Publications

All publications

• 2026

  AI, trust, and the market for lemons: Rethinking the credibility of entrepreneurship research

  Obschonka, M., & Lévesque, M.

  Small Business Economics, 66(4), 1529–1555
• 2026

  Personal values and sustainable investing: Evidence from business angels’ publicly expressed value orientations

  Schmidt, L., Altmeier, A., Fisch, C., & Obschonka, M.

  Journal of Business Ethics
• 2026

  Entrepreneurial deviance as bright and dark character virtues: The Harry Potter study

  Obschonka, M., Kautonen, T., Ebert, T., & Götz, F. M.

  Small Business Economics, 66(3), 949–975
• 2026

  From loss to recovery: Spin-outs and parents’ innovation

  Chila, V., Devarakonda, S., & Martin, X.

  Strategic Organization, 24(3), 571–598
• 2026

  Patent eligibility uncertainty and the VC financing of novel technologies

  Devarakonda, S. V., & Chila, V.

  Industrial and Corporate Change, 35(1), 55–77
• 2026

  Picking the right signals? Investor assessment of reputation signals of entrepreneurial teams and distributors in project-based enterprises

  Tomaselli, A., Torrisi, S., & Ebbers, J.

  Small Business Economics, 66(1), 175–194
• 2025

  From humans to machines: Researching entrepreneurial AI agents built on large language models

  Obschonka, M., & Fisch, C.

  Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 24, Article e00581
• 2025

  Artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship: A call for research to prospect and establish the scholarly AI frontiers

  Obschonka, M., Grégoire, D. A., Nikolaev, B., Ooms, F., Lévesque, M., Pollack, J. M., & Behrend, T. S.

  Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 49(3), 620–641
• 2025

  Emotional brightness and crowdfunding performance

  Sitruk, J., Grodal, S., Suarez, F., & Dibiaggio, L.

  Research Policy, 54(1), Article 105094
• 2025

  Pre-entry experience, knowledge inheritance, and entrepreneurial resource mobilization

  Chila, V., Devarakonda, S. V., & Martin, X.

  Small Business Economics, 65(1), 561–584
• 2025

  Sharing the spotlight: The benefits of having a celebrity competitor

  Curran, K., Lee, E. Y., Pfarrer, M. D., & Graffin, S. D.

  Journal of Management, 51(5), 1868–1896
• 2025

  Time to say goodbye? The role of SBIR funding, VC rounds, and initial alliance for director exit in new ventures

  Chila, V., & van den Oever, K.

  Journal of Business Venturing, 40(3), Article 106482
• 2025

  When values are not enough: The role of external enablement in early stage, sustainability-oriented industry creation

  Kyani, S. A., Davidsson, P., Hutmacher, D. W., & Obschonka, M.

  Small Business Economics, 65(3), 1811–1838
• 2024

  Benevolent sexism and the gender gap in startup evaluation

  Nguyen, N., Hideg, I., Engel, Y., & Godart, F.

  Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 48(2), 506–546
• 2024

  Doing good while making profits: A typology of business models for social ventures

  De Cuyper, L., Clarysse, B., & Wright, M.

  Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 18(2), 258–285
• 2024

  Going online: Peer entrepreneur networks in a startup accelerator before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Becker, K., Ebbers, J. J., & Engel, Y.

  Technovation, 130, Article 102917
• 2024

  Organizational hubris: Its antecedents and consequences for stakeholder relationships

  Gamache, D. L., Pfarrer, M. D., & Curran, K.

  Strategic Management Journal, 45(7), 1366–1392
• 2024

  The effects of firm-specific incentives (stock options) on mobility and employee entrepreneurship

  Chila, V., & Devarakonda, S. V.

  Journal of Business Venturing, 39(3), Article 106382
• 2024

  What drives solo and team startups at European universities? The interactive role of entrepreneurial climate, gender, and entrepreneurship course participation

  Bergmann, H., Hundt, C., Obschonka, M., & Sternberg, R.

  Studies in Higher Education, 49(7), 1269–1289
• 2023

  Job burnout and work engagement in entrepreneurs: How the psychological utility of entrepreneurship drives healthy engagement

  Obschonka, M., Pavez, I., Kautonen, T., Kibler, E., Salmela-Aro, K., & Wincent, J.

  Journal of Business Venturing, 38(2), Article 106272
• 2023

  Network to passion or passion to network? Disentangling entrepreneurial passion selection and contagion effects among peers and teams in a startup accelerator

  Becker, K., Ebbers, J. J., & Engel, Y.

  Journal of Business Venturing, 38(4), Article 106299
• 2023

  Signaling diversity debt: Startup gender composition and the gender gap in joiners’ interest

  Engel, Y., Lewis, T., Cardon, M. S., & Hentschel, T.

  Academy of Management Journal, 66(5), 1469–1500