Insight into the community outreach of Judith Behrens

Judith Behrens is Professor of Entrepreneurship at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management. She is Directeur of iCite (The International Centre for Innovation, Technology and Education Studies) and a research fellow of CEBRIG. In her research, Judith Behrens conducts studies in the areas of entrepreneurship, decision making and innovation outcomes. She was a Habilitand at Technische Universität München and a visiting scholar at Kelley School of Business. She did her Ph.D. at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. She studied economics at Universität Witten Herdecke and general management at Stockholm University – School of Business. Before starting in academia, she worked several years in the banking sector at Deutsche Bank AG.

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  • Directeur at International Centre for Innovation, Technology and Education Studies (iCite).
  • Co-director of the Management of Science Master’s program.
  • Supervisor of PhD students.
  • Program Director for International Field Studies, Innovation track.
  • Chair of the Competence Center for Teaching in Management.
  • Brownbag series with VUB
  • Hiring Committee Chair Strategy, Chair Health Innovation and Society and Chair Non-Profilée
  • Member of Management of Science Master’s program reform group.
  • IPDMC Innovation and Product Development Management Conference, Conference Board & Scientific Committee.
  • Track Chair Corporate Venturing, Entrepreneurship and Business Model Innovation for the Journal of Product Innovation Management Research Forum, PDMA.
  • Member of the Belgium BERG Board.
  • Introduction to Entrepreneurship
  • Business Planning
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
  • Patzelt, H., Behrens, J., Wolfe, M., & Shepherd, D. (2020): “Perceived project transition support and employees´ assessments of entrepreneurial project performance, Journal of Business Venturing, 35 (1), 1-25.”
  • Behrens, J., & Patzelt, H. (2017): “Incentives, resources, and combinations of innovation radicalness and innovation speed, British Journal of Management, 29 (4), 691-842.”
  •  Behrens, J., & Patzelt, H. (2016): “Corporate entrepreneurship managers’ project terminations: Integrating portfolio-level, individual-level, and firm-level effects, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice”, 40 (4), 815-842.
  •  Behrens, J., Ernst, H., & Shepherd, D. A. (2014): “The decision to exploit an R&D project: Divergent thinking across middle and senior managers, Journal of Product Innovation Management,” 31 (1), 144-158
  • Papers published in international peer-reviewed journals.
  • Editorial review board of Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice and Journal of Product Innovation Management.
  • Editor book Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Springer.
  • Honorable Mention for 2020 paper in Family Business Review.
  • Best Teacher Award ULB.
  • Johannes B. Ortner-Stiftung, Excellence in Research Award.