Markus A. Fitza
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Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship Frankfurt School of Finance and Adickesallee 32-34 60322 Frankfurt am Main Germany |
Faculty Positions: |
Professor for Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Frankfurt
School of Finance |
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Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University, Mays
Business School, College Station, TX, USA, 2012 - 2017. |
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Assistant Professor, Bentley University, Waltham, MA, USA, 2010 - 2012. |
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Academic Visits: |
Distinguished Research Professor, University of Exeter, Exeter, |
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Visiting Professor, University of Sydney, Sydney NSW, Australia |
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Visiting Professor, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, Summer 2013 and 2014. |
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Conjoint Associate Professor, The University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 2011 - 2017. |
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Visiting Scholar, Universität Regensburg, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Lehrstuhl für Innovations- und Technologiemanagement, Summer 2011 and 2012. |
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Education: |
University of Colorado, Leeds School of Business, USA Ph.D. in Strategy and Entrepreneurship, 2010.
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University of Oxford, Saïd Business School, Christ Church College, UK Master of Business Administration (MBA), 2003.
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University of Texas at Austin, USA Master of Arts in Molecular Biology, 2002. |
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Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany BS equivalent (Vordiplom), Biology, Mathematics, 1998. |
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Key Publications: |
16. |
Lerner, D., Alkærsig, L., Fitza, M., Lomberg, C. and
Johnson, S. 2021 Nothing
Ventured, Nothing Gained: Parasite Infection is Associated with |
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Sohl, T., Vromm, G. and Fitza, M. 2020 How much does business model matter for firm
performance? A variance A
version of this paper was nominated for the overall “Best Conference Paper
Prize” as
well as for the "Best Conference Paper Prize for Practice
Implications" at the 2014
Strategic Management Society annual meeting. |
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14. |
Fitza, M. and Tihanyi, L. 2019
Does ownership form matter? Strategic
Management Journal, 38(13). |
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Vedula, S. and Fitza, M. 2019 Regional Recipes: A Configurational Analysis of the
Regional |
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12. |
Dushnitsky,
G. and Fitza, M. 2018 |
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Johnson, S., Fitza, M., Lerner, D., Calhoun, D.,
Chan, E., Johnson, P. 2018 Risky business: linking Toxoplasma gondii infection
and entrepreneurship Covered in: Telegraph.co.uk, July 25. 2018 DiscoverMagazine.com, July 25. 2018 Independent.co.uk, July 25. 2018 Forbes.com, July 25. 2018 USAToday.com, July 26. 2018 Newsweek.com, July 26. 2018 CNN.com, July 26. 2018 Sky
news,
July 26. 2018 The
Guardian,
July 26.2018 Kurier.at, July 28. 2018 Wirtschaftswoche.de, July. 30. 2018 |
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Tang,
M., Lerner, D., Walsh, G. S. and Fitza, M., 2018 Green
Innovation, Managerial Concern and Firm Performance: An Empirical Study. Business
Strategy and the Environment, 27(1). |
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Withers,
M. and Fitza, M. 2017 Do board
chairs matter? The influence of board chairs on firm performance. |
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8. |
Hayward, M. L. and
Fitza M., 2017 Pseudo-Precision?
