Dr. Sascha Pascal Klein

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Klein, Sascha Pascal
Telephone
+49 561 804-3024
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University of Kassel
Faculty of Economics and Management
Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (TIME) Unit
Mönchebergstraße 1
34109 Kassel
Room
4004
Consultation Hours

by appointment

Education

  • 12/2020 - Present: Post-doctoral Researcher at University of Kassel (Preparation of habilitation) Faculty of Economics and Management
  • 01/2017 - 12/2020: Doctoral Candidate (Dr. rer. pol.) at University of Kassel (Summa cum laude) Faculty of Economics and Management
  • 10/2014 - 12/2016: Master’s program Industrial Engineering (M.Sc.) at Kassel University with a focus on Technology and Innovation Management as well as sustainable production engineering. Master thesis: "Political Behavior  in Innovation Project Portfolio Management"
  • 10/2009 - 09/2014: Bachelor’s program Industrial Engineering (B.Sc.) at Kassel University. Bachelor thesis in cooperation with Volkswagen AG: "Wirtschaftlicher Vergleich der Prozessketten Verzahnungshonen und Verzahnungsschleifen bei Zahnrädern mit Störkontur" (Economical Analysis of the Process Chains of Honing and Grinding regarding Gears with Remolded Geometry)
  • 08/2011 - 12/2011: Semester abroad at San Diego State University, California, USA

Work Experience

  • 12/2020 - Present: Post-doctoral Researcher at the Chair of Technology, Innovation Management, and Entrepreneurship, University of Kassel
  • 01/2017 - Present: Research Assistant at the Department of Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (TIME), University of Kassel
  • 07/2016 - 12/2016: Student Assistant at the Department of Technology, Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (TIME), University of Kassel
  • 2013 / 2015 / 2016: Tutor in Business Administration and Business Ethics
  • 10/2014 - 03/2016: Working student at Volkswagen AG, division production planning (gear box)
  • 09/2013 - 09/2014: Internship and bachelor thesis at Volkswagen AG, division production planning (gear box)

Honors etc.

  • Academy of Management Conference 2021 Best Paper Designation TIM Division (Technology and Innovation Management) for the submission „Firm Responses to Media Coverage: The Moderating Role of the Dominant Business Model Design“
  • Nomination for ISPIM Best Dissertation Award (Top 10), 2021
  • Nomination for SMS best PhD Paper Prize (long list) “Strategic Responses to Environmental Legitimacy: The Influence on the Business Model Design and Performance”, Strategic Management Society Annual Conference 2020, October 2020, Virtual Conference

  • Klein, S.; Spieth, P.; Söllner, M. (forthcoming): Employee Acceptance of Digital Transformation Strategies: A Paradox Perspective, in: Journal of Product Innovation Management

  • Spieth, P.; Klusmann, C.; Klein, S. (forthcoming): “Stop crying your heart out”: How failed founders can use emotional failure narratives, in: Review of Managerial Science

  • Klein, S. P.; Liszt-Rohlf, V.; Spieth, P. (2023). Value-based bricolage Resource mobilization in the circular economy. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 27(6), 1476–1487.

  • Klein, S.; Spieth, P.; Heidenreich, S. (2021): Facilitating Business Model Innovation: The Influence of Sustainability and the Mediating Role of Strategic Orientations, in: Journal of Product Innovation Management (38): 271–288
  • Klusmann, C.; Spieth, P.; Klein, S. (2021): When Opportunity Knocks: How the Individual Opportunity Nexus Explains Evaluations of New Business Models, in: International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing 13(4):319
  • Klein, S., Schneider, S., Spieth P. (2020): How to Stay on the Road? A Business Model Perspective on Mission Drift in Social Purpose Organizations", in: Journal of Business Research 59 (3): 474.
  • Klein, S.; Liszt-Rohlf, V.; Spieth, P. (2022): Circular Business Models: Interaction of Strategizing by Doing and Thinking, XXXIII ISPIM Innovation Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 06/2022
  • Klein, S.; Spieth, P. (2022): When Do Incumbents Imitate a Business Model Innovation? A Competitive Dynamics Perspective, European Academy of Management Conference, Winterthur, Suisse, 06/2022.
  • Klein, S.; Spieth, P. (2022): To Innovate or Not to Innovate the Business Model? The Interplay of Competition and CEO Temporal Focus, 29th Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC), Hamburg, Germany, 07/2022
  • Klein, S.; Spieth, P. (2022): When Competition Delays Incumbent's Business Model Innovation - A Competitive Dynamics Perspective, Academy of Management 82nd Annual Meeting, Seattle, U.S., 08/2022
  • Liszt-Rohlf, V.; Klein, S.; Spieth, P. (2021): A Cognitive Perspective on Business Model Innovation for Circular Economy Entrepreneurs, Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Conference (RENT), Turku, Finland; 11/2021
  • Klein, S.; Spieth, P. (2021): Firm Responses to Media Coverage: A Matter of the Dominant Business Model Design, 21th European Academy of Management (EURAM) Annual Conference, 06/2021Klein, S.; Spieth, P. (2021): Firm Responses to Media Coverage: The Moderating Role of the Dominant Business Model Design, Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Virtual), 08/2021
  • Klein, S.; Spieth, P. (2021): How Media Coverage Stimulates Strategic Change and Innovation: The Role of the Dominant Business Model Design, 28th Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (Virtual), 06/2021
  • Klein, S.; Liszt-Rohlf, V.: Spieth, P. (2021): A Cognitive Perspective on Business Model Innovation for Circular Economy; The International Society for Professional Innovation Management Conference (Virtual), 06/2021
  • Klein, S.; Spieth, P. (2021): Firm Responses to Media Coverage: A Matter of the Dominant Business Model Design, 21th European Academy of Management (EURAM) Annual Conference, 06/2021
  • Klein, S.; Spieth, P. (2020): A Paradox View of Organizational Change: Gaining Acceptance among Employees for Digital Transformation, 20th European Academy of Management (EURAM) Annual Conference, December 2020, Virtual Conference
  • Klein, S.; Spieth, P. (2020): Strategic Responses to Environmental Legitimacy: The Influence on the Business Model Design and Performance, Strategic Management Society Annual Conference 2020, Oktober 2020, Virtual Conference
  • Klein, S.; Spieth, P. (2020): Supporting Digital Transformation: Employees’ Attitude toward Change and the Moderating Role of Business Model Innovativeness, 27th Innovation and Product Development Management Conference, June 2020, Virtual Conference
  • Klein, S.; Schneider, S.; Spieth, P. (2019): Social Business Models: Rigid and Flexible Consequences of Strategic Choices, 26th Innovation and Product Development Management Conference (IPDMC), 9 – 11 Juni 2019, Leicester/England

  • Klein, S.; Spieth, P. (2018): Organizational Impact of Sustainability: Linking Strategy to Business Model Innovation, R&D Management Conference 2018, 1 – 4 Juni 2018, Mailand/Italien

  • Klein, S.; Spieth, P. (2017): The Effect of Strategic Orientation on Business Model Innovation: Empirical Test and Validation of Corporate Sustainability Issues, G-Forum 2017, 4-6 October 2017, Wuppertal/Germany