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Institut für Wirtschafts- und Kulturgeographie (Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography), Leibniz Universität Hannover (University of Hannover), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2023

1. Regionale Innovationspolitiken zugunsten strukturschwacher Regionen Deutschlands
   ifh Forschungsberichte, Volkswirtschaftliches Institut für Mittelstand und Handwerk an der Universität Göttingen (ifh)

2020

2. Assessing the Digital Divide and its Regional Determinants: Evidence from a Web-Scraping Analysis
   ifh Working Papers, Volkswirtschaftliches Institut für Mittelstand und Handwerk an der Universität Göttingen (ifh) View citations (5)

2019

3. Measuring the "doing-using-interacting mode" of innovation in SMEs - A qualitative approach
   ifh Working Papers, Volkswirtschaftliches Institut für Mittelstand und Handwerk an der Universität Göttingen (ifh)
4. New(s) data for Entrepreneurship Research? An innovative approach to use Big Data on media coverage
   Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article New(s) data for entrepreneurship research? An innovative approach to use Big Data on media coverage, Small Business Economics, Springer (2020) View citations (10) (2020)

2016

5. Entrepreneurial role models, fear of failure, and institutional approval of entrepreneurship: A tale of two regions
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (73)
   See also Journal Article Entrepreneurial role models, fear of failure, and institutional approval of entrepreneurship: a tale of two regions, Small Business Economics, Springer (2016) View citations (77) (2016)
6. Unternehmensgründungen in einer alternden Gesellschaft: Ungenutzte Potenziale bei Frauen und Älteren (Entrepreneurial activities in an ageing society: The potential of women and seniors)
   IAB-Kurzbericht, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

2015

7. Selbstständigkeit in Ost- und Westdeutschland: Gründungen sind selten Frauensache (Self-Employment in East- and West-Germany: Start-ups are seldomly done by women)
   IAB-Kurzbericht, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

2013

8. "Global Entrepreneurship Monitor" 2012: Unternehmensgründungen durch Migranten (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2012: Business start-ups undertaken by migrants)
   IAB-Kurzbericht, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]
9. Collision of lions and butterflies or mutual neglect - outside the Anglo-American domain, too? The publication and citation behaviour of economic geographers and geographical economists compared
   Working Papers on Innovation and Space, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography
10. Factors explaining the spatial agglomeration of the Creative Class. Empirical evidence for German artists
    Working Papers on Innovation and Space, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Factors Explaining the Spatial Agglomeration of the Creative Class: Empirical Evidence for German Artists, European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015) View citations (13) (2015)
11. Regional characteristics, opportunity perception and entrepreneurial activities
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Regional characteristics, opportunity perception and entrepreneurial activities, Small Business Economics, Springer (2014) View citations (68) (2014)

2012

12. "Global Entrepreneurship Monitor" 2011: Hohe Gründungsdynamik in wirtschaftlich starken Regionen
    IAB-Kurzbericht, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

2011

13. Unternehmensgründungen von Migranten: Ein Weg zur ökonomischen und sozialen Integration (Start-ups by migrants: A path towards economic and social integration)
    IAB-Kurzbericht, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

2010

14. Internationaler Vergleich: Unternehmensgründungen in Krisenzeiten (International comparison: Entrepreneurship in times of economic crisis)
    IAB-Kurzbericht, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

2009

15. Unternehmensgründungen im internationalen Vergleich: Deutschland - eine Gründungswüste? (Where newly founded businesses are concerned, Germany is a desert)
    IAB-Kurzbericht, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

2008

16. From potential to real entrepreneurship
    IAB-Discussion Paper, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany] View citations (5)
17. Regionaler Vergleich: An manchen Orten fällt das Gründen leichter
    IAB-Kurzbericht, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]
18. The Entrepreneurial Advantage of World Cities
    Scales Research Reports, EIM Business and Policy Research View citations (15)
19. The Entrepreneurial Advantage of World Cities - Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data
    Jena Economics Research Papers, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena View citations (22)

2004

20. Nascent Entrepreneurs in German Regions: Evidence from the Regional Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (13)

