Leonhard GEBHARDT

Strategy and Entrepreneurship
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Biography

Leonhard Gebhardt researches how and in which context Change Makers can contribute to progress and a better world. He investigates entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial ecosystems for sustainable development and business models in the light of digital transformation. He taught Digital Business and General Management at HTW Berlin as a lecturer. Leonhard studied Nonprofit Management and Public Governance, Economics, and Art History in Berlin, Jena, and Madrid. In international NGOs in Berlin and Mexico City, he gained professional experience.

Degrees and Training

Year Title Institution Country
2024 PhD in Economics and Social Sciences Germany
2016 MA in Nonprofit-Management and Public Governance HTW Berlin Germany
2014 BA in History of Arts, Economics FRIEDRICH-SCHILLER-UNIVERSITY Germany

Courses Taught

Year Title Country Institution
2023 Corporate Strategy & Innovation France ICN Business School
2023 Governance & Responsible Leadership France ICN Business School
2023 Strategic Challenge France ICN Business School
2023 Business Functions (simulation) France ICN Business School
2023 Research methods & Data Analytics France ICN Business School
2023 Innovation, Agility & Design Thinking France ICN Business School
2023 Strategy Germany ICN Business School
2022 Risk Management Germany ICN Business School
2018 General Management – Enterprise Simulation Germany HTW Berlin
2018 Digital Business Seminar Germany HTW Berlin
2017 Project Study on Public Marketing Germany Berlin School of Economics and Law

Research Interests

  • Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Sustainable Development
  • Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
  • Digital Transformation

Publications

Year Type Reference
2025 Journal article GEBHARDT, L., J. KAUS, K. HOELZLE, “Strategic agencement: how sustainable entrepreneurs address the dual liabilities of newness and otherness”, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, March 2025
2025 Journal article ADUSEI, E., T. HALASZOVICH, L. GEBHARDT, “Greening the Nexus Between Managerial Innovativeness and Innovation Performance of Manufacturing SMEs: The Mediating Role of Green Ambidexterity”, Business Strategy and the Environment, September 2025, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 7016-7032
2025 Proceedings from scientific conference WACHE, H., L. GEBHARDT, C. KOLLWITZ, A.-K. HÜSKE, “Harnessing Hackathons and Generative AI for Social Entrepreneurship Education” in AMCIS 2025 Proceedings, AIS Electronic Library (AISeL), 2025, Canada
2025 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference GEBHARDT, L., K. REMKE, “Sustainability in Supermodernity” in Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark
2024 Journal article CORREDOR JIMENEZ, J., S. NORRIS, L. GEBHARDT, “For the good of the people: establishing public value creation as an objective for sustainable entrepreneurship policy”, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, June 2024, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 242-261
2024 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference GEBHARDT, L., “Reframing entrepreneurial ecosystems with resonance” in 40th EGOS Colloquium, 2024, Milano, Italy
2024 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference GEBHARDT, L., O. BERTHOD, K. FINSTAD-MILION, “Track chair ” Public Engagement in Responsible Management Research and Education. Good Practice from Case Studies and New Methods” in 11th Responsible Management Education Research Conference, 2024, Berlin, Germany
2023 Journal article GEBHARDT, L., K. HÖLZLE, “Scaling Sustainable Entrepreneurship for Impact: Design Knowledge for the Use of Digital Technologies”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, May 2023, vol. 13873, pp. 177-190
2023 Journal article GEBHARDT, L., N. BACHMANN, “Entrepreneurial contributions to sustainability transitions—A longitudinal study of their representation and enactment through topic modeling and thematic analysis”, Journal of Cleaner Production, September 2023, vol. 420, no. 138255
2023 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference GEBHARDT, L., K. HÖLZLE, “Scaling Sustainable Entrepreneurship for Impact: Design Knowledge for the Use of Digital Technologies” in 18th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIT), 2023, Pretoria, South Africa
2023 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference GEBHARDT, L., “Bringing Sustainability Back into Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. A Review and Research Agenda” in EURAM (European Academy of Management annual meeting), 2023, Dublin, Ireland
2022 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference GEBHARDT, L., K. HÖLZLE, “Trading sovereignty for business model’s potential in digital business ecosystems – A Faustian bargain for sustainable entrepreneurs?” in AoM Annual Meeting 2022, 2022, Seattle, United States of America
2021 Book BODUNG, T., K. ERDLE, L. GEBHARDT, R. WAUBKE, Digital Value, Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2021
2021 Book Chapter HARTMANN, M., R. WAUBKE, L. GEBHARDT, “Productivity Paradox in Digital Innovation for SMEs” in Digitalization. Management for Professionals., Schallmo, D.R.A., Tidd, J. Eds, Springer Cham, pp. 145-152, 2021
2021 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference GEBHARDT, L., T. BODUNG, K. ERDLE, R. WAUBKE, S. WITTENBERG, “Closing the Digital Divide: A Digital Intrapreneurship Framework Building on Design Science Research” in RENT, 2021, Turku, Finland
2021 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference GEBHARDT, L., K. HÖLZLE, N. BACHMAN, “Enactment and Representation of Entrepreneurial Contributions to Sustainability Transitions in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems” in DRUID 2021, 2021, COPENHAGUE, Denmark
2020 Book Chapter HARTMANN, M., L. GEBHARDT, “Empirische Erfahrungen zum Digital Entrepreneurship in KMU” in Perspektiven des Entrepreneurships: Unternehmerische Konzepte zwischen Theorie und Praxis., Katharina Hölzle (Hrsg.) Victor Tiberius (Hrsg.) Heike Surrey (Hrsg.) Ed., Schäffer-Poeschel Verlag, pp. 313-330, 2020
2020 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference GEBHARDT, L., “Topic Modelling on Opportunities for Sustainable Entrepreneurship at the Green Rocket Crowdfunding-Platform” in ISPIM 2020, 2020, Online
2020 Communications in an Academical or Professional conference BODUNG, T., K. ERDLE, M. HARTMANN, L. GEBHARDT, R. WAUBKE, “Productivity Paradox in Digital Transformation for SMEs – a Participatory Inquiry” in RENT, 2020, Online
2019 Book Chapter GEBHARDT, L., “Die neue Nachhaltigkeit im Unternehmertum” in Die neue Betriebswirtschaft., Wilhelm Schmeisser, Wolfgang Becker, Markus Beckmann, Alexander Brem, Peter P. Eckstein, Matthias Hartmann, Eds, UVK Verlag, chap. 19, pp. 593-618, 2019