Scarlett Koster

Curiculum Vitae

Scarlett Koster joined the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Finance at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf in April 2022 as research assistant and doctoral candidate. After completing her German-French bachelor’s degree in international marketing at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Mönchengladbach and the Université de Haute-Alsace in Colmar (France), Scarlett completed her Master of Science with a focus on management and marketing at the University of Wuppertal. As part of her master's degree, she organized a semester abroad at the British Columbia Institute of Technology in Vancouver (Canada) and successfully attended the "Sustainable Business Leadership" program. Scarlett gained practical experience in retail and e-commerce through various (working student) positions in large and medium-sized companies. Since April 2022 doctoral scholar in the graduate school “Competitiveness of Young Enterprises” at the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.

Research Focus

• Sustainable Entrepreneurship
• Crowdfunding

Conferences

2023

„The Role of Novelty Language in Mobilizing Backers and Securing Funding in Reward-based Crowdfunding” (S. Koster, C. von Selasinsky, E. Lutz), 26th annual interdisciplinary conference on entrepreneurship, innovation and SMEs (G-Forum), (Doctoral colloquium), Dresden, Semptember 27th-29th 2023.

“Giving Neurotic Entrepreneurs Money to Save the World? An Analysis of U.S. Equity Crowdfunding Projects” (S. Koster, A. Isaak), British Academy of Management (BAM) – 37^th Annual Conference, Brighton and Hove, UK, Sebtember 5th-6th 2023.

“Giving Neurotic Entrepreneurs Money to Save the World? An Analysis of U.S. Equity Crowdfunding Projects” (S. Koster, A. Isaak), 7^th Entrepreneurial Finance Association (ENTFIN) Conference, Antwerpen, Belgien, July 5th-7th 2023.

“Giving Neurotic Entrepreneurs Money to Save the World? An Analysis of U.S. Equity Crowdfunding Projects” (S. Koster, A. Isaak), European Academy of Management - EURAM 2023 Annual Conference, Dublin, Irland, June 14th-16th 2023.

“Giving Neurotic Entrepreneurs Money to Save the World? An Analysis of U.S. Equity Crowdfunding Projects” (S. Koster, A. Isaak), 31^st European Conference on Information Systems – ECIS 2023, Kristiansand, Norwegen, June 11th-16th 2023.

“Giving Neurotic Entrepreneurs Money to Save the World? An Analysis of U.S. Equity Crowdfunding Projects” (S. Koster, A. Isaak), 2^nd International Conference for Alternative Finance Research (ICAFR), Danzig, Polen, June 1st-2nd 2023.

2022

„Perceived Neuroticism and Sustainability: A Perfect Storm? An Analysis of U.S. Equity Crowdfunding Projects” (S. Koster, A. Isaak), ISPGAYA International Congress 2022, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, September 29th-30th 2022.

"Perceived Neuroticism and Sustainability: A Perfect Storm? An Analysis of U.S. Equity Crowdfunding Projects." (S. Koster, A. Isaak), G-​Forum 2022 (Doctoral colloquium), Dresden, September 21st-23rd 2022.