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Department of Strategy and Innovation
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Vera Rocha is Associate Professor in Economics and Management of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Copenhagen Business School (Department of Strategy and Innovation). Before, Vera was an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at the same Department and a postdoc in Economics of Entrepreneurship at the former Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics at Copenhagen Business School. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Porto (Portugal). Her PhD thesis was distinguished by Price Waterhouse Coopers as the best PhD thesis in Economics in Portugal in 2014. Vera’s research is at the intersection of entrepreneurship, strategic human capital, and labor market inequality. Most of her work has been focused on the antecedents, processes, and consequences of entrepreneurial activity. Among other questions, Vera has been studying the determinants of career transitions into entrepreneurship, the causes and implications of hiring strategies as firms emerge and mature, how entrepreneurial activity can affect both individual careers and society at large, and how organizations contribute to expand or reduce labor market inequalities, often using matched employer-employee data for Portugal and Denmark. Vera’s research has been distinguished by several awards and published in highly recognized journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Research Policy, Journal of Management Studies, and Organizational Research Methods. Vera is currently the Principal Investigator of a large project funded by Carlsberg Foundation (Denmark) investigating multi-level pathways for integrating marginalized groups in the labor market and broader society. Vera is also co-Principal Investigator in another large project funded by the ROCKWOOL Foundation (Denmark) to study questions related to individual behavior and tax evasion in the digital economy. Vera is Co-Editor-in-Chief at Industry & Innovation and serves in the Editorial Review Board of Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, and Small Business Economics.
- Entrepreneurship
- Strategic Human Capital
- Labor Market Inequality
- Entrepreneurship (MSc level)
- Applied Econometrics (PhD level)
- Kacperczyk, O., Younkin, P., Rocha. (2022) “Do employees work less for female leaders? A multi-method study of entrepreneurial firms.” Organization Science, doi: 10.1287/orsc.2022.1611.
- Merida, A., Rocha, V. (2021) “It’s About Time: The Timing of Entrepreneurial Experience and the Career Dynamics of University Graduates”. Research Policy, 50(1): 104-135.
- Rocha, V., van Praag, M. (2020) “Mind the gap: The role of gender in entrepreneurial career choice and social influence by founders”, Strategic Management Journal, 41(5): 841-866.
- Rocha, V., Carneiro, A., Varum, C., (2018), “Leaving employment to entrepreneurship: The value of coworker mobility in pushed and pulled-driven startups”, Journal of Management Studies, 55(1): 60-85.
In: Personnel Psychology, Vol. 77, No. 1, 3.2024, p. 23-52
In: Small Business Economics, Vol. 62, No. 4, 4.2024, p. 1641-1668
In: Industry and Innovation, Vol. 31, No. 1, 2024, 15 p., p. 1-15
In: Organization Science, 23.2.2024
In: Journal of International Economics, Vol. 151, 9.2024
In: Organization Science, Vol. 34, No. 3 (May-June), 2023, p. 1111-1133
Paper presented at DRUID23 Conference, 2023
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-third Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2023, 1 p. (Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings)
Paper presented at DRUID23 Conference, 2023
In: Economic Inquiry, Vol. 60, No. 2, 4.2022, p. 901-928
In: International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 45, No. 2, 2022, p. 94-106
Paper presented at DRUID22 Conference, 2022
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2021, 39 p. (Working Paper / Department of Economics. Copenhagen Business School, No. 05-2021)
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2021, 49 p. (Working Paper / Department of Economics. Copenhagen Business School, No. 11-2021) (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 14493)
Paper presented at DRUID21 Conference, 2021
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-first Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2021, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
In: Research Policy, Vol. 50, No. 1, 1.2021
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-First Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2021, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
