Research associate, postdoc
Assistant Professor, project manager
Full Professor of Business Administration with specialisation in Family Business at the University of St.Gallen, Managing Director KMU-HSG, Managing Director CFB-HSG,, Vice-President (University of St.Gallen), Research & Faculty
Full Professor of Management of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Director Swiss Research Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (KMU-HSG)
Assistant Professor for Information Management
Representative mid-level
While the current literature looks at founder at the start-up phase of the firm, we research the role these founders play when their firm grows large. More specifically, we look at founders at the time of the IPO, and also at founder-CEOs of large public firms.
Some of the key insights include the following:
Another focus of this «field of expertise» is how entrepreneurs behave and feel. More specifically, we have investigated the concepts of hope and fear, as well as stress and mental well-being.
IPOs and Exits
Entrepreneurial Behavior
IPOS and Exits
Entrepreneurial Behavior
We are aim to assess whether behavioural therapy affects well-being of entrepreneurs, using an application-based CBT-tool, which follows a set of entrepreneurs/participants longitudinally.
We regularly communicate these ideas and research results in the classroom, for example in Master’s degrees in Management (High-Growth Entrepreneurship course for MUG and MBI) and in PhD workshops (e.g. how to become a top scholar workshop).