enterprisesRemember Charles Darwin and his evolutionary theory? It hasn’t only inspired the natural sciences, but also business and economics…Apr 3, 2023Apr 3, 2023
Forget SMART, it’s okay to be goal-seekingWhat is your goal? This seems to be a common question, with a very common response — not knowing and looking it up on the internet. When…Feb 27, 2023Feb 27, 2023
Scaling as the search for profit-market fitBigger, faster, better? It is in these terms that ‘scaling a start-up’ is usually talked about. The trouble is, just because a company…Feb 20, 2023Feb 20, 2023
Market of Makers: How to give intrapreneurship a boostEntrepreneurship and corporate organizations are two totally different worlds, right? They can, but don’t have to be. Michael…Feb 13, 2023Feb 13, 2023
Effectuation: a shortcut to becoming an experienced entrepreneur or intrapreneur?Do you need to study entrepreneurship to be an entrepreneur? Or to act entrepreneurially in an organization? Certainly not. The school of…Jan 30, 2023Jan 30, 2023
What is entrepreneurship?A simple question, isn’t it? Well, as it turns out, this ‘simple’ question kept entrepreneurship researchers busy for decades. Let me…Nov 28, 2022Nov 28, 2022
From the pitch to pitching: what can entrepreneurs learn from athletes?Sports and entrepreneurship are about achievement, team spirit and persistence — and for both, pitches are essential.Feb 6, 2022Feb 6, 2022