The year as Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the Wharton School has profoundly impacted my research. Wharton offers a stimulating environment of world-class academics, insightful PhD courses, extensive data resources and a vibrant research community. Since the research is at the interface between disciplines, I discussed my ideas and preliminary results with academics from the fields of entrepreneurship, strategic management, finance, as well as business economics. I obtained valuable feedback by presenting my research at the Wharton School’s Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurship Center, as well as in the PhD student seminar series. My research benefited from taking PhD courses on quantitative methods and organizational theory. During my time at Wharton, I joined the Wharton Investment Management Club, which in combination with conferences at the Mack Center, provided valuable practitioner insights.
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