Chair of Organization and Corporate Development

Dr. Clarissa E. Weber


Research interest:

  • Entrepreneurial behavior and strategies in innovative contexts
  • (Strategic) Collaboration (interorganizational, interprofessional, international)
  • Temporary organizations
  • Organization and change in/of processes and routines
  • Internationalization and international organizations



Industries/Fields:

  • Renewable energy
  • Sharing economy
  • Platform-based business models
  • Medical and nursing care
  • Videogame development
  • Crowdfunding
  • Biotech
  • Coworking



CV:

  • Since 10/2017: Assistant Professor (Akademische Rätin) at the Chair of Organization and Corporate Development, Georg-August-University Goettingen
  • 2023: Visiting Assistant Professor, University College London (UCL), School of Management, UK (Jan-Apr)
  • 2012-2017: Research & Teaching Assistant and Doctoral Student at the Chair of Organization and Corporate Development (Prof. Dr. Indre Maurer), Georg-August-University Goettingen
  • 2015: Visiting Researcher, Stanford University, USA (Sep-Dec)
  • 2006-2012: Student of Business Administration, University of Cologne; Majors: Corporate Development & Organization, Corporate Finance and Economics (Degree: Diplom-Kauffrau, German equivalent to Master of Science in Business Administration)
  • 2010-2011: Semester Abroad, University of Manchester & Manchester Business School, UK
  • 2012: Summer School in Econometrics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
  • Other experience: Student research assistant at the Seminar for Corporate Development and Organization at the University of Cologne, tutor for mathematics, student assistant / intern in an auditing company, in the cultural sector as well as in a consultancy project for an international chemical company



Current teaching:

  • Master Seminar: Digital Health (SoSe 2023)
  • Seminar: Research seminar for PhD students (every term)
  • Master colloquium (every term)



Past teaching:

    Bachelor
  • Lecture: Strategic Management and Organization (Summer Term 2017)
  • Seminar: Inter-Organizational Relationships (Summer Term 2017 and Winter Term 2013/14)
  • Seminar: Knowledge Management (Winter Term 2016/17)
  • Tutorial: Organizational Design and Change (Winter Term 2015/16 and 2012/13)
  • Tutorial: Strategic Management and Organization (Summer Term 2014 and 2012)

    • Master
  • Lecture: International Management (Winter Term 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23)
  • Seminar: Space and Proximity (Summer Term 2021)
  • Seminar: Process management and interprofessional collaboration: Analysis and optimization of processes in health care (Summer Term 2020)
  • Seminar: New Work – Independent Work and Coworking (Summer Term 2019)
  • Seminar: Organizing New Forms of Working – Control, Collaboration, and Community in Coworking (Summer Term 2018)
  • Seminar: Social Network Analyses (Winter Term 2017/18)
  • Seminar: Coordination und Knowledge Transfer in Inter-Organizational Relationships
    (Summer Term 2016)
  • Seminar: Business Models in the Sharing Economy (Summer Term 2015)
  • Seminar: Knowledge Transfer in Multinational Corporations (Winter Term 2013/14)
  • Business Project Seminar: Employer Branding in SMEs (Winter Term 2014/15)

    • PhD
  • Seminar: Research seminar for PhD students (since Summer Term 2017/18)


Publications:

