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Faculty of Business Studies and Economics: Chair in Small Business & Entrepreneurship (LEMEX)

Dr. Quynh Duong Phuong

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Research Assistant

Contact:

Enrique-Schmidt-Stra?e 1
D-28359 Bremen
WiWi 1, Room A 2200

Phone: +49 (0)421 218 - 66875
phuong(at)uni-bremen.de

 

Research Interest:

? Diaspora Entrepreneurship

? Transnational Entrepreneurship

? Entrepreneurship Education

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Introduction

Quynh Duong Phuong has been a member of the LEMEX team since 2016 and a research assistant at the Chair of Small Business, Start-ups, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Bremen since 2018.

She holds a master's degree in business administration and has gained practical experience in event management, employer branding, and social media management through previous jobs and internships.

She has also been involved in the chair's transfer activities, including as part of the European research project Inno-Quarter and as an expert on new work and digital business models for the Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Bremen-Oldenburg.

Her research focuses on entrepreneurship education, diaspora entrepreneurship, and transnational entrepreneurship.

In 2024, Quynh received her doctorate with her dissertation “Exploring the Transition Gap – A Processual Model of Contextual Influences on Students' Engagement in Entrepreneurial Activities.”

Quynh supports various start-up courses offered by the chair as a tutor and coach. Since 2025, she has also been involved in the future concepts Bremen project, where she offers practical courses in start-up management and lean startup & prototyping.

 

Background

Since 10/2024

Research Assistant (Postdoc)

at the Chair of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Business Creation and Entrepreneurship (LEMEX)

University of Bremen (Germany)

09/2018 - 09/2024

Ph.D. Candidate at Chair in Small Business & Entrepreneurship (LEMEX)

University Bremen (Germany)

Title of the doctoral thesis “Exploring the Transition Gap – A Processual Model of Contextual Influences on Students’ Engagement in Entrepreneurial Activities” (summa cum laude)

10/2015 – 08/2018

Master programme in Business Administration

University Bremen (Germany)

10/2012 – 09/2015

Bachelor's programme in Business Administration

University Bremen (Germany)

Teaching

Term

Courses

ECTS

Language

Function

Winter

Entrepreneurship Project

12 ECTS

German

Lecturer

Winter

Entrepreneurship II

6 ECTS

German

Coach

Summer

Entrepreneurship I

6 ECTS

German

Coach

Summer

Lean Startup & Prototyping

6 ECTS

German

Lecturer

Publications

Journal Articles

 
  • Phuong, Q.D., (2024) The Significance of Team Dynamics in Students’ Entrepreneurial Decision-Making. European Management Studies, 22(1), 25-51.
  • Phuong, Q. D., & Freiling, J. (2022). Student Entrepreneurship – The Impact of University Environment on Students’ Starting Conditions. Problemy Zarz?dzania (Management Issues), 20(1), 150–172.
  • Freiling, J., Baron, T., Phuong, Q. D., & Elsner, J. (2021). Inno-Quarters - using living labs at festivals to validate new business models. Austrian Management Review, 11 (1), 58 - 71.
  • Phuong, Q.D., & Harima, A. (2019). The Impact of Cultural Values on Vietnamese Ethnic Entrepreneurs in Germany. Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management, and Innovation, 15(2), 85-115.
 

Books/Chapters

 
  • Phuong, Q.D. (2024). Exploring the Transition Gap – A Processual Model of Contextual Influences on Students’ Engagement in Entrepreneurial Activities, Dissertationsschrift, Staats- und Universit?tsbibliothek Bremen. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/3355
  • Baron, T. Phuong, Q., D., Freiling, J. (2022) – Inno-Quarter – Open Innovation Quarters for quick end-user feedback at European Festivals – Final Position Paper. Interreg North Sea Region. Online: https://innoquarter.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/InnoQuarter-Final-Position-Paper.pdf
  • Phuong, Q.D., Mayer, S., Theohavora, V., Harima, A., & Freiling, J. (2019). Provoking Gender-related Institutional Changes: A Case of a Returnee Female Entrepreneur in India. In M. I. Yenilmez & O. B. Celik (Eds.) A comparative perspective of women's economic empowerment. Routledge: New York, NY. 
 

Conferences

 
  • Phuong, Q.D., The Significance of Team Dynamics in Students’ Entrepreneurial Decision-Making, 7th International Conference on Entrepreneurship for the XXI century. Images and perspectives, 26.-27. October, 2023, Warsaw, Poland.
  • Phuong, Q.D., Exploring Entrepreneurial Competences in the Context of Rapid Validation Programs, RENT 2022 – XXXVI Research in Entrepreneurship Conference, 16.-18. November, 2022, Naples, Italy.
  • Baron, T. Phuong, Q., D., Freiling, J. – Inno-Quarter – Open Innovation Quarters for quick end-user feedback at European Festivals. ADE Green Conference, 20.-21.10.2022, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Phuong, Q.D., Entrepreneurship Education as a Stage – Implications on Student Entrepreneurship, ENTIME 2022 – Entrepreneurship in Modern Economy Conference, 21.-22. April 2022, Gdansk, Poland.
  • Phuong, Q.D., Entrepreneurship Education as a Stage – Implications on Student Entrepreneurship, RENT 2021 - XXXV Research in Entrepreneurship Conference, 18.-19. November, 2021, Turku, Finland.
  • Phuong, Q.D., Entrepreneurship – The Impact of University Environment on Students’ Starting Conditions, 6th International Conference on Entrepreneurship for the XXI century. Images and perspectives, 21.-22. October, 2021, virtual.
  • Phuong, Q.D., Mayer, S., & Theohavora, V., Indian Female Entrepreneurs Returning Home, International Conference on Migration and Diaspora Entrepreneurship 2016, 28.-29. November, 2016, Bremen, Germany.
  • Phuong, Q.D., The Impact of Networks on the Absorptive Capacity of Diaspora Entrepreneurs, International Conference on Migration and Diaspora Entrepreneurship 2015, 14.-15. December, 2015, Bremen, Germany.
 

Miscellaneous

Awards

 
  • Segnitz Award for outstanding dissertation (2024)
  • Wolfgang-Ritter Study Award for 2nd best graduate in the Master’s Program of Business Administration (2018)
 

Projects

  
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