Aktuelle Forschungsinteressen

• Entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurial Tradition
• Family business
• Women entrepreneurship
• International business
• Innovation
• Digitalization
• Sustainability

Veröffentlichte und in der Presse befindliche Artikel

• Samsami, M., P. San Martin, E. Palazuelos Cobo, T. Schøtt. 2025. “Roles of digitalization in the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on innovation in startups: Mediator, moderator, capability?” Information Systems and e-Business Management. (in press).

• Samsami, Mahsa, R. Sebaggalaa. 2025. “Seizing the day: How the global financial crisis shaped national entrepreneurial ecosystems”. Management Revue. (in press).

• Samsami, M., T. Schøtt. 2025. “Immigrant entrepreneurs’ dual embeddedness in home- and host-cultures: Bicultural capital for cultural arbitrage promoting business growth”, Cross Cultural & Strategic Management. (in press).

• Samsami, M., K. Klyver. 2025. “The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and cross-national research.” De Gruyter Handbook of Sociology and Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Olav Sorenson and Patricia Thornton (Eds.). (in press).

• Samsami, M., I. Mira Solves, J. M. Mateo, T. Schøtt. 2025. “Digitalisation promoting environmental and social sustainability in startups: Embedded in rural and urban ecosystems.” In: Sustainability and Rural Enterprise Economy: Economic, Environmental and Social Transformation. Routledge, S. Gretzinger, B. Leick, and T. Makkonen (Eds.). (in press).

• Samsami, M., I. Peña Legazkue, S. Barakat. 2024. “The impact of entrepreneurial ecosystems in reducing the gender disparity in entrepreneurship”, European Journal of International Management. 22 (4), 576-592. doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2024.137352

• El Kolaly, H., M. Samsami, T. Schøtt. 2025. Chapter 5 Female business angels in emerging economies: Funding family-related entrepreneurs. In H. Neergaard, M. Guerrero & B. Kenny (Eds.), De Gruyter Handbook of Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies: Theory and Practice (pp. 141-164). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. doi.org/10.1515/9783110747669-006

• Samsami, M., H. El Kolaly, J. Gonzalez-Pernia, F. Boutaleb. 2024. “Gender roles shaping the entrepreneurial mindset: Embedded in the entrepreneurial ecosystem and impacted by the pandemic”, European Journal of International Management, 22(4), 551-575. doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2024.137353

• Širec, K., M. Samsami, T. Schøtt. 2023. “Born Globals and Born Sustainables: Motives of accumulating wealth and of making a difference in the world”. Organizacija, 56 (4), 342-351. doi.org/10.2478/orga-2023-0023

• Samsami, M., N. Meyer, A. Bowmaker-Falconer. 2023. “Business Angel Finance for Women Entrepreneurs in South Africa”. Women’s Report 2023: Women Entrepreneurs, edited by Anita Bosch. The Stellenbosch Business School. https://www.womensreport.africa/wr2023-paper-two/

• Samsami, M. 2023. “Business angels’ ties with entrepreneurs in traditional and secular-rational societies: China, Egypt, and Iran contrasted Germany and Norway”, European Journal of International Management, 21(2), 234-255. doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2023.133426

• Samsami, M., Ø. Tønnessen, B. Flåten. 2023 “Entrepreneurial orientation confronting disruption: Embedded in networks in Iran and Norway during the COVID-19 pandemic”, European Journal of International Management, 21(9), 192-219. doi.org/10.1504/EJIM.2023.133427.