  • Wilhelm, H.; Steigenberger, N.; Weber, C.E.; Juntunen, J.; Ebers, M. (2023): (No) Time for change: When and why entrepreneurs act during underperforming fundraising attempts. Organization Science, recently accepted for publication. [VHB Jourqual 3: A+]
  • Tetzlaff, B.; Scherer, M.; Balzer, K.; Steyer, L.; Köpke, S.; Friede, T.; Maurer, I.; Weber, C.E.; König. H.-H.; Konnopka, A.; Ruppel, T.; Mazur, A.; Hummers, E.; Müller, C.A. (2023). Development of an interprofessional person-centred care concept for persons with care needs living in their own homes (interprof HOME): study protocol for a mixed methods study. BMJ Open, 13: e06959: 1-9. [VHB Jourqual 3: -]
  • Weber, C.E.; Maurer, I. (2023). Knowledge acquisition from host-country partners: The interplay of trust and legal safeguards. Journal of World Business, 58 (2): 1–14. [VHB Jourqual 3: B]
  • Weber, C.E.; Steigenberger, N.; Wilhelm, H. (2023). After successful fundraising: How overfunding and category spanning affect the release and audience-perceived quality of crowdfunded products. Small Business Economics, in print. [VHB Jourqual 3: B]
  • Gärtner, L.; Kortkamp, C.; Müller, C.; Tetzlaff, B.; Fleischmann, N.; Weber, C.E.; Scherer, M.; Kühn, A.; Jarchow, A.-M.; Lüth, F.; Köpke, S.; Friede, T.; König, H.H.; Hummers, E.; Maurer, I.; Balzer, K. (2022). Implementation, mechanisms of change and contextual factors of a complex intervention to improve interprofessional collaboration and the quality of medical care for nursing home residents: Study protocol of the process evaluation of the interprof ACT intervention package. Trials, 23(1): 1-21. [VHB Jourqual 3: -]
  • Weber, C.E.; Kortkamp, C.; Maurer, I.; Hummers, E. (2022). Boundary work in response to professionals’ contextual constraints: Micro-strategies in interprofessional collaboration. Organization Studies, 43(9): 1453-1477. [VHB Jourqual 3: A]
  • Weber, C.E.; Okraku, M.; Mair, J., Maurer, I. (2021). Steering the transition from informal to formal service provision: labor platforms in emerging-market countries. Socio-Economic Review, 19(4): 1217–1243. [VHB Jourqual 3: B]
  • Abel, R.; Bort, S.; Maurer, I.; Weber, C.E.; Wilhelm, H. (2020). Tensions in portfolios of temporary organizations: How project portfolio maturity attenuates the negative effects of portfolio ambidexterity. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 67: 209-231. [VHB Jourqual 3: B]
  • Weber, C.E.; Chahabadi, D.; Maurer, I. (2020). Antecedents and performance effect of managerial misperception of institutional differences. Journal of World Business, 55 (1): 1-18. [VHB Jourqual 3: B]
  • Weber, C.E.; Chahabadi, D.; Maurer, I. (2017). Managerial misperception of differences between home and host countries – Antecedents and effect. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. Online ISSN: 2151-6561.
  • Weber, C.E. (2017) Knowledge, trust, and misperception across institutional environments – Evidence from the German renewable-energy industry. Dissertation. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.



Conferences / Talks / Invited Workshops:

  • 2023: Making it work but keeping it small – Professionals’ engagement with self-initiated change. Paper accepted for presentation at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, USA (co-authored with M. Diel and C. Kortkamp).
  • 2023: Entwicklung des interprofessionellen personenzentrierten Versorgungskonzepts interprof HOME für Personen mit Pflegebedarf, die in ihrer eigenen Häuslichkeit leben: eine Mixed-Methods Studie. Paper accepted for presentation at the Kongress für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin (DEGAM), Berlin, Germany (co-authored with B. Tetzlaff, A. Mazur, U. Sekanina, T. Huckle, R. Dano, C. Höckelmann, A. Kühn, M. Diel, L. Bremer, S. Kuba, I. Maurer, K. Balzer, S. Köpke, M. Scherer, E. Hummers, and C. A. Müller).
  • 2023: How non-professional actors manage professional actors in home care. Paper presented at the 39th EGOS Colloquium, Cagliari, Italy (co-authored with M. Diel and I. Maurer).
  • 2023: Continuous connectivity: How intermittently dispersed actors in interprofessional dyadic routines use temporal, spatial, and role-based adaptations for continuing routines. Paper presented at the 14th International Process Symposium (PROS), Chania, Greece (co-authored with C. Kortkamp).
  • 2023: How non-professional actors manage the collaboration and work processes of professional actors in home care. Paper presented at the 14th International Process Symposium (PROS), Chania, Greece (co-authored with M. Diel and I. Maurer).
  • 2023: When do incumbents’ top management teams identify market entrants as competitors? Paper presented at the 3rd Competitive Dynamics Conference, Imperial College, London, UK (co-authored with H. Wilhelm, K. Klein and S. Albers)
  • 2022: Not so perfect after all: Overfunding, category spanning, and development outcomes of crowdfunded products. Paper presented at the 38th EGOS Colloquium, Vienna, Austria (co-authored with N. Steigenberger and H. Wilhelm).
  • 2022: Interaction-based services and virtual work: Video consultations in primary care during COVID-19. Paper presented at the 13th Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) Conference, Birmingham, UK (co-authored with M. Diel and C. Kortkamp).
  • 2021: interprof HOME: Entwicklung und Testung eines interprofessionellen personenzentrierten Versorgungskonzeptes für in der Häuslichkeit lebenden Patient*innen (Studiendesign). Paper presented at the Kongress für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeinmedizin und Familienmedizin (DEGAM), Lübeck, Germany (co-authored with A. Mazur, C. Müller, K. Balzer, T. Friede, L. Gärtner, H.-H. König, A. Konnopka, S. Köpke, I. Maurer, T. Ruppel, M. Scherer, B. Tetzlaff, E. Hummers).
  • 2021: The ready-made network: Networking and exchange activity of independent workers in coworking spaces. Paper presented at the virtual 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, virtual meeting (co-authored with J. Klutt).
  • 2021: How overfunding and category spanning affect release and quality of crowdfunded products. Paper presented at the virtual 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, virtual meeting (co-authored with N. Steigenberger and H. Wilhelm).
  • 2021: Upholding of routines in interprofessional collaboration: A qualitative study in nursing homes. Paper invited for presentation at the virtual 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, virtual meeting (co-authored with C.P. Kortkamp).
  • 2021: Creating proximity at a distance: A qualitative study of video consultation between General Practitioners and patients in Germany. Paperpresented at the 37th EGOS Colloquium, virtual meeting, hosted by VU Amsterdam (co-authored with C.P. Kortkamp and I. Maurer).
  • 2021: The ready-made network: Networking and exchange activity of independent workers in coworking spaces. Paper presented at the 37th EGOS Colloquium, virtual meeting, hosted by VU Amsterdam (co-authored with J. Klutt).
  • 2021: Steering the transition from informal to formal service provision: Labor platforms in emerging-market countries. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), virtual meeting (co-authored with M. Okraku, J. Mair and I. Maurer).
  • 2020: Tensions in portfolios of temporary organizations: How project portfolio maturity attenuates the negative effects of portfolio ambidexterity. Paper presented at the PDW "For a limited time only: A practice-based view of strategizing in temporary organizations" at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, virtual meeting (co-authored with R. Abel, S. Bort, I. Maurer, H. Wilhelm).
  • 2020: Boundary work and contextual demands: Micro-strategies in interprofessional collaboration. Paper presented at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, virtual meeting (co-authored with C.P. Kortkamp and I. Maurer).
  • 2020: Flexible upholding of routines in interprofessional collaboration: A qualitative study in German nursing homes. Paper presented at the 36th EGOS Colloquium, virtual meeting, hosted by University of Hamburg (co-authored with C.P. Kortkamp).
  • 2020: Micro-strategies to enforce competing demands in interprofessional collaboration: The case of geriatric nurses and general practitioners in German nursing homes. Paper presented at the 12th Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) Conference, Manchester, UK, virtual meeting (co-authored with C.P. Kortkamp und I. Maurer).
  • 2020: Bringing control back in: Using coworking spaces for motivation-as-control in independent work. Paper presented at the Journal of Management Studies & Society for Advancement of Management Studies Special Conference on “The Future of Work”, Birmingham, UK, virtual meeting (co-authored with J. Klutt).
  • 2020: Steering the transitioning from informal to formal service provision: The case of labor platforms in emerging markets. Paper presented at the colloquium „Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt“, TU Berlin, Institut für Soziologie (co-authored with M. Okraku, J. Mair, I. Maurer).