Precise Forecasts and Impression Management in Covered in: The
Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com), 31. 2017 |
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7. |
Fitza, M., 2017 How much do CEOs really matter? Reaffirming
that the CEO effect is Covered
in: The Seattle
Times, July 16. 2017 |
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Josefy, M., Albert, L., Dean, T. and Fitza, M., 2017 The role of contextual factors in crowdfunding
success: Evidence from independent theaters. Entrepreneurship Theory and
Practice, 41(2). |
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Fitza,
M. and Dean, T., 2016 How
much do VCs and Underwriters matter? A Comparative |
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4. |
Fitza, M., 2014 The use of variance decomposition in the
investigation of CEO effects: A
version of this paper was awarded the “Best
Conference Paper Prize” at
Covered
in: Der
Standard,
December 17. 2015 Financial
Times, November 20. 2015 Harvard
Business Review, November
16. 2015 Forbes.com, October 28. 2015 Inc.com,
October 27. 2015
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Ma, X., Tong, T. and Fitza M., 2013
How much does subnational region matter? Evidence from multinational corporations subsidiaries in a large emerging
economy. Journal of
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Matusik, S. and Fitza, M., 2012 Diversification in
the venture capital industry: Leveraging knowledge
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Fitza, M., Matusik, S. and Mosakowski, E., 2009 Do VCs matter? The importance of owners on
performance variance in Presented as one of two exemplary SMJ
publications at the AoM Entrepreneurship
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Other Publications |
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Harrison, J. and Fitza, M., 2014 Heterogeneity of corporate parents and the paradox of corporate
venture capital: A
social capital perspective. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research,
2014. |
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Fitza, M. and Dean, T., 2009 asymmetry at IPOs. Best paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management, 2009.
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Work in Progress: |
Fitza, M., Vedula, S., Porkayastha, A., 2020 Title removed Revise and resubmit at the Journal
of Management |
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Fitza, M. Reject and resubmit at the Strategic
Management Journal. |
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Filatotchev, I., Fitza, M., Jacobey, L., Oehmichen,
J., Wolff, M. and Title removed Reject and resubmit at the Strategic Management Journal. |
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Wang, W., Fainshmidt,
S., and Fitza, M. |
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Hayward, M., and Fitza, M. |
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Obschonka, M., Lerner, D. and Fitza, M. |
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Matusik, S., Heeley, M.,and Fitza, M. Industry, technology
field, corporate, and unit effects: A decomposition of |
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Heyden, M. and Fitza, M. Woman on entrepreneurial boards, a cross-national
study. |
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Fitza, M., Vedula, S. and Conger, M. Region effects on time to market and product
quality: Evidence for the US |
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Billström
L., Shankar, R., Dushnitsky, G., and Fitza M. Capturing the incubator effect. |
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Vedula, S., Kyprianou, C., Pu, W., and Fitza M. Mapping the Narratives of Entrepreneurial Regional
Ecosystems. |
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Xu, K. Fitza, M., and
Hitt, M. Revisiting firm and
industry effects: The moderating effect of the institutional |
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Fitza, M. Modeling the impact of random
influences on firm performance, are we |
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Work presented at Conference: |
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Fitza, M., Vedula, S., Porkayastha, A., 2020 Size Matters: The Importance of Spatial Scale When
Using Variance Decomposition to Estimate Subnational Region Effects. Strategic
Management Society Annual Meeting, online. |
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50. |
Vedula, S., Kyprianou, C., Fitza M., 2020 Using Topic Modeling to Identify Cognitive Frames in
Regional Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. Sustainability,
Ethics Entrepreneurship |
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48. |
Sohl,
T., Fitza, M. Hamelin, A. and Hayward, M. 2019 How
Much Do Business Groups Matter in Developed Markets? Evidence
from the Western European Union Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis,
USA. |
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Ellsaesser,
F. Fitza, M., and Tsang, E. 2019 Comparing Internal
Replication and Cross Validation as Approaches to Address the Reproducibility
Crisis Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis,
USA. |
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46. |
Vedula,
S., Fitza, M. 2019 |
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Dushnitsky,
G. and Fitza, M. 2018 |
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Balkin, D., Trevino, l., Fitza, M., Gomez-Mejia, L.,
Tadikonda, H., 2018 |
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Vedula, S., Kyprianou, C., Fitza M., 2018 Mapping the Narratives of Entrepreneurial Regional
Ecosystems. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Waterford, Ireland. |
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42. |
Vedula, S., Kyprianou, C., Fitza M., 2018 Tales of the Community: Using Topic Modeling to
Identify Regional Nominated for the “Best Submission Award”. |
