Dr. Aishwarya Kakatkar

Office hours: upon appointment 
aishwarya.kakatkar@tum.de

Research Interests

Entrepreneurial cognition and well-being
Entrepreneurial teams
Machine learning techniques for analyzing unstructured textual data

Academic Background

June 2018 – December 2021
PhD Candidate at the Entrepreneurship Research Institute at the Chair of Entrepreneurship, Prof. Dr. Dr. Holger Patzelt, Technical University of Munich

September 2014 – June 2018
MA in Economics and Management, University of St Andrews

Professional Background

Since December 2021
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Entrepreneurship Research Institute, at the Chair of Entrepreneurship, Prof. Dr. Dr. Holger Patzelt, Technical University of Munich

June 2018 – December 2021
Research Assistant at the Entrepreneurship Research Institute, at the Chair of Entrepreneurship, Prof. Dr. Dr. Holger Patzelt, Technical University of Munich

September 2015 – April 2018
Founder and Director of Economic Policy & Research Group, University of St Andrews

April 2016 – March 2018
President of St Andrews Entrepreneurs Society, University of St Andrews

June 2017 – August 2017
Business Intelligence Intern at Amazon, Munich

June 2016 - August 2016
Finance and Portfolio Intern at Wayra (in-house startup accelerator), Telefónica, Munich

September 2015 – May 2016
Research Assistant at the School of Economics and Finance, University of St Andrews

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Kakatkar, Aishwarya; Patzelt, Holger; Breugst, Nicola: Towards a Dynamic Model of Entrepreneurial Energy. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2024 more…
  • Kakatkar, Aishwarya; Patzelt, Holger; Breugst, Nicola: Trust in entrepreneurial teams: The role of team narratives. Applied Psychology, 2023 more…

Conferences

  • Kakatkar, Aishwarya; Patzelt, Holger; Breugst, Nicola: Towards a Dynamic Model of Entrepreneurial Fatigue. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management in Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, 2021Virtual more…
  • Kakatkar, Aishwarya; Patzelt, Holger; Breugst, Nicola: Path-Dependent Collective Attention in Entrepreneurial Opportunity Emergence. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2021Virtual more…
  • Kakatkar, Aishwarya; Patzelt, Holger; Breugst, Nicola: Building Trust in Entrepreneurial Teams: The Role of Entrepreneurial Team Narratives. 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2020Vancouver, Canada more…
  • Kakatkar, Aishwarya; Breugst, Nicola: Building Trust through Entrepreneurial Team Narratives. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), 2020 Knoxville, TN, USA, Conference canceled due to Coronavirus more…
  • Kakatkar, Aishwarya; Patzelt, Holger: Entrepreneurial Fatigue: Conceptualization, Emergence, and Implications for Entrepreneurs and their Ventures. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), 2020 Knoxville, TN, USA, Conference canceled due to Coronavirus more…
  • Kakatkar, Aishwarya; Patzelt, Holger; Breugst, Nicola: Entrepreneurial Team Narratives and Exit Intentions. 23. Interdisziplinäre Jahreskonferenz zu Entrepreneurship, Innovation und Mittelstand (G-Forum), 2019Vienna, Austria more…

Consortia

BCERC Doctoral Consortium (2020). Knoxville, TN, USA.