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Family Business & Entrepreneurial Orientation

Thinking strategically about entrepreneurship.

We study how entrepreneurship, innovation and digital transformation shape the future of organisations.

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Our Ambition

Research with a clear message and practical relevance.

Led by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. Sascha Kraus, the Chair combines research excellence with ideas for start-ups, SMEs, family firms and established corporations.

We view entrepreneurial action as a strategic capability and generate insights that reach beyond academic debate.

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Research

Our Research Themes

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Entrepreneurship

Identifying opportunities and translating them into viable business models.

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Innovation

Building organisations that can innovate and adapt over the long term.

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Journal of Product Innovation Management

From Organizational Resilience Capability to Firm Performance

Proactively developed resilience does not automatically improve firm performance. Its impact unfolds through incremental and radical innovation capabilities, supported and shaped by strategic HR practices.

Yi-Ying Chang · Susanne Durst · Mathew Hughes · Sascha Kraus · Thomas Clauss · Che-Yuan Chang

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European Management Journal

Organizational Frames and Innovation Choices

Organisational frames shape how firms develop sustainable business models: as fundamental architectural transformation or as modular, step-by-step adaptation.

Jerome L. Antonio · Philip Jorzik · Lysander Weiss · Dominik K. Kanbach · Thomas Clauss · Sascha Kraus

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Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

Transformational Family Leaders in Multi-Unit Complex Family Firms

Transformational family CEOs strengthen the entrepreneurial orientation and performance of non-family-managed units. Political skill is pivotal because it makes their influence credible and effective.

Mathew Hughes · Yi-Ying Chang · Qilin Hu · Alfredo De Massis · Sascha Kraus

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British Journal of Management

Leveraging Alliance Management Capability for Sustainable Performance

Alliances improve SDG performance when firms translate external resources into business model innovation. Strategic flexibility strengthens this relationship.

Yi-Ying Chang · Qilin Hu · Thomas Clauss · Sascha Kraus · Feng-Yi Chiang

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Teaching

Understanding complexity. Shaping decisions.

Our courses connect current research with concrete entrepreneurial questions in lectures, seminars and theses.

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Academic Exchange

Dr Christof Rissbacher giving a SPAR guest lecture at FBEO
Corporate Entrepreneurship · Practitioner Perspective

Strategic Transformation with SPAR

Dr Christof Rissbacher, Chairman of the Management Board of SPAR Northern Italy, shared insights into innovation, restructuring and leadership through change.

Andreas Eisen of ABUS Kransysteme at FBEO
Tim-Luca Daniel of ABUS Kransysteme at FBEO
Corporate Entrepreneurship · Industry

Innovation from Within with ABUS

Andreas Eisen and Tim-Luca Daniel showed how ABUS Kransysteme responds to competitive pressure through strategic change and renewal.

Prof. Antje Fiedler of the University of Auckland in discussion with FBEO students
Ben Fath of the University of Auckland in discussion with FBEO students
International Exchange & Guest Lectures

University of Auckland × FBEO

Prof. Antje Fiedler and Ben Fath brought international perspectives on entrepreneurship and international business to our teaching and research.

The FBEO team at the IFERA 2026 international conference in Naples
International Family Enterprise Research Academy

IFERA 2026 in Naples

Conferences and academic exchange connect FBEO with the international family business research community and create new shared perspectives.

The Chair regularly shares further insights into publications, projects, teaching, events and partnerships on LinkedIn.

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Contact

Let us start a conversation.

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FBEO Chair
University of Siegen · Faculty III
Unteres Schloss 3
57072 Siegen

fbeo@uni-siegen.de
+49 271 740-3012