Expertise

Marina Vorholzer is an Assistant Professor of entrepreneurship. Her research focuses on entrepreneurial ethics - how individuals cognitively, affectively, and behaviorally process ethical dilemmas, and how that processing manifests in entrepreneurial action and outcomes. She employs conceptual, qualitative (case studies), and experimental approaches in her work, which has appeared in outlets like the Academy of Management Review journal.

Prior to joining emlyon, Marina received her doctorate from Lund University in Sweden and held a postdoctoral position at the Technical University of Munich in Germany.

Engagements

Research
Expert availability
Media availability

Honors

Best conceptual paper award - Entrepreneurship division
Academy of Management (United States, Briarcliff Manor) - AOM, 2024

Organizational Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Department of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, emlyon business school, 2026 –

Primary member, InvEnt - Entrepreneurship and Innovation, emlyon business school, 2026 –

I2E - Institute for Impactful Innovation & Entrepreneurship, emlyon business school, 2026 –

Education

Entrepreneurship
01/2022–02/2026, Doctor of Philosophy, Lund University (Sweden, Lund)

Entrepreneurial ethics: a behavioral approach to ethical dilemmas in entrepreneurship. Advisors: Anna Brattström, Dean A. Shepherd, and Diamanto Politis

International strategic management
08/2020–06/2021, Master of Science (MSc, MSc, MSci, MSi, ScM, MS, MSHS, MS, Mag, Mg, Mgr, SM, or SM), Lund University (Sweden, Lund)
International management
10/2016–03/2020, Bachelor of Arts (BA, AB, BS, BSc, SB, ScB), Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (Germany, Ingolstadt) - THI
Business and information management
08/2018–08/2019, Bachelor of Science (BS), Seminole State College of Florida (United States, Sanford)