2002

21. Competition through indicators of regional sustainability in a federal system
    Publications of Darmstadt Technical University, Institute for Business Studies (BWL), Darmstadt Technical University, Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law, Institute for Business Studies (BWL)
22. Personal and Regional Determinants of Entrepreneurial Activities: Empirical Evidence from the REM Germany
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (9)
23. The Role of the Regional Milieu for the Decision to Start a New Firm: Empirical Evidence for Germany
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
    Also in ERSA conference papers, European Regional Science Association (2002) View citations (4)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Rural areas as winners of COVID-19, digitalization and remote working? Empirical evidence from recent internal migration in Germany
   Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2025, 18, (1), 227-248

2024

2. Infrastructure required, skill needed: Digital entrepreneurship in rural and urban areas
   Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 2024, 22, (C)

2023

3. Digital divide, craft firms’ websites and urban-rural disparities—empirical evidence from a web-scraping approach
   (Digital Divide, Websites von Handwerksunternehmen und städtisch-ländliche Disparitäten – empirische Erkenntnisse aus einer Web-Scraping Analyse)
   Review of Regional Research: Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft, 2023, 43, (1), 69-99 View citations (2)
4. Youth Entrepreneurship in Germany: Empirical Evidence on the How, the Why, the How Many, the Who and the When
   Economies, 2023, 11, (6), 1-30 View citations (1)

2022

5. CEO characteristics and the Doing-Using-Interacting mode of innovation: a new upper echelons perspective
   Industry and Innovation, 2022, 29, (10), 1202-1230 View citations (1)
6. Entrepreneurship and geography—some thoughts about a complex relationship
   The Annals of Regional Science, 2022, 69, (3), 559-584 View citations (6)

2021

7. A New Measurement Conception for the ‘Doing-Using-Interacting’ Mode of Innovation
   Research Policy, 2021, 50, (4) View citations (4)

2020

8. Knowledge bases in German regions: what hinders combinatorial knowledge dynamics and how regional innovation policies may help
   European Planning Studies, 2020, 28, (2), 319-339 View citations (6)
9. New(s) data for entrepreneurship research? An innovative approach to use Big Data on media coverage
   Small Business Economics, 2020, 55, (3), 673-694 View citations (10)
   See also Working Paper New(s) data for Entrepreneurship Research? An innovative approach to use Big Data on media coverage, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) (2019) View citations (9) (2019)

2019

10. A new framework to measure entrepreneurial ecosystems at the regional level
    ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2019, 63, (2-4), 103-117 View citations (9)
11. Failing role models and the formation of fear of entrepreneurial failure: a study of regional peer effects in German regions
    Journal of Economic Geography, 2019, 19, (3), 567-588 View citations (13)
12. Internal migration of the ‘creative class’ in Germany
    Regional Studies, 2019, 53, (10), 1359-1370 View citations (5)

2017

13. Alternative growth patterns of university spin-offs: why so many remain small?
    International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 2017, 13, (3), 953-984 View citations (11)
    Also in International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 1-32 View citations (6)
14. Creativity support policies as a means of development policy for the global South? A critical appraisal of the UNESCO
    Regional Studies, 2017, 51, (2), 336-345 View citations (3)
15. Wieviel Florida steckt in Niedersachsen? Zur empirischen Evidenz der „Kreativen Klasse“ in einem deutschen Flächenland
    ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2017, 61, (1), 1-22

2016

16. Entrepreneurial role models, fear of failure, and institutional approval of entrepreneurship: a tale of two regions
    Small Business Economics, 2016, 46, (3), 467-492 View citations (77)
    See also Working Paper Entrepreneurial role models, fear of failure, and institutional approval of entrepreneurship: A tale of two regions, MPRA Paper (2016) View citations (73) (2016)
17. Explaining new firm creation in Europe from a spatial and time perspective: A multilevel analysis based upon data of individuals, regions and countries
    Papers in Regional Science, 2016, 95, (2), 223-257 View citations (25)
18. What makes student entrepreneurs? On the relevance (and irrelevance) of the university and the regional context for student start-ups
    Small Business Economics, 2016, 47, (1), 53-76 View citations (60)

