Professional Development

Business studies at the University of Siegen, Bachelor of Science  

Business studies with a foucs on Entrepreneurship and SME Management at the University of Siegen, Master of Science  

Ph.D. student at the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Family Business, University of Siegen  

Ph.D. student at the Chair of Service Development in SMEs and Crafts, University of Siegen

Project employee: Kompetenzzentrum Siegen on Mittelstand 4.0  

Research stay at the Niccolò Cusano University in Rome in Italy (sponsored by the ATHENA program)

Project employee: ProTraFo 

Project employee: Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum rural regions   

Project leader: Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum rural regions    

Publications

Journals:

Schmallenbach T., Strina G., & Köhn, P. (2024): Wie gelingt es BIM unter Berücksichtigung ökonomischer Aspekte mit Hilfe von Softwarelösungen besser in ausführende Gewerke der Bau-branche zu integrieren?. HMD Praxis der Wirtschaftsinformatik. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1365/s40702-024-01122-y  

Wolff, S., Köhn, P., Ruf, P.J., & Moog, P., Strina, G. (2024). Measuring family influence from the non-family employee perspective: The perceived family influence scale (PFIS). Journal of Family Business Strategy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2024.100635

Köhn, P., Ruf, P.J., & Moog, P. (2023). Why are non-family employees intrapreneurially active in family firms? A multiple case study. Journal of Family Business Strategy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2022.100532

Books & Scientific Blogs:

Köhn P., Lehmann-Hiepler, M., & Moog, P. (2021). Two Sides of the Same Coin - How Intra-Family Communication Affects Entrepreneurial Spirirt over Generations in Family Businesses. In: M.R. Allen, & W.B. Gartner (editors), Family Entrepreneurship: Insights from Leading Experts on Successful Multi-Generational Entrepreneurial Families. Springer.

Ruf, P.J. & Köhn, P. (2020). The life cycle of academia and its impact on early career researchers' publishing behaviour. In: D. Urbano, & F. Welter (editors), How to make your doctoral research relevant: Insights and strategies for the modern research environment. Edward Elgar. 

Köhn P. (2020). Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Market Failures as its External Drivers. In: https://blogs.uni-siegen.de/modernentrepreneurship/2020/05/27/sustainable-entrepreneurship-and-market-failures-as-its-external-drivers/  

Awards

Promotion award for young scientists 2024 of the Förderverein der Universität Siegen for the publication 'Measuring family influence from the non-family employee perspective: The perceived family influence scale (PFIS)' (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2024.100635)

Promotion award for young scientists 2023 of the Förderverein der Universität Siegen for the publication 'Why are non-family employees intrapreneurially active in family firms? A multiple case study' (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2022.100532)

Nomination for the best paper award at the 2023 European Acadamy of Management Conference (EURAM) within the strategic interest group for familiy business research for his manuscript 'Meausuring Family Influence from the Perspective of Non-family Employees: The Perceived Family Influence Scale (PFIS)'   

Conferenceces 

Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business (RENT) 2024, Aundencia Business School in Nantes, France  

International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) 2024, Nova School of Business and Economics in Carcavelos, Portugal

STEP Project Global Family Business Summit 2024, Vietri sul Mare, Italy   

Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business (RENT) 2023, Gdansk University of Technology in Gdansk, Poland  

Academy of Management (AOM) 2023, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 

International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) 2023, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland 

European Acadamy of Management (EURAM) 2023, Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland   

32nd RESER International Conference 2022, Gustave Eiffel University & GPS in Paris, France

European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) 2021, 6th Research Area [X] Workshop, University of Thessaly, Greece

International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) 2021, digital conference 

European Acadamy of Management (EURAM) 2021, University du Québec à Montréal, Canada (digital conference)  

6th International Research Forum on Mittelstand 2020, University of Mannheim, Germany (digital conference) 

Konferenz der deutschsprachigen Forschungszentren und Institute für Familienunternehmen (FIFU) 2020, Universität Witten/Herdecke in Witten, Germany 

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2019, Babson College in Boston, Massachusetts, USA 

International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) 2018, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences in Zwolle, Netherlands  

Reseach Focus

Intrapreneurship research         

Family Business research 

SME reserach