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Rolf Sternberg is affiliated with the University of Hannover in Germany. Their research spans multiple topics within the social sciences and business disciplines, with a focus on entrepreneurship, migration, and innovation.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Business, Management and Accounting

Within these fields, Sternberg's work covers the following subfields:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Management of Technology and Innovation
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Strategy and Management
  • Accounting

The primary research topics addressed in Sternberg's publications include:

  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
  • Migration and Labor Dynamics
  • Private Equity and Venture Capital
  • Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
  • ICT Impact and Policies
  • Family Business Performance and Succession

Some of Sternberg's recent papers are:

  • "Entrepreneurship and geography-some thoughts about a complex relationship," 2021, The Annals of Regional Science
  • "Spatial implications of digitization: State of the field and research agenda," 2020, Geography Compass (author Lukas Haefner)
  • "A New Measurement Conception for the 'Doing-Using-Interacting' Mode of Innovation," 2021, Research Policy (author Harm Alhusen)
  • "Do the Winners Really Take It all? Exploring Entrepreneurial Learning in Start-Up Competitions," 2022, Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy (author Lennard Stolz)
  • "Digital divide, craft firms' websites and urban-rural disparities-empirical evidence from a web-scraping approach," 2022, Review of Regional Research (author Anita Thonipara)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Maria Elo
  • José Ernesto Amorós
  • Jonathan Levie
  • Lukas Haefner
  • Tatjana Bennat

Common publication venues for Sternberg's research are:

  • Geography Compass
  • Research Policy
  • The Annals of Regional Science
  • Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy
  • Review of Regional Research

Sternberg has contributed to book publications with:

  • Edward Elgar Publishing: Research Handbook on Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship (2023)
  • ifh Forschungsbericht.: Regionale Innovationspolitiken zugunsten strukturschwacher Regionen Deutschlands (2023)

Best Publications

  • Determinants and Effects of New Business Creation Using Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data

    Rolf Sternberg;Sander Wennekers

  • START-UP ACTIVITIES, INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS, AND THE REGIONAL MILIEU: LESSONS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUPPORT POLICIES FROM GERMAN MICRO DATA

    Joachim Wagner;Rolf Sternberg

  • The Firm or the Region: What Determines the Innovation Behavior of European Firms?

    Rolf Sternberg;Olaf Arndt

  • The Changing Face of Entrepreneurship in Germany

    Heiko Bergmann;Rolf Sternberg

  • Entrepreneurship: The Role of Clusters Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence from Germany

    Hector O. Rocha;Rolf Sternberg

  • What makes student entrepreneurs? : On the relevance (and irrelevance) of the university and the regional context for student start-ups

    Heiko Bergmann;Christian Hundt;Rolf Sternberg

  • Innovation Networks and Regional Development—Evidence from the European Regional Innovation Survey (ERIS): Theoretical Concepts, Methodological Approach, Empirical Basis and Introduction to the Theme Issue

    Rolf Sternberg

  • GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP MONITOR (GEM)

    Udo Brixy;Christian Hundt;Rolf Sternberg

  • Regional clusters in Germany--their geography and their relevance for entrepreneurial activities

    Rolf Sternberg;Timo Litzenberger

  • Entrepreneurial role models, fear of failure, and institutional approval of entrepreneurship: a tale of two regions

    Michael Wyrwich;Michael Stuetzer;Michael Stuetzer;Rolf Sternberg

  • Regional Dimensions of Entrepreneurship

    Rolf Sternberg

  • Do Manufacturing Firms Profit from Intraregional Innovation Linkages? An Empirical Based Answer

    Olaf Arndt;Rolf Sternberg

  • R&D Cooperation in Innovation Systems—Some Lessons from the European Regional Innovation Survey (ERIS)

    Knut Koschatzky;Rolf Sternberg

  • Regional characteristics, opportunity perception and entrepreneurial activities

    Michael Stuetzer;Martin Obschonka;Udo Brixy;Rolf Sternberg

  • Entrepreneurship as an Urban Event? Empirical Evidence from European Cities

    Niels Bosma;Rolf Sternberg

  • Innovative Linkages and Proximity: Empirical Results from Recent Surveys of Small and Medium Sized Firms in German Regions

    Rolf Sternberg

  • Success factors of university-spin-offs: Regional government support programs versus regional environment

    Rolf Sternberg

  • Munich as Germany's No. 1 High Technology Region: Empirical Evidence, Theoretical Explanations and the Role of Small Firm/Large Firm Relationships

    Rolf Sternberg;Christine Tamásy

  • Regionale Innovationspotentiale und innovative Netzwerke

    Michael Fritsch;Knut Koschatzky;Ludwig Schätzl;Rolf Sternberg

  • Bilanz eines Booms : Wirkungsanalyse von Technologie- und Gründerzentren in Deutschland : Ergebnisse aus 108 Zentren und 1021 Unternehmen

    Rolf Sternberg;Heiko Behrendt;Christine Tamásy;Heike Seeger

  • Entrepreneurship: The Role of Cluster Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence from Germany

    Rolf Sternberg;Hector O. Rocha

  • Do ManufacturingFirms Proé t from Intraregional InnovationLinkages? An Empirical Based Answer

    Olaf Arndt;Rolf Sternberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Niels Bosma
Niels Bosma Utrecht University
Martin Obschonka
Martin Obschonka Queensland University of Technology

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