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Josefy, M. and Fitza, M., 2017 Pitch Perfect: The
Importance of Cognitive and Affective Primes in Entrepreneurial Resource
Acquisition. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Norman,
USA. |
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Withers,
M. and Fitza, M., 2016 Examining
the Chair Effect: The Influence of Chairpersons on Firm |
39. |
Lerner, D. and Fitza, M., 2016 Beyond the
Convention: A Novel Incremental Predictor of Entrepreneurial |
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38. |
Fitza, M. and Matusik, S., 2016 Retained Ownership at Initial Public Offerings: A
Mixed Signal? Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Bodø, |
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Fitza, M., Vedula, S., Josefy, M., 2016 |
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Vedula,
S. and Fitza, M., 2015 How much do Regions Matter for the Growth of
Venture-Backed Startup |
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Sohl, T., Vromm, G. and Fitza, M., 2015 How much does Business Model matter for firm
performance? Academy of Management
Conference, Vancouver, Canada. |
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Sohl, T., Vromm, G., and Fitza, M., 2014 The relative
importance of business model and industry effects. Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting, Madrid, Spain. Nominated for the “SMS Best Conference
Paper Prize” as well as for the |
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33. |
Harrison, J. and Fitza, M., 2014 Heterogeneity of
corporate parents and the paradox of corporate venture capital: A social capital approach. Strategic Management
Society |
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Fitza, M. and Tihanyi, L., 2014
Does ownership form matter? Evidence from the UK. Strategic Management Society
Annual Meeting, Madrid, Spain. |
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Fitza, M. and Lerner, D. 2014 Toxoplasma gondii: Extending where we look
for explanations of international differences in entrepreneurial
activity rates. Babson |
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30. |
Harrison, J. and Fitza, M. 2014 Heterogeneity of corporate parents and the
paradox of corporate venture capital: A social capital perspective. Babson College
Entrepreneurship |
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29. |
Albert, L., Dean, T.,
Josefy, M. and Fitza, M., 2013 Behind the Curtain:
An empirical analysis of the mission-based model of antecedents in social
entrepreneurship. NYU Stern Conference on |
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Albert, L., Dean,
T., Josefy, M. and Fitza, M., 2013 Crowdfunding and a
mission-based model of social entrepreneurship. Kaufman Foundation,
Crowdfunding Conference, Boulder, USA.
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Fitza, M., Doblinger, C. and Dowling, M., 2013 Does country matter for the performance of new ventures? Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Lyon, France. |
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Ma, X., Fitza M. and Tong, T., 2012
How much does ownership type matter? Evidence from
China. Strategic Management
Society Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic. |
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Hayward, M., Fitza,
M. and Moore, D., 2012 False precision?
Organizational antecedents and implications of earnings guidance precision. Strategic Management
Society Annual Meeting,
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Lerner, D. and Fitza,
M., 2012 Disinhibition &
Entrepreneurial Behavior: A New and Integrative Predictor |
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Fitza, M., Hayward,
M. L., Moore, D. and Hunt, R., 2012 Why be more precise? Corporate earnings
forecast precision as a persuasion device. Academy
of Management Conference, Boston, |
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Fitza, M., 2011 IPO underpricing,
money left on the table or strategic action? Strategic Management
Society Annual Meeting, Miami, USA. |
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Williams, C. and Fitza, M.,
2011 How and when does
transparency enhance competitive advantage? Strategic Management
Society Annual Meeting, Miami, USA. |
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Kortmann, S., Zimmermann, C., Perols, J. and Fitza, M.,
2011 Exploring the “dynamics” of dynamic capabilities:
The anteceding role of communal culture. Academy of Management
Conference,
San
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Hayward, M., Fitza,
M., Miaskiewicz, T. and Zimmerman, C., 2011 Press attention, managerial overconfidence and the post-IPO |
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Fitza, M., 2010 Do CEOS Matter: The
use of variance decomposition in the investigation
This paper was awarded the “SMS Best Conference Paper Prize”. |
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Matusik, S., Heeley, M. and Fitza, M., 2010 CVC from the start-up perspective: A quality or mixed signal? Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy. |
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Fitza, M., 2010 IPO underpricing, The
perspective of the issuing firm: Money left on the |
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Matusik, S., Heeley, M. and Fitza, M., 2010 Conditional effects of CVC funding from the
start-up perspective. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research
Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland. |
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Fitza, M., 2009 CEOs matter, but not that much. Academy of Management |
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Fitza, M. and Dean, T., 2009 The relative importance of VC certification in the mitigation of information asymmetry at IPOs. Academy of Management Conference, ENT Division, Chicago, USA.