2015

19. Factors Explaining the Spatial Agglomeration of the Creative Class: Empirical Evidence for German Artists
    European Planning Studies, 2015, 23, (12), 2438-2463 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Factors explaining the spatial agglomeration of the Creative Class. Empirical evidence for German artists, Working Papers on Innovation and Space (2013) View citations (2) (2013)
20. The publication and citation behaviour of economic geographers and geographical economists compared
    Review of Regional Research: Jahrbuch für Regionalwissenschaft, 2015, 35, (1), 1-27 View citations (1)

2014

21. Entrepreneurship as an Urban Event? Empirical Evidence from European Cities
    Regional Studies, 2014, 48, (6), 1016-1033 View citations (65)
22. How Did the Economic Crisis Influence New Firm Creation?: A Multilevel Approach Based Upon Data from German Regions
    Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer Nationaloekonomie und Statistik), 2014, 234, (6), 722-756 View citations (5)
23. New technological path creation: evidence from the British and German wind energy industries
    Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2014, 24, (4), 875-904 View citations (19)
24. Regional characteristics, opportunity perception and entrepreneurial activities
    Small Business Economics, 2014, 42, (2), 221-244 View citations (68)
    See also Working Paper Regional characteristics, opportunity perception and entrepreneurial activities, MPRA Paper (2013) View citations (6) (2013)

2013

25. Berufsfelder und -chancen von Wirtschaftsgeographen: Empirische Befunde einer Verbleibsanalyse der Leibniz Universität Hannover und Schlussfolgerungen für die universitäre Lehre
    ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2013, 57, (1-2), 237-258
26. Buchbesprechungen
    ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2013, 57, (1-2), 96-104
27. Why some nascent entrepreneurs do not seek professional assistance
    Applied Economics Letters, 2013, 20, (2), 157-161 View citations (8)

2012

28. The Selectiveness of the Entrepreneurial Process
    Journal of Small Business Management, 2012, 50, (1), 105-131 View citations (5)

2011

29. Do EU Regional Policies Favour Regional Entrepreneurship? Empirical Evidence from Spain and Germany
    European Planning Studies, 2011, 20, (4), 583-608

2010

30. Cluster Policies in the US and Germany: Varieties of Capitalism Perspective on Two High-Tech States
    Environment and Planning C, 2010, 28, (6), 1063-1082 View citations (24)

2009

31. Regional Dimensions of Entrepreneurship
    Foundations and Trends(R) in Entrepreneurship, 2009, 5, (4), 211-340 View citations (90)
32. Zur Diskussion gestellt. Erster Nobelpreis für einen „economic geographer“ – eine Bewertung aus Sicht eines Wirtschaftsgeographen
    ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2009, 53, (1-2), 106-124

2008

33. Cluster – zur Dynamik von Begrifflichkeiten und Konzeptionen
    ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2008, 52, (1), 73-78 View citations (3)
34. New Directions in Economic Geography – Edited by Bernhard Fingleton
    Papers in Regional Science, 2008, 87, (3), 480-482

2007

35. ENTREPRENEURSHIP, PROXIMITY AND REGIONAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS
    Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 2007, 98, (5), 652-666 View citations (32)
36. Innovative new firms, embeddedness and regional development
    International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2007, 7, (2/3/4/5), 445-461
37. The Changing Face of Entrepreneurship in Germany
    Small Business Economics, 2007, 28, (2), 205-221 View citations (114)

2005

38. Determinants and Effects of New Business Creation Using Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data
    Small Business Economics, 2005, 24, (3), 193-203 View citations (131)
39. Entrepreneurship: The Role of Clusters Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence from Germany
    Small Business Economics, 2005, 24, (3), 267-292 View citations (85)
40. Gründungen und Region
    ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2005, 49, (3-4), 129-130
41. The publication and citation output of German Faculties of Economics and Social Sciences - a comparison of faculties and disciplines based upon SSCI data
    Scientometrics, 2005, 65, (1), 29-53 View citations (14)
42. Zur Evidenz regionaler Determinanten im Kontext individueller Gründungsaktivitäten: Empirische Befunde aus dem Regionalen Entrepreneurship Monitor (REM)
    ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2005, 49, (3-4), 167-184 View citations (4)

