PROF. DR. MATTHIAS SCHULZ




Matthias Schulz holds the Chair of Value Chain Management at the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at the Georg-August University of Göttingen. In his research, he is particularly concerned with the role of uncertainty in business start-ups and innovation management in the context of research alliances between firms. His research has been published in high-ranking scientific journals such as the "Strategic Management Journal", "Journal of Business Venturing" and "Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice".


In addition, Matthias Schulz regularly reviews articles for journals such as "Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal", "Journal of Business Venturing" and "Journal of World Business".


Selected Publications:



Kuske, J., Schulz, M., Schwens, C. (forthcoming). Hybrid Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurs’ Well-Being: The Moderating Effect of Role Demands Outside Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (VHB: A)



Runge, S., Schwens, C., Schulz, M. (2022). The invention performance implications of coopetition: How technological, geographical, and product market overlaps shape learning and competitive tension in R&D alliances. Strategic Management Journal (VHB: A+), 43(2), 266–294.



Gänser-Stickler, G., Schulz, M., Schwens, C. (2022). Sitting On the Fence – Untangling the Effects of Uncertainty on Hybrid Entrepreneurial Entry. Journal of Business Venturing (VHB: A), 37(2), 106-176.



Schulz, M., Schwens, C., Fisch, C (2021). Bankruptcy Regulation and Self-Employment Entry: The Moderating Roles of Income Share, Parenthood, and Hybrid Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (VHB: A), 45(6), 1522-1549.



Schulz, M., Urbig, D. & Procher, V. (2017). The role of hybrid entrepreneurship in explaining multiple job holders’ earnings structure. Journal of Business Venturing Insights (VHB: B), 7, 9-14



Schulz, M., Urbig, D. & Procher, V. (2016). Hybrid Entrepreneurship and Public Policy: The Case of Firm Entry Deregulation. Journal of Business Venturing (VHB: A), 31, 272-286








ACADEMIC POSITIONS






  • Since 2023

    Professor and Chairholder of the Value Chain Department, Georg-August-University of Goettingen



  • 2018 – 2023

    Academic Counsellor at the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Management, University of Cologne



  • 2017 – 2018

    Postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Business Administration, in particular Management, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf



  • 2014 – 2017

    Research assistant at the interdisciplinary Jackstädt Centre of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research, University of Wuppertal



  • 2012 – 2014

    Research assistant at the Rhenish-Westphalian Institute for Economic Research, Essen













ACADEMIC EDUCATION






  • 2018

    Teaching certificate ‘Professional teaching skills for the university’ from the NRW University Didactics Network



  • 2017

    Doctorate (Dr rer. oec.), University of Wuppertal



  • 2014

    Master of Science in Economics, University of Cologne



  • 2011

    Bachelor of Science in Economics, Bielefeld University













AWARDS




    • 2023
      Awarded the Junior Teaching Prize of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne for the lecture Entrepreneurship in the category ‘Course with more than 50 participants’, 2023

    • 2023
      Co-author nomination for the PhD Paper Prize at the annual conference of the Strategic Management Society, 2023

    • 2022
      Awarded the Jürgen Hauschildt Prize for the best publication in the field of innovation management. Awarded by the ‘Commission for Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Association of University Professors of Business Administration (VHB)’, 2022

    • 2022
      Honoured with the Newcomer Award at the 25th Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs (G-Forum), 2022

    • 2021
      Inclusion in the Best Paper Proceedings of the annual conference of the Academy of Management, 2021

    • 2020
      Nomination for the Norbert Szyperski Technology and Innovation Management Research Award at the 24th Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs (G-Forum), 2020

    • 2020
      Nomination for the KSG Entrepreneurship Research Award at the 24th Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs (G-Forum), 2020

    • 2020
      Co-author nomination for the PhD Paper Prize at the annual conference of the Strategic Management Society, 2020

    • 2019
      Inclusion in the Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management Annual Conference, 2019

    • 2018
      Nomination for the dissertation prize German Study Prize in the field of social sciences of the Körber Foundation, 2018

    • 2018
      Nomination for the NFIB Doctoral Dissertation Award of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management, 2018

    • 2015
      Honoured with the KSG Entrepreneurship Research Award at the 19th Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs (G-Forum), 2015











EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES




    • 2023
      Editor of the planned special issue ‘Mapping the Landscape of Hybrid Entrepreneurship and Understanding its Implications for Entrepreneurship Research’ in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
      (VHB rating 2024: A), 2023

    • 2023
      Involvement in start-up incubator: Circular Valley Wuppertal, 2023

    • 2022
      Involvement in start-up incubator: Circular Valley Wuppertal, 2022

    • 2022
      Research stay at the Department of Innovation Management and Strategy, University of Groningen, Netherlands (3 months), 2022

    • 2021
      Involvement in start-up incubator: Digihub Düsseldorf, 2021











AD-HOC-REVIEWER



  • Innovation: Organization & Management

  • Journal of World Business

  • Management Review Quarterly (Member of the Editorial Board)

  • Schmalenbach Business Review

  • Small Business Economics

  • Journal of Business Venturing

  • Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice

  • Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

  • The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy









MEMBERSHIPS



  • Member of the working group for the redesign of the Bachelor of Business Administration, 2023

  • Member of the Association of University Professors of Business Administration (Verband der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft e. V. (VHB))

  • Member of the Research Network for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs (FGF)

  • Member of the Academy of Management










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Contact


Prof. Dr. Matthias Schulz


Chair of Value Chain Management

Prof. Dr. Matthias Schulz



Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3

(Oeconomicum)

1st Floor, Room 1.223

37073 Göttingen




matthias.schulz@uni-goettingen.de




Secretariat

Alina Masch



Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3

(Oeconomicum)

1st Floor, Room 1.222

37073 Göttingen





wertschoepfungsmanagement@uni-goettingen.de



Office hours:

by appointment