Christina Günther
Professor
Group
Economics Group
Areas of expertise
Industrial Organization and corporate change, economic geography, entrepreneurship, SMEs, Innovation, Behavioral Business Ethics
Group
Economics Group
Areas of expertise
Industrial Organization and corporate change, economic geography, entrepreneurship, SMEs, Innovation, Behavioral Business Ethics

Recent publications

Economics Group

Günther, C., Lehnen, S., Rilke, R. (accepted pre-print), Formalization of annual performance feedback and employees’ job satisfaction in the SME context, Journal of Small Business Management.

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Economics Group

Wolff, S., Günther, C., Moog, P., Audretsch, D. (accepted pre-print), Author correction: The geography of the continuum of entrepreneurship activities—a first glance based on German data, The Journal of Technology Transfer.

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Economics Group

Liu, M., Günther, C. (2024), How do incumbents affect the founding of cooperatives? Evidence from the German electricity industry, Organization Studies, Vol. 45 (1), pp. 85–107.

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Economics Group

Günther, C., Belitski, M., Rejeb, N. (2023), Overcoming the ability-willingness paradox in small family firms’ collaborations, Small Business Economics, Vol. 60 (4), pp. 1409–1429.

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Economics Group

Wolff, S., Günther, C., Moog, P., Audretsch, D. (2023), The geography of the continuum of entrepreneurship activities - a first glance based on German data, The Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol. 48 (4), pp. 1243–1273.

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Economics Group

Audretsch, D., Günther, C. (2023), SME research: SMEs’ internationalization and collaborative innovation as two central topics in the field, Journal of Business Economics : JBE = Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft : ZfB, Vol. 93 (6-7), pp. 1213–1229.

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Economics Group

Litvinova, Y., Rilke, R., Günther, C. (2023), Me, myself, and I: image concerns and honesty in immersive VR, Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 149, 107950.

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Economics Group

Audretsch, D., Günther, C., Lederer, A. (2022), Publishing in Small Business Economics: an entrepreneurship journal, Small Business Economics, Vol. 58 (2), pp. 1-5.

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Economics Group

Belitski, M., Günther, C., Kritikos, A. S., Thurik, R. (2022), Economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on entrepreneurship and small businesses, Small Business Economics, Vol. 58 (2), pp. 593–609.

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Economics Group

Günther, C., Lehmann, E. (2022), David B. Audretsch: Clarivate Citation Laureate 2021, Small Business Economics, Vol. 58 (2), pp. 7-12.

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Economics Group

Audretsch, D., Belitski, M., Caiazza, R., Günther, C., Menter, M. (2022), From latent to emergent entrepreneurship: the importance of context, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Vol. 175, 121356.

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Economics Group

Kraft, P., Günther, C., Kammerlander, N., Lampe, J. (2022), Overconfidence and entrepreneurship: a meta-analysis of different types of overconfidence in the entrepreneurial process, Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 37 (4), 106207.

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Economics Group

Günther, C., Ozcan, S., Saßmannshausen, D. (2022), Referrals among VCs and the length of due diligence: the effect of relational embeddedness, Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 37 (5), 106230.

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Economics Group

Buenstorf, G., Günther, C., Wilfling, S. (2022), Submarket emergence, customer base expansion and strategic entry timing in the evolution of the German farm tractor industry, Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 31 (4), pp. 1086–1112.

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Economics Group

Pollack, J., Maula, M., Allison, T., Renko, M., Günther, C. (2021), Making a contribution to entrepreneurship research by studying crowd-funded entrepreneurial opportunities, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 45 (2), pp. 247-262.

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Economics Group

Gottschalck, N., Günther, C., Kellermanns, F. (2020), For whom are family-owned firms good employers? An exploratory study of the turnover intentions of blue- and white-collar workers in family-owned and non-family-owned firms, Journal of Family Business Strategy, Vol. 11 (3), 100281.

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Economics Group

Prause, M., Günther, C. (2019), Technology diffusion of industry 4.0: an agent-based approach, International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 9 (1/2), pp. 29-48.

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Economics Group

Gjerløv-Juel, P., Günther, C. (2019), Early employment expansion and long-run survival: examining employee turnover as a context factor, Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 34 (1), pp. 80-102.

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Economics Group

Rau, S., Schneider-Siebke, V., Günther, C. (2019), Family firm values explaining family firm heterogeneity, Family Business Review, Vol. 32 (2), pp. 195-215.

