Doctoral Graduates
2023
Dr. Viet Duyen Le
Viet Duyen Le pursued her doctoral research the Chair of Entrepreneurship between 2020 and 2023. Of Vietnamese descent, Duyen grew up in Germany. Prior to her research work at the Chair for Entrepreneurship, Duyen gained corporate experiences when she worked at the Daimler Group for two years, where she contributed to procurement strategies and electric vehicle project management.
Duyen received a SRF scholarship from the Strategic Management Society to support her research on ecosystem strategies in nascent industries, with special emphasis on the autonomous driving sector. In a key line of her research, she has been studying how new and established technology players form entry strategies into the AD space.
In 2023, Duyen successfully defended her doctoral dissertation entitled "Autonomous driving and the emergence of new ecosystems: Cognitive antecedents, forms of ecosystem strategies, and corporate resource mobilization."
She currently pursues her career at the Robert Bosch GmbH in Germany.
2020
Dr. Ann-Kathrin Leiting
Ann-Kathrin Leiting joined the Chair of Entrepreneurship in 2018. She pursued her doctoral degree in corporation with the Bosch Group as part of the Bosch doctoral student program with an emphasis on corporate entrepreneurship research.
In 2020, she successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, entitled "Internal Corporate Venturing as Vehicle for Organizational Transformation: Different Perspectives on How Incumbent Firms Adopt Entrepreneurial Practices."
Ann-Kathrin has won several awards for her work:
- The 2019 EFMD Case Writing Award in Entrepreneurship, and
- The 2020 TIM Best Pager Award at the Academy of Management Conference.
She currently pursues her career at the Robert Bosch GmbH in Germany.