Julian Seng successfully defended his PhD thesis
Congratulations to Julian Seng who on December 4th, 2023 successfully defended his PhD thesis 'Essays on the political economy of innovative startups'.
Abstract: The thesis examines the political economy of innovative startups through three essays. The three main chapters of the thesis comprise three individual research papers written to answer separate research questions, but they are all bounded together by a common aim of investigating the political economy of innovative startups and how the wider contextual environment affects startup growth. In this regard, the first paper is a theoretical piece that positions startup-centric innovation policy in the wider literature on industrial policy. Together with my co-authors, we conceptualise startup-centric innovation policy in terms of four key attributes – age/newness, type of firm, target audience, and instruments used. The second paper investigates the role and influence of government policy on the development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in terms of its coordinative aspects and underlying ecosystem dynamics. Finally, the third paper examines cultural change in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and its role on startup venture creation.
The thesis will be available from research.cbs.dk.
Thank you for the work and support of supervisors and assessment committee members:
Primary Supervisor:
Associate Professor Mads Dagnis Jensen
Department of International Economics, Government and Business
Copenhagen Business School
Secondary Supervisor:
Associate Professor Douglas Fuller
Department of International Economics, Government and Business
Copenhagen Business School
Assessment Committee:
Associate Professor Faith Hatani (Chair)
Department of International Economics, Government and Business
Copenhagen Business School
Professor Naubahar Sharif
Division of Public Policy
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Senior Researcher Luke Patey
Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
DIIS - Danish Insititut for International Studies