2004

43. Clusteransätze in der regionalen Wirtschaftsförderung: Theoretische Überlegungen und empirische Beispiele aus Wolfsburg und Hannover
    ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2004, 48, (1), 164-181
44. Regional clusters in Germany--their geography and their relevance for entrepreneurial activities
    European Planning Studies, 2004, 12, (6), 767-791 View citations (67)
45. Start-up activities, individual characteristics, and the regional milieu: Lessons for entrepreneurship support policies from German micro data
    The Annals of Regional Science, 2004, 38, (2), 219-240 View citations (100)

2002

46. Internet Domains and the Innovativeness of Cities/Regions--Evidence from Germany and Munich
    European Planning Studies, 2002, 10, (2), 251-273 View citations (6)

2001

47. New Economic Geography und Neue regionale Wachstumstheorie aus wirtschaftsgeographischer Sicht
    ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 2001, 45, (1), 159-180 View citations (11)
48. The Firm or the Region: What Determines the Innovation Behavior of European Firms?
    Economic Geography, 2001, 77, (4), 364-382 View citations (93)

2000

49. R&D Cooperation in Innovation Systems—Some Lessons from the European Regional Innovation Survey (ERIS)
    European Planning Studies, 2000, 8, (4), 487-501 View citations (25)

1999

50. Innovative Linkages and Proximity: Empirical Results from Recent Surveys of Small and Medium Sized Firms in German Regions
    Regional Studies, 1999, 33, (6), 529-540 View citations (41)
51. Munich as Germany's No. 1 High Technology Region: Empirical Evidence, Theoretical Explanations and the Role of Small Firm/Large Firm Relationships
    Regional Studies, 1999, 33, (4), 367-377 View citations (26)

1996

52. Government R & D expenditure and space: empirical evidence from five industrialized countries
    Research Policy, 1996, 25, (5), 741-758 View citations (10)

1995

53. Innovative Milieus in Frankreich: Empirischer Befund und politische Steuerung dargestellt an den Beispielen Paris, Grenoble und Sophia Antipolis
    ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, 1995, 39, (1), 199-218 View citations (1)
54. Supporting Peripheral Economies or Industrial Policy in Favour of National Growth? An Empirically Based Analysis of Goal Achievement of the Japanese ‘Technopolis’ Program
    Environment and Planning C, 1995, 13, (4), 425-439 View citations (6)

Edited books

2023

1. Research Handbook on Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing

Chapters

2023

1. Germany: the relevance, extent and structure of transnational diaspora entrepreneurship
   Chapter 4 in Research Handbook on Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship, 2023, pp 56-85
2. Introduction: relevance of transnational diaspora entrepreneurship and the motivation and structure of the Research Handbook
   Chapter 1 in Research Handbook on Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship, 2023, pp 1-16
3. Transnational diaspora entrepreneurship: empirical findings, policy lessons and future research opportunities
   Chapter 17 in Research Handbook on Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship, 2023, pp 364-396

2019

4. Are senior entrepreneurs less innovative than younger ones?
   Chapter 4 in Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Aging, 2019, pp 110-142
5. The under-researched role of alumni spin-off entrepreneurs in upgrading a university’s entrepreneurial support structure: essential ingredient or just a decorative accessory?
   Chapter 10 in Handbook of Universities and Regional Development, 2019, pp 166-191

2011

6. German Panel of Nascent Entrepreneurs
   Springer View citations (2)

2010

7. Neither Planned Nor by Chance: How Knowledge-Intensive Clusters Emerge
   Chapter 12 in Emerging Clusters, 2010 View citations (4)

2006

8. Nascent Entrepreneurs in German Regions
   Springer View citations (6)

2003

9. New Firms, Regional Development and the Cluster Approach—What Can Technology Policies Achieve?
   Springer View citations (4)