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12. |
Matusik, S. and Fitza, M., 2009 Diversification in
the venture capital industry, leveraging knowledge |
11. |
Matusik, S. and Fitza, M., 2009 CVC from the start-up perspective: A quality or mixed signal? Babson
College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Babson Park, USA. |
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Fitza, M. and Dean, T., 2009 Venture
capital investment as capital market signal in new ventures at Conference, Babson Park, USA. |
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Hayward, M., Fitza, M. and Larsen, K., 2008 The news media as purveyor of public status: Evidence
from CEO compensation. Strategic
Management Society Annual Conference, |
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Fitza, M., 2008 How
much do VCs matter for the post-investment fates of start-up firms?
Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Köln, Germany. |
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Matusik, S. and Fitza, M., 2008 Diversification in the venture capital
industry. West Coast Research Symposium on Technology Entrepreneurship, Stanford University, |
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Mosakowski, E, Fitza, M. and Matusik, S., 2008 Venture Capitalists’ influences on start-up success
versus failure. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research
Conference, Chapel Hill, USA. |
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Matusik, S. and Fitza, M., 2008 Diversification of knowledge assets and
performance: Evidence from |
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Fitza, M., Matusik, S. and Mosakowski, E., 2007 Measuring VC effects: What contributes to start-up
firms’ performance variance? Strategic Management
Society Annual Conference, San Diego, USA. |
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Fitza, M., Larsen, K. and Hayward, M., 2007 Claims to Fortune: Does the availability of
CEO press attention explain discretionary CEO compensation? Academy
of Management |
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Matusik, S. and
Fitza, M., 2007 Diversification and
performance in the VC industry: An
exploration of leveraging knowledge
assets. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Madrid,
Spain. |
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Fitza, M., Matusik, S. and Mosakowski, E., 2006 Do VCs Matter? Evidence from performance
variance in start-up firms. Babson College Entrepreneurship
Research Conference, |
Invited |
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King's
College London, King's Business School, London, UK, 2020 |
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Nazarbayev
University Graduate School of Business, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, 2019 |
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Adam
Smith Business School, University of Glasgow, UK, 2019 |
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University
of Sydney, Entrepreneurship Department, Sydney, Australia, |
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University
of Sydney, International Business Department, Sydney, Australia, 2019 |
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Queensland
Institute of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, 2019 |
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Nord
University, Bodø, Norway, 2018 |
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Nanyang
Technological University,
Singapore, 2018 |
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University
of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2018 |
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Australian
National University, Canberra, Australia,
2018 |
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Monash
University, Melbourne, Australia,
2018 |
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Nord
University, Bodø, Norway, 2018 |
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Leuphana
University, Lüneburg, Germany, 2018 |
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Aalto
University, Helsinki, Finland, 2018 |
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Nord
University, Bodø, Norway, 2017 |
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Universität
Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, 2016 |
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Nord
University, Bodø, Norway, 2016 |
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Université
de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, 2016 |
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Universität
Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany, 2016 |
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University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, 2016 |
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New York University, New York, USA, 2015 |
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University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2015 |
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University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 2015 |
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Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Wien, Austria 2015 |
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London Business School, London, UK, 2015 |
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University College London, London, UK, 2015 |
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University of Oxford, Said
Business School, Oxford, UK, 2014 |
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INSEAD Business School, Singapore, 2014 |
