TY  - CHAP
A1  - Yan, Zexiong
A1  - Strese, Steffen
A1  - Chwallek, Constanze
T1  - Explorer CEOs: The effect of CEO career variety on large firms’ relative exploration orientation
T2  - G-Forum Jahreskonferenz 2018
N2  - Prior studies demonstrate that firms need to make smart trade-off decisions between exploration and exploitation activities in order to increase performance. Chief executive officers (CEOs) are principal decision makers of a firm’s strategic posture. In this study, we theorize and empirically examine how relative exploration orientation of large publicly listed firms varies based on the career variety of their CEOs – that is, how diverse the professional experiences of executives were prior to them becoming CEOs. We further argue that the heterogeneity and structure of the top management team moderates the impact of CEO career variety on firms’ relative exploration orientation. Based on multisource secondary data for 318 S&P 500 firms from 2005 to 2015, we find that CEO career variety is positively associated with relative exploration orientation.
Interestingly, CEOs with high career varieties appear to be less effective in pursuing exploration, when they work with highly heterogeneous and structurally interdependent top management teams.
KW  - TMT structure
KW  - TMT composition
KW  - upper echelons theory
KW  - CEO career variety
KW  - Relative exploration orientation
Y1  - 2018
N1  - G-Forum Jahreskonferenz 2018, 11. – 12. Oktober 2018, Haus der Wirtschaft Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 2018; 22. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand “Mastering the Digital Transformation: Corporate Entrepreneurship as a Fast Track to Innovation”
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TY  - CHAP
A1  - Hunsdiek, Niklas J.A.
A1  - Chwallek, Constanze
T1  - External venturing activities and the influence of the chief technology officer
T2  - G-Forum Jahreskonferenz 2019
Y1  - 2019
N1  - G-Forum Jahreskonferenz 2019, 25. – 27. September 2019, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien; 23. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand „Die Chancen von KMU in einer globalisierten Welt“
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TY  - CHAP
A1  - Eggert, Mathias
A1  - Chwallek, Constanze
A1  - Wollf, Frederik
T1  - The role of environmental factors for the success of digital start-ups
T2  - ECIS 2022 Research Papers
N2  - Digital start-ups are perceived as an engine for innovation and job promotor. While success factors for non-IT start-ups have already been extensively researched, this study sheds light on digital entrepreneurs, whose business model relies primarily on services based on digital technologies. Applying the Grounded Theory method, we identify relevant environmental success factors for digital entrepreneurs. The study’s research contribution is threefold. First, we provide 16 relevant and less relevant environmental success factors, which enables a comparison with prior identified factors. We found out that several prior environmental success factors, such as accessibility to transportation or the availability of land and facilities are less relevant for a digital entrepreneur. Second, we derive and discuss hypotheses for the influence of these factors on digital start-up success. Third, we present a theoretical model that lays the foundation for explaining the environmental influence on digital
entrepreneurship success.
KW  - Digital start-up
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - Success Factors
KW  - Environment
KW  - Grounded Theory
Y1  - 2022
N1  - Thirtieth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2022), 18.06.2022 - 24.06.2022, Timișoara, Romania.
Paper Number 1045
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TY  - CHAP
A1  - Chwallek, Constanze
A1  - Maaßen, Franziska
T1  - Cure or blessing? The effect of (non-financial) signals on sustainable venture's funding success
T2  - G-Forum Jahreskonferenz 2022
Y1  - 2022
N1  - G-Forum Jahreskonferenz 2022, 21. – 23. September 2022, Technische Universität Dresden (Germany); 25. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand
ER  -