Now: Postdoctoral Researcher, Chair in Small Business & Entrepreneurship (LEMEX), University of Bremen (Bremen, Germany)

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1 Dr. Aki Harima / Post-doctoral researcher and lecturer at Chair in Small Business & Entrepreneurship, Personal Details Wilhelm-Herbst-Str. 5, Bremen, Germany +49 (0) Academic Backgrounds Now: Postdoctoral Researcher, Chair in Small Business & Entrepreneurship (LEMEX), University of Bremen (Bremen, Germany) : Ph.D. in Economics and Social Sciences, (Dr. rer. pol) Chair in Small Business & Entrepreneurship (LEMEX), (Bremen, Germany) Thesis: Exploring Characteristics of Descending Diaspora Entrepreneurship Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jörg Freiling Grade: summa cum laude : Mannheim Master in Management, University of Mannheim (Mannheim, Germany) : BSc in Business Administration, Kobe University (Kobe, Japan) : Exchange Year, WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management (Vallender, Germany) Current Projects Erasmus+ VIFRE Project (Virtual Incubator for Refugee Entrepreneurship) Aim: developing a virtual incubator for refugee entrepreneurship Partners: Paris School of Business, SINGA France, Dublin Business School, Irish Refugee Council, ism Mainz e.v. Transnational Student Project in Namibia Aim: developing prototypes for a city incubator in Windhoek Funded by (Internationalization fonds / Faculty 7)

2 Publications Peer-Reviewed Academic Journals Baron, T., & Harima, A. (Forthcoming). The Role of Diaspora Entrepreneurs in Start-up Ecosystem Development A Berlin Case Study. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (Accepted in April 2017). Harima, A., Elo, M., & Freiling, J. (2016). Rich-to-poor Diaspora Ventures: How Do They Survive? International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 28(4), Harima, A. (2015). Motivation of Japanese Descending Diaspora Entrepreneurs. Studia i Materialy, (19), Harima, A. (2015). The Role of Local Partners for Descending Diaspora Entrepreneurship: Overcoming Liability of Foreignness. American Journal of Entrepreneurship, 8(2), Mayer, S., Harima, A., & Freiling, J. (2015). Network Benefits for Ghanaian Diaspora and Returnee Entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review, 3(3), Harima, A., & Vemuri, S. (2015). Diaspora Business Model Innovation, Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management, and Innovation, 11(1), Harima, A. (2014). Network Dynamics of Descending Diaspora Entrepreneurship: Multiple Case Studies with Japanese Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies, Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Innovation, 10(4), Book Chapters Harima, A. (Forthcoming). Case Studies: Japanese Entrepreneurs in Emerging Countries, in Diaspora Networks in International Business edited by Maria Elo & Indianna Minto-Coy, Springer (Accepted in March 2017) Harima, A. (2016) Classification of Diaspora Entrepreneurship. A Book Chapter of "Diaspora Business". Edited by Maria Elo & Liesl Riddle. Inter-Disciplinary Press. Oxford. Elo, M., Harima, A., & Freiling, J. (2015). To Try or Not to Try? A Story of Diaspora Entrepreneurship, in Rob Van Tulder, Alain Verbeke, Rian Drogendijk (ed.) The Future of Global Organizing (Progress in International Business Research, Volume 10) Emerald Group Publishing Limited: Publication as Editor Heilbrunn, S., Freiling, J., & Harima, A. (Forthcoming). Refugee Entrepreneurship. Palgrave. (Planned to be published in Summer 2018) Freiling, J., & Harima, A. (Forthcoming). Special Issue on: Migration and Diaspora Entrepreneurship: Tackling the Heterogeneity in International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

3 Teaching Experience as Lecturer Preseminar in Entrepreneurship Research (6 ECTS), Now Philosophy of science Systematic literature review Foundations of qualitative studies Main Seminar in Current Issues in Entrepreneurship Research (6 ECTS), Now Theories and concepts Analysis of top journals in entrepreneurship and management Assumption development Project in Current Issues in Entrepreneurship Research (12 ECTS), Now Grounded theory approach Data collection and analysis, together with Namibian University of Science and Technology and University of Free State Teaching Project: Developing Solutions for a Business Incubator in Namibia (12 ECTS), 2018 Qualitative methodology Field research in Namibia (3 weeks) Prototype development EM Normandie, Oxford (England) Entrepreneurship, 2017 Bachelor students in business administration Foundations of entrepreneurship Business idea development Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hildalgo, Pachuca (Mexico) Creativity and Entrepreneurship & International Entrepreneurship, MBA Foundations of entrepreneurship International and diaspora entrepreneurship Business idea development FOM Bremen Social Entrepreneurship, Bachelor students in Health Management Social entrepreneurship in health science Idea development

