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Vielfach prämiertes und gefördertes Start-Up BioThrust GmbH sucht neue Mitarbeiter:innen

The Power of Resilience for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

My colleague Alexander Kock and me are proud to host this year's conference „G-Forum“ of the Förderkreis Gründungs-Forschung e. V. (supported by Ulrich Knaup) at TUDarmstadt. The conference takes place from September 27th to 29th 2023 at TU Darmstadt and typical sites of the „smart city“ Darmstadt. This year's conference theme picks up a major challenge of our time: „The Power of Resilience for Innovation and Entrepreneurship“ („Die Kraft der Resilienz für Innovation und Entrepreneurship“). The call for paper is now online and you can already register for the conference:

Bachelor/Master

Ab dem jetzigen Zeitpunkt bestehen neue Abschlussarbeiten zur Bearbeitung. Weitere Informationen können auf der Abschlussarbeiten – Detailseite angesehen werden.

Topic: What is the start-up's potential for growth, and which return on investment can be expected?

Co-Organized with Goethe University Frankfurt

A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed?

We are excited to share that our paper “A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed? Analysis of the Willingness to Share Self-Produced Electricity During a Long-lasting Power Outage”, co-authored with Konstantin Kurz, Michele Knodt and Anna Katharina Stöckl, has been published in Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research. Not least because of the current gas crisis, experts and societies are increasingly concerned about the stability and resilience of our energy networks. We all know that long-lasting power outages will be detrimental for our security and health. Approaches for improving the resilience of our energy networks are therefore of utmost importance. Recently, several experts suggested to use the continuously growing number of private photovoltaic (PV) systems combined with battery storage as dispersed energy sources during a power outage. However, would the people owning these PV systems share their energy with their neighbours and friends, or prefer to consume it themselves such that they can enjoy warm food, light, and a charged smartphone? We have tackled this highly relevant social-dilemma question in our interdisciplinary paper and analyzed how people could be incentivized to share their energy instead of consuming it themselves. Curious whether intrinsic motives such as empathy or values are more influential than financial rewards and whether your neighbour is a “friend indeed”? Find out more here.

Warum Carolin Bock keine Berührungsängste hat, Start-ups die Teilnahme an der Fernseh-Show „Höhle der Löwen“ zu empfehlen, erklärt sie in dem Beitrag der Autorin Heike Jüngst

The course “Project in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management II – Idea Management” will be offered in the upcoming winter term. The course will be held on blocked days and gives you insights into different creativity techniques and the idea management process. The full course description can be found here.

We are delighted to announce our latest publication in the journal Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Sven Siebeneicher and Carolin Bock contribute to answering the question: How do signaled values of sustainability affect the relation of signaled personal value and reward-based crowdfunding success? They take a blended supporter value proposition perspective to explore how sustainable and personal value affects crowdfunding success. One of their key findings is that crowdfunding supporters participate for personal gain and to support sustainable communal aims. If you are interested in reading our article, please follow this link: