At G-Forum 2026 in Cottbus, the recipients of this year’s awards were officially announced. We extend our sincere congratulations to all winners.
Our special thanks go to our partners – the Karl Schlecht Foundation, the Stiftung für die Wissenschaft der Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe, the EQUA-Stiftung, the Szyperski Foundation, and the BTU Startup Service and the Chair of Business Administration, in particular Planning, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at BTU – whose support made these awards possible.
KSG Entrepreneurship Research Award 2026:
Jana Riemann, Dr. Carolin Krieweth, Prof. Dr. Malte Brettel: „Technology hype and new venture funding: The role of collective expectations and location in entrepreneurial hubs”
Norbert Szyperski Technology- and Innovation Management Award 2026:
Prof. Dr. Michael Mödl & Marcos Balmaceda: „Platform Certification as a Substitute for Reputation: Effects of Mandatory AI Disclosure”
Entrepreneurship Research Newcomer Award 2026:
Anika Thurow: „The Lone(ly) Wolf: How Loneliness in Entrepreneurs Relates to Exploration and Exploitation Behaviors—The Role of Need Motivation”
Family Business and Mittelstand Research Award 2026:
David Sauer, Prof. Dr. Nadine Kammerlander, Prof. Dr. Andreas Hack, Dr. Fergus Neville, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Niklas K. Steffens: „The ‘Dark Side’ of Identification in Family Firms: How Identification Fosters Unethical Pro-Organizational Behavior”
Student Award 2026:
Käthe Walz: „Patterns and Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Fraud: A Qualitative Analysis of SEC Complaints”
Further information will be published shortly.
(from left to right): Elisabeth Berger (member of the FGF Board and jury member), Anika Thurow (recipient of the Best Entrepreneurship Research Newcomer Award), Andreas Hack (recipient of the Family Business and Mittelstand Research Award), Jana Riemann (recipient of the KSG Entrepreneurship Research Award), Michael Mödl (recipient of the Norbert Szyperski Technology and Innovation Management Award), Matthias Baum (FGF President), David Sauer (recipient of the Family Business and Mittelstand Research Award), Käthe Walz (recipient of the Student Award), Magdalena Mißler-Behr (BTU Startup Service and the Chair of Business Administration, in particular Planning, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at BTU), Christoph Stöckmann (FGF Vice President and Chair of the Jury).