Anna-Katharina Schaper, M.Sc.

Chair China Business and Economics, Research Assistant

Anna-Katharina is a research assistant with teaching responsibilities at the Chair of China Business and Economics.

Résumé

Anna-Katharina Schaper holds a bachelor’s degree (BA) in Political Science and Economics from Heidelberg University and a master’s degree (MSc) in China Business and Economics from the University of Würzburg. During her studies, she spent a year abroad at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Shanghai International Studies University (2013-2014) and gained China-related work experience at the Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business (APA), the Volkswagen Group (Wolfsburg), and Maxxelli Consulting (Chengdu).

Since April 2018, Anna-Katharina works as a research associate at the Chair of China Business and Economics at the University of Würzburg. Her research interests cover China’s entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem, with a focus on Chinese women’s entrepreneurship. During her doctoral studies, she spent one year as a visiting doctoral student at Peking University (2019-2020).

Anna-Katharina is part of several German/European-Chinese young leaders programs. Examples are the MERICS European China Talent Program (2021), Yenching Global Symposium (2021), OAV Young Leaders (since 2021), Hamburg Summit Young Leaders (2018), Heinz Nixdorf Asia-Pacific fellowship program (2016).

Research and Teaching

Entrepreneurship (SMEs, start-ups, unicorn start-ups) in China

Women’s entrepreneurship in China

China’s national innovation system and technology

Courses

Summer term 2018	Methodological Questions of Chinese Economic Research (Master) Business Case Gender Diversity (Master) Management in China (Bachelor)
Winter term 2018/19	Business and Finance (Master) Case Studies (Master)
Summer term 2019	Management in China (Bachelor)
Winter term 2020/21	China's National Innovation System (Master) Case Studies (Master)
Summer term 2021	Methodological Questions of Chinese Economic Research (Master) Case Studies (Master) Hot Issues (Master)
Winter term 2021/22	China's National Innovation System (Master) Case Studies (Master) Hot Issues (Master)

Publications

Schaper, A.-K. und Fischer, D. (2021): Does Gender Matter for the Entrepreneurship Fairy Tale? An Analysis of Chinese Unicorn Start-ups, CBE Research Notes, No. 2., University of Würzburg, Würzburg. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25972/OPUS-24441.

Conferences participation with presentation

Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business (RENT) Conference 2021, poster presentation, Turku (Finland).

Diana International Research Conference 2021, paper presentation, virtual conference

Lectures

“Women’s Entrepreneurship in East Asia and Germany”, moderator, Born Global Start-up Week, International Start-up Campus, 02.12.2021.

“A Men’s World? Unicorns Start-ups in China”, lecture, OAV Young Leaders, 04.11.2021.

“China as the new Silicon Valley? Entrepreneurship and Innovation in China“, webtalk, Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft (SdW), CHIN-KoBE, 17.08.2021.

“The Importance of Trust in Global Leadership”, panellist, Technical University of Munich (TUM) Global Week 2021, 06.07.2021.

“How Women Entrepreneurs Impact the World”, panellist, European Technology Chamber (EUTEC), 16.03.2021.

“Entrepreneurship and Innovation in China”, lecture, Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing, 26.01.2021.

“Entrepreneurship and State Steering in China’s Economy System”, lecture, Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing, 27.07.2019.

External Teaching

Technical University of Munich (TUM), TUM School of Management

Executive MBA (China-Program, Sommer 2021), classes on entrepreneurship, innovation and technology in China

Master in Management und Innovation (MiMI) (China-Program, Sommer 2020 & Sommer 2021), classes on entrepreneurship, innovation and technology in China