In: Proceedings of the Eighty-first Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Sonia Taneja. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2021, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
Paper presented at DRUID21 Conference, 2021
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2021, 60 p. (Working Paper / Department of Economics. Copenhagen Business School, No. 09-2021)
In: Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. ed. /Pedro Nuno Teixeira; Jung Cheol Shin. Dordrecht : Springer 2020
In: Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 41, No. 5, 5.2020, p. 841-866
In: Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions. ed. /Pedro Nuno Teixeira; Jung Cheol Shin. Dordrecht : Springer 2020
In: Proceedings of the Eightieth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Guclu Atinc. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2020, 1 p. (Academy of Management Proceedings)
In: Economic Inquiry, Vol. 58, No. 1, 1.2020, p. 241-259
In: Organizational Research Methods, Vol. 22, No. 3, 7.2019, p. 740-764
In: Higher Education Policy, Vol. 32, No. 2, 6.2019, p. 185–202
Paper presented at DRUID19 Conference, 2019
In: Proceedings of the Seventy-ninth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. ed. /Guclu Atinc. Briarcliff Manor, NY : Academy of Management 2019, 5 p., p. 918-922 (Academy of Management Proceedings)
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2018, 2018
Paper presented at DRUID18 Conference, 2018
In: Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 55, No. 1, 2018, p. 60-85
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2018, 2018
Paper presented at DRUID18 Conference, 2018
Paper presented at DRUID18 Conference, 2018
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School, CBS 2018, 57 p. (Working Paper / Department of Economics. Copenhagen Business School, No. 6-2018)
Paper presented at The Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2017, 2017
Paper presented at DRUID17 Conference, 2017
Paper presented at 5th Linked Employer-Employee Data Workshop, 2017
Paper presented at SMS Special Conference Milan, 2017
Paper presented at 5th Linked Employer-Employee Data Workshop, 2017
In: Regional Upgrading in Southern Europe: Spatial Disparities and Human Capital. . ed. /Madalena Fonseca; Ugo Fratesi. Cham : Springer 2017, p. 323-344 (Advances in Spatial Science)
Abstract from 5th Linked Employer-Employee Data Workshop, 2017
In: Studies in Higher Education, Vol. 42, No. 8, 8.2017, p. 1401-1420
Bonn : IZA 2016, 32 p. (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 9919) (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, No. TI 2016-030/VII)
Amsterdam : Tinbergen Institute 2016, 38 p. (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers, No. 16-110/VII)
Paper presented at The DRUID 20th Anniversary Conference 2016, 2016
Bonn : IZA 2016, 53 p. (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 10104)
Bonn : IZA 2016, 60 p. (IZA Discussion Paper, No. 10035)
In: A Global Perspective on Private Higher Education. ed. /Mahsood Shah ; Chenicheri Sid Nair. Cambridge : Chandos Publishing 2016, p. 13-28
Paper presented at The DRUID Society Conference 2015, 2015
In: Small Business Economics, Vol. 45, No. 1, 6.2015, p. 63-84
In: Cambridge Journal of Economics, Vol. 39, No. 2, 3.2015, p. 565-598
In: International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 40, 5.2015, p. 91-106
In: Economics Letters, Vol. 126, 1.2015, p. 127-130
In: Entrepreneurship, Human Capital, and Regional Development : Labor Networks, Knowledge Flows, and Industry Growth. . ed. /Rui Baptista; João Leitão. : Springer Science+Business Media 2015, p. 93-122 (International Studies in Entrepreneurship, Vol. 31)
In: Páginas de Educación, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2014, p. 61-80
In: International Business Review, Vol. 23, No. 4, 8.2014, p. 761-773
In: Innovation, Globalization and Firm Dynamics: Lessons for Enterprise Policy. . ed. /Anna Maria Ferragina; Erol Taymaz; Kamil Yilmaz. Abingdon : Routledge 2014
In: Knowledge, Diversity and Performance in European Higher Education: A Changing Landscape. . ed. /Andrea Bonaccorsi. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2014, p. 84-106
In: Public Administration Review, Vol. 74, No. 3, 29.4.2014, p. 398-412
In: Applied Economics, Vol. 45, No. 35, 2013, p. 4949-4958
In: Small Business Economics, Vol. 40, No. 1, 2013, p. 9-25
In: Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2013, p. 271-288
In: Higher Education, Vol. 63, No. 3, 3.2012, p. 337-352
In: Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 46, No. 3, 2012, p. 683-704
In: Economics Letters, Vol. 114, No. 1, 1.2012, p. 94-97
In: International Business Review, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2.2011, p. 48-59
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