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Christian Fisch

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1.

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) to Finance New Ventures

Journal of Business Venturing, 34(1), January 2019, 1–22.
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 02 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2018
Christian Fisch
University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT)
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Initial coin offering (ICO), Token sale, Distributed ledger technology (DLT), Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Signaling theory, Technological capabilities, Ethereum

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The rise of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs): a first empirical glimpse

Venture Capital
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 11 May 2022 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2022
Cristiano Bellavitis, Christian Fisch and Paul P. Momtaz
Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management, University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management
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DAO, Decentralized Autonomous Organization, Blockchain, Ethereum.

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Institutional Investors and Post-ICO Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Investor Returns in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)

Journal of Corporate Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 30 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 22 Jun 2020
Christian Fisch and Paul P. Momtaz
University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management
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Initial coin offering, ICO, token sale, institutional investors, ICO performance, buy-and-hold abnormal returns, venture capital

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Academic Freedom and Innovation

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Academic Freedom and Innovation

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Jul 2024
David B. Audretsch, Christian Fisch, Chiara Franzoni, Paul P. Momtaz and Silvio Vismara
Indiana University Bloomington - School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA), University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), Politecnico di Milano - DIG, Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management and University of Bergamo
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academic freedom, innovation, patent applications, forward citations

Academic Freedom and Innovation: A Research Note

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Mar 2023
David B. Audretsch, Christian Fisch, Chiara Franzoni, Paul P. Momtaz and Silvio Vismara
Indiana University Bloomington - School of Public & Environmental Affairs (SPEA), University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), Politecnico di Milano - DIG, Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management and University of Bergamo
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academic freedom, innovation, patent applications, forward citations

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The CEO Beauty Premium: Founder CEO Attractiveness and Firm Valuation in Initial Coin Offerings

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The CEO Beauty Premium: Founder CEO Attractiveness and Firm Valuation in Initial Coin Offerings

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, forthcoming
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 06 Jan 2022
Massimo G. Colombo, Christian Fisch, Paul P. Momtaz and Silvio Vismara
Politecnico di Milano, University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management and University of Bergamo
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CEO attractiveness, beauty premium, initial coin offering (ICO), token offering, entrepreneurial finance, firm valuation

The CEO Beauty Premium

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2021
Massimo G. Colombo, Christian Fisch, Paul P. Momtaz and Silvio Vismara
Politecnico di Milano, University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management and University of Bergamo
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CEO attractiveness, beauty premium, initial coin offering (ICO), token offering, entrepreneurial finance, firm valuation

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Chinese University Patents: Quantity, Quality, and the Role of Subsidy Programs

Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 318-345, 2015
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 01 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2015
Christian Fisch, Jorn H. Block and Philipp G. Sandner
University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Trier - Faculty of Management and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
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University patenting, China, patent quantity, patent quality, subsidy programs, Project 985

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Motives to Invest in Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs)

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Dec 2018
Christian Fisch, Christian Masiak, Silvio Vismara and Jorn H. Block
University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Trier - Faculty of Management, University of Bergamo and University of Trier - Faculty of Management
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Initial coin offering (ICO), entrepreneurial finance, investment motives, distributed ledger technology (DLT), blockchain, cryptocurrency, Ethereum, factor analysis

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Entrepreneurship in Islamic Communities: How Do Islamic Values and Islamic Practices Influence Entrepreneurship Intentions?

Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Jun 2019
Farooq Rehan, Jorn H. Block and Christian Fisch
University of Trier - Faculty of Management, University of Trier - Faculty of Management and University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT)
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Islamic Communities, Islamic Values, Islamic Religious Practices, Entrepreneurship Intentions, Attitude Towards Entrepreneurship, Mediation

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Why Do SMEs File Trademarks? Insights from Firms in Innovative Industries

Research Policy, 44, 1915–1930 (2015)
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 30 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 02 Sep 2015
Jorn H. Block, Christian Fisch, Alexander Hahn and Philipp G. Sandner
University of Trier - Faculty of Management, University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Mannheim and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
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Trademarks; SMEs; intellectual property; motives to file IPRs; cluster analysis

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Trademark Families: Characteristics and Market Values

Journal of Brand Management, 21(2), pp. 150-170
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 22 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2014
Jorn H. Block, Christian Fisch and Philipp G. Sandner
University of Trier - Faculty of Management, University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
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trademarks, trademark families, firm valuation, Tobin’s q, brand management

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Die Bedeutung des CEO für die Internationalisierung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (The Significance of the CEO for the Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises)

Wirtschaftspoltische Blätter, Volume 60, Issue 1, pp. 139-153
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 14 Jun 2013
Christian Fisch and Jorn H. Block
University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and University of Trier - Faculty of Management
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internationalization strategy, SME, CEO, mode of entry

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A Comprehensive Review of the Global Development of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and Their Regulation

Forthcoming, Journal of Business Venturing Insights
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Nov 2020
Cristiano Bellavitis, Christian Fisch and Johan Wiklund
Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management, University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and Syracuse University
Downloads 385 (193,569)
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Initial coin offering (ICO), token sale, blockchain, cryptocurrency, regulation, entrepreneurial finance, digital finance, FinTech

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The Determinants of Bootstrap Financing in Crises: Evidence from Entrepreneurial Ventures in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Small Business Economics, in press, SBEJ-D-20-00758R1
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 19 May 2020 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2020
Jorn H. Block, Christian Fisch and Mirko Hirschmann
University of Trier - Faculty of Management, University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and University of Trier - Faculty of Management
Downloads 366 (203,243)
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Entrepreneurship, bootstrap finance, COVID-19, crises, coronavirus

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Does Blockchain Technology Democratize Entrepreneurial Finance? An Empirical Comparison of ICOs, Venture Capital, and REITs

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Nov 2020
Christian Fisch, Michele Meoli and Silvio Vismara
University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Bergamo and University of Bergamo
Downloads 359 (207,095)
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Digital Finance, Initial Coin Offerings, Entrepreneurial Finance, ICOs, Democratization, Gender, Ethnical Minorities, Remote Entrepreneurship

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University Patenting: A Comparison of 300 Leading Universities Worldwide

Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 318–345, 2015
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 May 2014 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2015
Christian Fisch, Tobias Hassel, Philipp G. Sandner and Jorn H. Block
University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), Technische Universität München (TUM) - TUM School of Management, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and University of Trier - Faculty of Management
Downloads 310 (244,299)
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University patenting, patents, ranking, publishing, patenting

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Negative Central Bank Rates and Venture Capital Markets

Bellavitis, C., Fisch, C., Vismara, S. 2024. “Monetary policy and venture capital markets”, Review of Corporate Finance.
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2024
Cristiano Bellavitis, Christian Fisch and Silvio Vismara
Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management, University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and University of Bergamo
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Entrepreneurial finance, venture capital, supply, negative interest rates, central bank rates, monetary policy.

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The Schumpeterian Entrepreneur: A Review of the Empirical Evidence on the Antecedents, Behavior, and Consequences of Innovative Entrepreneurship

Industry and Innovation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 30 Aug 2016
Jorn H. Block, Christian Fisch, Mirjam van Praag and Mirjam van Praag
University of Trier - Faculty of Management, University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and University of Amsterdam - Department of EconomicsCopenhagen Business School
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innovative entrepreneurship, Schumpeter, literature review, economic development

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Who Prefers Working in a Family Firm? An Exploratory Study of Individuals’ Organizational Preferences Across 40 Countries

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 04 Sep 2015
Jorn H. Block, Christian Fisch, James Lau, Martin Obschonka and André Presse
University of Trier - Faculty of Management, University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), Macquarie University, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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Family firms, individual preferences, cross-country study, organizational preference

