Diese Arbeit trägt zu einem besseren Verständnis der Bedeutung von Kooperationen und Wissensaustausch für den Erfolg innovativer Unternehmen bei. Dabei gründet sie im Wesentlichen auf Josef Alois Schumpeters ‚Theorie der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung‘ aus dem Jahre 1912. Neuere Theorien,...

In this dissertation the influence of social networking sites (= SNSs) on the daily lives of their users was analyzed. In the theoretical part, the concept of online social capital was developed as a theoretical framework through which to understand and analyze the use of these websites. On the...

This dissertation is a compilation of papers on entrepreneurship which investigate related research questions. The unifying element of the different parts is the focus on two important concepts in entrepreneurship research, namely human capital and social capital. Briefly, the four main chapters...