We work on theories, design management methods and validate both with empirical research. Our basic paradigm is that of a human-centric systemic approach: We see new ventures as ‘vehicles’ of innovation that must be actively steered through their environment by a “kybernetes” (steersman) – the entrepreneur(s).

We want to explore how young companies can be run and want to understand the regularities that are important in this context. We want to create sound practices and work in a Design Science Research mode.