Prof. Dr. Alexander S. Kritikos

Prof. Dr. Alexander S. Kritikos

Member of the Executive Board Executive Board

Head Entrepreneurship Research Group

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Alexander Kritikos is scientific member of the executive board of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) since May 2021 and Head of the research group on ‘Entrepreneurship’ since 2011. He is appointed as Full Professor for Industrial and Institutional Economics at the University of Potsdam, and Research Fellow of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn.

Alexander Kritikos studied economics and political sciences at the University of Munich. His research interests are Entrepreneurship Research and Innovation, and Behavioral and Institutional Economics. His articles have been published among others in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Journal of Population Economics, and Research Policy. His OpEds have been published in various outlets like Süddeutsche Zeitung, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Handelsblatt, Die Zeit, Harvard Business Review, Ta Nea and Kathimerini.

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Publications

Journal of Population Economics (vol. 37 (52))

Does Gender of Firm Ownership Matter? Female Entrepreneurs and the Gender Pay Gap

2024 | Alexander S. Kritikos, Mika Maliranta, Veera Nippala, Satu Nurmi
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (vol. 47 (3))

Pandemic Depression: COVID-19 and the Mental Health of the Self-Employed

2023 | Marco Caliendo, Daniel Graeber, Alexander S. Kritikos und Johannes Seebauer
Journal of Business Venturing (vol. 33(6))

Business Cycles and Start-ups across Industries: an Empirical Analysis for German Regions

2018 | Alexander Konon, Michael Fritsch, and Alexander S. Kritikos
Research Policy (vol. 45 (6))

The Link between R&D, Innovation and Productivity: Are Micro Firms Different?

2016 | Julian Baumann and Alexander S. Kritikos
Small Business Economics (vol. 42)

Personality Characteristics and the Decisions to Become and Stay Self-Employed

2014 | Marco Caliendo, Frank Fossen and Alexander S. Kritikos Personality
DIW Wochenbericht 12 / 2026

Pflichtversicherung für Selbstständige ohne Vorsorge bietet Mindestrente im Alter: Interview

2026| Alexander S. Kritikos, Erich Wittenberg
DIW Wochenbericht 12 / 2026

Nur ein Bruchteil der Selbstständigen in Deutschland sorgt nicht für das Alter vor

2026| Alexander S. Kritikos, Maximilian Priem, Friederich Sohrweide
DIW Wochenbericht 1/2 / 2026

Bundesregierung berücksichtigt Mittelstand nach wie vor unzureichend: Kommentar

2026| Alexander S. Kritikos
DIW Wochenbericht 44 / 2025

Zehn Jahre später: Steht Griechenland für ein kleines Wunder? Kommentar

2025| Alexander S. Kritikos
Zeitungs- und Blogbeiträge

Bundesregierung scheitert mit Bürokratieabbau ohne Strategie

In: Frankfurter Rundschau (17.11.2025), [Online-Artikel] | Alexander S. Kritikos
Refereed essays Web of Science

Decline in Job Satisfaction and How It Relates to Investment Decisions of the Self-Employed

In: Applied Psychology 74 (2025), 6, e70039, 27 S. | Joern Block, Miriam Gnad, Alexander S. Kritikos, Caroline Stiel
Externe Working Papers

Complementary Funding: How Location Links Crowdfunding and Venture Capital

Essen: GLO, 2025, 45 S.
(GLODiscussion Paper ; 1654)
| Torben Klarl, Alexander S. Kritikos, Knarik Poghosyan
Zeitungs- und Blogbeiträge

To 'elliniko thauma' kindunebei na meinei sti mesi

In: Kathimerini (02.11.2025), S. 44 | Alexander S. Kritikos
Zeitungs- und Blogbeiträge

Wie sich Griechenland aus dem Schuldensumpf befreite

In: Die Welt (21.10.2025), [Online-Artikel] | Alexander S. Kritikos

Lectures

Vortrag

How To Build a Research Cluster in Ioannina and Why It Is Important

Alexander S. Kritikos
Ioannina, Griechenland, 19.03.2026 - 21.03.2026
| Bridging Technology, Innovation and Culture: TechFuse Conference
Vortrag

Relationship between Age and Entrepreneurship: Examining Age, Cohort, and Period Effects for Three Countries

Alexander S. Kritikos
Berlin, 12.03.2026 - 13.03.2026
| Democracy, Resilience and Impact: 8th Creative Spark
Diskussionsteilnahme

European Economies - Forecasts for 2026: Discussion

Alexander S. Kritikos
[Online], 17.01.2026
| Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) [Online]
Vortrag

Delegation, Attention Allocation and Innovation in Entrepreneurial Ventures

Alexander S. Kritikos, Knarik Poghosyan, Theodor Vladasel
Berlin, 17.11.2025 - 18.11.2025
| Entrepreneurship und Organisation: Workshop, DIW Berlin
Vortrag

The Impact of Mental Health Shocks on Entrepreneurial Performance

Daniel Graeber, Alexander Kritikos, Tanaporn Maneein, Ute Stephan
Berlin, 17.11.2025 - 18.11.2025
| Entrepreneurship und Organisation: Workshop, DIW Berlin

Research Projects

Research Project

SOEP-LEE2-Entrepreneurs

Current Project| Entrepreneurship
Research Project

Evaluation of Business Coaching for Start-ups

Completed Project| Firms and Markets
Research Project

INNOMSME

Completed Project| Entrepreneurship
Research Project

Start-up Subsidies for Entrepreneurs out of Unemployment

Completed Project| Entrepreneurship
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