Based on three theoretical perspectives I investigate how academic entrepreneurs' career paths can influence university spin-off growth in terms of number of employees. The results from the qualitative content analysis and extreme case analysis show that each university status comprises certain...

Women are underrepresented in leadership positions - academia is no exception. Using data on careers of doctoral graduates in Germany, we study gender differences in the decision to stay at university as a postdoctoral researcher and in the intention to become a professor. We find that gender...

Wie signalisieren hochbegabte Bewerber potenziellen Arbeitgebern ihr überdurchschnittliches Talent? Ein prominentes Kriterium ist die Ausbildung, denn Hochschulen lassen sich als Filtereinrichtungen interpretieren, die eine Einteilung von Studierenden in unterschiedliche Qualitätsstufen...