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Trademark or Patent? The Effects of Market Concentration, Customer Type, and Venture Capital Financing on Start-ups’ Initial IP Applications

Industry and Innovation, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 01 Sep 2016
Geertjan de Vries, Enrico Pennings, Jorn H. Block and Christian Fisch
Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) - Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), University of Trier - Faculty of Management and University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT)
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Intellectual property; market concentration; venture capital; trademarks; patents

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Socialist Heritage and the Opinion on Entrepreneurs: Micro-Level Evidence from Europe

Die Betriebswirtschaft, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 28 Jun 2015
Axel F. A. Adam-Muller, René Andres, Jorn H. Block and Christian Fisch
University of Trier, Fachbereich IV - BWL, University of Trier - Faculty of Management, University of Trier - Faculty of Management and University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT)
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Opinion on entrepreneurs, socialist heritage, multi-level regression, attitude towards entrepreneurs

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COVID-19 and the Global Venture Capital Landscape

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COVID-19 and the Global Venture Capital Landscape

Forthcoming, Small Business Economics
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 07 Jul 2021
Cristiano Bellavitis, Christian Fisch and Rod McNaughton
Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management, University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and University of Auckland School of Business
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COVID-19, pandemic, crisis, venture capital, uncertainty

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The Impact of Acquisitions on Chinese Acquirers’ Innovation Performance: An Empirical Investigation of 1,545 Chinese Acquisitions

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 31 Mar 2017
Christian Fisch, Jorn H. Block and Philipp G. Sandner
University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Trier - Faculty of Management and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Downloads 171 (440,151)
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Acquisitions, China, patents, innovation, absorptive capacity, state-owned enterprises, catch-up

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What Drives the Intellectual Property Output of High-Tech Firms? Regional-versus Firm-Level Factors

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 31 Mar 2017
Christian Masiak, Christian Fisch and Jorn H. Block
University of Trier - Faculty of Management, University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and University of Trier - Faculty of Management
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Intellectual property output, innovation, knowledge spillover, patents, region, SME, trademarks, venture capital

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A Personality Perspective on Business Angel Syndication

Journal of Banking and Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 11 Nov 2018
Jorn H. Block, Christian Fisch, Martin Obschonka and Philipp G. Sandner
University of Trier - Faculty of Management, University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena and Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
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Syndication, Business Angels, Personality, Twitter Data, Digital Footprints

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Violent conflict and (necessity) entrepreneurship: An institutional and socio-cognitive perspective

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 07 Nov 2024
Mirko Hirschmann, Christian Fisch and Paul P. Momtaz
University of Trier - Faculty of Management, University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and Syracuse University - Whitman School of Management
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Violent conflict, necessity entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial behavior, institutional theory, social cognitive theory, multilevel analysis

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How National Institutional Configurations Shape the Global Diffusion of B Corp Certification

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 17 Mar 2026
Thilo Pollmeier, Christian Fisch and Mirko Hirschmann
University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and University of Trier - Faculty of Management
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Business Strategy and the Environment B Corp certification, cross-national diffusion, environmental turbulence, sustainable movement organizations (SMOs), climate policy

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Entrepreneurship and SME innovations in the space sector A systematic review and future research agenda

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 11 Feb 2026
Mickael Géraudel, Thomas Evans and Christian Fisch
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT)
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Space sector, entrepreneurship, SME, Systematic review

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Exploring the Signaling Effect of B Corp Certification in Entrepreneurial Finance

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 17 Mar 2026
Thilo Pollmeier, Mirko Hirschmann and Christian Fisch
University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), University of Trier - Faculty of Management and University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT)
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B Corp, certification, funding, sustainability, signaling theory, impact investing

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Entrepreneurial Personalities in Political Leadership

Small Business Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 03 Aug 2017
Martin Obschonka and Christian Fisch
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena and University of Luxembourg - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT)

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Personality, Big Five, Political leadership, Donald J. Trump, Entrepreneurship