Management of SMEs and Startups

Alexandra Moritz is Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Faculty of Business and Management, Hochschule Koblenz – University of Applied Sciences, Germany (since 2022). Former Postdoctoral Researcher and Director of the Research Center for Small and Mid-Sized Firms at Trier University, Germany. Holds a doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) in Entrepreneurship and has over 10 years of experience in the international banking industry.Sibylle Treude is Professor at the Faculty of Business and Management, Hochschule Koblenz – University of Applied Sciences, Germany (since 2013). Previously Privatdozentin (Associate Professor) at the University of Siegen, Germany (2008–2013), with a Habilitation and Venia Legendi in Economic and Social History. Holds a doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) and a Diplom in Business Administration.Joern Block is Professor of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Sustainability at Trier University, Germany (since 2012). Completed postdoctoral research at Technische Universität München, Germany, and Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Holds a doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) and a Diplom in Business Administration from Humboldt University of Berlin.Arndt Werner is Professor of Management of SMEs and Entrepreneurship at the University of Siegen, Germany (since 2015). Completed his Habilitation and Venia Legendi at the University of Siegen in 2012. Previously served as Project Coordinator and Management Board Member at the Institute for SME Research (IfM Bonn), Germany. Holds a doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) and a Diplom in Business Administration from the University of Cologne.

• Current Developments and Challenges in the Management of SMEs and Startups.- Part I: Strategic Management and Business Environment.- Firm Barriers in the Western Balkans: A Comprehensive Analysis.- Managing entrepreneurial visibility in tech startups – characteristics, challenges & strategies.- Enhancing servitization in SMEs: the role of cost and performance measurement tools.- Heterogeneity in Academic Entrepreneurship: Classifying University-based Startups and establishing Everyday University Startups.- Part II: Organizational Development.- External Cooperation for Creative Problem-Solving.- The Dilemma of Employment and Small Family Business Growth.- Family Climate: Driving Organizational Resilience of Hidden Champions.- Knowledge Transfer and Psychological Safety of Migrants in SMEs: An Exploratory Qualitative Study.- Part III: Entrepreneurial Finance.- Business angels and small and micro-cap private equity funds as alternative funding sources for SME acquisitions.- Differences in the Screening Criteria Between US and Continental European VC Investors.- The Impact of the External Environment on Venture Capital Decision-Making and Startup Financing.- Part IV: Sustainable and Digital Transformation.- A Sustainability Reporting (and Management) Framework for SMEs in the Furniture Industry: Key Thematic Aspects and Indicators.- How to Develop Digital Products Legally?.- How does digitalization affect innovation output? The case of German small and medium sized enterprises.