Niklas Dreymann, M.Sc.

Research interest:

• Entrepreneurial networks: Actions of new ventures to engange external partners
• Creativity and Innovation: Factors shaping individual, team and organizational creativity and innovativeness
• Innovation Management: New collaborative forms of product development
• Digital Transformation: Managerial, organizational, and work implications

Educational Background:

• Since 2020: Research Associate and Doctoral Candidate, Chair of Organization and Corporate Development (Prof. Dr. Indre Maurer), Georg-August-University of Göttingen
• 2023: Visiting Scholar, University of New South Wales, Australia
• 2023: PhD Summer School in Social Networks, Technical University of Munich
• 2022: PhD Summer School in Empirical Research, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
• 2017-2020: M.Sc. Management and Technology with a Major in Strategy, Entrepreneurship and Informatics, Technical University of Munich
• 2013-2017: B.Sc. Industrial Engineering and Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• 2015-2016: Semester Abroad, Institut polytechnique de Grenoble (Grande École), France

Professional Background:

• 2018-2019: Intern Consulting Strategy and Operations, KPMG AG Deutschland
• 2017: Intern Product Management C-BEV (Battery Electric Vehicles), Audi AG
• 2016-2017: Student Research Assistant, Institute of Information Systems and Marketing at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• 2014: Intern Inhouse Logistics Planning, Volkswagen AG

Current Teaching:

• Management and Organization (SoSe 23)
• Empirical Seminar: Social Network Analysis (WiSe 22/23)
• Management and Organization Training camp (WiSe 22/23)
• Management and Organization (SoSe 22)
• Process Management (SoSe 22)
• Empirical Seminar: Social Network Analysis (WiSe 21/22)
• Management and Organization (SoSe 21)
• Empirical Seminar: Social Network Analysis (WiSe 20/21

Conferences / Talks / Invited Workshops:

• Dreymann, N., Bort, S., Maurer I., & Ebers M. (2024, August 09-13). Temporal Patterns of Ventures’ Alliance Portfolio Formation & Innovation: A Configurational Approach [Conference presentation]. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting
• Dreymann, N., & Maurer I. (2024, August 09-13). From blockbuster to pandemic preparedness (and back)? How pharmaceutical biotechnology ventures use linguistic framing when a shock offers novel entrepreneurial opportunities [Paper development workshop presentation]. 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting
• Dreymann, N., Feng, L. & Bort, S. (2024, July 04-06). High technology ventures’ structurally embedded framing strategies to engage investment partners: A configurational approach [Conference presentation]. 40th Colloquium of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS). https://www.egos.org/2024_milan/general_theme
• Dreymann, N., Bort, S., Maurer I., & Ebers M. (2024, July 04-06). The Different Paths to Innovation: A Longitudinal Configurational Analysis of Temporal Patterns of New Ventures’ R&D Alliance Portfolio Formation [Conference presentation]. 40th Colloquium of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS). https://www.egos.org/2024_milan/general_theme
• Dreymann, N., Bort, S., Maurer I., & Ebers M. (2024, March 06-08). The Different Paths to Innovation: A Longitudinal Configurational Analysis of Temporal Patterns of New Ventures’ R&D Alliance Portfolio Formation [Conference presentation]. 84. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung des VHB. https://vhbonline.org/ veranstaltungen/jahrestagungen
• Dreymann, N., Bort, S. & Maurer, I. (2023, June 07-10). Enganging Partners by Framing Persistence versus flexibility: agentic network development in new biotechnology firms [Conference presentation]. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC).https://www.babson.edu
• Dreymann, N., Bort, S. & Maurer, I. (2023, February 08-10). The Different Paths to Innovation Performance: A Longitudinal Configurational Approach to the R&D Alliance Portfolio Development of New Firms [Conference presentation]. Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange (ACERE) Conference. https://acereconference.com/about/
• Dreymann, N., Bort, S. & Maurer, I. (2022, December 13-14). The Different Paths to Innovation Performance: A Longitudinal Configurational Approach to the R&D Alliance Portfolio Development of New Firms [Workshop presentation]. International QCA Paper Development Workshop (PDW) 2022. https://compasss.org/
• Dreymann, N., Bort, S., & Maurer, I. (2022, July 07-09). Alliance portfolio paths and innovation performance: A configurational approach [Conference presentation]. 38th Colloquium of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS). https://www.egos.org/2022_Vienna/General-Theme
• Dreymann, N., Maurer, I. & Bort, S. (2022, July 07-09). Addressing attractive markets or achieving pandemic preparedness? Skillful framing for engaging partners in the medical biotechnology industry [Conference presentation]. 38th Colloquium of the European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS). https://www.egos.org/2022_Vienna/General-Theme
• Dreymann, N., & Strobel, L.-T. (2021, July-August 29-04). Creative through Time Pressure? A Cross-Level View on Creative Self-Efficacy & Knowledge Sharing [Conference presentation]. 81th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management. https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting
• Dreymann, N., & Strobel, L.-T. (2020, September 17-18). Creative through Time Pressure? A Cross-Level Perspective on Individual Creative Self-Efficacy and Team Knowledge Sharing [Paper presentation]. Herbstworkshop der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Personal, Duesseldorf, Germany. http://hermes.hsu-hh.de/kommissionpersonal/
• Uludağ, Ö.; Kleehaus, M., Dreymann N., Kabelin C., & Matthes, F. (2019, May 24-26). Investigating the Adoption and Application of Large-Scale Scrum at a German Automobile Manufacturer [Conference presentation], ICGSE: International Conference on Global Software Engineering, Montréal, 2019. https://conf.researchr.org/home/icgse-2019