Prof. Dr. Christian Schwens
Akademische Laufbahn
Prof. Dr. Christian Schwens ist Inhaber der Professur für Entrepreneurship und Management an der Universität zu Köln. Nach seinem Studium der Betriebswirtschaftslehre an der Universität Paderborn und der Universität Stockholm war er als Doktorand und Habilitand an der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen und als Lehrstuhlvertreter an der Universität Trier tätig. Von 2012-2018 war er Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, insbes. Management an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. Forschungsaufenthalte führten ihn 2006 an die Carlson School of Management der University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA und 2016 an das Department of Management and International Business der University of Auckland, Neuseeland.
Seine Forschungsarbeiten wurden auf zahlreichen nationalen und internationalen Kongressen präsentiert und in begutachteten internationalen Zeitschriften wie dem Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), Journal of Management Studies (JMS), Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ETP), Journal of World Business (JWB), International Business Review (IBR), Journal of Small Business Management (JSBM) u.v.a.m. publiziert. Er ist Senior Editor beim Journal of World Business (mit Zuständigkeit für den Bereich "Entrepreneurship, Technology and Internationalization") sowie Mitglied des Editorial Review Boards der Zeitschriften Journal of International Business Studies, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice und Management Review Quarterly.
Forschungsschwerpunkte
- Internationales Entrepreneurship
- Corporate Entrepreneurship
- Hybrid Entrepreneurship
- Strategische Allianzen
- Internationalisierung kleiner und mittelständischer Unternehmen
- Entrepreneurship und Well-Being
Ausgewählte Publikationen
- Fourné, S.P.L., Zschoche, M., Schwens, C., & Kotha, R. (Forthcoming). Multinational family firms’ internationalization depth and breadth following the global financial crisis. Journal of World Business (JWB).
- Runge, S., Schwens, C, & Schulz, M. (2022). The invention performance implications of coopetition: How technological, geographical, and product market overlaps shape learning and competitive tension in R&D alliances. Strategic Management Journal (SMJ). Vol.43(2), 266-294.
- Gänser-Stickler, G., Schulz, M., & Schwens, C. (2022): Sitting on the Fence – Untangling the Role of Uncertainty In Entrepreneurship and Paid Employment for Hybrid Entry. Journal of Business Venturing (JBV). Vol. 37(2), 106-176.
- Chakravarty, S., Cumming, D., Murtinu, S., Scalera, V., & Schwens, C. (2021). Exploring the next generation of international entrepreneurship. Journal of World Business (JWB). Volume 56(5).
- Schulz, M., Schwens, C. & Fisch, C. (2021). Bankruptcy regulation and self-employment entry: the moderating roles of income share, parenthood, and hybrid entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice (ETP).Vol.45(6), 1522-1549.
- Schwens, C., Zapkau, F., Brouthers, K.D. & Hollender, L. (2018). Limits to International Entry Mode Learning in SMEs. Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS).Vol. 49(7), 809-831.
- Schwens, C., Zapkau, F.B., Bierwerth, M., Isidor, R., Knight, G., & Kabst, R. (2018). International Entrepreneurship: A Meta-Analysis on the Internationalization and Performance Relationship. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice (ET&P). Vol.42(5), 734-768.
- Klier, H., Schwens, C., Zapkau, F. B. & Dikova, D. (2017). Which Resources Matter How and Where? A Meta-Analysis on Firms' Foreign Establishment Mode Choice. Journal of Management Studies (JMS), Vol. 54(3): 304-339.
- Baum, M., Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. A (2015). Latent Class Analysis of Small Firms' Internationalization Patterns. Journal of World Business (JWB). Vol 50(4), 754-768.
- Engelen, A., Neumann, C. & Schwens, C. (2015). "Of Course I Can": The Effect of CEO Overconfidence on Entrepreneurially Oriented Firms. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ET&P). Vol. 39(5), 1137-1160.
- Maekelburger, B., Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2012). Asset Specificity and Foreign Market Entry Mode Choice of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: The Moderating Influence of Knowledge Safeguards and Institutional Safeguards.Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). Vol 43(5), 458-476.
- Schwens, C., Eiche, J. & Kabst, R. (2011). The Moderating Impact of Informal Institutional Distance and Formal Institutional Risk on SME Entry-Mode Selection. Journal of Management Studies (JMS). Vol. 48(2), 330-351.
Publikationen
Aufsätze in wissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften (peer-reviewed)
- Fourné, S.P.L., Zschoche, M., Schwens, C., & Kotha, R. (Forthcoming). Multinational family firms’ internationalization depth and breadth following the global financial crisis. Journal of World Business (JWB).