  • 2019: Bringing control back in: Using coworking spaces for motivation-as-control in independent work. Paper presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, USA (co-authored with J. Klutt).
  • 2019: Competing demands in interprofessional collaboration between geriatric nurses and general practitioners – Reconfiguration practices in German nursing homes. Paper presented at the 35th EGOS Colloquium, Edinburgh, Scotland (co-authored with C.P. Kortkamp und I. Maurer).
  • 2019: Tensions between unknown and familiar alliances: The moderation effect of alliance portfolio maturity. Paper presented at the 35th EGOS Colloquium, Edinburgh, Scotland (co-authored with R. Abel, S. Bort, I. Maurer, H. Wilhelm).
  • 2019: Platform organizations as institutional intermediaries: Formalization effects on employment relationships in emerging markets. Paper presented at the 35th EGOS Colloquium, Edinburgh, Scotland (co-authored with M. Okraku, I. Maurer, and J. Mair).
  • 2018: Platform organizations in emerging markets: Creating trust under conditions of high uncertainty and liability of newness. Paper presented at the U4 SSEL Cluster Conference on Current Challenges for a Sustainable Future, Goettingen, Germany (co-authored with M. Okraku, I. Maurer, and J. Mair).
  • 2018: Constructing new working environments: Community organization in co-working spaces. Paper presented at the U4 SSEL Cluster Conference on Current Challenges for a Sustainable Future, Goettingen, Germany (co-authored with J. Klutt).
  • 2018: Unknown and familiar: Gradations of temporality in alliance portfolios. Invited presentation at the 4th Workshop of the Scientific Network “Temporary Organizing” in Berlin, Germany (co-authored with R. Abel, S. Bort, I. Maurer, H. Wilhelm).
  • 2018: Constructing transactional confidence under conditions of institutional uncertainties: Social and technological micro solutions of platform-based organizations in emerging markets. Paper invited for presentation at the 44th European International Business Academy Conference, Poznań, Poland (co-authored with M. Okraku, I. Maurer, and J. Mair).
  • 2018: Constructing transactional confidence under conditions of institutional uncertainties: Social and technological micro solutions of platform-based organizations in emerging markets. Paper presented at the 34th EGOS Colloquium, Tallinn, Estonia (co-authored with M. Okraku, I. Maurer, and J. Mair).
  • 2018: Organizing new ways of working: The interplay between governance and the construction of a community. Paper invited for presentation at the 8th Organizations, Artifacts and Practices (OAP) Workshop in Amsterdam, Netherlands (co-authored with J. Klutt).
  • 2017: Partner selection and trust in inter-organizational relationships. Paper presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, USA. The paper was selected as a finalist paper for the 2017 OMT Best Student Paper Award.
  • 2017: Managerial misperception of differences between home and host countries - Antecedents and effect. Paper presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, USA (co-authored with D. Chahabadi and I. Maurer). The paper is included in the Academy of Management Annual Meeting Best Paper Proceedings 2017.
  • 2017: Expanding performance feedback theory to temporary organizations. Paper presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, USA. (co-authored with H. Wilhelm, N. Steigenberger, and J. Juntunen).
  • 2017: Partner selection and trust in inter-organizational relationships: The role of selection effort and selection criteria. Paper presented at the 33rd EGOS Colloquium, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • 2017: Internationalization in the Sharing Economy - Business model adaptation for emerging markets. Research project presented at the 4th International Workshop on the Sharing Economy, Lund, Sweden (co-authored with M. Okraku and I. Maurer).
  • 2016: Managerial misperception of differences between home and host countries - An empirical study on antecedents and performance effect. Paper presented at the European International Business Academy (EIBA) Annual Conference, Vienna, Austria (co-authored with D. Chahabadi and I. Maurer).
  • 2016: Managerial misperception of institutional differences between home and host countries - An empirical study on its antecedents and performance effect. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Strategic Management Society (SMS), Berlin, Germany (co-authored with D. Chahabadi and I. Maurer).
  • 2016: Finding someone to trust: Partnership formation in international inter-organizational relationships. Paper accepted for presentation at the McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference, Vaasa, Finland.
  • 2016: Effects of inter-organizational and institutional trust on knowledge acquisition across borders. Paper presented at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, USA (co-authored with I. Maurer).
  • 2015: Dimensions of inter-organizational and institutional-based trust and their joint effects on knowledge acquisition in cross-border partnerships. Paper presented at Stanford University, USA (co-authored with I. Maurer).
  • 2015: Dimensions of inter-organizational and institutional-based trust and their joint effects on knowledge acquisition in cross-border partnerships. Paper presented at the 31st EGOS Colloquium, Athens, Greece (co-authored with I. Maurer).
  • 2015: Acquiring knowledge from local partners: The role of inter-organizational and institutional trust in international relationships of market-seeking firms. Paper presented at ANZIBA 2015 Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
  • 2013: Internationalization Strategies: Old Questions, New Contexts. Medici Summer School in Management Studies of NYU Stern, HEC Paris, Alma Graduate School, Florence, Italy.
  • 2013: The institutional and relational embeddedness of multinational enterprises. Research project presented at the PhD Seminar "Strategy within markets as disciplinary structures", HEC Paris, France.