Research and Publications
Overview
EEI members produce academic research on a variety of topics related to entrepreneurship and related disciplines. This research is published in several high-impact and peer-reviewed academic journals and presented in international conferences and seminars.
Research Project "UBERWORLD"
How UBER’s strategies are shaping the modern world: from internationalization challenges to driver nudging
Uber's disruptive approach to strategy revolves around leveraging big data, machine learning, algorithmic management, and lobbying efforts to influence market and non-market participants, including drivers, governments, and competitors. At the individual level, Uber uses behavioral strategies, such as nudging, to manage its disaggregated workforce, exploring how knowledge asymmetry and the lack of formal employment contracts impact driver satisfaction and control. At the firm level, Uber’s international expansion strategies are shaped by local network effects, with common ownership, particularly by Softbank, influencing competitive dynamics and market exits. The research examines Uber's decision to exit Southeast Asia after Softbank's investment. At the country level, the study focuses on how taxi incumbents challenge Uber through protests, lawsuits, and public demonstrations, with varied success in forcing Uber out of regulated markets. A dataset on anti-Uber protests in Europe is being expanded to analyze these dynamics more deeply.
Principal Investigator: Bilgehan Uzunca
Funding body: Generación del Conocimiento 2020 - Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Funding: €20.013,40
Duration: 36 months
Research highlights
First Impressions Stick
Market Entry Strategies and Category Priming in the Digital Domain
Paolo Aversa, Annelore Huyghe & Giulia Bonadio
Of those who plan
A meta-analysis of the relationship between human capital and business planning
Jan Brinckmann, Nicholas Dew, Stuart Read, Katrin Mayer-Haug & Dietmar Grichnik
Scale-ups and scaling in an international business context
Esther Tippmann, Tina C. Ambos, Manlio Del Giudice, Sinéad Monaghan, Dimo Ringov
Playing the Business Angel
The Impact of Well-Known Business Angels on Venture Performance
Daniel Blaseg and Lars Hornuf
The corporate governance of environmental sustainability
A review and proposal for more integrated research
Ruth Aguilera, Alberto Aragón-Correa, Valentina Marano & Peter A.Tashman
Information disclosure and the market for acquiring technology companies
George Chondrakis, Carlos J. Serrano & Rosemarie H. Ziedonis
Different strokes for different folks
The roles of religion and tradition for transgenerational entrepreneurship in family businesses
Nonyelium Lina Eze, Mattias Nordqvist, George Samara & María José Parada
Does separation hurt?
The impact of premature termination of R&D alliances on knowledge acquisition and innovation
Jan Hohberger, Heidi Kruger & Paul Almeida
Entry diversion
Deterrence by diverting submarket entry
Bilgehan Uzunca & Bruno Cassiman
Applied research
EEI members develop applied research to transfer knowledge to students, practitioners, and society in general. This research is published in books, book chapters, reports, and business cases. Examples of our applied publications include:
SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital's Journey to Innovation
Marcel Planellas, Manel Peiró & Suzanne Jenkins
Family Enterprise Global Survey on Generational Perspectives
Current and next generation family business owners aren’t so different after all
María José Parada, Paula M. Infantes et al.
Entrepreneurial Finance
The Art and Science of Growing Ventures
Luisa Alemany & Job B. Andreoli
El libro rojo de la innovación (con introducción de Ferran Adrià)
Guía para auditar el sistema innovador de la empresa revisando el caso de elBulli
Marcel Planellas
Meet our research faculty members
Ruth Aguilera
Distinguished Professor
International Business and Strategy, D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University
Visiting Professor, Esade, Department of Strategy and General Management
Jan Brinckmann
Professor
Department of Strategy and General Management
Academic Program Director, Master of Science in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Coordinator, GRIE
George Chondrakis
Associate Professor
Department of Strategy and General Management
Director, Esade Entrepreneurship Institute
Jan Hohberger
Associate Professor
Department of Strategy and General Management
Associate Dean, MBA
Annelore Huyhge
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
Department of Strategy and General Management
