Bettina Müller

Dr. Bettina Müller is an academic staff member at the University of Mannheim's Institute for SME Research. She studied Economics, Italian, and German Literature at the University of Konstanz, where she also completed her Ph.D. on founding team composition and startup success. Her career spans roles at ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, Technopolis Group, and as a lecturer at the University of Birmingham and Pforzheim University.

• Former research associate in 'Digital Economy' and 'Economics of Innovation and Industrial Dynamics' at ZEW
• Lecturer for Entrepreneurship (University of Birmingham) and Quantitative Methods (Pforzheim University)
• Current position at Institute for SME Research since June 2018

Her research focuses on entrepreneurship, business dynamics, self-employment, innovations, creative economy, and applied econometrics. She has contributed to project evaluations for European Commission guidelines, Dutch Innovation Credit, and Low Carbon Economy programs. As a reviewer for journals like Small Business Economics and Journal of Business Venturing, she engages with entrepreneurship literature.

• Member of Editorial Review Board of Small Business Economics
• Member of Verein für Socialpolitik