Michelle Theisen, M.Sc.

Curiculum Vitae

Michelle Theisen joined the Chair of Business Administration, esp. Entrepreneurship and Finance at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in January 2022 as research assistant and doctoral candidate. Since September 2023, she is also coordinator of the Manchot Graduate School „Competitiveness of Young Enterprises“. She holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration and a M.Sc. in Business Administration with a focus on Finance from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. During her studies, she completed a semester abroad at the Università degli Studi di Torino and an internship at a leading medium-sized auditing firm. In addition, she worked as a student research assistant at the Chair of Business Administration, esp. Entrepreneurship and Finance for several years.

Research Focus

• Entrepreneurial Finance (Venture Capital, Venture Lending)
• Family Businesses

Publications

Articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals

2024

• M. Theisen, A. Isaak, E. Lutz (2024): Organizational homophily of family firms: The case of family corporate venture capital, In: Journal of Small Business Management, accepted.

Conferences

2024

• “Investment Decisions in Venture Capital: Assessing the Impact of Market Signals and Family Influence on Investments by Industry-Experienced Investors” (M. Theisen), G-Forum 2024, Ingolstadt, September 25th-27th 2024.

• “Investment Decisions in Venture Capital: Assessing the Impact of Market Signals and Family Influence on Investments by Industry-Experienced Investors” (M. Theisen), 22nd Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research, Innsbruck, Austria, September 18th-20th 2024.

2023

• "Family Corporate Venture Capital: Patterns in Syndication Relationships from the Perspective of Resource Dependency Theory" (M. Theisen, A. Isaak, E. Lutz), European Academy of Management Conference 2023, Dublin, Irland, June 14th-16th 2023.

• "Family Corporate Venture Capital: Patterns in Syndication Relationships from the Perspective of Resource Dependency Theory" (M. Theisen, A. Isaak, E. Lutz), 43rd Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Knoxville, TN, USA, June 07th-10th 2023.

• "Family Corporate Venture Capital: Syndicated Investments from the Perspective of Socioemotional Wealth and Information Asymmetry" (M. Theisen, A. Isaak, E. Lutz), 17th Annual Theories of Family Enterprise Conference, Glassboro, NJ, USA, March 30th - April 1st 2023.

2022

• "Family Corporate Venture Capital: Syndicate Partner Selection from the Perspective of Socio-Emotional Wealth" (M. Theisen, A. Isaak, E. Lutz), G-Forum 2022, Dresden, September 21st-23rd 2022.