- Pavlista, V., Angerer, P., Kuske, J., Schwens C., Diebig, M. (Forthcoming): Exploring the barriers of psychosocial risk assessment implementation in micro and small sized firms: Evidence from a non-responder survey and a case study. German Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology (ZAO).
- Engels, M., Boß, L., Engels, J., Kuhlmann, R., Kuske, J., Lepper, S., Lesener, L., Pavlista, V., Diebig, M., Lunar, T., Ruhle, S. A., Zapkau, F.B., Angerer, P., Hoewner, J., Lehr, D., Schwens, C. Süß, S., Wulf, I.C., Dragano, N. (Forthcoming): Facilitating stress prevention in micro- and small-sized enterprises: protocol for a mixed method study to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation process of targeted webbased-interventions. BMC Public Health.
- Boß, L., Angerer, P., Dragano, N., Ebert, D., Engels, M., Heber, E., Kuhlmann, R. Ruhle, S., Schwens, C., Wulf, I.C., Lehr, D. (2021): Comparative effectiveness of guided internet-based stress management training versus established in-person group training in employees – study protocol for a pragmatic, randomized, non-inferiority trial. BMC Public Health 21, 2177 (2021).
- Gänser-Stickler, G., Schulz, M., & Schwens, C. (Forthcoming): Sitting on the Fence – Untangling the Role of Uncertainty In Entrepreneurship and Paid Employment for Hybrid Entry. Journal of Business Venturing (JBV).
- Runge, S., Schwens, C, & Schulz, M. (Forthcoming). The invention performance implications of coopetition: How technological, geographical, and product market overlaps shape learning and competitive tension in R&D alliances. Strategic Management Journal (SMJ).
- Schulz, M., Schwens, C. & Fisch, C. (Forthcoming). Bankruptcy regulation and self-employment entry: the moderating roles of income share, parenthood, and hybrid entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice (ETP).
- Chakravarty, S., Cumming, D., Murtinu, S., Scalera, V., & Schwens, C. (forthcoming). Exploring the next generation of international entrepreneurship. Journal of World Business (JWB).
- Walheiser, D., Schwens, C., Steinberg, P.J., & Cadogan J.W. (2021). Greasing the wheels or blocking the path? Organizational structure, product innovativeness, and new product success. Journal of Business Research. Forthcoming.
- Wenke, K., Zapkau, F. B. & Schwens, C. (2020). Too Small to do it All? A Meta-analysis on the Relative Relationships of Exploration, Exploitation, and Ambidexterity with SME Performance. Journal of Business Research. Forthcoming.
- Türk, S., Zapkau, F. B. & Schwens, C. (2020). Prior Entrepreneurial Exposure and the Emergence of Entrepreneurial Passion: The Moderating Role of Learning Orientation. Journal of Small Business Management (JSBM), 58(2), 225-258.
- Wagner, M. & Schwens, C. (Forthcoming). The Role of Firm-Internal Corporate Environmental Standards for Organizational Performance. Journal of Business Economics (JBE).
- Tenzer, H., Schulz, M., Klier, H., & Schwens, C. (Forthcoming). Sending Expats or Hiring Locals? The Impact of Communication Barriers on Foreign Subsidiary CEO Staffing. European Journal of International Management (EJIM).
- Schwens, C., Zapkau, F., Brouthers, K.D. & Hollender, L. (Forthcoming). Limits to International Entry Mode Learning in SMEs. Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS).
- Bembom, M. & Schwens, C. (Forthcoming). Bembom, M., Schwens, C. (Forthcoming). The Role of Networks in Early Internationalizing Firms: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda. European Management Journal (EMJ).
- Schwens, C., Zapkau, F.B., Bierwerth, M., Isidor, R., Knight, G., & Kabst, R. (Forthcoming). International Entrepreneurship: A Meta-Analysis on the Internationalization and Performance Relationship. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice (ET&P).
- Klier, H., Schwens, C., Zapkau, F. B. & Dikova, D. (2017). Which Resources Matter How and Where? A Meta-Analysis on Firms' Foreign Establishment Mode Choice. Journal of Management Studies (JMS), Vol. 54(3): 304-339.
- Hollender, L., Zapkau, F.B. & Schwens, C. (2017). SME Foreign Market Entry Mode Choice and Foreign Venture Performance: The Moderating Effect of International Experience and Product Adaptation. International Business Review (IBR), Vol. 26(2): 250-263.
- Zapkau, F.B., Schwens, C. & Kabst, R . (2017). The Role of Prior Entrepreneurial Exposure in the Entrepreneurial Process: A Review and Future Research Implications. Journal of Small Business Management (JSBM), Vol. 55(1): 56-86.
