Dr Clarissa E. Weber

Profile

Roles:

• Lecturer in Digital Innovation in Business and Society 
• Member of the Department of Business and Society 

Biography:

Dr Clarissa E. Weber is a Lecturer in Digital Innovation in Business and Society. She joined the school in May 2024, having previously worked at the University of Göttingen, Germany. She holds a doctoral degree from the University of Göttingen and a diploma from the University of Cologne, Germany. She has been a visiting researcher at UCL School of Management in 2023 and at Stanford University in 2015.  

Clarissa’s work is situated at the intersection of organisation studies, strategic management, and entrepreneurship. She primarily investigates the nature and effectiveness of individual and organisational (micro-) strategies and behaviours in contexts of collaboration, change, and resource scarcity. The empirical settings she studies include healthcare, digital platforms, and high-tech organisations. Her work has been published in leading international journals, such as Organization Science, Organization Studies, Socio-Economic Review and the Journal of World Business, among others.  

Clarissa has received several grants and awards for her work. She has extensive teaching experience at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in various areas of organisation and management.  

Teaching

Undergraduate:

• BUS350  

Postgraduate:

• BUSM084

Research

Research Interests:

Clarissa’s work focuses on the nature and effectiveness of individual and organizational (micro-) strategies and behaviours in contexts of collaboration, change, and resource scarcity. 

Publications: 

Publications in peer-reviewed journals 

• Wilhelm, H.; Steigenberger, N.; Weber, C.E.; Juntunen, J.; Ebers, M. (2024): (No) Time for change: When and why entrepreneurs act during underperforming fundraising attempts. Organization Science, 35(4): 1299-1321.
• Weber, C.E.; Maurer, I. (2023). Knowledge acquisition from host-country partners: The interplay of trust and legal safeguards. Journal of World Business, 58 (2): 1–14. 
• Weber, C.E.; Steigenberger, N.; Wilhelm, H. (2023). After successful fundraising: How overfunding and category spanning affect the release and audience-perceived quality of crowdfunded products. Small Business Economics, 61: 1009–1026. 
• Tetzlaff, B.; Scherer, M.; Balzer, K.; Steyer, L.; Köpke, S.; Friede, T.; Maurer, I.; Weber, C.E.; König. H.-H.; Konnopka, A.; Ruppel, T.; Mazur, A.; Hummers, E.; Müller, C.A. (2023). Development of an interprofessional person-centred care concept for persons with care needs living in their own homes (interprof HOME): study protocol for a mixed methods study. BMJ Open, 13: e06959: 1–9.  
• Weber, C.E.; Kortkamp, C.; Maurer, I.; Hummers, E. (2022). Boundary work in response to professionals’ contextual constraints: Micro-strategies in interprofessional collaboration. Organization Studies, 43(9): 1453–1477. 
• Gärtner, L.; Kortkamp, C.; Müller, C.; Tetzlaff, B.; Fleischmann, N.; Weber, C.E.; Scherer, M.; Kühn, A.; Jarchow, A.-M.; Lüth, F.; Köpke, S.; Friede, T.; König, H.H.; Hummers, E.; Maurer, I.; Balzer, K. (2022). Implementation, mechanisms of change and contextual factors of a complex intervention to improve interprofessional collaboration and the quality of medical care for nursing home residents: Study protocol of the process evaluation of the interprof ACT intervention package. Trials, 23(1): 1–21. 
• Weber, C.E.; Okraku, M.; Mair, J., Maurer, I. (2021). Steering the transition from informal to formal service provision: labor platforms in emerging-market countries. Socio-Economic Review, 19(4): 1217–1243.  
• Abel, R.; Bort, S.; Maurer, I.; Weber, C.E.; Wilhelm, H. (2020). Tensions in portfolios of temporary organizations: How project portfolio maturity attenuates the negative effects of portfolio ambidexterity. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 67: 209–231.  
• Weber, C.E.; Chahabadi, D.; Maurer, I. (2020). Antecedents and performance effect of managerial misperception of institutional differences. Journal of World Business, 55 (1): 1–18.  

Other peer-reviewed publications 

• Kortkamp, C.; Weber. C.E. (2021): Upholding of routines in interprofessional collaboration: A qualitative study in nursing homes. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. 
• Weber, C.E.; Chahabadi, D.; Maurer, I. (2017). Managerial misperception of differences between home and host countries – Antecedents and effect. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. 

Public Engagement

Clarissa is an active member of multiple international associations, including EGOS, AOM, VHB, and DHV. She frequently presents her research at leading conferences and talks and serves as a peer reviewer for international journals and other outlets. Clarissa has moderated various academic and practitioner talks and has been involved in university-practitioner projects across different industries. She has been a selection-committee member for an accelerator programme and has advised multiple early-stage entrepreneurs.