Curiculum Vitae

Dr. Henn is an Academic Teacher in Entrepreneurship at the Chair of Business Administration, in particular Entrepreneurship and Financing at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. From 2008 to 2011, she completed a dual study program in business administration at the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University with a focus on commerce, including one semester at the University of Glamorgan in Wales. At the same time, she worked part-time in a family business in Wuppertal. From 2011 to 2013, she studied at TU Dortmund University, majoring in accounting and finance, while working as a student trainee at a bank. Dr. Henn received her doctorate in 2018 with the dissertation "Entrepreneurial Finance in Family Businesses: Four essays on private equity financing and strategic investment decisions". She headed the CEDUS start-up center at HHU until 2020 and has since offered various interdisciplinary events on entrepreneurship as part of her work as an academic teacher. In 2021, she received the teaching award in the category "small events" for the module MW51: Business Creation (Startup Workshop), which she designed and implemented.

Resaerch Focus

• Entrepreneurial Finance (venture capital, accelerators)
• Family firms

Publications

Articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals

2020

• C. Granz, E. Lutz, M. Henn (2020): Scout or Coach? Value-added services as selection criteria in entrepreneurs’ venture capitalist selection, In: Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 5-40.
• B. Schierstedt, M. Henn, E. Lutz (2020): Diversified Acquisitions in Family Firms: Restricted vs. Extended Family Priorities, In: Journal of Family Business Strategy, Vol. 11, No. 2, article 100357.
• B. Schierstedt, M. Henn, A. Müsch (2020): Perceived independence or knowledge spillovers: The demand for non-audit services among family businesses, In: International Journal of Management Practice, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 1-34.

2018

• E. Lutz, M. Henn (2018): Macht oder Ohnmacht? Private Equity als Finanzierungsinstrument in familiengeführten und nichtfamiliengeführten Unternehmen, In: Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis, Vol. 70, No. 5, 525-553.

2017

• M. Henn, E.Lutz (2017): Private Equity in Family Firms: Drivers of the Willingness to Cede Control, In: The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance: Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 1-28.

Contributions to edited volumes

2020

• T. Naulin, M. Henn (2020): digihub Düsseldorf"/Rheinland – Digitale Geschäftsmodelle, In: E. Lutz, S. Süß (eds): Wettbewerbsfähigkeit von Start-ups, Düsseldorf University Press (dup), pp. 27-40.
• C. Granz, M. Henn, E. Lutz (2020): Research on Venture Capitalists’ and Business Angels’ Investment Criteria: A Systematic Literature Review, in: Moritz A., Block J., Golla S., Werner A. (eds) Contemporary Developments in Entrepreneurial Finance. FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Springer, Cham, S. 105-136.

2019

• M. Henn, E. Lutz (2019): Crowdfunding als Finanzierungsinstrument für junge Unternehmen, in: T. Kollmann (Hrsg.): Handbuch Digitale Wirtschaft. Springer Gabler, S. 1-11.

Conferences

2024

• "CSR performance in family firms: the pivotal role of the external auditor and the moderating impact of family influence and eponymy" (B. Schierstedt, M. Corten, M. Henn), SPGC Global Family Business Summit 2024, Vietri sul Mare (SA), Italy, 15.05 -17.05.2024.
  Nomination for the Best Paper Award in the Sustainability category.
• "The impact of the external auditor in shaping CSR performance in family firms" (B. Schierstedt, M. Corten, M. Henn), 12. Konferenz deutschsprachiger Forschungszentren und -institute für Familienunternehmen (FIFU), Munich, March 11th-13th 2024.

