Search Results - "Joern, H."

R&D investments in family and founder firms: An agency perspective by Block, Joern H.

“…Investments in R&D can influence a firm's ability to develop new products and to create and adopt innovative technologies that may enhance productivity…”
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Which criteria matter when impact investors screen social enterprises? by Block, Joern H., Hirschmann, Mirko, Fisch, Christian

“…Impact investors pursue both financial and social goals and have become an important source of funding for social enterprises. Our study assesses impact…”
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The entrepreneurial finance markets of the future: a comparison of crowdfunding and initial coin offerings by Block, Joern H, Groh, Alexander, Hornuf, Lars, Vanacker, Tom, Vismara, Silvio

“…Entrepreneurial finance markets are in a dynamic state. New market niches and players have developed and continue to emerge. The rules of the game and the…”
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New players in entrepreneurial finance and why they are there by Block, Joern H., Colombo, Massimo G., Cumming, Douglas J., Vismara, Silvio

“…The landscape for entrepreneurial finance has changed strongly over the last years. Many new players have entered the arena. This editorial introduces and…”
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The determinants of bootstrap financing in crises: evidence from entrepreneurial ventures in the COVID-19 pandemic by Block, Joern H, Fisch, Christian, Hirschmann, Mirko

“…Bootstrap financing refers to measures that entrepreneurial ventures undertake to preserve liquidity (e.g., reducing expenses, collecting receivables, delaying…”
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EP18.08: Predicting preterm birth by sonographic analysis of the texture of uterine cervix by Joern, H.

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Necessity entrepreneurship and competitive strategy by Block, Joern H., Kohn, Karsten, Miller, Danny, Ullrich, Katrin

“…Many start-ups chose to compete with incumbent firms using one of two generic strategies: cost leadership or differentiation. Our study demonstrates how this…”
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The Effect of Family Ownership on Different Dimensions of Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from Large US Firms by Block, Joern H., Wagner, Marcus

“…ABSTRACT Previous research has shown that family firms differ from non‐family firms with regard to aggregate measures of corporate social responsibility (CSR)…”
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The Schumpeterian entrepreneur: a review of the empirical evidence on the antecedents, behaviour and consequences of innovative entrepreneurship by Block, Joern H., Fisch, Christian O., van Praag, Mirjam

“…Innovative entrepreneurship is considered an important pillar for economic development and has sparked a lively discussion in academia and practice alike…”
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Patents, trademarks, and their complementarity in venture capital funding by Zhou, Haibo, Sandner, Philipp G., Martinelli, Simon Luca, Block, Joern H.

“…This paper analyzes the effects of patents and trademarks in the financing of start-ups through venture capitalists (VCs). Patents and trademarks signal a…”
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Financing patterns of European SMEs - an empirical taxonomy by Moritz, Alexandra, Block, Joern H., Heinz, Andreas

“…This paper develops an empirical taxonomy of SME financing patterns in Europe by performing a cluster analysis including 12,726 SMEs in 28 European countries…”
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Entrepreneurship in post-conflict countries: a literature review by Moritz, Alexandra, Block, Joern H., Morina, Fuad

“…Many countries are in a state of post-conflict, a situation where an armed conflict between countries or within a country has just come to an end. Such…”
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Initial coin offerings (ICOs): market cycles and relationship with bitcoin and ether by Masiak, Christian, Block, Joern H., Masiak, Tobias, Neuenkirch, Matthias, Pielen, Katja N.

“…We apply a vector autoregression (VAR) model to investigate the market cycles of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) as well as their relationships with bitcoin and…”
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Trademarks and venture capital valuation by Block, Joern H., De Vries, Geertjan, Schumann, Jan H., Sandner, Philipp

“…This study investigates the role of trademarks in the start-up valuations of venture capitalists (VCs). Our results show that the number and breadth of…”
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Founder Versus Family Owners’ Impact on Pay Dispersion Among Non-CEO Top Managers: Implications for Firm Performance by Jaskiewicz, Peter, Block, Joern H., Miller, Danny, Combs, James G.

“…Emerging evidence suggests that pay dispersion among non-CEO top management team (TMT) members harms firm performance, which raises questions about why firms’…”
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Trademark or patent? The effects of market concentration, customer type and venture capital financing on start-ups' initial IP applications by De Vries, Geertjan, Pennings, Enrico, Block, Joern H., Fisch, Christian

“…We analyse the initial IP applications of 4,703 start-ups in the U.S., distinguishing between trademark and patent applications. Our empirical results show…”
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Fractal-geometry techniques in the quantification of complex rock structures: A special view on scaling regimes, inhomogeneity and anisotropy by Kruhl, Jörn H.

“…Fractal-geometry techniques are widely applied to the quantification of complex rock structures. Important properties of such structures are (i) different…”
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Motives, Supporting Activities, and Selection Criteria of Social Impact Incubators: An Experimental Conjoint Study by Hirschmann, Mirko, Moritz, Alexandra, Block, Joern H.

“…Social impact incubators (SIIs) are a new type of incubator that support social enterprises (SEs) in their early business stages to foster and develop their…”
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What turns knowledge into innovative products? The role of entrepreneurship and knowledge spillovers by Block, Joern H., Thurik, Roy, Zhou, Haibo

“…The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship seeks to explain the fundamentals and consequences of entrepreneurship with respect to economic performance…”
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The Effects of Founder and Family Ownership on Hired CEOs’ Incentives and Firm Performance by Jaskiewicz, Peter, Block, Joern H., Combs, James G., Miller, Danny

“…Although large owners monitor managers effectively, they differ in important ways. Whereas founder owners focus on firm performance, family owners also pursue…”
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