Ass.-Prof. Dr. Frederik Riar

Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management

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Welcome to the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management. Our research and teaching examine how firms are founded, how they grow, and how they remain successful over the long term. We combine international scholarship with rigorous, interactive teaching and research–practice collaborations to generate societal impact.

Our Research Focus Areas

In entrepreneurship, we explore what motivates venture creation and how entrepreneurial action can generate value and achieve sustained success over time. We pay particular attention to the emotional and psychological dynamics that influence entrepreneurial decision-making.

In our research on family firms, we examine how they differ from non-family firms. Specifically, we analyze how family values, intergenerational relationships, and the concept of socioemotional wealth shape firms’ strategies, governance, and long-term development.

In strategic management, we examine how organizations can achieve sustainable competitive advantage by navigating purposefully through paradoxes and by making strategic use of networks and customer knowledge. In particular, we investigate how organizations in today’s fast-paced world can be both innovative and efficient, or economically successful and environmentally sustainable at the same time.

Teaching and Executive Education

Teilnehmende eines Workshops an der Universität Liechtenstein stehen vor einem Whiteboard mit bunten Post-its und grafischen Konzepten.

Our team contributes to a wide range of programs at the University of Liechtenstein, including Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs, the MBA in Technology and Innovation, and other executive formats. Our teaching combines cutting-edge research with strong practical relevance, preparing students and business leaders to address today’s entrepreneurial challenges.

Bachelor in Business Administration

Master in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Leadership

Doctoral Programme in Business Economics

MBA in Technology and Innovation

Corporate Partnerships

We work closely with established companies, start-ups, entrepreneurial families, and foundations in the Rhine Valley and beyond. Our collaborations range from practice-oriented projects embedded in courses to joint research initiatives, as well as the analysis of company-relevant challenges within theses and capstone projects. Across all formats, we combine rigorous, research-based methods with a solution-oriented and practice-driven approach.