Welcome to the Chair of Organization and International Management

The study "The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and Cross-National Research" by our colleague Mahsa Samsami and Kim Klyver (University of Southern Denmark and University of Adelaide) was published in chapter 12 of De Gruyter Handbook of Sociology of Innovation and Entrepreneurship edited by: Olav Sorenson (UCLA Anderson School of Management) and Patricia H. Thornton (Texas A&M University) ".

2025-04-10

The working paper "Unpacking the neoliberal university: Insights from critical university studies" by our colleague Christian Huber has been presented at the 49th Workshop of the Scientific Commission "Organization".

2025-03-17

TU Chemnitz invites female students, university staff, and interested women from the business sector to the 2nd International Women-in-Science Day, which will be held on March 7, 2025, at the Altes Heizhaus. Our colleague Mahsa Samsami gave a talk on the highlighted outcomes from The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2023/24 Women’s Entrepreneurship Report: Reshaping Economies and Communities and inspirational stories of women entrepreneurs in South Africa, Spain, and Morocco. The event was hosted by Prof. Dr. Anja Strobel, Vice-President for Research and University Development at TU Chemnitz, and Karla Kebsch, the university's Equal Opportunities Officer.

2025-03-12

On 18 February in Bilbao, insights about women's entrepreneurship were featured. The report launch also featured an engaging panel with Aileen Ionescu-Somers, GEM Executive Director, along with our colleague Mahsa Samsami; Cristina Oyon, SPRI representative, Basque Government; Wingee Sin, Global Program Director, Cartier Women's Initiative; Amanda Elam and Iñaki Peña Legazkue, Professor at the University of Deusto and GEM Spain.

In addition to her contribution as one of the speakers in the 2025 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Global Conference in Bilbao, Mahsa Samsami also presented one of her studies regarding GEM longitudinal study co-authored by Richard Sebaggala, "Seizing the Day: How the Global Financial Crisis Shaped National Entrepreneurial Ecosystems" Moreover, Mahsa Samsami co-taught two Global Entrepreneurship Monitor workshops; Training Workshop 1: Analyzing GEM data over time Training Workshop 2: Analyzing GEM data on entrepreneurs’ use of AI

2025-02-27

Around the world, the number of people deterred from starting a business because of fear it might fail is increasing, according to the GEM 2024/2025 Global Report titled Entrepreneurship Reality Check, released on February 18th at a special event to launch the report in Bilbao, Spain. Those who take the leap are uncertain about the expected role of artificial intelligence in their businesses. Our colleague Mahsa Samsami is one of the co-authors with Stephen Hill and Natanya Mayer of Chapter 6, entitled "Entrepreneurship and sustainability". Full Report

2025-02-24

Our colleague Mahsa Samsami has joined as a member of AOM ENT Division Global Scholar Development Committee. The committee organizes impactful workshops and events throughout the year, aiming to empower global entrepreneurship scholarship. These initiatives include workshops designed to help international scholars navigate the AOM meeting and program, as well as hands-on sessions that provide valuable insights into publishing research using non-Western data.

2025-02-24

The study "Returnee entrepreneurs’ international experience: Effects on entrepreneurial orientation and speed of internationalization" by Xinrui Liu (University of Greenwich), our chairholder Michael Mayer, and Dimo Dimov (University of Bath) was published in the Journal "International Business Review".

2025-02-11

The chapter "Führungsteilung in der Polizeiarbeit" by our former colleague Irma Rybnikova, Miriam Halver, and our former chair holder Rainhart Lang was published in the "Handbuch Führung in der Polizei".

2025-01-13

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2023/24 Women’s Entrepreneurship Report: Reshaping Economies and Communities highlights an upward trend in women's startup and established business ownership (a business in operation for more than three and a half years) over the past quarter century. This year’s Global Teams author GEM Women’s Entrepreneurship Reports include:

• Amanda Elam, PhD, Babson College, GEM Global (lead author)
• Karen D. Hughes, PhD, University of Alberta, GEM Canada
• Mahsa Samsami, PhD, Chemnitz University of Technology, GEM South Africa

2024-12-17

We congratulate our colleague Christian Huber on his re-election as Equal Opportunities Officer of our faculty. His 2nd term of office starts on April 01, 2025.

2024-12-11

Ms. Marie-Luise Fleißner, former MOS student, was honored with this year's Marie-Pleißner-Award for her master's thesis titled "Gender-specific disadvantage in organizations: Women's perceptions and coping strategies." Supervisor of the master thesis was our colleague Christian Huber. This is the third time in a row that the Marie-Pleißner-Prize has been awarded to a Master's student from our chair. We congratulate Ms. Fleißner and wish her continued success in her future career!

Click here for the press release.

2024-11-15