• Samsami, M., T. Schøtt. 2022. ”The spiral of innovation and digitalization: Innovation shaped by early and recent digitalization and shaping intended future adoption.” International Review of Entrepreneurship, 20(4), 541-560. hdl.handle.net/2262/102684

• Samsami, M., El Kolaly, T. Schøtt. 2022. “Business angels’ ties with entrepreneurs: Embedded in traditional and secular-rational cultures”, Developments in Entrepreneurial Finance and Technology, edited by David Audretsch, Maksim Belitski, and Nada Rejeb, Edward Elgar Publ. ISBN: 9781800884335, Chapter 10, 182-198. https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/developments-in-entrepreneurial-finance-and-technology-9781800884335.html

• Slavica S., N., Šarlija, A. Coduras, S. Pfeifer, S. Oberman Peterka, M. Rebernik, A. Fernández-Laviada, M. Samsami, B. Bradač Hojnik. 2022. “GEM lenses on UN SDGs”. Entrepreneurship and Well-being: Exploring the UN Sustainable Development Goals through the Lenses of GEM and other Indicators, edited by Slavica Singer, Nataša Šarlija, Miroslav Rebernik, Barbara Bradač Hojnik, 89-151. Cham: Springer Nature, Switzerland. Chapter 5. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19181-7_5

• Samsami, M., T. Schøtt. 2022. “Past, present, and future digitalization around the world: Leading, catching up, forging ahead, and falling behind”. Our Economy: Contemporary Issues in Economics and Business, Naše gospodarstvo/Our Economy 68(3), 1-9. http://ng-epf.si/index.php/ngoe/article/view/298

• Samsami, M., T. Schøtt. 2021. “Family and non-family business in Iran: Coupling among innovation, exporting, and growth-expectation”, European Journal of Family Business. 11(2), 40-55. doi.org/10.24310/ejfbejfb.v11i2.10444

• Liu, Y., M. Samsami, H. Meshreki, F. Pereira Laverde, T., Schøtt. 2021. “Sustainable Development Goals in strategy and practice: Businesses in Colombia and Egypt”, Sustainability. 13(22), 12453, 15, doi.org/10.3390/su132212453

• Samsami, M., R. Wagner. 2021. “Investment decisions with endogeneity: A Dirichlet tree analysis”, Journal of Risk and Financial Management. 14(7), 299; 19. doi.org/10.3390/jrfm14070299

Bücher & Reports

• Elam, A., K. Hughes, M. Samsami. 2024. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2023/2024 Global Report: 25 Years and Growing. London: GEM.

• Meyer, N., Samsami, M. A. Bowmaker-Falconer. 2024. Women Entrepreneurship in South Africa: What does the future hold? Stellenbosch University: Stellenbosch, South Africa.

• Bowmaker-Falconer, A., N. Meyer. M. Samsami, 2023. Entrepreneurial Resilience during Economic Turbulence 2022/2023. Stellenbosch University: Stellenbosch, South Africa. https://www.gemconsortium.org/economy-profiles/south-africa

• Elam, A., K. Hughes, M. Samsami. 2023. GEM 2022/2023 Women’s Entrepreneurship Report: Challenging Bias and Stereotypes. Association.https://www.gemconsortium.org/reports/womens-entrepreneurship

• Fernández Fernández, L., M. Samsami, T. Schøtt. 2023. El compromiso con la sostenibilidad en las empresas españolas (The commitment to sustainability in Spanish businesses). https://www.gem-spain.com/publicaciones-2/page/4/

• Elam, A., B. Baumer. T., Schøtt, M. Samsami, A. K. Dwivedi, R. B. Zurkinden, M. Guerrero, F. Boutaleb, K. Hughesn. 2022. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2021/22 Women's Entrepreneurship Report: From Crisis to Opportunity. Global Entrepreneurship Research Association, https://www.gemconsortium.org/reports/womens-entrepreneurship

• Fernández Fernández, L., E. Ruzo-Sanmartín, S. Fernández-López, L. Rey-Ares, I. Neira, G. Andrés Zapata-Huamaní, Y. Atrio, M. Samsami. 2022. Informe Ejecutivo GEM Galicia 2021-2022 (Regional Spanish Report Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) ISBN: 978-84-09-45400-6, https://www.gem-spain.com/informes-regionales/

• Laviada, A. F., N. Calvo, I. Neira, M. Samsami, Y. Atrio, E. Barros. 2022. Informe Ejecutivo GEM 2021-2022 (National Spanish Report Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Report GEM Spain 2021-2022), Vol. 262: Universidad de Cantabria. https://www.gem-spain.com/informes-nacionales/