2019          

• „Value-added services as a determinant of entrepreneurs' venture capital investor selection" (C. Granz, M. Henn, E. Lutz), G-Forum 2019, Vienna, Austria, 26.-27.09.2019.  
• „Accelerators’ Impact on Startups’ Follow-Up Funding” (T. Naulin, M. Henn, E. Lutz), G-Forum 2019, Vienna, Austria, 26.-27.09.2019.
• „Independence or knowledge spillovers: The demand for non-audit services among family businesses” (B. Schierstedt, M.Henn, A. Müsch), European Academy of Management (EURAM), Lisbon, Portugal, 26.-28.6.2019.
• „Independence or knowledge spillovers: The demand for non-audit services among family businesses” (B. Schierstedt, M. Henn, A. Müsch), The International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA), Bergamo, Italy, 17.-21.6.2019.
• „Value-added services as a determinant of entrepreneurs' venture capital investor selection” (C. Granz, M. Henn, E. Lutz), 2019 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), Boston, USA, 05.-08.06.2019.
• „Value-added services as a determinant of entrepreneurs' venture capital investor selection” (C. Granz, M. Henn, E. Lutz), ET&P Paper Development Workshop, Boston, USA, 04.06.2019.
• „Accelerators' Impact on Startups' Follow-Up Funding” (T. Naulin, M. Henn, E. Lutz), 8th Entrepreneurship in Modern Economy (ENTIME) Conference, Danzig, Polen, 11.-12.04.2019.
• „When entrepreneurs select venture capitalists: the relevance of value-added services?” (C. Granz, M. Henn, E. Lutz), 4th Entrepreneurship as Practice Conference (EAP4), Nantes, France, 03.-05.04.2019.
• „Independence or knowledge spillovers: The demand for non-audit services among family businesses” (B. Schierstedt, M. Henn, A. Müsch), 9. Konferenz der deutschsprachigen Forschungszentren und Institute für Familienunternehmen (FIFU), Bielefeld, 11.-12.03.2019

2018             

• „When entrepreneurs pick venture capitalists: the relevance of value-added services?” (C. Granz, M. Henn, E. Lutz), G-Forum 2018 (Doktorandenkolloquium), Stuttgart, 10.-12.10.2018.
• „Accelerators' Impact on Startups' Exit by Acquisition” (T. Naulin, M. Henn), G-Forum 2018 (Doktorandenkolloquium), Stuttgart, 10.-12.10.2018.
• „External audit in family firms: The effect of family influence on audit quality” (B. Schierstedt, M. Henn, A. Müsch), G-Forum 2018, Stuttgart, 10.-12.10.2018.
• „Untersuchung des Akquisitionsverhaltens von Familienunternehmen” (B. Schierstedt, M. Henn, E. Lutz), Konferenz der deutschsprachigen Forschungszentren und Institute für Familienunternehmen (FIFU), Innsbruck, Austria, 01.-02.03.2018.

2017       

• „Heterogeneity among Family Firms: Drivers of Diversifying Acquisition Decisions” (B. Schierstedt, M. Henn, E. Lutz), Doktorandenkolloquium G-Forum 2017, Wuppertal, 05.-06.10.2017.
• „Private Equity in Family Firms: Drivers of the Willingness to Cede Control” (M. Henn, E. Lutz) EURAM, Glasgow, Scotland, 21.06.2017.
• „Family First, Business Second? Investment Decisions of Family Firms in Mergers & Acquisitions” (M. Henn, M. Hülsbeck, J. Hueck, E. Lutz) Konferenz der deutschsprachigen Forschungszentren und Institute für Familienunternehmen 2017, Berlin, 06.03.2017.

2016

• „Private Equity in Family Firms: Drivers of the Willingness to Cede Control” (M. Henn, E. Lutz), G-Forum, Leipzig, 06.10.2016.
• „Private Equity in Family Firms: Drivers of the Willingness to Cede Control” (M. Henn, E. Lutz) Fachkonferenz der deutschsprachigen Forschungszentren und Institute für Familienunternehmen 2016, Siegen, 08.03.2016.

2015             

• „The impact of CEOs trust in private equity managers on levers of company control” (M. Henn, E. Lutz) Doktorandenkolloquium im Rahmen des G-Forums, Kassel, 07.10.2015.
• „Trust is good, control is better? Decision criteria of family firms in selecting private equity firms” (M. Henn, E. Lutz) Doktorandenkolloquium im Rahmen der Konferenz der .deutschsprachigen Forschungszentren und Institute für Familienunternehmen 2015, Friedrichshafen, 02.03.2015.