Since 2020, Miriam Bird holds the professorship for Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise at the TUM School of Management, TUM Campus Heilbronn. As a director, she is also leading the Global Center for Family Enterprise (GCFE). In her research, Miriam Bird focuses on topics such as female entrepreneurship, new venture team design, strategic ownership and the role of digital technologies in family enterprises. In particular, she is interested in understanding better the social context, in which entrepreneurs and family enterprises are embedded in. Dr. Miriam Bird earned her Ph.D. in 2014 at the Department of Management at the Stockholm School of Economics. Her dissertation topic dealt with the influence of family on entrepreneurial outcomes. In the course of her Ph.D. studies, Prof. Bird was visiting researcher at McGill University, University of Alberta, and HEC Montréal. After earning her Ph.D., she was an assistant professor and director at the Global Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of St. Gallen (2015-2020). In August 2019, she received the “venia legendi” (i.e., habilitation) for business administration. Her research won several prestigious international awards and has been featured in various media outlets and business magazines. Her last research grant on the topic of entrepreneurial teams was categorized as an “excellent” research contribution by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
