Dr. Quynh Duong Phuong

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

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.

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)

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

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.

Awards	Segnitz Award for outstanding dissertation (2024) Wolfgang-Ritter Study Award for 2^nd best graduate in the Master’s Program of Business Administration (2018)
Projects	future concepts bremen (since 04.2025) Social Challenge Impact Weekend (2023-2024) Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Bremen-Oldenburg (2023-2025) Mittelstand-Kompetenzzentrum 4.0 (2023-2024) Inno-Quarter (2018-2022)

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