• Calvo, N., T. Schøtt, M. Samsami, E. Barros. 2022. La digitalización de las empresas españolas durante la pandemia (The Digitization of Spanish Companies during the Pandemic. Differences among Autonomous Communities). https://www.gem-spain.com/la-digitalizacion-de-las-empresas-espan%cc%83olas-durante-la-pandemia/

Konferenzbeiträge

• Samsami, M., T. Schøtt. “Innovation by autonomous and corporate entrepreneurs: Embedded in individualistic and emancipative cultures, specifically in the Nordics”. Accepted for presentation at The Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research IECER, Iceland, September 2025.

• Samsami, M., C. L. Gutierrez, A. Fernández Lavíada, T. Schøtt. “Family financing for startups: Enhanced by society’s institution of the family business”. Presented at the Workshop on Behavioral Perspective on Family Firms, organized by Copenhagen Business School, CEPR, Bocconi University, CEPR, ECGI and University of Southern Denmark. Paris, October 2024.

• Samsami, M., T. Schøtt, M. Mayer. “Exporting by women-led family firms: Enhanced by ecosystems for family business and for women entrepreneurship?” Presented at the 2024 Diana International Research Conference, Stockholm, June 2024

• Samsami, M., T.Schøtt. “People’s appreciation of the role of the entrepreneur: Shaped by society’s culture of entrepreneurialism”. Presented at Rethinking Entrepreneurship in Society Workshop, Copenhagen Business School, April 2024.

• Samsami, M., T. Schøtt, T. Randøy. “The entrepreneurial tradition in a family and the institution of family business in society: Impacts on innovativeness.” Presented at FIFU 2024 Conference, Munich, March 2023.

• Schøtt, T., M. Samsami. “Family tradition in the global race to digitalize: Is Germany catching up, forging ahead, or falling behind?" Presented at FIFU 2024 Conference, Munich, March 2023.

• Perez-Encinas, A., M. Samsami, T. Schøtt. “Professionalization of ‘the entrepreneur’: Spain 2002-2022”. Presented at G-Forum 2023 Conference, Darmstadt, September 2023.

• Schøtt, T., M. Samsami, A. Bowmaker-Falconer. “Resilience in societies and their businesses: Enhancing innovation in businesses based on family tradition”. Presented at G-Forum 2023 Conference, Darmstadt, September 2023.

• Samsami, M., M. Angoitia Grijalba, Y. Bueno Hernández, T. Schøtt. “Born sustainable: Promoted by the ecosystem for sustainable entrepreneurship”. Presented at G-Forum 2023 Conference, Darmstadt, September 2023.

• Samsami, M., N. Meyer, T. Schøtt. “Digital entrepreneurial ecosystems around the world: Promoting adoption and utilization of digital technology for innovation”. Presented at G-Forum 2023 Conference, Darmstadt, September 2023.

• Samsami, M. A., Fernández Lavíada, F. Pereira Laverde, F. Boutaleb, E. Karadeniz, I. Ayman, T. Schøtt. “The entrepreneurial ecosystem in rural regions: Transforming entrepreneurs’ values and pursuits of sustainability”. Discussed at Rural Entrepreneurship in Times of Transformation Paper Development Workshop, Special Issue of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Kalmar, Sweden, June 2023. Also presented at IRMBAM2023, Nice, July 2023, nominated for the Best Paper Award.

• Samsami, M. T. Schøtt. “Changing values motivating entrepreneurs to start and to pursue sustainability”. Presented at Paper Development Workshop on Values and Entrepreneurship in the Sustainable Society, Special Issue of Small Business Economics, Berlin, June 2023.

• Samsami, M. “Digital entrepreneurial ecosystems around the world: Enabling adoption and utilization of digital technology for innovation. Presented and discussed at Paper Development Workshop, Technical University of Denmark, June 2023.

• Samsami, Mahsa; Schøtt, Thomas, Calabrò, Andrea. “The tradition in a family for enterprising: Shaped by society and shaping socio-environmental responsibility”. Presented at 15th International Week and the 7th International Scientific Conference, University of Maribor, Slovenia, May 2023.

