Grundlagen der Top Executives-Perspektive -- Grundlagen der Motivperspektive im Rahmen der Motivationsforschung -- Entwicklung der Motivtaxonomie von Top Executives -- Entwicklung eines Inventars zur Erhebung der Motivtaxonomie -- Empirische Studie zum Einfluss der Motive auf Karriereerfolg und...

Literature review of research-based spin-off companies -- Theoretical background of entrepreneurship and strategic management -- Examined links between executive characteristics, strategic decision making, and performance -- Empirical results and discussion

For firms acting in technological niches the expansion into foreign markets can be a way to increase sales and to thus to recover initial sunk costs over a shorter time frame. Our research, based on survey data for nearly 600 British and German high-tech start-ups, examines whether...