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University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, 2014 |
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WHU - Otto
Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany, 2012 |
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Chapman University, Orange, USA, 2012 |
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University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, 2012 |
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University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, 2011 |
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The University of
Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2011 |
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PENG - Gesellschaft zur Förderung von Design,
Kunst und |
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London Business School, London, UK, 2010 |
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University of San Diego, San Diego, USA, 2009 |
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Max Planck Institute of Economics, Entrepreneurship, Growth |
Participation |
Research agenda and empirical design, Doctoral Student and Junior
Faculty Consortium, Strategic
Management Society, 2021. Wellbeing and mental health, Academy of Management Conference,
2019, Boston, USA. BPS Manage your dissertation workshop, Academy of Management |
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Selected Media Mentions of research: |
Die Welt: “Bestimmt ein Parasit unser Verhalten?“, January 10. 2019. |
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CNN.com: “How a parasite from cat poop can reduce
your fear and maybe make you an entrepreneur”, July 26. 2018. |
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Independent.co.uk: “Mind-altering parasite spread by cats could
give humans more courage and overcome 'fear of failure', research suggests”,
July 25. 2018. |
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SkyNews.com: “Parasite toxoplasma gondii spread by cats
may help business |
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USAToday.com: “Cat poop parasite may alter human brains to
reduce fear, |
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Newsweek.com: “Parasite fond in cat feces may make you
more |
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NBCnews.com: “Parasite in cat poop could be reducing our
fear of failure, |
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Telegraph.co.uk: “Parasite spread by cats drives
entrepreneurial brilliance in |
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DiscoverMagazine.com: “A Parasite In Cat Poo Could Push People To
Take Risks”, July 25. 2018. |
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Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com): “Executives Tend to Offer Precise Forecasts
to Reassure Investors” May 31. 2017 |
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The Seattle Times: “CEOs sitting pretty, despite public’s view
that they’re paid too much” July 16. 2017 |
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Der Standard: “Aufstieg und Chefposten nur durch Glück?” December 17. 2015. |
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Financial Times: “Since you asked: CEOs are not dart-throwing
chimps, just ask one” November 20. 2015 |
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Harvard Business Review
(HBR.com): “Are Successful CEOs Just
Lucky?” November 16. 2015 |
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Forbes.com: “What's It Take To Be A CEO? Performance May
Have Little To Do With Ability“
October 28. 2015. |
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Inc.com: “The Truth About How Much a CEO Can Do to
Make a Company Successful“
October 27. 2015 |
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The Mail and Globe: “CEOs who get ink hit the jackpot”. |
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Canadian Business: “A picture is worth a million bucks”. |
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: “Heard off the street: News about big CEO pay |
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www.directorship.com: “Media Coverage Drives CEO Compensation”. |
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Colorado Daily: “Requirements might boost CEO pay, CU Boulder study
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CBSnews.com: "How Media Coverage Boosts CEO Pay"
November 28. 2007 |
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Interview for Morning
Magazine at KGNU (88.5 FM Boulder). |
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Additional Research Experience: |
Research Assistant, University of Texas at
Austin, (1999 – 2002), Research objectives: Directed evolution of
acidophilic antibodies, antibody |
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Research Assistant, Johannes
Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany Research objectives: Classification of transposable DNA
elements in hemoglobin clusters in Chironomus thummi and Chironomus pieger. |
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Dissertation Committee Membership: |
Krishnan Nair Erasmus University. Joined Northwestern
University as a Postdoc. Hooman Mirahmad Texas A&M University. Placed at Towson University. Matthew A. Josefy Texas A&M University. Placed at Indiana
University. Pat McHugh, Bentley University. Placed at Brown
University. Kip Kifer, University of Colorado. Placed at The Air
Force Academy. Dirk Primus, Bentley University. Placed at Bryant
University. |
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Teaching Experience: |
Shaping Ideas/Design
Thinking (1921 MBA) Frankfurt School of
