Rate My Professor Sara Ekberg

Dr. Sara Ekberg is a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship in the Department of Management at Griffith Business School, Griffith University, located at N72 0.08 on the Nathan Campus. She holds two doctoral degrees: a doctoral degree in Business Administration from Jönköping International Business School in Sweden and a PhD in Communication, Media and Journalism from Queensland University of Technology. These were pursued concurrently as a double degree program. Her dissertation examined how newspaper organizations manage changes caused by digitization. Prior to her academic career, she worked as a business advisor for the Swedish Public Employment Service. Following her PhDs, she completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Queensland before joining Griffith University as a lecturer. In 2017, she received the Oskar Sillén Award for the best doctoral thesis in Business Administration in Sweden.

Dr. Ekberg's research focuses on entrepreneurship in institutional contexts, business growth, strategic issues, and institutional theory. She is affiliated with the Centre for Work, Organisation and Wellbeing and contributes to the Clinician Entrepreneurship Change Agent Program as part of the expert team. Her work includes studies on the impact of COVID-19 on restaurants, conducted with colleagues from the Department of Business Strategy and Innovation. Key publications include 'Fostering growth through business development: Core activities and challenges for micro-firm entrepreneurs' (2017), which has garnered 81 citations; 'Are opportunities and threats enough? A development of the labels of strategic issues' published in the Journal of Media Business Studies (2020); 'The role of organizational integrity in responses to pressures: A case study of Australian newspapers' (2017); and 'Perceived Challenges of Growth in Micro Enterprises' (2011). She teaches entrepreneurship courses and supervises students in related areas, contributing to the development of enterprising skills among STEAM academics and clinicians. Her research informs practical applications in business strategy and innovation within disrupted industries.