Autor: Helle Neergaard

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Joern Block is a professor of management at the University of Trier (Germany). His research focuses on entrepreneurship, sustainability, and innovation management in small and large firms. He is currently head of the entrepreneurship and innovation management division of the Verband der Hochschullehrerinnen und Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB).Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jantje Halberstadt is a professor of Economics and Sustainability at the University of Vechta (Germany), where she is also Dean of Studies at the Faculty of Education and Social Sciences. Her main research interests are in the area of entrepreneurship and management, particularly transformational sustainability entrepreneurship related to various fields, such as ICT, agriculture and food, sports, education, and gender studies. Prof. Dr. Nils Högsdal is teaching Corporate Finance and Entrepreneurship at Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart (Stuttgart Media University, Germany). He is active in both the scientific discipline of entrepreneurship as well as the real startup community. He is an active entrepreneurship researcher and educator, inviting the community every year to the International Entrepreneurship Education Summit. In 2015 In 2015 Nils was awarded one of the statewide teaching awards by Baden-Württemberg. He also serves the university as „Prorektor Innovation” which best translates as the vice president for innovation. Dr. Helle Neergaard is a professor of entrepreneurship at the Department of Management, Aarhus University (Denmark). She is currently Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship. She is the former president of ECSB and the 2018 European Entrepreneurship Educator Laureate. Her main research interests are gender and entrepreneurship. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Kuckertz is head of the Entrepreneurship Research Group at the University of Hohenheim (Germany). For FGF e.V., the largest academic association in German-speaking countries focusing on entrepreneurship, innovation, and SMEs, he has been serving as president since October 2018.