• Samsami, M. K. Wickstrøm, Adsbøll, T. Schøtt. ”The entrepreneurial tradition in a family: Embedded in society’s institution of family business and promoting exploitation of opportunities”. Presented at the STEP Project Global Consortium - Global Family Business conference, Valencia, April 2023.

• Samsami, M., T. Schøtt. ”Society’s institution for family business: Enhancing internationalization in family firms”. Presented at the STEP Project Global Consortium - Global Family Business conference, Valencia, April 2023.

• Samsami, M. ”The spiral of innovation and digitalization: Innovation shaped by early and recent digitalization and shaping intended future adoption”. Presented at the DRUID Academy Conference, Aalborg, January 2023.

• Samsami, M., I. Neira, N. Calvo, T. Schøtt. “Embedding values and awareness into strategy and practice for sustainable growth: Differences between family and non-family businesses”. Presented at the annual RENT – Research in Entrepreneurship conference, Naples, November 2022.

• Samsami, M., I. Neira, T. Schøtt. “Awareness, strategies, and practices of environmental sustainability: Shaped by values in family and nonfamily businesses”. Presented at VII Research Workshop on Entrepreneurship GEM-ACEDE, Valencia, September 2022. This paper received the Best Paper Award.

• Samsami, M. P. San Martin Espina, A. Fernandez, E. Palazuelos Cobo, T. Schøtt. “Born digital: Innovation, internationalization, and growth-expected shaped by age and digitalization of business”. Presented at VII Research Workshop on Entrepreneurship GEM-ACEDE, Valencia, September 2022.

• Schøtt, T., M. Samsami, E. Barros. “The influence of human and social capital on entrepreneurial intention: Embedded in regional institutions”. Presented at VII Research Workshop on Entrepreneurship GEM-ACEDE, Valencia, September 2022.

• Samsami, M. “Family tradition and sustainability”. Presented and discussed at the Paper Development Workshop, University of Southern Denmark, September 2022.

• Samsami, M., T. Schøtt. “Institutionalization of continuing family tradition in business: Shaping an entrepreneurial mindset resilient to the pandemic in the Islamic world”. Presented at International Conference on Family Business: A Focus on the Arab World, Morocco, ESCA Ecole. July 2022.

• Samsami, M., I. Neira, N. Calvo, T. Schøtt. “‘Continuing a family tradition’ as a motive for business: Effect on expectation for growth”. Presented at IFERA Conference, the International Family Enterprise Research Academy, Santander, June 2022, nominated for the Best Paper Award.

• Samsami, M., I. Neira, N. Calvo, T. Schøtt. “Entrepreneurial motives and innovation: Differences between family and non-family businesses”. Presented at the XXXI international congress organized by the Scientific Association of Economics and Business Management (ACEDE), Barcelona, June 2022.

• Samsami, M., I. Neira, T. Schøtt. “Strategy and practices for sustainability: Comparison between family and non-family businesses”. Presented at the International Association for Research in Economic Psychology Conference, Kristiansand, June 2022.

• Samsami, M., A. Tolba. “Disruption of innovation in family businesses in Egypt”. Presented at the 6th International Workshop on Entrepreneurship Research GEM-ACEDE, September 2021, San Cristóbal de La Laguna. This paper received the Best Paper Award.

• Samsami, M., R. Wagner, T. Schøtt. “Handling of missing values: Learnings from a survey of entrepreneurs”. Presented online at the European Conference on Data Analysis (ECDA). August 2021.

• Samsami, M., T. Schøtt. “Family and non-family business in Iran: Coupling among innovation, exporting, and growth-expectation”. Presented online at the Conference on Family Business in the Arab World, Dubai. November 2020.

• Samsami, M., T. Schøtt. “Coupled performance outcomes in family and non-family businesses: Gaps in mature economies but the similarity in emerging economies”. Presented online at the Conference on Family Business in the Arab World, Dubai. (FBAW November 2020). Presented in 2021 at the Spanish webinar in the field of Family Business: An approach from GEM data.

