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Nancy Richter, Dr.

Dr. Nancy Richter completed an interdisciplinary study program at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and at the Università degli Studi di Siena (Italy) encompassing Media Studies, Cultural Theory and Media Management. She completed her PHD in the field of Economics and Social Sciences at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and deepened her studies in the history of modern management at the University of St. Andrews (Scotland). Her research interests include Work and Organization studies, Management History, Critical Management Studies and Process Organization Studies. Since March 2014, she works at Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in the area of Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Society.

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    Our Innovation and Entrepreneurship team is a transdisciplinary group of researchers at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet & Society (HIIG).

Books

Richter, N., Jackson, P., Schildhauer, T. (Eds.) (2018). Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership. Preparing for a Digital Future. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan. Publication details

Richter, N. (2014). Organisation, Macht, Subjekt – Zur Genealogie des modernen Managements. Bielefeld: transcript. Publication details

Journal articles and conference proceedings

Richter, N., Jackson, P., & Schildhauer, T. (2018). Outsourcing creativity: An Empirical Study of Open Innovation using Corporate Accelerators in Creativity and Innovation Management. Creativity and Innovation Management, 27(1), 69-78. DOI: 10.1111/caim.12252 Publication details

Richter, N., Jackson, P., & Schildhauer, T. (2017). Open Innovation with digital startups using Corporate Accelerators – A review of the current state of research. Zeitschrift für Politikberatung, 9. Publication details

Jackson, P. & Richter, N. (2017). Situational Logic: An Analysis Of Open Innovation Using Corporate Accelerators. International Journal of Innovation Management, 21(7), 1-21. Publication details

Jackson, P., Dobson, P., & Richter, N. (2017). The situational logic of entrepreneurship: a realist approach to national policy. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 1-24. Publication details

Richer, N., Jackson, P., & Schildhauer, T. (2017). Entrepreneurship und Nationaler Wohlstand – Warum Deutschland mehr für seine Gründer tun muss. HIIG Discussion Paper Series. Publication details

Richter, N., Schildhauer, T., Volquartz, L., & Neumann, K. (2017). Was Internet Startups in Berlin erfolgreich macht – Eine qualitative Untersuchung zu fördernden und hindernden Faktoren. HIIG Discussion Paper Series. Publication details

Richter, N. & Schildhauer, T. (2016). Innovation, Gründungskultur und Start-ups made in Germany. APuZ. Publication details

Richter, N. & Donat, C. K. (2015). Of mice and men. Review of Gerald Raunig’s (2013) Factories of Knowledge, Industries of Creativity. ephemera journal: theory and politics in organization. Publication details

Grafenstein, M. v., Schneider, E., Richter, N. (2015). MAUERSCHAU: A Mobile Virtual Museum – Postmodern Storytelling through Digital Media. Kultur und Informatik: Cross Media. Publication details

Jackson, P., Dobson, P., & Richter, N. (2015). A Model to Explain Entrepreneurial Behaviour: The Case of Germany. Proceedings of ECIE (10th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship). Publication details

Jackson, P., Runde, J., Dobson, P., & Richter, N. (2015). Identifying mechanisms influencing the emergence and success of innovation within national economies: a realist approach. Policy Sciences, 1-26. Publication details

Richter, N. (2015). Die selbstgerechte Gesellschaft? – Innovation und Unternehmertum in Deutschland. Wertvorstellung – Das Wealth Management Magazin, 3. Publication details

Conrad, L. & Richter, N. (2013). Materiality at work: A note on desks. Ephemera Journal: theory & politics in organization, 13(1), 117-136. Publication details

Richter, N. (2010). Das Unternehmen als dezentrale Wissensordnung und die Vernetzung durch digitale Informationstechnologien. Open Journal of Knowledge Management, 1. Publication details

Book contributions and chapters

Richter, N., Volquartz, L., Schildhauer, T., Neumann, K. (2018). What Drives Internet Startups in Berlin? A Qualitative Analysis of the Facilitating and Inhibiting Factors. In N. Richter, Jackson, P., T. Schildhauer (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership. Preparing for a Digital Future. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan. Publication details