4 Academic Conferences (Paper Presented) The 63th International Council for Small Business World Congress (ICSB 2018) June 2018 Taipei (Taiwan) Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC 2018) 6-9 June 2018 Waterford (Ireland) The 3 rd International Conference on Migration & Diaspora Entrepreneurship (MDE 2017) 30 Nov Dec 2017 Bremen Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business (RENT Nov 2017 Lund (Sweden) XXXI) G-Forum Oct 2017 Wuppertal The 62th International Council for Small Business World Congress (ICSB 2017) 28 June 01 July 2017 Buenos Aires (Argentina) Entrepreneurship Research: Past, Present & Future May 2017 Paris (France) Economic, Technological and Societal Impacts of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems March 2017 Augsburg The 7 th Leuphana Conference on Entrepreneurship (LCE 2017) January 2017 Lüneburg The 2 nd International Conference on Migration & Diaspora Entrepreneurship (MDE 2016) November 2017 Bremen The 3 rd International Conference Entrepreneurship for the 21 st Century (P ) November 2016 Warsaw (Poland) G-Forum October 2016 Leipzig The 61 st International Council for Small Business World Congress (ICSB 2016) June 2016 Ney York (USA) The 6 th Leuphana Conference on Entrepreneurship (LCE 2016) January 2016 Lüneburg The 1 st International Conference on Migration & Diaspora Entrepreneurship (MDE 2015) December 2015 Bremen The 2 nd International Conference Entrepreneurship for the 21 st Century (P ) November 2015 Warsaw (Poland) Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business (RENT XXXI) November 2015 Zagreb (Croatia) The 1st Global Diaspora Business Conference July 2015 Oxford (UK) The 60th Annual Conference of the International Council 6-9 June 2015 Dubai (UAE) for Small Business Current Trends in Public Sector Research January 2015 Brno (Czech Republic) European International Business Academy (EIBA 2014) December 2014 Uppsala (Sweden) G-Forum November 2014 Oldenburg McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference 2-5 September 2014 Santiago (Chile) The 13th International July 2014 Ancona (Italy) Conference of the Society for Global Business & Economic Development (SGBED 2014) International Conference 3-5 July 2014 Osaka (Japan) on Business and Information (BAI 2014) The 59th Annual Conference of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB 2014) June 2014 Dublin (Ireland) Mini Conference in New Research Themes in International Entrepreneurship May 2014 Odense (Denmark)

5 Workshops (Paper Presented) Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice: Paper Development Workshop 06 June 2018 Waterford (Ireland) Research Workshop on Economics of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (Hosted by Torben Klarl 20 July 2017 Bremen & David B. Audretsch) Workshop on Urban Startup Ecosystem 19 July 2017 Bremen MDE Workshop on Refugee Entrepreneurship 18 July 2017 Bremen The 28th John H. Dunning Doctoral Tutorial 11 December 2014 Uppsala (Sweden) Co-Organization of Academic Events MDE2015, MDE2016, & MDE2017 International Conference on Migration and Diaspora Entrepreneurship The MDE Workshop on Refugee Entrepreneurship Workshop on Urban Startup Ecosystem International Workshop on Diaspora Network 1st & 2nd ZenTra Workshop on Migration and Diaspora Entrepreneurship Languages Mother Tougue Business Fluent Business Fluent Basic Conversation Awards Wiwib Price 2017 (Bremen, Germany) Best Paper Award (EU), 62th ICSB World Conference, 28 June 01 July 2017, Buenos Aires (Argentina) Segnitz Prize 2016, the best PhD thesis in the Faculty in Business Studies & Economics of the University Bremen Best Paper Award (Entrepreneurial), 13th International Conference of the Society for Global Business & Economic Development (SGBED 2014), July 2014, Ancona (Italy)

6 International Research Stay Windhoek, Namibia (2017 & 2018) Project leader for a transnational student project Hosted by Namibian University Science and Technology and City of Windhoek Data collection Development of cooperation Preparation for application to third-party funding Santiago de Chile, Chile (2017) Data collection Collaboration with Startup Chile Bloemfontein, South Africa (2017) Hosted by University of Free State Development of cooperation Media "Einzigartige Ressourcen Nutzen" - Clavis 01/2018 "Studierende der Wirtschaftswissenschaft unterstützen Existenzgründerinnen und - gründer in Namibia" - Focus Local ( ) "Ideen für Namibias Kleinunternehmer" - Weser Kurier ( ) "Entwiclungsarbeit - Studenten unterstüzen Existenzgründer in Namibia" - Nordwest Zeitung ( ) Hobbies Guitar & ukulele, design, dance (reggaetón), backpacking, exotic cooking, & intercultural communication Bremen, 10 June, 2018 Dr. Aki Harima