• Call for Papers: Special Issue Journal of Business Economics: Bringing Light to the Shadows – Understanding and Overcoming the Dark Side of Entrepreneurship

    10. March 2026

    This special issue seeks to advance a more holistic understanding of both the costs of entrepreneurship and the mechanisms that help mitigate or overcome them. Contributions are encouraged that go beyond documenting the dark side and explicitly address how the negative consequences of entrepreneurship can be reduced, buffered, or transformed into opportunities for growth and well-being.

    Theoretical, conceptual, and empirical papers from entrepreneurship, psychology, organizational behavior, management, and related fields are welcome.

    Full paper submission deadline: July 31, 2026

    Guest Editors for this Special Issue: Julia M. Kensbock (University of Bremen, Germany), Anika Thurow (University of Bremen, Germany), Christoph Stöckmann (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy)

    Further information are available here.