Natalia Vershinina

Natalia Vershinina is a Full Professor of Entrepreneurship and Deputy Director for Research at Audencia Business School in Nantes, France. Natalia has researched how entrepreneurship intersects with ethnicity, gender, class and family business contexts and her latest work is on effect of regulation on small firms; impact of online communities for development of confidence and legitimacy amongst women; and finally transitions to self-employment and entrepreneurship of women in couples. She is currently a Chair of the ECSB Gender and Entrepreneurship Special Interest Group, a member of ECSB Council and a great supporter and trustee of ISBE. She is a Joint Editor in Chief of Gender Work and Organization Journal, an Associate Editor for Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, and formerly Associate Editor for Journal of Business Research and International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior Research.