Entrepreneurship
The entrepreneurship research team deals with various aspects of entrepreneurial activity and its support. The topics include entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems, the evaluation of entrepreneurship supporting policies and social entrepreneurship.
The team is experienced in both qualitative (especially case studies and semi-structured interviews) and quantitative (regression analysis, counterfactual impact evaluation) methodological approaches as well as in working with primary and secondary data and their collection. Annually, members participate in leading scholarly conferences, such AoM or EURAM. Experienced in international project cooperation, our team is ready and committed to joining international collaboration and serving as a supportive, reliable, responsible, and contributing partner.
Main directions of the research:
- Entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized enterprises supporting policies evaluation
- Entry in entrepreneurship and startups entrepreneurial activity
- Social entrepreneurship
#Entrepreneurship policy, #social entrepreneurship, #startups
Representatives of the research team
prof. Martin Lukeš
Department head
doc. Ondřej Dvouletý
Top publications of the team
- COWLING, Marc, DVOULETÝ, Ondřej. UK government-backed start-up loans: Tackling disadvantage and credit rationing of new entrepreneurs. International Small Business Journal . 2023, vol. 41, no. 7, p. 714–733. DOI: 10.1177/026624262211243.
- FELDMANN, Manuel, LUKEŠ, Martin, UHLANER, Lorraine. Disentangling succession and entrepreneurship gender gaps: gender norms, culture, and family. Small Business Economics . 2022, vol. 58, p. 997–1013. DOI: 10.1007/s11187-020-00430-z.
- POTTER, Jonathan, STOREY, David, DVOULETÝ, Ondřej, SHAH, Pablo. Framework for the Evaluation of SME and Entrepreneurship Policies and Programmes 2023 [online]. 1. vyd. Paris : OECD Publishing, 2023. 172 s. ISBN 978-92-64-77765-1. eISBN 978-92-64-85108-5. eISSN 2078-0990. ISSN 2078-0982. DOI: 10.1787/a4c818d1-en.
Selected research projects
- Cultural Pathways to Economic Self-Sufficiency and Entrepreneurship (FP 7 EU, 2014-2018)
- Entrepreneurship as a second career or Entrepreneurship 2.0 (Technological Agency of the Czech Republic, 2023-2026)
- Precarity as the real experience of self-employed and micro enterprise (Technological Agency of the Czech Republic, 2020-2023)
- Evaluation of the economic impact of R&D support on the business sector (Technology Agency of the Czech Republic, 2020-2022)