- Engelen, A.; Bachmann, J.-T. & Schwens, C. (2016). Toward a better understanding of the association between strategic planning and entrepreneurial orientation - The moderating role of national culture. Journal of International Management (JIM), Vol. 22, Issue 4.
- Laufs, K., Bembom, M. & Schwens, C. (2016). CEO Characteristics and SME Foreign Market Entry Mode Choice: The Moderating Effect of Firm’s Geographic Experience and Host-Country Political Risk. International Marketing Review (IMR), Vol. 33, Issue 2.
- Deutscher, F., Zapkau, F. B., Schwens, C., Baum, M., Kabst, R. (2016). Strategic orientations and performance: a configurational perspective. Journal of Business Research (JBR). Vol. 69(2), 849-861.
- Baum, M., Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. A (2015). Latent Class Analysis of Small Firms' Internationalization Patterns. Journal of World Business (JWB). Vol 50(4), 754-768.
- Bierwerth, M., Schwens, C., Isidor, R. & Kabst, R (2015). Corporate Entrepreneurship and Performance: A Meta-Analysis. Small Business Economics (sbe). Vol. 45(2), 255-278.
- Engelen, A., Neumann, C. & Schwens, C. (2015). "Of Course I Can": The Effect of CEO Overconfidence on Entrepreneurially Oriented Firms. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ET&P). Vol. 39(5), 1137-1160.
- Grichnik, D. & Schwens, C. (2015). Entrepreneurship, Technology, and Innovation - Overcoming research silos. Business Administration Review (BARev) / Die Betriebswirtschaft, Heft 4/2015.
- Isidor, R., Schwens, C., Hornung, F. & Kabst, R. (2015). The Impact of Structural and Attitudinal Antecedents on the Instability of International Joint Ventures: The Mediating Role of Asymmetrical Changes in Commitment. International Business Review (IBR). Vol. 24(2), 298-310.
- Wagner, D., Block, J., Miller, D. Schwens, C. & Xi , G (2015). A meta-analysis of the financial performance of family firms: Another attempt. Journal of Family Business Strategy (JFBS). Vol. 6(1), 3-13.
- Wehner, M. C., Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2015). Individual-Level Experience and Organizational-Level Absorptive Capacity: The Special Case of International New Ventures. Journal of Business Economics (JBE; Formerly: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft (ZfB)). Vol. 5, 545-568.
- Zapkau, F.B., Schwens, C., Steinmetz, H. & Kabst, R. (2015). Disentangling the Effect of Prior Entrepreneurial Exposure on Entrepreneurial Intention. Journal of Business Research (JBR).Vol. 68(3): 639-653.
- Hütt, P., Baum, M., Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2014). Foreign Direct Investment Location Choice of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: The Risk of Value Erosion of Firm-Specific Resources. International Business Review (IBR). Vol. 23(5), 952-965.
- Isidor, R., Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2014). Interim Management Utilization, Firm Flexibility and its Impact on Firm Performance. International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management (IJHRDM). Vol. 14(4), 174-186.
- Isidor, R., Steinmetz, H., Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2014). Linking Transaction Cost and Social Exchange Theory to Explain Strategic Alliance Performance: A Meta-Analytic Structural Equation Model. International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances (IJSBA). Vol. 3(2-3), 140-167.
- Laufs, K. & Schwens, C. (2014). Foreign market entry mode choice of small and medium-sized enterprises: A systematic review and future research agenda. International Business Review (IBR), Vol. 23(6): 1109-1126.
- Müller, J., Zapkau, F. B. & Schwens, C. (2014). The Impact of Prior Entrepreneurial Exposure on Entrepreneurial Intention - Cross-Cultural Evidence. Journal of Enterprising Culture (JEC), Vol. 22(3): 251-282.
- Zapkau, F., Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2014). Foreign Direct Investment and domestic employment of German SMEs: The moderating effect of owner-management. Journal of Small Business Management (JSBM). Vol. 52(3): 451-476.
- Baum, M., Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2013). International as opposed to domestic new venturing: The moderating role of perceived barriers to internationalization. International Small Business Journal (ISBJ). Vol. 31(5), 536-562.
- Isidor, R., Schwens, C., Kabst, R. & Hornung, F. (2012). Internationaler Joint Venture Erfolg: Eine Meta-Analyse. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft (ZfB). Vol. 82(5), 539-583
- Eiche, J., Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2012). Greenfield Investment versus Akquisition: Der moderierende Einfluss wahrgenommener institutioneller Unsicherheit bei der Internationalisierung von KMU. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft (ZfB). Vol. 82(3),143-165.
