Category Archives: Allgemein

We are currently finalizing the detailed conference program. In the meantime, we are sharing the conference schedule to help you plan your conference visit. To ensure that your contribution can be included in the conference program, we kindly ask all presenters who have not yet done so to register for G-Forum by August 23, 2026.… Read More »

If no family member is willing to take over the company, external management can offer a viable succession solution while ownership remains within the family. Dr. Christian Neusser (University of Siegen) highlights the challenges that the new management may face and the measures that can help to support the succession process. The article “External Succession… Read More »

The aim of this Special Issue is to advance a Schumpeterian, multi-level research agenda that connects entrepreneurs and firms (micro) with regional ecosystems and industrial structure (meso) and institutional configurations and policy regimes (macro). Submission deadline: November 1, 2026 Guest Editors:Philippe Aghion, Collège de France, INSEAD, France and London School of Economics, UKMartin Andersson, Blekinge Institute… Read More »

Prof. Phillip Phan (Bild: ©Johns Hopkins University)     Prof. Ole Petter Ottersen (Bild: ©Virchow Stiftung) This year’s G-Forum will once again be enriched by distinguished individuals: Phil­lip H. Phan, Ph.D., is the Alonzo and Virginia Decker Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School with joint appointments at Johns Hopkins Medicine… Read More »

On July 16 and 17, 2026, the final session of the FGF Doctoral Program – Class of 2026 was held at the premises of the Stiftung für die Wissenschaft der Sparkassen Finanzgruppe in Bonn. The doctoral candidates had the opportunity to present and discuss their research projects in depth. Prior to this final session, participants… Read More »

G-Forum 2026 is approaching. To support your planning, we have compiled overviews of recommended hotels and the key conference venues in Cottbus. These will help you find suitable accommodation and navigate between the different venues. They include, among others, the Medical University of Lausitz – Carl Thiem (MUL-CT), Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), Strandpromenade… Read More »

Basic Idea Routines, interactions, and institutions are intrinsically interwoven, collectively shaping innovation dynamics and economic change. Rules, created and carried by heterogeneous actors – individuals and organizations – provide the structural framework within which the system evolves (Dopfer & Potts, 2008). Actors such as companies or universities use routines, i.e. rule-based patterns, guiding their behaviour… Read More »

This Special Issue aims to explore the theoretical foundations, empirical evidence, and managerial implications of Artificial Management in the context of Digital Business and Digital Entrepreneurship. Specifically, we seek to examine how AI technologies are transforming managerial authority, decision architectures, organizational design, business processes, and entrepreneurial dynamics. Contributions may adopt conceptual, empirical, methodological, or interdisciplinary… Read More »

Female senior entrepreneurship: Theory and practice of an emerging phenomenon Age is increasingly receiving attention as a factor impacting entrepreneurial activity (Barković Bojanić et al., 2024; Dvouletý et al., 2024; OECD/European Commission, 2023; Brieger et al., 2021; Gielnik et al., 2012). Notably the literature on senior entrepreneurship, also dubbed “old-age”, “grey”, or “silver entrepreneurship” (Mayer… Read More »