Research
Science and entrepreneurship research at Paderborn University!
PURE
Paderborn Unit of Research in Entrepreneurship
The "Paderborn Unit of Research in Entrepreneurship" (PURE) is a group of scientists around the Chair of International Business at Paderborn University that scientifically investigates issues relating to start-ups and innovations.
The aim is to scientifically research practically relevant issues and thus be able to provide practitioners with recommendations for action and to develop and evaluate interventions.
The central philosophy here is the "evidence-based management" principle, the basic idea of which is to base practical goals and procedures on scientific evidence as far as possible, rather than - as is often the case - by referring to role models, "gurus", traditions or outdated knowledge.
Main research areas
Corporate Entrepreneurship
What structures and processes distinguish entrepreneurial companies from their competitors? What are the levers for promoting innovation in established companies? This research block is closely linked to TecUP's Disrupt workshops, which bring together company employees and industry experts with students to develop innovative business models.
Founding motivation
What factors influence the motivation and intention to start your own business? What beliefs and attitudes do people (e.g. students at Paderborn University) have towards entrepreneurship or starting their own business?
Integration of innovations
How can companies create incentives for their employees to be more proactive, innovative and flexible in order to remain competitive in increasingly dynamic environments? This branch of research integrates traditional questions in human resource management as well as work and organizational psychology with questions from the field of (corporate) entrepreneurship.
Applied methodology
Surveys
Questionnaire studies allow us to examine start-ups and innovation "as is". We try to compensate for the disadvantage that questionnaire studies generally do not allow causal conclusions to be drawn from the results with longitudinal designs and statistical methods such as the use of instrumental variables.
(Quasi) experiments
Experiments offer us the opportunity to test our findings from questionnaire studies in a controlled environment in order to rule out alternative mechanisms of action for a particular relationship as far as possible.
Meta-analysis
Meta-analyses allow us to systematically summarize the findings from a large number of studies on a specific issue - the "gold standard" of evidence-based management if the input of studies is of the appropriate quality.
Recently published
Current research projects
Contact us
Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kabst
Scientific Director
kabst@upb.de
Tel.: 05251 - 60 2804
