Esther Salvi is research assistant as well as PhD candidate. She has been working at the Chair for Corporate Sustainability since January 2019, where she conducts teaching and research activities. She is involved in PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education, a United Nations initiative: https://www.unprme.org) as PRME sustainability assistant. She is also Doctoral Research Coordinator at the TUM SEED Center. In this role, she coordinates TUM SEED Doctoral Students and organizes monthly SEED Research Meetings. She is also responsible for the co-development of a joint SEED Research Agenda and SEED Research Network.
She holds a Master’s degree in Food Technology and Science from the University of Milano, where she graduated with distinction in 2018. In her research and teaching, she focuses on sustainable entrepreneurship in developing countries, with a major focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. She aims at understanding the role of informal micro-enterprises, which is linked to development of specific policies for the enhancement of micro-enterprises formalization and growth. Beside this, she focuses also on the role of family and close network for informal entrepreneurs in rural villages, which provide them access to credit, knowledge and empowerment.
1994: | Born in Luino, Lake Maggiore, Italy |
2013-2016: | University of Turin Undergraduate Studies in Food Technology Graduated Summa Cum Laude |
2016-2018: | University of Milan Graduate Studies in Food Science and Technology Graduated Summa Cum Laude |
2018: | Technical University of Munich Master´s Thesis on Environmental and Nutritional Sustainability |
2019- Present: | Technical University of Munich Ph.D. student and research assistant Main Focus: Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries (Africa) Teaching: Sustainable Entrepreneurship – Theoretical Foundation; Sustainable Entrepreneurship – Theoretical Foundation; TUM SoM International Summer School on Sustainable Entrepreneurship |
January 2022 - present: | Research Coordinator, Technical University of Munich |
2019 - present: | Research Assistant, Technical University of Munich Chair of Corporate Sustainability Topic : Informal Entrepreneurship |
2019 - 2021 | Program Manager , Technical University of Munich “International Summer School: Sustainable Entrepreneurship – Theory and Practice” |
2018 - 2019: | Research Assistant, Technical University of Munich Chair of Marketing and Consumer Research Topic : Consumer Behavior in a Complex Food Market Environment |
2013 - 2018: | Wine Advisor & Digital Consultant Centrovini Enoteca, Lake Maggiore, Italy |
August 2015 - September 2015: | Food Quality Consultant & Production Supervisor Curricular Internship at GERLA 1927 S.p.a., Torino, Italy |
Salvi, E., Belz, F.-M., & Bacq, S. 2022. Informal Entrepreneurship: An Integrative Review and Future Research Agenda. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice. https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587221115365
Salvi, E., & Gimenez-Jimenez, D. 2022. The Role of Collectivism and Gender Equality in Informal Entrepreneurship. Academy of Management Proceedings 2022.
Salvi & Belz. 2020. Semi-Formal Firms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a More Nuanced Understanding of (In)Formality. 2020 BCERC Online Conference.
Salvi & Belz, 2021. The Role of Meso-Level Institutions on Informal Enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research BCERC Proceedings.
Moellmann & Salvi, 2021. Unterwegs in Mali. TUMcampus Ausgabe 1/2021. Spezial zum Thema Nachhaltigkeit, p. 70-73.
Salvi & Belz, 2021. Informal Entrepreneurship: An Integrative Literature Review. AOM Annual Meeting Proceedings.
April 2018: | “Erasmus +” Grant Provided by the European Commission |
March 2019: | “TUM Without Borders” Grant Provided by TUM International Center |
Areas of interest
Sustainable Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries
Formalization of Micro-Enterprises
Informal & Semi-Formal Micro-Enterprises
Informal Associations in Rural Areas
Contact
Tel: +49.8161.714644
E-Mail: esther.salvi@tum.de
TUM SoM International Summer School on Sustainable Entrepreneurship