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Marziyeh Talebian

Marziyeh Talebian
Faculty

John Molson School of Business

Program

PhD in Business Administration

Specialization: Management

Thesis supervisor: Asma Fattoum-Guedri
Thesis title: When the crowd meets the professionals: Performance implications of crowd and venture capital ownership over the venture life cycle 

Research interests: Entrepreneurship, Business Model Innovation, Entrepreneurial finance, Corporate governance, Sustainability. 

Academic degrees: 

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA, general)
  • Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Courses taught:

  • COMM 320 - Entrepreneurship

Publications and conference presentations:

  • Talebian, M., Fattoum‐Guedri, A., & Molz, R. (2025). Navigating grand challenges: How environmental dynamism shapes robust action and business model innovation. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.70001
  • Talebian, M. The cost of unequal voices: Voting power asymmetry and the performance of equity crowdfunded firms. Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, San Francisco, United States, October 2025-scheduled.
  • Talebian, M. The ideal funding trajectory for technology ventures seeking equity crowdfunding and venture capital (VC) funding. Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Istanbul, Türkiye, October 2024.
  • Talebian, M. From the screen to the table: The ideal funding trajectory for technology ventures seeking equity crowdfunding and venture capital (VC) funding. Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Montreal, Canada, June 2024.
  • Talebian, M., Molz, R., & Fattoum-Guedri, A. Towards a systems approach to the study of a system: An integrative review of the business model innovation (BMI) literature. European Group for Organization Studies, Vienna, Austria, July 2022
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