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Prof. Dr. Barbara Scheck

Professor for Entrepreneurship

Prof. Dr. Barbara Scheck started her career in the German Diplomatic Service before co-founding and heading a financial literacy project established by Allianz, McKinsey & Company, KPMG, and Grey. During her Ph.D. studies, she developed the Social Reporting Standard, i.e., guidelines for impact-oriented reporting. Other significant experiences include consulting for a social venture capital fund and projects for development cooperation agencies on social entrepreneurship.

Prof. Dr. Scheck furthermore supports the Social Entrepreneurship Akademie (SEA) in Munich in developing novel education programs for societal change. She is a member of the EU's GECES subgroup on impact measurement in social enterprise, the Impact Measurement Working Group of the Social Impact Investment Task Force established by the G8, and co-founder of Volunteer Vision, an online corporate volunteering platform.

Her research focuses on the financing of social enterprises, impact and mission-related investing, and impact assessment. She holds a Diplôme de Grande Ecole and MSc from European School of Management, where she studied International Business Administration in Paris, Oxford, and Berlin, and a PhD from Technical University Munich.

Before joining MBS in 2016, Prof. Dr. Barbara Scheck was Assistant Professor for Social Investment at University of Hamburg since 2012. 

At MBS

Professor for Entrepreneurship, Academic Program Director MBA General Management

Courses

Bachelor International Business, Master International Business, Master Sports Business and Communication, MBA General Management

Focus

Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship

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All articles by Prof. Dr. Barbara Scheck on the MBS Business Blog
 

Kraft, P. / Scheck, B. (2019): Why Silicon Valley Can Help Companies to Transform, 13.02.2019, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2019/why-silicon-valley-can-help-companies-to-transform/

Scheck, B. (2017): Learning in the Era of Digital Transformation. Munich Business School, 12-05-2017, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2017/learning-era-digital-transformation/
 

Scheck, B. (2016): The 21st Century – an Era of Social Innovation? Munich Business School, 12-05-2016, https://www.munich-business-school.de/insights/en/2016/social-innovation/