PhD defence: Shelter Selorm Kwesi Teyi

PhD defence: Shelter Selorm Kwesi Teyi

In order to obtain the PhD degree, Shelter Selorm Kwesi Teyi has submitted his thesis entitled:
Strategic Entrepreneurship in the Informal Economy

This Ph.D. thesis examines how individual (education, prior entrepreneurial experience, performance aspirations, and entrepreneurial identity) and external factors (embeddedness in informal institutions) shape entrepreneurial behavior (pre-entry search and response strategies in adversity) in the informal economy. The thesis uses large-scale primary (qualitative and quantitative) data from the informal economy in Ghana and consists of three papers.

Primary Supervisor:
Professor with special responsibilities Marcus Møller Larsen

Department of Strategy and Innovation

Copenhagen Business School

Secondary Supervisors:

Associate Professor Vera Rocha

Department of Strategy and Innovation

Copenhagen Business School

Assessment Committee:

Professor José Mata (Chair)

Department of Strategy and Innovation

Copenhagen Business School

Professor Rachida Justo

Department of Entrepreneurship

IE Business School

Professor Christian Stadler

Strategy & International Business Group

Warwick Business School

Thesis:
The thesis will be available from research.cbs.dk

Reception:
The CBS PhD School will host a reception, which will take place immediately after the defence in Atrium, Kilen.