Wennberg, Karl
Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology
PhD Program in Business Administration
Center for Educational Leadership and Excellence
KAB Center for Governance
House of Governance and Public Policy
Center for Resilient Health
Department of Management and Organization
Barbara Bergström Chair in Educational Leadership and Excellence. My research is on the Economics of Education, Entrepreneurship and Organization Theory. My current research focuses on, among other things, organizational diversity, leadership and working environment in schools, and the 'turnaround' of poor-functioning to more well-functioning schools.
I study theoretical, practical and policy implication of these streams of research and communicate this in articles, books, case studies and public policy papers. I have lectured in Europe, Asia, North America, Australia, and consulted for NGOs, governments, and private firms.
I head the Center for Educational Leadership and Excellence.
Selected Articles
Dynamics of founding team diversity and venture outcomes (SEJ 2025)
Corporate Demography and income inequality revisited (Socius 2025)
Housing and school choice (Urban Studies 2025)
Multiple pathways to school turnaround (School Improvement 2024)
Family Exposure to Gender Disparity (2024) Management Science
Absolute Income Mobility: the Effect of Parent Generation Inequality (2023) European Economic Review
Cultural Diversity in Top Management Teams (2022) J.World Business
Policy for Innovative Entrepreneurship (2021) Strategic Entrepreneurship J.
Explaining the homogeneous diffusion of Covid-19 NPIs (2020) Pr. National Academy of Sciences.
Enhancing the exploration and communication of quantitative entrepreneurship research (2020). J. Business Venturing
Why Limited Entrepreneurship Education May Result in Better Outcomes International Rev. Entrepreneurship
National culture diversity in new venture boards (2019). Strategic Entrepreneurship J.
A Review and Agenda on Initiating, Engaging, Performing, and Contextualizing Entrepreneurship (2019). J. Management
Entrepreneurship and income inequality (2018) J. Economic Behavior & Organization.
Public policy for academic entrepreneurship (2018) J. Technology Transfer
Causal Mechanisms in Organization and Innovation Research (2017) Innovation.
Institutional pressure and failure dynamics in the Swedish voucher school sector (2017) Scand. J. Public Administration
Meso-Level Mechanism of Entrepreneurial Activity in Societies (2016). Academy of Management Perspectives
Strategic Management of High-Growth Firms (2016) Long Range Planning
Impact of entrepreneurship education in high school (2015) J. Economic Behavior and Organization
Who do High-Growth Firms Hire? (2014) Industrial and Corporate Change
Consequences of Cultural Practices for Entrepreneurial Behaviors (2013) J. International Business Studies
Endogenous growth through knowledge spillovers in entrepreneurship (2011) Strategic Entrepreneurship J.
Academic Entrepreneurship (2011) Research Policy
Hybrid Entrepreneurship (2010) Management Science