Finance and Management, since 2018 This course (workshop) is an induction into design thinning for MBA
students. |
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Entrepreneurship and
additive Manufacturing (1821 Elec. Master Program) Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, since 2020. (Co-taught with Professor Mirko Cremer) This course introduce students to the disruptive potential of 3D Printing technology and uses this industry as a backdrop for the development of entrepreneurial ideas/ventures. |
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Entrepreneurship
(1521 Bachelor and 1721 Master Program) Frankfurt School of Finance and
Management, since 2018. This course seeks to
provide students with an in-depth overview of the |
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Strategic Management (1560
Master Program) Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, since 2018. This course covers formulation, execution, control, and evaluation of corporate, global, and business-level strategy of the firm. |
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Strategic Management
(MGMT 680, Master Program), Texas A&M University. Two sections in Spring
2017, three sections in Fall 2015 and two sections in Spring 2015. This course covers
formulation, execution, control, and evaluation of |
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Entrepreneurship
Ph.D. Seminar, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu,
China, Summer 2016. This seminar is designed to survey the literature in entrepreneurship
with a focus on research methods applied in the study of entrepreneurship. |
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Entrepreneurship
Ph.D. Seminar (MGMT 637), Texas A&M University Spring 2015 and
Spring 2013. This seminar is
designed to survey the literature in entrepreneurship. The |
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Technology Entrepreneurship,
Universität Regensburg, Master This course seeks to
provide students with an in-depth overview of the |
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Entrepreneurship Ph.D.
Seminar, University of Oxford, Summer 2014. This seminar is designed
to survey the literature in entrepreneurship with a |
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Strategic Management
(MGMT 466), Texas A&M University Three sections in Fall
2013, two sections in Fall 2012. This course covers
formulation, execution, control, and evaluation of |
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Nature, Exploitation
and Funding of Entrepreneurial Opportunities, Weeklong intensive,
Summer 2011 and Summer 2012. This course seeks to
provide students with an in-depth overview of the |
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Strategic Management
(GB 401), Bentley University. Seven sections
between 2010 and 2012. This course covers
formulation, execution, control, and evaluation of |
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Entrepreneurial
Environments (ESBM 3700), University of Colorado at This is an overview to
entrepreneurship course. It addresses topics such as |
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Strategic
Management (MGMT 4000). University
of Colorado at Boulder. Two
sections: Spring 2007 and Summer 2007. This course covers
formulation, execution, control, and evaluation of |
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“The Best Should
Teach” Silver Award, Graduate Teacher Program, |
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Grants and
Fellowships: |
Fellowship, Programm des Bayerischen
Staatsministeriums für Bildung und |
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Priority Research Initiatives Grant, University of
Newcastle (2012). |
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Faculty Affairs Committee Grant, Bentley University
(2011). |
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Hart Fellowship for my research on venture capital
diversification (2008). |
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University Fellowship, University of Colorado (2008). |
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Hart Fellowship for my research on venture capital investments
(2007). |
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Management Division Fellowship, Leeds School of
Business, University of |
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Fellowship, Institute of Cellular and Molecular
Biology, University of Texas at |
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DARPA (Defense Advance Research Project
Administration, USA) Grant |
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Awards and Recognitions: |
Nominated for Best Research
Methods Paper Price, annual meeting of the Strategic Management Society
(2020) Paper
title: The Importance of Spatial Scale When Using Variance Decomposition to
Estimate |
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Nominated for Best Submission Award,
Sustainability, Ethics Entrepreneurship Conference (2018). Paper
title: Tales of the Community: Using Topic Modeling to Identify Regional
Entrepreneurship |
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Nominated for Best Conference Paper Prize, annual meeting of
the Paper
Title: The relative importance of business model and industry effects. |
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Nominated for Best Conference Paper Prize for Practice Implications, Paper
Title: The relative importance of business model and industry effects. |
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Finalist for the Academy
of Management BPS Wiley Blackwell |
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Best Conference Paper Prize, annual meeting of
