Wennberg, Karl

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