Prof. Dr. Isabell M. Welpe is a professor and head of the Strategy and Organization research group and cofounder of the TUM Blockchain Center at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. In her current projects, Prof. Dr. Isabell M. Welpe focuses on the digital transformation of companies, the impact of Blockchain on the economy and organizations, predictors of startup success and the future of the financial and investment industry as well as strategy, leadership and innovation. She has published studies on, e.g. “Disrupting Industries with Blockchain”, “Digital Business Models”, „Social Media as Information Markets“. Her current interests are in the potential of emerging technologies, such as distributed ledger & blockchain technology for novel value chains, business models and organizational forms. Isabell M. Welpe studied management at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Germany and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA. In addition, she completed an MSc at the London School of Economics. She is a an associate at the Centre for Blockchain Technologies at the University College London. Her research is covered in the media, such as the Harvard Business Manager, MIT Sloan Management Review.