the Strategic Paper
Title: Do CEOS Matter: The use of variance decomposition in the |
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Student Research-Citizen Award, Leeds School of Business, University of |
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The Best Should Teach Silver Award, Graduate Teacher Program, |
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Student Research-Citizen Award, Leeds School of Business, University of |
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Faculty Research Excellence Award, Leeds School of Business, University |
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WSET Level 2 Intermediate Certificate in Wines, Spirits and Alcoholic |
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E-Fellows.net Stipend (awarded by: Deutsche Telekom, McKinsey, |
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Professional Service, Reviewing: |
Academy of Management Journal: Ad-hoc reviewer Strategic Management Journal: Member of the Editorial Review Board Organization Science: Ad-hoc reviewer Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal: Ad-hoc reviewer Academy of Management Discoveries: Ad-hoc reviewer Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice: Ad-hoc reviewer Journal of Business Venturing: Ad-hoc reviewer Human Resource Management Review: Ad-hoc reviewer Journal of Strategy and Management: Ad-hoc reviewer Academy of Management Annual Meeting: Ad-hoc reviewer Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting: Ad-hoc
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Academic Services and Leadership Positions: |
Research Methods Division Treasurer, Academy of Management |
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Member of the Founding Committee of the Journal of Management Scientific Reports (JOMSR). |
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Rep at Large Research Methods Community, Strategic Management Society (2021). Member of the Editorial Board, Strategic
Management Journal (since 2020) |
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Member of the Joint Curriculum Committee for all MBA programs, Frankfurt School of Finance and
Management (since 2019). |
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Member of the Curriculum Committee for the Master in Management, Frankfurt School of Finance and
Management (since 2018). |
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Member of the Committee for Doctorate Proceedings (Promotionsausschuss),
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Member of the Committee to Investigate Academic Misconduct, Frankfurt |
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Member of faculty search committees (Strategy and Operations), Frankfurt |
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Head of the Strategy Concentration, Master Program, Frankfurt School of |
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Member of the Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Curriculum Committee,
Mays |
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Member of the Advisory Board of the Sustainability, Ethics, and |
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Coordinator of the Graduate Business Students Teaching Workshop
Series, |
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President of the Doctoral Business Student Association, Leeds School
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Member of the Doctoral Curriculum and Policy Committee, Leeds School
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Member of the Board of Directors, Studentenwerk Johannes Gutenberg- |
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Vice-President of the Student Parliament, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität |
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Member of the Student Government Executive Committee, Johannes |
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Editor in Chief of Unipress, the main student newspaper, Johannes |
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Member of the University Senate Committee for
relations with Poland, |
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Business Experience: |
Member of the Board of Directors, Brainbot technologies AG, Mainz, Germany (since 2019). Brainbot develops software for blockchain
applications and is one of the key contributors to the core development of
the Ethereum project. |
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Co-CEO Fitza Bräu Brewery, Mainz, Germany (2013-2017). Fitza Bräu is a gypsy brewery serving the German market. |
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Co-Founder, Bierbotschaft
Mainz, Germany (2013-2017). The Bierbotschaft Mainz develops brews and
distributes craft and micro |
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Business Development
Director, Brainbot technologies AG, Mainz, Brainbot develops and markets software for knowledge
management. |
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Consulting activities,
London, UK (2002-2003). · Market entry study for P&O Ports (a leading global ports
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New business development plan for
Evason Environmental (a biotech |
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Member of the Board of
Directors, Studentenwerk Mainz, Germany, The Studentenwerk Mainz runs 10
dormitories with housing for 2640 students, and 15 cafeterias, serving 18,000
meals per day, at 4 universities; €26m annual revenue. |
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Memberships: |
Academy of Management Strategic Management Society American Association for the Advancement of Science Gesellschaft deutscher Kleinbrauer e.V. |