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Staff of the Max Planck Institute

Nicola Breugst

	Nicola Breugst
	Research Fellow
	Max Planck Institute of Economics, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group Kahlaische Straße 10 D-07745 Jena Germany
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Academic Background

November 2008 to October 2010:	Research Fellow at the Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy group, MPI of Economics, Jena
March 2010 to June 2010:	Visiting Scholar at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
October 2007 to October 2008:	Research Fellow at the University of Duisburg-Essen, E-Business and E-Entrepreneurship Research Group
October 2002 to September 2007:	Studies of Psychology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich Diplom-Psychologin (equivalent to master's degree)

Research Interests

• Entrepreneurial decision making
• Founder teams
• Affects in entrepreneurship, in particular entrepreneurial passion
• Entrepreneurial leadership
• Organizational behavior

Publications

• Häsel, M., Kollmann, T., & Breugst, N. (2010). IT-Kompetenz in Internet-Gründerteams – Eine Analyse von Präferenzen und Produktinnovativität. Wirtschaftsinformatik, 52(4), 201-210. [English version: IT Competence in Internet Founder Teams – An Analysis of Preferences and Product Innovativity. Business & Information Systems Engineering, 2(4), 209-217.]
• Kollmann, T., Häsel, M., & Breugst, N. (2009). Competence of IT Professionals in E-Business Venture Teams: The Relationship of Experience, Expertise and Preference Structure. Journal of Management Information Systems, 25(4), 51-79.
• Spörrle, M., Breugst, N., & Welpe, I. (2009). That Seems to be Promising! – Predicting Opportunity Evaluation by Means of Situational Characteristics and Individual Cognitions. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 1(1), 41-56.
• Kollmann, T., Kuckertz, A., & Breugst, N. (2009). Organizational Readiness and the Adoption of Electronic Business - The Moderating Role of National Culture in 29 European Countries. The DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems, 40(4), 117-131.

Conference Presentations

• Klaukien, A., Breugst, N., & Holger P. (2010). Entrepreneurs' Displays of Passion and Employees' Commitment to New Ventures. 2010 Academy of Management Meeting, Montreal, Canada, August 6-10, 2010.
• Breugst, N., Shepherd, D. A., & Patzelt, H. (2010). Decision biases in entrepreneurial teams. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), Lausanne, Switzerland, June 10-12, 2010.
• Klaukien, A., Breugst, N., & Patzelt, H. (2009). Die Auswirkung unternehmerischer Leidenschaft auf das Commitment der Mitarbeiter von jungen Unternehmen. 13. Forum Gründungsforschung, Leipzig, Germany, October 29-30, 2009.
• Wimmer, B.M., Breugst, N., Gerber-Braun, B., & Woschée, R. (2009). The EI-cing on the cake: Emotional intelligence and performance in contexts of emotional labour. 11th European Congress of Psychology (ECP), Oslo, Norway, July 7-10, 2009.
• Klaukien, A. & Breugst, N. (2009). Displays of entrepreneurial passion and employees’ commitment to new ventures. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), Babson Park, MA, USA, June 4-6, 2009.
• Kollmann, T., Breugst, N., & Lomberg, C. (2008). Filling the situational vacuum of the trait approach – Entrepreneurial intentions in experimentally manipulated situations. RENT XXII – Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Covilha, Portugal, November 20-21 2008. (Best Paper Award for a Junior Researcher)
• Kollmann, T., Breugst, N., & Lomberg, C. (2008). Der Einfluss von Person und Gelegenheit auf unternehmerische Intentionen – Eine Analyse mittels experimentell manipulierter Situationen. 12. Forum Gründungsforschung, Dortmund, Germany, November 6-7 2008.
• Spörrle, M., Welpe, I., Breugst, N., & Scapin, K. (2008). Fear and primary appraisal in the entrepreneurship context. XXIX International Congress of Psychology (ICP), Berlin, Germany, July 20-25 2008.
• Breugst, N., Spörrle, M., & Welpe, I. (2008). The incremental validity of irrationality for the prediction of life satisfaction. XXIX International Congress of Psychology (ICP), Berlin, Germany, July 20-25 2008.
• Welpe, I., Spörrle, M., & Breugst, N. (2008). What you think is what you feel – Applying cognitive emotion theories to decision-making. ESA –Experimental Economics, 2008 International Economic Science Association Conference, Pasadena, California Institute of Technology, USA, June 27-29 2008.
• Welpe, I., Spörrle, M., Breugst, N., & Scapin, K. (2007). What you think is what you feel – Applying cognitive emotion theories to entrepreneurial decision-making. 11. Forum Gründungsforschung, Aachen, Germany, November 8-9 2007.

Journal Reviewing

• Journal of Management Information Systems
• International Small Business Journal
• Journal of Business Venturing