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Institute of Entrepreneurship (TIE) at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH). Research and teaching in technology entrepreneurship, startup engineering, deep tech innovation, and entrepreneurial finance.
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Entrepreneurship Hamburg, Startup Hamburg, Deep Tech Hamburg, Entrepreneurship Science, Technology Entrepreneurship, TUHH Entrepreneurship, Gründung Hamburg, Startup Forschung Hamburg, Technologie-Entrepreneurship, Startup Engineering, Entrepreneurial Finance, Innovation Hamburg

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We advance innovation and entrepreneurship through rigorous empirical research,
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AI-InnoScEnCE consortium meeting in Novi Sad

03.09.2026Research Project
AI-InnoScEnCE Consortium Meets in Novi Sad
Project meeting and second Stakeholder Engagement Workshop at the University of Novi Sad.

Daniel Zavala Salazar

06.07.2026Research Visit
Visiting Researcher from Mexico
Daniel Zavala Salazar explores the entrepreneurial strategies of academic spin-offs.

PhD Thesis Oliver Mork

15.10.2025PhD Thesis
PhD Thesis of Oliver Mork
Causal Analyses on Entrepreneurial Intention, Success, and Failure.
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Entrepreneurial Finance Funding, valuing and governing young innovative companies Oct 1, 2026 Entrepreneurship

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Entrepreneurial Finance
Christoph Ihl
Funding, valuing and governing young innovative companies

Deep Learning for Social Analytics Measuring, modeling and interpreting social interactions with deep learning on text and graphs Oct 1, 2026 Data Science

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Deep Learning for Social Analytics
Christoph Ihl, Jürgen Thiesen, Jonas Wilinski
Measuring, modeling and interpreting social interactions with deep learning on text and graphs
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Featured Research

Technological Innovations of Hidden Champions: Evidence from Patent Data Journal of Product Innovation Management, 42(3), 502-527 2025 Journal Article Heinz W. Lampe, Jorn Block, Thorben Willeke, Thomas Clauss, Holger Steinmetz

Technological Innovations of Hidden Champions: Evidence from Patent Data

Journal Article
Technological Innovations of Hidden Champions: Evidence from Patent Data
Hannes W. Lampe, Jorn Block, Thorben Willeke, Thomas Clauss, Holger Steinmetz
Journal of Product Innovation Management (2025)

Organizing Entrepreneurial Teams: A Field Experiment on Autonomy over Choosing Teams and Ideas Organization Science, 34(6), 2097-2118 2023 Journal Article Viktoria Boss, Linus Dahlander, Christoph Ihl, Rajshri Jayaraman

Organizing Entrepreneurial Teams: A Field Experiment on Autonomy over Choosing Teams and Ideas

Journal Article
Organizing Entrepreneurial Teams: A Field Experiment on Autonomy over Choosing Teams and Ideas
Viktoria Boss, Linus Dahlander, Christoph Ihl, Rajshri Jayaraman
Organization Science (2023)

More than words! How narrative anchoring and enrichment help to balance differentiation and conformity of entrepreneurial products Journal of Business Venturing, 35(6), 106050 2020 Journal Article Alexander Vossen, Christoph Ihl

More than words! How narrative anchoring and enrichment help to balance differentiation and conformity of entrepreneurial products

Journal Article
More than words! How narrative anchoring and enrichment help to balance differentiation and conformity of entrepreneurial products
Alexander Vossen, Christoph Ihl
Journal of Business Venturing (2020)
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Affiliations

Hamburg University of Technology School of Management Science & Technology MLE @ TUHH DRUID Society Academy of Management European Group for Organizational Studies Open & User Innovation Society VHB TIE

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TU Hamburg

TUHH Institute of Entrepreneurship
Prof. Dr. Christoph Ihl
Am Irrgarten 3
21073 Hamburg
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