Publications

Reaching for the stars? Entrepreneurial aspirations and optimal distinctiveness on YouTube
Analyzing how content creators on YouTube learn from past differentiation decisions.
Categorically Right? How Firm-Level Distinctiveness Affects Performance Across Product Categories
Analyzing how the appeal of firm-level distinctiveness for new ventures varies across online consumer product categories.
Paying for Legitimacy? The Signalling Effect of Monetary Rewards in Innovation Contests
Experimental studies on how monetary rewards can make innovation contests hosted by firms more legitimate.
All for the Money? The Limits of Monetary Rewards in Innovation Contests with Users
Finding out how extrinsic and intrinsic motives translate into different types of particpation behavior in innovation contests.
An Upbeat Crowd. Fast In-store Music Alleviates Negative Effects of High Social Density on Customers’ Spending
Field experiment on how music tempo and in-store crowding affects shopping behavior.
Walking Parallel Paths or Taking the Same Road? The Effect of Collaborative Incentives in Innovation Contests
Lab experiment on how collaboration and competition affect particpants in innovation contests.