Dynamics of Balance of Payment developments are still barely researched. Chapter 1 tries to summarize empirical evidence between institutional determinants and BoP movements and proposes a framework for the role of institutions in a debt cycle. It is found that “good” institutions do help a...

In the last twenty-five years, economists have significantly contributed to the development of institutional approach in entrepreneurship research by identifying institutional factors that strengthen entrepreneurship development, which in turn spur economic growth (Urbano, et al., 2018). Despite...

Based on five research papers, the dissertation "Institutions and Entrepreneurship" analyzes institutional influences on entrepreneurship, as well as determinants and effects of institutional change. In particular, the effects of implicit institutions, i.e. societal norms and values, on the...

The present thesis contributes to the user acceptance literature by improving understanding about the role of pre-implementation acceptance in the adoption of enterprise systems. This phenomenon was addressed from three different perspectives in the three core papers: Chapter 2 focused on...

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,...