- Maekelburger, B., Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2012). Asset Specificity and Foreign Market Entry Mode Choice of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: The Moderating Influence of Knowledge Safeguards and Institutional Safeguards.Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). Vol 43(5), 458-476
- Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2011). Internationalization of Young Technology Firms: A Complementary Perspective on Antecedents of Perceived Foreign Market Familiarity. International Business Review (IBR). Vol. 20, 60-74.
- Schwens, C., Eiche, J. & Kabst, R. (2011). The Moderating Impact of Informal Institutional Distance and Formal Institutional Risk on SME Entry-Mode Selection. Journal of Management Studies (JMS). Vol. 48(2), 330-351.
- Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2011). Entry Learning, Age at Internationalization, and Foreign Venture Performance. Schmalenbach Business Review (sbr). Vol. 63(7), 308-330.
- Baum, M., Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2011). A Typology of International New Ventures: Empirical Evidence from High Technology Industries. Journal of Small Business Management (JSBM). Vol. 49(3), 305-330.
- Isidor, R., Schwens, C. & Kabst, R., (2011). Human Resource Management and Early Internationalization: Is there a Leap-Frogging in International Staffing? International Journal of Human Resource Management (IJHRM). Vol. 22(10), 2167 - 2184.
- Steinmetz, H., Schwens, C., Wehner, M. & Kabst, R. (2011). Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Cross-Cultural HRM Research: The CRANET Project as an Example. Human Resource Management Review (HRMR). Vol. 21(1), 16-26.
- Schwens, C. & Kabst, R., (2010). Determinanten zur Akquisition von Auslandsmarktwissen bei der Internationalisierung junger Technologieunternehmen. Business Administration Review (BARev)/Die Betriebswirtschaft (DBW). Vol. 5, 443-462.
- Steinmetz, H., Schwens, C., Isidor, R. & Kabst, R. (2010). Enlarging the focus on the role of competencies, abilities, and personality in management research. Management Revue: The International Review of Management Studies. Vol. 21(3) 225-228.
- Zapkau, F., Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2010). Die Wirkung ausländischer Direktinvestitionen auf die Beschäftigung im Heimatmarkt: Eine empirische Analyse des deutschen Mittelstands. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft (ZfB). Vol. 80, 797-819.
- Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2009). Early Internationalizers: Transaction Cost Economics and Structural Embeddedness. Journal of International Entrepreneurship (JIE). Vol. 7(4), 323-340.
- Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2009). How Early Opposed to Late Internationalizers Learn: Experience of Others and Paradigms of Interpretation. International Business Review (IBR), Vol. 18(5), 509-522.
- Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2009). Determinanten früher Internationalisierung: eine Meta-Analyse. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft (ZfB), Vol. 1, 1-26.
- Baum, M., Schwens, C. & Kabst, R. (2009). Internationalisierung junger Technologieunternehmen: Der moderierende Einfluss der "Liabilities of Foreignness". Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft (ZfB). Vol. 79(6), 87-112.
Monographien
- Schwens, C. (2008). Early Internationalizers: Specificity, Learning and Performance Implications. In: Alewell, D., Kabst, R., Martin, A., Matiaske, W., Nienhüser, W., Schramm, F. & Weber, W. (Hrsg.): Schriftenreihe Empirische Personal- und Organisationsforschung: Band 34. Rainer Hampp Verlag. München. Mering.
- Schwens, C. (2006). Internationalisierung mittelständischer Unternehmen: eine empirische Untersuchung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Phänomens der Born Globals, Schriftenreihe Entrepreneurship-Research-Monographien (Hrsg.) von Klandt, H., Szyperski, N., Frese, M., Brüderl, J., Sternberg, B. & Braukmann, U., Lohmar/Köln: Josef Eul Verlag.
Special Issues in wissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften:
- Doh, J., Ahlstrom, D. Ambos, B., Collings, D. D., Cullen, J. B., Gaur, A. S., Ang, S. H., Mellahi, K., Peng, M. W., Schwens, C., Zander, L. (2016). The World of Global Business 1965-2015. Journal of World Business, Vol. 51,1.
- Grichnik, D. & Schwens, C. (2015). Entrepreneurship, Technology and Innovation. Business Administration Review (BARev) / Die Betriebswirtschaft. Heft 4/2015.
- Kabst, R., Isidor, R., Steinmetz, H. & Schwens, C. (2010). Enlarging the focus on the role of competencies, abilities, and personality in management research. Management Revue: The International Review of Management Studies. Vol. 21(3), 225-228.
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