Ausbildung

• PhD degree, University of Agder, School of Business, Norway, August 2023. PhD dissertation “The Entrepreneurial Tradition: Institutionalized in a Culture and in a Family. Navigating from Gold to Green”. Supervised by Professor Thomas Schøtt.

• Master of Business Administration - Marketing, University of Tehran, Iran, 2018. Master thesis “The ultimate influences of electronic Word-Of-Mouth on brand social power”.

Beruflicher Werdegang

• Visiting Researcher - University of Southern Denmark (January 2025 – March 2025)

• Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division Global Scholar Development Committee Member (December 2024- present) Chaired by Prof. Golshan Javadian, Morgan State University

• Lecturer and Post-doctoral Research Associate - Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany (April 2024- present) Teaching: Anwendungsprojekt (Thesis preparation Course), Tutorial lecture in International Strategy and Managing Global Networks and Corporations, Advances in Organization and International Management, Supervision of Bachelor and Master thesis

• Research Associate - University of Agder, Norway (August 2023- present, remotely) Research on entrepreneurship, family business, international business, innovation, digitalization, sustainability, and financing.

• Research Fellow - Stellenbosch University, South Africa (August 2023- present, remotely) Member of GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) team in South Africa. Technical and researcher (May 2023- Present)

• Pre-Doctoral Researcher - University of Southern Denmark (August 2022- August 2023)
  Research with data from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM).

• Pre-Doctoral Researcher - University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2021- 2023)
  Data Analysis, research, and Member of GEM (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor) team in Spain and in Galician region.

• Teaching Assistant - University of Agder, Norway (2021-2023) Teaching assistance for Prof. Thomas Schøtt in statistical learning with SPSS.

• Teaching Assistant (2021-2022)

  • Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
  • University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
  • University of Cantabria, Spain Teaching assistance for Prof. Thomas Schøtt in statistical learning with SPSS.

• Teaching Assistant - University of Tehran (February 2019 – July 2021)
  Teaching Assistant under the supervision of Dr. A. Mira in a course on Digital Marketing and Research Methodologies in Management.

• Teaching Assistant - University of Tehran (International Campus) (February 2018 - February 2019) Teaching Assistant under the supervision of Dr. E. Asgharizadeh in a course on Statistical Analysis and Applied Decision Making

• Teaching Assistant - University of Tehran (International Campus) (February 2017- February 2020) Teaching Assistant under the supervision of Dr. A. Miremadi in Advertising and Brand Management, Customer Relationship Management, Negotiation, and Communication Principles for Managers. Extra courses:

  • Direct Marketing with SPSS (RFM analysis, cluster analysis, prospect profiles, response rates, propensity to purchase).
  • ISO/TS10004:2010 (Quality management, and monitoring and measurement of customer satisfaction).
  • ISO/TS 10002 (Quality management and customer satisfaction). Customer silence and CJM.
  • Models of CRM (IDIC, value chain, Payne’s model, Gartner model).
  • Customer portfolio management, customer portfolio analysis, customer classification, and customer club.
  • Psychological types and negotiations (MBTI, BIG FIVE, DISC).

