Dr. Johanna Gast

Johanna Gast holds a master from the University of Liechtenstein, in 2014 and a Bachelor from Utrecht University in 2010. She joined MBS in 2014, started her doctoral research on Coopetition under the supervision of Dr. Katherine Gundolf (MBS) and Dr. Sascha Kraus (U. of Lappeenranta and University of Liechtenstein). She finished her doctoral research entitled The Coopetition-Innovation Nexus: Investigating the Role of Coopetition for Innovation in SMEs in 2017. Her current research interests are entrepreneurship, strategy, innovation and management. She is also member of Montpellier Research in Management. She has published several articles, of which one in a high ranked journal (Small Business Economics) and she presented first results of her work in international conferences such as European Academy of Management, Annual Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Conference, Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research, etc.

Kallmünzer, A., Mauracher, A., Gast, J., Kraus, S., & Calabro, A. Forthcoming. Internationalization of family firms: The role of networks and coopetition. European Journal of International Management.

Calabro A., Vecchiarini M., Gast J., Campopiano G., De Massis A. & Kraus S. Forthcoming. Innovation in family firms: A systematic literature review and guidance for future research. International Journal of Management Reviews.

Gast J., Gundolf K. & Matos Collado E. 2018. Coopetition and knowledge management practices: The case of Latin American firms. European Academy of Management (EURAM), June 20-22, Rekjavik, Iceland.

Kraus S., Schmid J. & Gast J. Forthcoming. Innovation through Coopetition: An analysis of small- and medium-sized trust companies operating in the Liechtenstein financial centre. International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management.

Kraus S., Gast J., Klimas P. & Stephan T. 2018. Sleeping with competitors: Types, drivers, and outcomes of coopetition of small- and medium-sized craft beer breweries. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 25(1): 50-66.

Gundolf K., Jaouen A. & Gast J. 2018. Motives for strategic alliances in cultural and creative industries. Creativity and Innovation Management, 27(2): 148-160.

Hora W., Gast J., Kailer N., Rey-Marti A. & Mas- Tur A. Forthcoming. David and Goliath: Causes and effects of coopetition between start-ups and corporates. Review of Managerial Science.

Gast J., Hora W., Bouncken R.B. & Kraus S. Forthcoming. Challenges and Merits of Coopetitive Innovation. In Chiambaretto P., Czakon W., Fernandez A.-S., Le Roy F. (Eds.), Routledge Companion on Coopetition Strategy.

Filser M., De Massis A., Gast J., Kraus S. & Niemand T. 2018. Tracing the roots of innovativeness in family SMEs: The effect of family functionality and socioemotional wealth. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 35(4): 609-628.