Entrepreneurship is the driving force for business start-ups and innovation processes. Our scientific approach is realtheoretical. Gallen and WHU Vallendar.
The Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (E&I) at WU Vienna is one of the leading research and teaching organizations in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation research. These dynamic activities are of particular importance for the economy as a whole. New ideas can be successfully implemented by new companies, but existing organizations also have to reinvent themselves through inno
vations in order to be successful in international competition. In research, we are working on open problems in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation. Due to the dynamism and the goal of entrepreneurial processes, this research field is challenging, but there are laws and patterns that can be discovered. This means that we focus on problems of general relevance, structure them by economic and behavioral theories, and empirically test them against reality. We publish the results of our research activities in top scientific journals such as Management Science, Organization Science, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Research Policy or Journal of Business Venturing. Our research partners are international researchers from Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan School of Management, Bocconi University, Copenhagen Business School, EPFL Lausanne, VU Amsterdam, Penn State University, Universität St. In teaching, our goal is to provide our students with first-class knowledge in the fields of entrepreneurship and innovation. In doing so, we are guided by the leading international universities and business schools. We teach theories, methods and scientific knowledge in our courses. However, we do not stop with the knowledge transfer, but rather shape the entrepreneurial thinking and behavior of our students in real innovation projects with multinational companies, SMEs, start-ups and research organizations. Through their entrepreneurial profile, our graduates qualify for various career paths. In addition to owning or acquiring an existing company, occupations such as innovation managers, assistants in management, analysts in venture capital companies or company consultants are typical starting positions.
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