Lehrstuhl Entrepreneurship und Ökonomische Bildung

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Lehrstuhlprofil Der Lehrstuhl "Entrepreneurship und Ökonomische Bildung" befasst sich in Forschung und Lehre mit Themenbereichen unter dem Fokus der ökonomischen Perspektive. Die von uns angesprochenen Zielgruppen sind vielfältig. In den vergangenen Jahren wurde neben der Ausbildung zukünftiger Lehrerinnen und Lehrer die berufliche Fort- und Weiterbildung konsequent ausgebaut. Neben dem Bildungsangebot für angehende Lehrkräfte werden dabei insbesondere diejenigen Zielgruppen berücksichtigt, die ökonomische Kompetenz benötigen ohne jedoch über ein wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium zu verfügen. Die Berufszweige wie die der Ingenieure, Branchen wie das Gesundheitswesen oder allgemein Beschäftigte in mittleren Führungspositionen von Unternehmen, die beruflich aufsteigen wollen, werden von uns angesprochen. Aber auch die ökonomische Fort- und Weiterbildung von jungen Menschen, die kurz vor dem Eintritt in das Berufsleben stehen oder solche, die z. B. aus familiären Gründen die Berufsphase unterbrochen haben, spielen eine Rolle. Seit 2012 werden zudem auch Studierende und Menschen mit Gründungsaffinität durch unsere Lehr- und Forschungserweiterung um den Entrepreneurshipbereich ausgebildet und für die eigene Unternehmensgründung vorbereitet.

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    The entrepreneurial mind - torn between beliefs, attitude, cognition, and behavior
    (2022) Holesch, Mario; Liening, Andreas; Müller, Christian
    Entrepreneurship is about making decisions: whether or not to exploit a recognized opportunity, how to interact with potential customers or competitors, which financial source to pursue, how to select a team, and many more. Most of these decisions are made under circumstances of imperfect information that involves a high level of uncertainty. Coping with such circumstances requires cognitive effort. While some individuals tend towards heartfelt cognition styles with intuitive decisions, others prefer analytical decisions from the head. This work investigates the relationship between cognition styles and decision-making logics and additionally places constructs such as problem-solving ability, self-efficacy, or reflection skills as crucial determinants for entrepreneurial decision-making. In a twofold study, this dissertation quantitatively and qualitatively investigates how the determinants relate to each other and which insights could be derived from that investigation. Both studies contribute to the understanding of cognition styles and decision-making logics in an entrepreneurial environment. By introducing novel determinants to the Theory of Planned Behavior, this dissertation opens the door for practical and educational implications.
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    Four essays on the complexity of entrepreneurial ecosystems
    (2022-04) Haarhaus, Tim; Liening, Andreas; Hoffjan, Andreas
    Over the course of the last decade, the concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems has emerged as a popular approach to examine entrepreneurial activity within regional agglomerations and the relationships between the stakeholders of such systems. Building on the growing body of literature on entrepreneurial ecosystems, this doctoral dissertation aims to improve the understanding of how entrepreneurial ecosystems evolve and how digitalization influences the broader entrepreneurial landscape. In order to answer these guiding research questions, a range of methodological approaches is employed, including nonlinear time series analysis, fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), literature reviews and network analysis. Essentially, it is found that (1) the evolution of entrepreneurial ecosystems exhibits features of deterministic chaos, (2) specific combinations of digital technologies and infrastructures are conducive to high or low to medium levels of start-up activity in entrepreneurial ecosystems, (3) ecosystems can be categorized by five overarching ecosystem characteristics and five generic ecosystem types, and (4) prominent APIs from incumbent companies represent crucial resources for health start-ups that operate in the digital entrepreneurial ecosystem.
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    Dance your way through entrepreneurial irrationality, errors, and rejection: unveiling entrepreneurial cognition, decisions, and learning under complex circumstances
    (2021) Dinh, Anh Phuong; Liening, Andreas; Ebbers, Ilona
    The entrepreneurial journey is an emotional rollercoaster with unpredictable ups and downs, and entrepreneurial actions are performed in an ill-defined environment. For educational psychologists, the strengthening of students’ abilities to solve and reflect on ill-defined situations of the venturing process is the main learning objective. The discipline of entrepreneurship can benefit from research that enables clarification towards the entrepreneurial context and understanding of the individual’s behavior that promotes new venture formation. Hence, this dissertation contributes to establishing a better understanding of the complex and dynamic entrepreneurial context and particularly on the cognitive aspects that facilitate entrepreneurial activities. The focus lies particularly on promoting academic entrepreneurship. There is growing recognition that research on college students is central to the development of entrepreneurial activities and this group should receive higher attention. For this purpose, four studies have been carried out to provide novel insights into entrepreneurial cognition, learning, and academic entrepreneurship. The first study is dedicated to detangling the complex nature of the entrepreneurial environment. Literature calls for novel research that provides more clarity on the role of rationality that enables to unveil the relationship between the precarious circumstances and entrepreneurial action. More so, integrating the concept of rationality in entrepreneurship education can help prepare college students towards situations in which lack of information is dominant. While the first study strives to understand the contextual environment of entrepreneurial decisions, the second study investigates entrepreneurial activities from a cognitive-psychological point of view. A central concept for entrepreneurial activities is opportunity recognition. The second study focuses on cognitive factors that affect the process of opportunity recognition. The intention of this study is to explain the emergence of entrepreneurial opportunities and to contribute to differentiating between entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurs. The third study continues with analyzing factors that influence entrepreneurial activities and examines the impact of entrepreneurial rejection on the individual’s decision to continue with the entrepreneurial opportunity. Finally, the last study is dedicated to understanding troubling concepts during the process of entrepreneurial learning. Entrepreneurship education bears the potential to equip future entrepreneurs with the entrepreneurial competencies required to deal with challenging situations during the venturing process. Thus, the final study investigates troublesome knowledge in entrepreneurship education in order to provide practical implications for dealing with these obstacles.
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    Management komplexer Systeme
    (2016) Rose, Michael; Strunk, Guido; Engelen, Andreas