Richter, N., Schildhauer, T. (2018). Startup Clinics: Applied Research and “First Aid” for Early Stage Startups. In P. Jackson, N. Richter, T. Schildhauer (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership. Preparing for a Digital Future. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan. Publication details

Jackson, P., Richter, N., Schildhauer T. (2018). How Established Firms can Profit from Working with Startups. In P. Jackson, N. Richter, T. Schildhauer (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership. Preparing for a Digital Future. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan. Publication details

Jackson, P., Richter, N., Schildhauer, T. (2018). Radical Innovation Using Corporate Accelerators: A Program Approach. Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership - Preparing for a Digital Future: Palgrave Pivot. Publication details

Jackson, P., Richter, N., Schildhauer T. (2018). Meeting the Innovation Challenge: Agile Processes for Established Organisations. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan. Publication details

Richter, N. (2017). Governing knowledge – the Siemens experience. In McKinlay, A. & Pezet, E. (Eds.), Foucault, Governmentality and Management: Rethinking the Management of Populations, Organizations and Individuals. London: Routledge. Publication details

Richter, N. (2017). Governing Knowledge: The Siemens Experience. In McKinlay, A. & Pezet, E. (Eds.), Foucault and Managerial Governmentality: Rethinking the Management of Populations, Organizations and Individuals, 1 (pp. 178-193). New York, New York: Routledge. Publication details

Jackson, P., Richter, N., & Schildhauer T (2017). Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Startups: The Case of Germany and the USA. (pp. 1-14) Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71737-1 Publication details

Jackson, P., Richter, N., Schildhauer T. (2017). Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Startups: The Case of Germany and the USA. In P. Jackson, N. Richter, T. Schildhauer (Eds.), Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership. Preparing for a Digital Future. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave McMillan. Publication details

Trommershausen, A. & Richter, N. (2015). Medien-Projekt-Organisation. Neue Voraussetzungen für das Management medienvermittelter Projektarbeit. In Wimmer, J. & Hartmann, M. (Eds.), Medien-Arbeit im Wandel. Theorie und Empirie zur Arbeit mit und in Medien. Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag. Publication details

Maier, M. & Richter, N. (2014). Unbestimmtheiten der Musikindustrie 2.0 – Eine Prozessperspektive. In Höhne, S.; Maier, M.; Zaddach, W.-G, Musikwirtschaft 2.0. Bestandsaufnahmen und Perspektiven. Leipzig: Universitätsverlag. Publication details

Maier, M. & Richter, N. (2014). Lesen, Schreiben, Apparate. In Maier, M., & Simon-Ritz, F., Alles digital? Das E-Book in Studium und Forschung (pp. 12-29). Weimar: Universitätsverlag. Publication details

Richter, N., & Maier, M. (2011). Kreativität, Organisation und Management. In Sigrid u. a., Bekmeier-Feuerhahn et al., Kulturmanagement und Kulturpolitik. Jahrbuch für Kulturmanagement (pp. 285-304). Bielefeld: Transcript. Publication details

Working paper

Richter, N., Schildhauer, T., Neumann, K., & Volquartz, L. (2016). Fostering and hindering factors — success of early stage internet-enabled startups. HIIG Discussion Paper Series, 2016(04). Publication details

Dopfer M., Grafenstein, M. v., Richter, N., Schildhauer, T., Tech, R. P. G., Trifonov, S., Wrobel, M. (2015). Fördernde Und Hindernde Faktoren Für Internet-Enabled Startups. (Supporting and Hindering Factors for Internet-Enabled Startups.). HIIG Discussion Paper Series. Publication details

Other publications

Jackson, P., Richter, N. & Morle, P. (2016). Whitepaper: Working with Startups. Pollenizer, 1-12. Publication details

Richter, N., Schneider, T. & Schildhauer, T. (2015). Projektgovernance in etablierten Unternehmen & digitalen Start-ups. PMaktuell, 2015 (2). Publication details

Lectures and presentations

Fostering and Hindering Factors: Success of Early Stage Internet-enabled Startups in Berlin
SMS Special Conference Rome, Strategy Challenges in the 21st Century: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Coopetition. SMS, Rome, Italy: 06.06.2016

