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Field of Expertise «Business Creation and Development»

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Heiko Bergmann
Prof. Dr. Heiko Bergmann

Internal researchers: M.Sc. Michael Rychiger-Schreiner, Paris Koumbarakis
External researchers: Prof. Dr. Thierry Volery, PhD Denis Grégoire, Prof. Dr. Per Davidsson, Prof. Dr. Paul Reynolds, Prof. Dr. Philipp Sieger

Focus

At any point in time, millions of people in the world are trying to start a new business. In Switzerland alone, more than 100’000 people are currently involved in such start-up activities. However, not all of these so-called nascent entrepreneurs manage to found an operating firm. In this research field, we focus on the entrepreneurial process from the first entrepreneurial intention to the establishment of a new firm. Specifically, our research questions are as follows:

  • What framework conditions are conducive for entrepreneurial activities and how to they interact with personal characteristics of the (potential) founders?
  • What characteristics and activities of entrepreneurs are likely to lead to the emergence of a profitable firm?
  • Why do people form entrepreneurial teams and how does that affect firm emergence?
  • We use longitudinal data and cross-sectional data from Switzerland and other countries to contribute to answering these important questions.

Key Publications

  • Bergmann, H., Geissler, M., Hundt, C., & Grave, B. S. (2018): The climate for entrepreneurship at higher education institutions. Research Policy, 47(4): 700–716.
  • Bergmann, H. (2017): The formation of opportunity beliefs among university entrepreneurs: an empirical study of research- and non-research-driven venture ideas. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 42(1): 116–140.
  • Bergmann, H., Hundt, C., & Sternberg, R. (2016): What makes student entrepreneurs? On the relevance (and irrelevance) of the university and the regional context for student start-ups. Small Business Economics, 47(1): 53–76.
  • Bergmann, H., & Stephan, U. (2013): Moving on from nascent entrepreneurship: measuring cross-national differences in the transition to new business ownership. Small Business Economics, 41(4): 945–959.
  • Davidsson, P., Gordon, S. R., & Bergmann, H. (Eds.). (2011): Nascent Entrepreneurship. Cheltenham, UK / Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Research Projects

  • Swiss Panel of Emerging Businesses (SwissPEB)
  • Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students' Survey (GUESSS)
  • SNF-Projekt on long venture gestation processes

Participtation in an international project to harmonize data on the entrepreneurial process.

Impact and transfer

  • Supervision of Dissertations, Master- and Bachelor-Theses
  • Publications in practitioner journals
  • Policy reports and contract research
  • Integration seminars with Start-ups

More on «Alexandria»
  • Heiko Bergmann on the university's research platform «Alexandria»
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