Since 2024 International Adjunct Professor at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Since 2023 Dean of the Department of Business and Economics, TU Dortmund University, Germany
Since 2022 Founder and Chairman of the DLab at TU Dortmund University, Germany
Since 2021 Founder and Co-Director of the TIE Institute of Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at TU Dortmund University, Germany
Since 2021 Founding member of the Ruhr School of Design Thinking, Germany
Since 2020 Chairperson of the Doctoral Commission, Department of Business and Economics, TU Dortmund University
Since 2019 Professor of Innovation Management at TU Dortmund University, Germany
Since 2015 Guest lecturer at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
2015 Guest lecturer at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2015 – 2019 Post-doc at Innovation & Entrepreneurship Group, TIME Research Area at RWTH Aachen University, Germany
2013 - 2014 Co-Founder & CEO of GULOKA GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
2010 - 2013 Consultant and project team leader at Bain & Company, Düsseldorf, Germany
2008 - 2010 Research Associate and startup coach at the Chair of Economics for Engineers and Natural Scientists (WIN) at RWTH Aachen University, Germany
2006 - 2008 Consultant at Bain & Company, Düsseldorf, Germany
Research Interests
Innovation Management
Entrepreneurship
Business Model Innovation
Research methods
Empirical methods (Surveys, large archival data)
Regression analyses (STATA, SPSS)
Structural equation modelling (AMOS)
Selected publications
Kindermann, B., Hocker, A. and Strese, S. 2023. Attracted to the Hustle? An Impression Management Perspective on Entrepreneurial Hustle in New Venture Recruitment. Journal of Management Studies. In press.
Kindermann, B., Schmidt, C.V.H., Pulm, J. und Strese, S. 2022. The Double-Edged Sword of Entrepreneurial Orientation: A Configurational Perspective on Failure in Newly Public Firms. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. In press.
Greven, A., Kruse, S., Vos, A., Strese, S. und Brettel, M. 2022. Achieving Product Ambidexterity in New Product Development: The Role of Middle Managers’ Dynamic Managerial Capabilities. Journal of Management Studies. In press.
Kindermann, B., Beutel, S., Garcia de Lomana, G., Strese, S., Bendig, D. und Brettel, M. 2021. Digital orientation: Conceptualization and Operationalization of a New Strategic Orientation. European Management Journal, 39(5), 645-657.
Schäfer, C., Kindermann, B. und Strese, S. 2021. Signals for Venture Performance After Initial Coin Offerings: The Role of Proceeds Allocation to Marketing and Market Orientation. Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Information Systems.
Fischer, D., Prasuhn, J., Strese, S. and Brettel, M. 2021. The Role of Social Media For Radical Innovation in the New Digital Age, International Journal of Innovation Management, 25(7).
Strese, S., Gebhard, P., Feierabend, D. und Brettel, M. 2018. Entrepreneurs’ Perceived Exit Performance: Conceptualization and Scale Development. Journal of Business Venturing, 33(3), 351-70.
Bendig, D., Willmann, D., Strese, S. und Brettel, M. 2018. Share Repurchases and Myopia: Implications on the Stock and Consumer Markets. Journal of Marketing, 82(2), 19-41.
Grühn, B., Strese, S., Flatten, T.C., Jäger, N. und Brettel, M. 2017. Temporal Change Patterns of Entrepreneurial Orientation: A Longitudinal Investigation of CEO Successions. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 41(4), 591-619.
Mauerhoefer, T., Strese, S. und Brettel, M. 2017. The Impact of Information Technology on New Product Development Performance. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 34(6), 719-738.
