About
Ali Sadeghi is a Researcher in the Department of Management Studies at Aalto University, affiliated with the Entrepreneurship Unit (ENTU). His work bridges legal frameworks and business venturing, focusing on how institutional structures influence entrepreneurial ecosystems.
His primary research interests include Entrepreneurship, Bankruptcy Law, and Business Venturing, with methodological expertise in Synthetic Control Method for policy impact analysis. Current projects examine legal-institutional interactions in entrepreneurial contexts, particularly through econometric evaluation of regulatory reforms.
His 2022 publication in the Journal of Business Venturing Insights analyzes Finland's bankruptcy reform, revealing how legal changes affect entrepreneurial activity. This work exemplifies his trend of combining legal scholarship with quantitative business research to address real-world policy questions in entrepreneurial finance.
Within the Entrepreneurship Unit (ENTU), Sadeghi collaborates closely with senior researchers like Ewald Kibler on projects investigating institutional determinants of startup dynamics. His lab work emphasizes empirical validation of theoretical models linking legal systems to entrepreneurial outcomes.
