Forschung

Das Forschungsinteresse der Professur liegt auf Innovationen, den zugrunde liegenden Technologien und dem Bereich Entrepreneurship. Im Fokus stehen Fragen des Technologie- und Wissenstransfer sowie die Prozess- und Projektgestaltung erfolgreicher Innovationsvorhaben. Wir untersuchen u.a., wie Forschungsverbünde, strategische Allianzen und Kooperationen – etwa zwischen Forschungseinrichtungen, Industrie und Politik – Innovationsprozesse beschleunigen, um Forschungsergebnisse, insbesondere im Bereich nachhaltiger Technologien schnell und effizient zur breiten, praktischen Anwendung zu bringen. 

Auch junge Wachstumsunternehmen (Start-ups) und Spin-offs, bspw. Ausgründungen aus Forschungsprojekten, sind zentrale Treiber für Innovation und Transfer. Im Rahmen unserer Entrepreneurship-Forschung fokussieren wir uns vor allem auf die frühen, kritischen Phasen technologieorientierter Gründungs- bzw. Ausgründungsprojekte. In aktuellen Studien analysieren wir u. a. die Rolle von Startup-Acceleratoren, Inkubatoren und Gründerteams, die Bedeutung strategischer Partnerschaften mit etablierten Unternehmen (Strategic Entrepreneurship) sowie den Einfluss regionaler Ökosysteme auf die Entwicklung von Tech-Start-ups.

• Entrepreneurial Universities und Academic Spin-offs
• Innovationsintermediäre: Startup Incubators und Accelerators
• Regional Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystems
• Kollaborative Technologie- und Innovationsentwicklung: Innovationsallianzen und Forschungsnetzwerke 
• Evidenzbasierte Innovations- und Entrepreneurship-Politik
• Strategic Entrepreneurship: Corporate-Startup Collaborations
• Entrepreneurship Culture

• Entrepreneurship Culture: Bibliometric of 40 years in research (Seitz, N.; & Buratti, M.)
• Innovation radicalness of entrepreneurial ecosystems: an analysis of regional knowledge flows (Buratti, M. & Menter, M.)
• The evolutionary dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystem: The mutual relationship between entrepreneurial activities and technological complexity (Buratti, M.)
• How to promote innovation in structural weak regions? Ex-ante policy selection of actors and modes of innovation (Buratti, M., Cantner, U. & Haedrich, T.)
• A meta-analysis towards the effectiveness of startup incubators (Buratti, M. Seitz, N.)
• The impact of AI adoption on firm efficiency (Buratti, M.,Menter, M., Seitz, N. & Voigt, J.)
• Speeding up green-tech innovations: research networks and the dynamics of co-opetition (Basilico, S., Buratti, M., Grashof, N. & Seitz, N.)

• Seitz, N., & Lehmann, E. E. (2025). Does acqui-hiring pay off? An empirical investigation of founder retention. Small Business Economics, 1-31.  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11187-025-01107-1
• Seitz, N., Buratti, M., Lehmann, E. E., & Kurrle, J. (2025). A meta-analysis towards the effectiveness of startup accelerators. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 1-41. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10961-025-10218-6
• Buratti, M., & Menter, M. (2025). The resilience of entrepreneurial ecosystems: an analysis of ecosystem network structures. Review of Managerial Science, 1-33. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11846-025-00934-6
• Seitz, N., Lehmann, E. E., & Haslanger, P. (2024). Corporate accelerators: design and startup performance. Small Business Economics, 62(4), 1615-1640. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11187-023-00817-8
• Buratti, M., Cantner, U., Cunningham, J. A., Lehmann, E. E., & Menter, M. (2023). The dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems: an empirical investigation. R&D Management, 53(4), 656-674. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/radm.12565
• Haslanger, P., Lehmann, E. E., & Seitz, N. (2023). The performance effects of corporate venture capital: a meta-analysis. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 48(6), 2132-2160. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10961-022-09954-w
• Seitz, N., & Haslanger, P. (2022). Exploring the landscape of corporate venture capital and corporate accelerators in Germany. In Developments in Entrepreneurial Finance and Technology (pp. 199-226). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781800884342/book-part-9781800884342-18.xml
• Cunningham, J. A., Lehmann, E. E., Menter, M., & Seitz, N. (2021). Regional innovation, entrepreneurship and the reform of the Professor’s privilege in Germany. In Technology transfer and entrepreneurial innovations: Policies across continents (pp. 175-205). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-70022-5_9
• Audretsch, D. B., Lehmann, E. E., & Seitz, N. (2021). Amenities, subcultures, and entrepreneurship. Small Business Economics, 56(2), 571-591. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11187-019-00190-5
• Cunningham, J. A., Lehmann, E. E., Menter, M., & Seitz, N. (2019). The impact of university focused technology transfer policies on regional innovation and entrepreneurship. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 44(5), 1451-1475.  https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10961-019-09733-0
• Audretsch, D. B., Lehmann, E. E., Menter, M., & Seitz, N. (2019). Public cluster policy and firm performance: Evaluating spillover effects across industries. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 31(1-2), 150-165. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08985626.2018.1537153 
• Audretsch, D. B., Seitz, N., & Rouch, K. M. (2018). Tolerance and innovation: the role of institutional and social trust. Eurasian Business Review, 8(1), 71-92. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40821-017-0086-4
• Lehmann, E. E., & Seitz, N. (2017). Freedom and innovation: a country and state level analysis. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 42(5), 1009-1029. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10961-016-9478-3
• Lehmann, E. E., Seitz, N., & Wirsching, K. (2017). Smart finance for smart places to foster new venture creation. Economia e Politica Industriale, 44(1), 51-75. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40812-016-0052-7
• Seitz, N., & Audretsch, D. B. (2017). Tolerance and innovation: The role of institutional and social trust. Available at SSRN 2958215. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2958215
• Lehmann, E. E., & Seitz, N. (2017). Creativtiy and entrepreneurship: culture, subcultures and the impact on new venture creation. State-of-the-art and some descriptive statistics and data. Global Management of Creativity, 97-120
• Lehmann, E. E., & Seitz, N. (2016). Creativity and entrepreneurship: Culture, subculture and new venture creation. In The Global Management of Creativity (pp. 117-140). Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315693552-17/creativity-entrepreneurship-culture-subculture-new-venture-creation-erik-lehmann-nikolaus-seitz
• Seitz, N. (2016). Linking CSR to national competitiveness and innovation. In University Evolution, Entrepreneurial Activity and Regional Competitiveness (pp. 261-284). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-17713-7#page=266