Vorträge

• Keynote Speaker at the 2nd International Women-in-Science Day, Chemnitz University of Technology, March 7, 2025.
• Panellist in Women Entrepreneurship, GEM Annual Global Meeting, Bilbao, February 2025.
• Co-teaching at training workshop “AI and Longitudinal analysis” in the GEM Annual Global Meeting, Bilbao, February 2025.
• Co-teaching at training workshop “Analysis of financial literacy” at the University of Cantabria, coordinating with Santander Financial Institute, Santander, February 2025.
• Lecture for PhD candidates, “Research methodology and PhD study”, The IPAG Business School, Nice, February 2024.
• Panellist in Diana International Research Roundtable - 2022/2023 GEM Women's Report Finding, Babson College, Webinar, December 2023. Amanda Elam and Candida Brush, Karen Hughes, and Mahsa Samsami.
• Lecture, “Succession planning in family business: Challenges and solutions”, University of Agder, August 2023.
• Faculty Seminar, “The entrepreneurial tradition: Foundational for the enterprising family?”, University of Agder, August 2023.
• Instruction and mentor in the Hackathon at the University of Maribor, Slovenia, May 2023.
• Faculty Seminar “Coupling of sustainability and digitalization in businesses”, University of CUNEF, Madrid, April 2023.
• Panellist in Women Entrepreneurship, GEM Annual Global Meeting, Freiburg, Switzerland, February 2023.
• Faculty Seminar, “The entrepreneurial tradition in a family and the institution of family business in society: Impacts on innovativeness”, University of Agder, February 2023.
• Faculty Seminar, “Family tradition of enterprising: Shaping engagement with environmental sustainability”, University of Agder, September 2022.
• Lecturing “Data description and SPSS”, University of Santiago de Compostela, March 2022.
• Lecturing, “Coupled performance outcomes in family and non-family businesses: Gaps in mature economies but similarity in emerging economies”, Virtual seminar, March 2021.
• Lecturing “Simulation by R software and Polya Tree”, Kassel University, May 2021. Online.

Rezension für Zeitschriften

• Journal of Management Studies (2025- Present)
• Journal of Business Research (2024- Present)
• International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship (2024- Present)
• Review of Managerial Science (2023- Present)
• International Review of Entrepreneurship (2023- Present)
• The International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing. (2023- Present)
• Management Decision (2021- Present)
• European Journal of International Management (2021- Present)

Ehrungen

• Nominated for the Best Paper Award for “The entrepreneurial ecosystem in rural regions: Transforming entrepreneurs’ values and engagement with sustainability”. Presented at IRMBAM2023, Nice, July 2023.
• Best Paper Award for “Awareness, strategies, and practices of environmental sustainability: Shaped by values in family and nonfamily businesses”. Presented at VII Research Workshop on Entrepreneurship GEM-ACEDE, Valencia, September 2022.
• Nominated for the Best Paper Award for “Continuing a family tradition as a motive for business: Effect on expectation for growth”. Presented at IFERA Conference, the International Family Enterprise Research Academy, Santander, June 2022.
• Best Paper Award for “Disruption of innovation in family businesses in Egypt”. Presented at the 6th International Workshop on Entrepreneurship Research GEM-ACEDE, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, September 2021.
• Top student (1st rank) in master’s degree of Business Administration- Marketing at the University of Tehran- International Campus.
• The top thesis with the highest evaluation score at Dr. Hesabi's top thesis festival.
• Top and prominent researcher and student at the International Academy of Scientific Research of Iran.

Industrielle Berufserfahrung

• Member of the board - Aban Securities Co., Iran Stock Exchange (October 2020 – February 2023)
• Executive and Administrative Manager (March 2007 – September 2021)
  Member of the board in Aban Securities, Executive Administration, Member of the Board in Hoshmand Aban Mutual Market Investment Fund, Customer relationship manager, Business development, Human resource manager, Responsible for correspondence, negotiations, and trade agreements and contracts in fields of IT, Marketing, and Human Resources.
• Member of Board and Director - Pol Sazan Behrang Co., Iran (May 2010 – May 2014)
  Member of the Board and Director of green space and agriculture projects in the urban field and green space engineering services.

Lehrportfolio an der TU Chemnitz

Master

• Managing Global Networks and Cooperations (Tutorial) (English) (Summer 24)
• Organization and Strategy in the Global Context (Tutorial) (English) (Summer 25)
• Advances in Organization and International Management II (Seminar) (English) (Winter 24/25)
• Supervision of Master Theses (English)
• Students Project
  • Family Business and Internationalization (Summer 24 – Winter 24/25) (English)
  • Managers’ Competencies in Born Globals and Expectations for Growth (Summer 25 – Winter 25/26) (English)

    Bachelor

• International Strategy (Tutorial) (English) (Summer 24/25)
• Supervision of Bachelor Theses (English)