Need instant thesis coaching? 🚀
Contact us on WhatsApp +49 151 5900 8798

Dr. Thomas Hipp

University of Mannheim

In practice

German, English

Entrepreneurship

Mixed methods

> 75/h tutored

About

I completed my PhD at the University of Mannheim, focusing on entrepreneurship and digitalization. My main research interests are in entrepreneurship, information systems, scaleups, and automation. I spent part of my doctoral studies at Stanford and presented my papers regularly at international academic conferences. Methodologically, I have experience with qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods research, as well as in supervising practice-oriented theses. Through my studies, I gained extensive international experience with stays in China, Japan, Canada, the United States, Chile, and the Netherlands. After finishing my PhD, I moved into practice and founded my own venture. Today, I am still active in academia, but my main focus is on management consulting and personal development.

Academic track record

PhD at University of Mannheim - Dissertation in Entrepreneurship and Digitalization

Essays in Data Focused Entrepreneurship Research: Entrepreneurship Education, Scaling, and Digitalization

Master of Science at University of Mannheim - Master in Management

The impact of students’ human capital investment on entrepreneurial outcomes - How do courses in entrepreneurship affect venture creation and entrepreneurial job choices?

Bachelor of Arts Munich Business School - Bachelor in International Business

The advisory board in venture capital portfolio companies - An analysis of tasks and working methods

Top publications

From digitalized start-up to scale-up: Opening the black box of scaling in digitalized firms towards a scaling process framework

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Perspectives on startup-corporate partnerships' value creation: An overview on different types of partnerships and practices

Springer Gabler

How Entrepreneurial Orientation Enables Digitalization in Startups – A Multidimensional Perspective

Academy of Management Annual Conference Proceedings

Skills and focus areas

EntrepreneurshipInformation SystemsFinanceOperations