The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship is hosted by the Department of Strategy and Innovation, but the activities include collaborators inside and outside CBS.
At present the following people are involved in the activities of the chair:
José Mata
is the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Professor of Entrepreneurship at Copenhagen Business School. He holds a Doctorate in Business Economics from Minho University. Before joining CBS, José taught at HEC Lausanne, the Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon, and at Lisbon University. He also worked for the Bank of Portugal and served as President of the National Statistical Institute of Portugal.
José’s interests center on the dynamics of markets and firms’ strategies. His research, spanning over the areas of Entrepreneurship, Strategy and International Business, has appeared in major international outlets such as the American Economic Review, Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy, or Strategic Management Journal.
José’s publications
a Postdoc at the Department of Strategy and Innovation at CBS. Prior to joining CBS, he was affiliated with George Mason University in Virginia, USA, where he completed his PhD in Economics.
Joshua’s research is currently focused on entrepreneurship, with a special emphasis on immigrant entrepreneurship. However, he has a diverse set of research interests which also include public choice and political economy, economic development, culture, the economics of crime, law and economics, the economics of non-violent action, polycentric systems, Austrian economics, and applied microeconomics.
Joshua’s publications
a Postdoc at the Department of Strategy and Innovation at CBS. Prior to joining CBS, she was affiliated with Jönköbing University where she completed her PhD in Economics.
Emma’s research deals with issues related to self-employment and productivity. Emma is currently focusing on the impact of self-employment to individual and firm outcomes such as wages and health, and the particular role of ability in self-employment.
Emma’s publications
a Postdoc at the Department of Strategy and Innovation at CBS. Prior to joining CBS, he worked at the University of Manchester and was a visiting scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He completed his PhD in Business and Economics at the University of Groningen in 2020.
Johannes’ main research interest is comparative international entrepreneurship research. His research focuses on the contextual drivers of entrepreneurship and examines specifically the underlying mechanisms through which environmental conditions shape entrepreneurial action.
Johannes’ publications