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Philipp Sieger’s research focuses on the antecedents and outcomes of new venture creation and investigates how established family firms can remain entrepreneurial and successful over time. His work has been published in renowned journals including the Journal of Management Studies and the Journal of Business Venturing. He serves as an Associate Editor for the Family Business Review and leads the global GUESSS research project on student entrepreneurship. His teaching portfolio includes entrepreneurship-related courses such as Entrepreneur Corporate Entrepreneurship, and he has received various awards. Philipp lectures in executive education programs and actively engages in practice-oriented outreach activities. He earned his PhD on the success factors of family firms from the University of St. Gallen in 2011, was appointed Assistant Professor in 2012, and completed his postdoctoral thesis (Habilitation) on Entrepreneurship in Family Firms in 2016. After research visits to Northeastern University (USA, 2012), Jonkoping University (Sweden, 2013), and the University of Bergamo (Italy, 2015), he joined the University of Bern as an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in 2016. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018 and became a Full Professor in 2025.
University of Bern • Bern, Switzerland
Full Professor in Business Administration, focusing on entrepreneurship.
University of Bern • Bern, Switzerland
Promoted to Associate Professor in Business Administration.
University of Bern • Bern, Switzerland
Joined as an Assistant Professor, focusing on entrepreneurship.
Part of the Swiss Joint Master in Computer Science (Bern, Fribourg, Neuchâtel).