Aaron Defort, MiM

Ehemaliger wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research

defort(at)cdtm.de

Arbeitsbereiche:

Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Soziale Netzwerkanalyse, Soziales Kapital

Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang

03/2019 – 09/2023
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und Doktorand am Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb (Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research). Dissertation: “Creation and Recycling of Entrepreneurial Resources: Empirical Essays on the Importance of Social Processes in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems”

Postgraduales Studium Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung (Master of Business Research), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Seit 2018
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und Dozent am Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München sowie TU München

2014 - 2017
Diplôme Grande Ecole in Management, ESCP Europe, Frankreich

2010 - 2013
Honours Degree of Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in European Business Administration mit First Class Honours, University of Portsmouth, Vereinigtes Königreich

2010 - 2013
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) im European Business Programme (EBP), Fachhochschule Münster

Publikationen

Artikel in referierten Fachzeitschriften

Fröhlich, Michael; Weik, Stefan; Defort, Aaron Merlin; Welpe, Isabell Melanie (2023). Impact of Entrepreneurship Education Programs at University: Quasi-Experimental Evidence, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2023 (1). DOI

  • We evaluate the impact of participation in an entrepreneurship education program during university on subsequent entrepreneurial activity by comparing career decisions between program participants and the best applicants not accepted to the program using a regression discontinuity design. We find that program participation increases both founding rates and several indicators of startup quality. The effect on founding rates is visible for several years after the program. Even when program participants do not found, they are more likely to select into careers related to entrepreneurship. The study also finds that the interview process can identify students more apt to build higher quality startups, but not who is more likely to found. Participating in the program, however, appears to ‘level the playing field’ for participants to a degree where the original interview scores lose their explanatory power. Overall, the study suggests a strong positive causal effect between program participation and the measured outcome variables.

Vorträge

07.04.2023
Shared Identity in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems - Experimental Evidence
Eesley Lab Group, Stanford University
Ort: Stanfort, CA, US


05.11.2022
How Do Different Forms of Exits Fuel Entrepreneurial Ecosystems? Longitudinal Evidence of Entrepreneurial Recycling in Cities
Innodays Conference, Casablanca
Ort: Casablanca, Marokko


26.11.2021
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Doktorandenseminar, Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM)
Ort: München


29.09.2021
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Forschungsseminar, Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb
Ort: Feldkirchen-Westerham


11.06.2021
Investors as Keystones Species in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC)
Ort: online


10.06.2021
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Research Meeting, Entrepreneurship Section, Utrecht University
Ort: online


07.05.2021
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Doktorandenseminar, Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM)
Ort: online


23. – 26.03.2021
Two Study Proposals on Social Capital in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Forschungsseminar, Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb
Ort: online


10. – 11.12.2020
Investors as Cornerstones Species in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
PhD Workshop
Ort: online (ZEW)


07. – 11.09.2020
The Social Side of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Forschungsseminar, Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb
Ort: online


10.06.2020
Digital Hackathons as Collaboration "Laboratories" for Innovation Policy
ISPIM Innovation Conference – Innovating in Times of Crisis
Ort: online


05.06.2020
Social Capital and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Doktorandenseminar, Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM)
Ort: online


02. – 05.03.2020
Social Networks in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Forschungsseminar, Max-Planck-Institut für Innovation und Wettbewerb
Ort: Zugspitze

Kurse

2020 – 2021
Design Thinking and Business Model Innovation (FOM)

2018 – 2021
Entrepreneurship Laboratory (CDTM)

Seit 2018
Verschiedene Kurse am CDTM mit einem Fokus auf Ideation, Nutzer-zentriertes Design und professionelle Kommunikation