Andreas KuckertzAndreas Kuckertz is an assistant professor (‘akademischer Rat’) teaching and researching management at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, where he is a member of the e-business and e-entrepreneurship research group. The group focuses on high-echnology entrepreneurship in TIMES industries. Moreover, he is an associate member of the strategy, networks, and enterprise research group at the University of Vaasa, Finland. He is Associate Editor of the International Journal of E-Entrepreneurship and Innovation (IJEEI) and serves as the Country Vice President Germany for the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB). He holds a master's degree from the University of Leipzig, Germany, and received his doctoral degree with a thesis on venture capital finance from the University of Duisburg-Essen in 2005. Read More Read Less