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Economics Group

Günther, C., Lehnen, S., Rilke, R. (accepted pre-print), Formalization of annual performance feedback and employees’ job satisfaction in the SME context, Journal of Small Business Management.

Download
Economics Group

Wolff, S., Günther, C., Moog, P., Audretsch, D. (accepted pre-print), Author correction: The geography of the continuum of entrepreneurship activities—a first glance based on German data, The Journal of Technology Transfer.

Download
Economics Group

Liu, M., Günther, C. (2024), How do incumbents affect the founding of cooperatives? Evidence from the German electricity industry, Organization Studies, Vol. 45 (1), pp. 85–107.

Download
Economics Group

Günther, C., Belitski, M., Rejeb, N. (2023), Overcoming the ability-willingness paradox in small family firms’ collaborations, Small Business Economics, Vol. 60 (4), pp. 1409–1429.

Download
Economics Group

Wolff, S., Günther, C., Moog, P., Audretsch, D. (2023), The geography of the continuum of entrepreneurship activities - a first glance based on German data, The Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol. 48 (4), pp. 1243–1273.

Download
Economics Group

Audretsch, D., Günther, C. (2023), SME research: SMEs’ internationalization and collaborative innovation as two central topics in the field, Journal of Business Economics : JBE = Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft : ZfB, Vol. 93 (6-7), pp. 1213–1229.

Download
Economics Group

Litvinova, Y., Rilke, R., Günther, C. (2023), Me, myself, and I: image concerns and honesty in immersive VR, Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 149, 107950.

Download
Economics Group

Audretsch, D., Günther, C., Lederer, A. (2022), Publishing in Small Business Economics: an entrepreneurship journal, Small Business Economics, Vol. 58 (2), pp. 1-5.

Download
Economics Group

Belitski, M., Günther, C., Kritikos, A. S., Thurik, R. (2022), Economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on entrepreneurship and small businesses, Small Business Economics, Vol. 58 (2), pp. 593–609.

Download
Economics Group

Günther, C., Lehmann, E. (2022), David B. Audretsch: Clarivate Citation Laureate 2021, Small Business Economics, Vol. 58 (2), pp. 7-12.

Download
Economics Group

Audretsch, D., Belitski, M., Caiazza, R., Günther, C., Menter, M. (2022), From latent to emergent entrepreneurship: the importance of context, Technological Forecasting & Social Change, Vol. 175, 121356.

Download
Economics Group

Kraft, P., Günther, C., Kammerlander, N., Lampe, J. (2022), Overconfidence and entrepreneurship: a meta-analysis of different types of overconfidence in the entrepreneurial process, Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 37 (4), 106207.

Download
Economics Group

Günther, C., Ozcan, S., Saßmannshausen, D. (2022), Referrals among VCs and the length of due diligence: the effect of relational embeddedness, Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 37 (5), 106230.

Download
Economics Group

Buenstorf, G., Günther, C., Wilfling, S. (2022), Submarket emergence, customer base expansion and strategic entry timing in the evolution of the German farm tractor industry, Industrial and Corporate Change, Vol. 31 (4), pp. 1086–1112.

Download
Economics Group

Pollack, J., Maula, M., Allison, T., Renko, M., Günther, C. (2021), Making a contribution to entrepreneurship research by studying crowd-funded entrepreneurial opportunities, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 45 (2), pp. 247-262.

Download
Economics Group

Gottschalck, N., Günther, C., Kellermanns, F. (2020), For whom are family-owned firms good employers? An exploratory study of the turnover intentions of blue- and white-collar workers in family-owned and non-family-owned firms, Journal of Family Business Strategy, Vol. 11 (3), 100281.

Download
Economics Group

Prause, M., Günther, C. (2019), Technology diffusion of industry 4.0: an agent-based approach, International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 9 (1/2), pp. 29-48.

Download
Economics Group

Gjerløv-Juel, P., Günther, C. (2019), Early employment expansion and long-run survival: examining employee turnover as a context factor, Journal of Business Venturing, Vol. 34 (1), pp. 80-102.

Download
Economics Group

Rau, S., Schneider-Siebke, V., Günther, C. (2019), Family firm values explaining family firm heterogeneity, Family Business Review, Vol. 32 (2), pp. 195-215.

Download