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Karl Wennberg

Visiting Professor

My research focuses broadly on entrepreneurship, organisational change, and their macro-level implications. Currently, I am researching on how demographic change shape new and established organizations, funded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters.

Entrepreneurship, Organisational Sociology and Regional Science

I am currently doing research on the demography and hiring practices in new firms, the demography of corporate boards, and the organisational dynamics of schools.

I am doing interdisciplinary research at the intersection of Entrepreneurship, Organisational Sociology and Regional Science. I currently pursue three major streams of research:

• Contextual influences on Entrepreneurship
• Meso- and Macro level implications of entrepreneurial activities
• Organisational dynamics (entry, exit, and growth of new organizations)

I am the author of over 100 peer-reviewed articles, books, reports and book chapters on these or related topics. Practical and policy implication of this research are often derived in the form of case studies, research notes, public policy papers and articles for public debate.

I am on the Editorial Boards of Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing and Journal of Business Venturing Insights. I am also senior editor of Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice.

Publications

2025

Fredrik W Andersson, Selcan Mutgan, Axel Norgren, Karl Wennberg (2025) Seeking opportunity or socio-economic status? Housing and school choice in Sweden Urban Studies, Vol. 62, p. 367-386 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Niklas Bomark, Elis Carlberg Larsson, Karl Wennberg (2024) Corporate Demography and Wage Inequality: Revisited SOCIUS, Vol. 10, Article 23780231241287858 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Maja Schluter, Tilman Hertz, Maria Mancilla Garcia, Thomas Banitz, Volker Grimm, Lars-Göran Johansson, Emilie Lindkvist, Rodrigo Martinez Peña, Sonja Radosavljevic, Karl Wennberg, Petri Ylikoski (2024) Navigating causal reasoning in sustainability science Ambio, Vol. 53, p. 1618-1631 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Vivek Kumar Sundriyal, Moren Lévesque, Karl Wennberg, Axel Norgren (2024) Dynamics of founding team diversity and venture outcomes: A simulation approach Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Vol. 18, p. 502-552 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Stefan Arora-Jonsson, Ema Kristina Demir, Axel Norgren, Karl Wennberg (2024) Beyond the silver bullet: unveiling multiple pathways to school turnaround School Effectiveness and School Improvement, Vol. 35, p. 214-249 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

News

EU map with Covid 19 bandage

OECD countries’ politicians follow each other

The more democratic a country is, the greater the probability that its politicians decide in the same way as in neighbouring countries, without further analysis, according to a study on decision-making during the beginning of the Corona crisis.
A person washing hands

Swedish students best at hand washing, worse at keeping their distance

Initial results from an international research project in which LiU is participating show that Swedish students follow official recommendations about hygiene, but not about social distancing.
Aerial view over forest and lake.

Cause and effect in the transformation of ecosystems

How can we distinguish between cause and effect when changes take place in a ecosystem? Can new methods give a more accurate picture of the interaction between society and the natural world? These are important questions for a new research programme.

Selected work

Three recent academic works

 

• Sebhatu, A., Wennberg, K., Arora-Jonsson, S., & Lindberg, S. I. 2020. Explaining the homogeneous diffusion of COVID-19 nonpharmaceutical interventions across heterogeneous countries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2010625117.
• Halvarsson, D., Korpi, M., & Wennberg, K. 2018. Entrepreneurship and income inequality. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 145: 275-293.
• Kim, P., Wennberg, K. & Crodieu, G. 2016.Meso-Level Mechanism of Entrepreneurial Activity in Societies. Academy of Management Perspectives. 30(3) 273-291.

Three often cited academic works

  • Autio, E. Pathak, S. & Wennberg, K. 2013. Consequences of Cultural Practices for Entrepreneurial Behaviors. Journal of International Business Studies 44(4): 334-362.
  • Folta, T. B., Delmar, F., & Wennberg, K. 2010. Hybrid Entrepreneurship.Management Science, 56(2): 253-269.
  • Wennberg, K., Wiklund, J., DeTienne, D.R., Cardon, M.S. 2010. Reconceptualizing entrepreneurial exit: Divergent exit routes and their drivers. Journal of Business Venturing, 25 (4), 361-375.

Three recently published books

  • Research Handbook of Entrepreneurial Exit. 
  • Inclusive Growth in Europe.
  • Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship.

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