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Chair of General Business Administration, especially Investment and Financing Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Katharina Scheidgen

Lara A. Hitgen, M. Sc. PhD Student

Lehrstuhl ABWL, insbesondere
Investition und Finanzierung
Lehrgebäude 10
Erich-Weinert-Straße 1
03046 Cottbus

hitgen[at]b-tu.de

Conference Submissions & Presentations
The role of gender in entrepreneurs' investor networking strategies

Co-Authors: Scheidgen, K. & Vongswasdi, P.
Conference: Responsible Entrepreneurship & Technology: Combining the local and the global Enschede, the Netherlands, 19.-21. November 2025

Reinforcing (dis)advantage in entrepreneurs’ networking strategies: Gender differences in efficiently networking with investors

Co-Authors: Scheidgen, K. & Vongswasdi, P.
Conference: 28. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand (G-Forum) Stuttgart, 17.–19. September 2025

Whom You Know Beats Who You Are: Gendered (Dis-)Advantages in Entrepreneurs’ Networking

Co-Authors: Scheidgen, K. & Kraft, P.
Conference: The 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2025) Copenhagen, Denmark, 25.-29. July

Awards
Best Entrepreneurship Research Newcomer (2025)

At G-Forum 2025 in Stuttgart, the paper “Reinforcing (dis)advantage in entrepreneurs’ networking strategies: Gender differences in efficiently networking with investors” by Lara Hitgen (Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg), with co-authors Prof. Dr. Katharina Scheidgen (Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg) and Prof. Dr. Pisitta Vongswasdi (WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management), was awarded Best Entrepreneurship Research Newcomer.

Participation at Doctoral Consortia
  • Doctoral Consortium on entrepreneurship and small business management of the Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Conference (RENT) 2025