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Investigating open innovation using business accelerators – A realist methodology
ICQI - The Eleventh International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (Session: “Constructing a New Critical Qualitative Inquiry”). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign-Urbana, USA: 23.05.2015

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Berlin Clinics in Action. Exploring interdisciplinary potential
iLINC Conference Berlin. iLINC, Berlin, Germany: 18.05.2015

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Der architektonische Entwurfsprozess als Experimentalsystem. Über Kreativität, Technologie und Management
Guest lecture. Technische Universität München. faculty of architecture, chair architectural informatics., München, Germany: 14.05.2015

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Wie werden wir durch den digitalen Wandel verändert? Symposium im Kunstverein Hannover
Symposium im Kunstverein Hannover. Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany: 18.04.2015

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Innovation Landscape in Australia and Germany, Workshop Innovation in the Indian Ocean Region,
Workshop Innovation in the Indian Ocean Region. Joondalup Country Club, Connolly, Australia: 19.11.2014

Nancy Richter, Paul Jackson

Bridging identities between business and art. The hybridity of the ascetic ideal in creative entrepreneurship
29th EGOS Colloquium (Session: Bridging Continents, Cultures and Worldviews). EGOS European Group for Organizational Studies, Montreal, Canada: 05.07.2013

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Organisation, Macht, Subjekt. Theorie und Geschichte des modernen Managements und die Rationalisierung der Arbeit
3. Workshop des Forums „Kritische Organisationsforschung“. Technische Universität Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany: 30.05.2013

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Digitization in the culture and creative industries
Kultur Skåne. Creative Capital Conference. Region Skåne, Malmö, Sweden: 25.04.2013

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Förderstrategien im Bereich der Kreativwirtschaft
Creative Capital Conference. Fachhochschule Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany: 11.03.2013

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Interdisziplinäres Prototyping an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: Designer, Ingenieure, Geisteswissenschaftler und BWLer lernen Innovations- und Kreativmanagement
EXIST Workshops. Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany: 23.11.2012

Nancy Richter, Christiane Kilian

Identität managen? Strukturelle und soziale Herausforderungen an ,Management‘ und ,Arbeiter‘ in mediatisierten Netzkwerken
Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe Soziologie der Medienkommunikation, Medien-Arbeit: Produktion-Aneignung- Repräsentation. Deutschen Gesellschaft für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft (DGPuk). Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienkultur (IfKM), Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany: 16.11.2012

Nancy Richter, Anke Trommershausen

(De)stabilizing the Organization. A quasi-ethnographic study on materiality in THE OFFICE. Organizing through displacement, travel and movement: transience, transitions and transformations
SCOS Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism. EAE Business school, Barcellona, Spain: 11.07.2012

Nancy Richter, Lisa Conrad

Governing knowledge. The Siemens experience
International Workshop. After Governmentality. Université Paris Ouest. Nanterre La Défense, Paris, France: 15.12.2011

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Rediscovering Nietzsche and Recovering the traditional Organization
SCOS, Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism. Bogazici Bosphorus University, Instanbul, Turkey: 16.07.2011

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Organization and Subjectivication
Institute for Capitalising on Creativity. School of Management, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland: 14.11.2010

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Organisation und Subjektivierung. Materielle, symbolische und imaginäre Ordnungen im Organisationsdispositiv
Dt.-fr. Kolloquium: Kulturelle Differenz unter den Bedingungen der Globalisierung. Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Université Lumière Lyon, Weimar, Germany: 25.03.2010

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Moderation of workshops and panels

Qualitative Analysis
Strategic Management Conference. Strategic Management Conference. LUISS Business School, Rome, Italy: 06.06.2016

Nancy Richter

Lean Project Management in digitalen Startups
Deutschlands Zukunft gestalten durch Projekte. Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie. BMWi, Berlin, Germany: 22.01.2015

Thomas Schildhauer, Nancy Richter, Tobias Schneider

Media appearances

Ohoven: Mittelstand wird digital - Start Kompetenzzentrum Mittelstand 4.0 (13.05.2016). finanzen.net
Further information

Nancy Richter

Position

Associated Researcher: Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Society

Contact

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