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.
- Entrepreneurship & innovation
Entrepreneurship Research Lab
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 BerlinSMS Special Conference Rome, Strategy Challenges in the 21st Century: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Coopetition. SMS, Rome, Italy: 06.06.2016
Nancy Richter
Investigating open innovation using business accelerators – A realist methodologyICQI - 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 potentialiLINC Conference Berlin. iLINC, Berlin, Germany: 18.05.2015
Nancy Richter
Der architektonische Entwurfsprozess als Experimentalsystem. Über Kreativität, Technologie und ManagementGuest lecture. Technische Universität München. faculty of architecture, chair architectural informatics., München, Germany: 14.05.2015
Nancy Richter
Wie werden wir durch den digitalen Wandel verändert? Symposium im Kunstverein HannoverSymposium im Kunstverein Hannover. Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany: 18.04.2015
Nancy Richter
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 entrepreneurship29th EGOS Colloquium (Session: Bridging Continents, Cultures and Worldviews). EGOS European Group for Organizational Studies, Montreal, Canada: 05.07.2013
Nancy Richter
Organisation, Macht, Subjekt. Theorie und Geschichte des modernen Managements und die Rationalisierung der Arbeit3. Workshop des Forums „Kritische Organisationsforschung“. Technische Universität Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany: 30.05.2013
Nancy Richter
Digitization in the culture and creative industriesKultur Skåne. Creative Capital Conference. Region Skåne, Malmö, Sweden: 25.04.2013
Nancy Richter
Förderstrategien im Bereich der KreativwirtschaftCreative Capital Conference. Fachhochschule Brandenburg, Potsdam, Germany: 11.03.2013
Nancy Richter
Interdisziplinäres Prototyping an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: Designer, Ingenieure, Geisteswissenschaftler und BWLer lernen Innovations- und KreativmanagementEXIST 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 NetzkwerkenJahrestagung 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 transformationsSCOS Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism. EAE Business school, Barcellona, Spain: 11.07.2012
Nancy Richter, Lisa Conrad
Governing knowledge. The Siemens experienceInternational Workshop. After Governmentality. Université Paris Ouest. Nanterre La Défense, Paris, France: 15.12.2011
Nancy Richter
Rediscovering Nietzsche and Recovering the traditional OrganizationSCOS, Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism. Bogazici Bosphorus University, Instanbul, Turkey: 16.07.2011
Nancy Richter
Organization and SubjectivicationInstitute for Capitalising on Creativity. School of Management, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland: 14.11.2010
Nancy Richter
Organisation und Subjektivierung. Materielle, symbolische und imaginäre Ordnungen im OrganisationsdispositivDt.-fr. Kolloquium: Kulturelle Differenz unter den Bedingungen der Globalisierung. Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Université Lumière Lyon, Weimar, Germany: 25.03.2010
Nancy Richter
Moderation of workshops and panels
Qualitative AnalysisStrategic Management Conference. Strategic Management Conference. LUISS Business School, Rome, Italy: 06.06.2016
Nancy Richter
Lean Project Management in digitalen StartupsDeutschlands 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
Position
Associated Researcher: Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Society