Assoc. Prof. Dr. Evgeniia Filippova-Karlusch

Leave of Absence +43 512 2070 - 3137 evgeniia.filippova@mci.edu

Professional work experience

09/2020 - present
Associate Professorship at the Department Business & Management - MCI Management Center Innsbruck
01/2020 - 06/2020
Scientist at the Center for Innovation Systems and Policy - AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
06/2018 - 12/2019
Senior Scientist at the Research Institute for Cryptoeconomics - WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
05/2016 - 05/2018
Researcher & Lecturer at Department for Entrepreneurship and Innovation - WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
05/2016 - 12/2019
Lecturer & Advisor at i2c Innovation Incubation Center - TU Technical University of Vienna
05/2016 - 05/2018
Research Fellow within the STREAM Project - CERN
12/2015 - 04/2016
Research Assistant at K1-Gründerservice - Friedrich Schiller University Jena
03/2013 - 08/2014
Business Development - Tumplare Corporation
09/2011 - 04/2013
Co-Founder - Aftek Ltd

Education

02/2016 - 04/2020
Dr. - WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
PhD
01/2014 - 12/2016
MSc. - Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Master in Economics
01/2008 - 12/2013
Dipl.-Ök. - St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance
Diploma in Financial Management

Teaching (faculty internships etc.)

10/2018 - present
Medical University Vienna
Business Modelling
08/2018 - 08/2018
Kyoto Institute of Technology
Entrepreneurship Summer School - Module 'FinTech & Blockchain'
06/2018 - present
national and international
Invited talks and keynotes on Blockchain (Austrian Innovation Forum; Banken Challenge 2025; Moving Forward Conference; Workshop at the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Research; CEE Fundrising Conference; Raiffeisen Conference on Sustainable Investing, etc.)
05/2016 - present
WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
FinTech & Blockchain Lab, Entrepreneurship
05/2016 - 12/2019
TU Technical University of Vienna
Technology Leveraging, Lean Start-Up, Business Modelling

Practice related research and developmental project

01/2020 - 12/2020
scientific supervision (Work Package on Strategic Foresight) - Quantum Flagship (European Union)
CiViQ (Quantum Key Distribution Technology)
01/2019 - 12/2019
scientific supervision - OeNB Austrian National Bank
Blockchain for securities' settlement
01/2016 - 12/2018
scientific supervision (Work Package 'Technology Valorisation') - CERN
EU-Project STREAM ('Smart Sensor Technologies and Training for Radiation Enhanced Applications and Measurements')

Competitive Research Award

01/2019 - 12/2019
International Conference on Blockchain in San Diego (ICBC 2019)
Best Paper Award
01/2019 - 12/2019
WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration
High Potentials Award for a research stay at the University of Zurich
01/2016 - 12/2016
European Commission
Marie-Curie PhD Fellowship
01/2014 - 12/2014
DAAD
Full Scholarship for Master Programm in Germany (DAAD-ERP)
01/2014 - 12/2014
ERANET
Eranet-Plus full scholarship for Master Programm in Germany
01/2007 - 12/2007
Bank Intesa Sanpaolo
Scholarship of the Bank Intesa Sanpaolo for exchange year in Italy (AFS-Intercultura)

Editorial board service

01/2019 - 12/2019
Frontiers in Blockchain: Guest Associate Editor for 'Blockchain for Good'

Other

01/2019 - 12/2019
Research stay at the University of Zurich
01/2018 - 12/2018
Research visit at Stanford Entrepreneurship Hub
01/2017 - 12/2017
Research stay at the MIT Sloan Schoola of Management
01/2017 - 12/2017
Research visit Aalto University, Design Factory
01/2016 - 12/2016
Research stay at the University of Warwick (Department of Economics)

Positions in professional/academic societies

01/2019 - present
Member - IEEE

Board membership with significant responsibilities

10/2020 - present
World Economic Forum, Global Future Council on Cryptocurrencies

Chapters in books

Filippova, E. (2020, Mai). FinTechs - Revolution des Bankenwesens? In Foresight und Technilfolgenabschätzung: Monitoring von Zukunftsthemen für das Österreichische Parlament (2020, Mai). Projektbericht Nr. ITA-AIT-12 | ISSN: 1819-1320 | ISSN-Online: 1818-6556, https://www.parlament.gv.at/ZUSD/FTA/092_fintechs.pdf

Peer reviewed academic/professional meeting proceedings

Filippova-Karlusch, Evgeniia and Summer, Jakob Vincent, "Adoption of Smart Home Speakers: Study of User Acceptance Factors" (2022). AMCIS 2022 Proceedings. 3. https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2022/sig_adit/sig_adit/3
Filippova, E. (2019, August). Blockchain Materialization as a General Purpose Technology: A Research Framework. In European Conference on Parallel Processing (pp. 216-227). Springer, Cham.
Filippova, E., Scharl, A., & Filippov, P. (2019, June). Blockchain: an empirical investigation of its scope for improvement. In International Conference on Blockchain (pp. 1-17). Springer, Cham.
Filippova, E. (2019, June). Empirical Evidence and Economic Implications of Blockchain as a General Purpose Technology. In 2019 IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Conference (TEMSCON) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.

Presentation of a paper at a conference, workshop or seminar

Filippova E., Franke N. (2017, July). Everyone is a designer - radical innovation to foster user creativity in toolkits. Presentation at the International Open and User Innovation Conference, Innsbruck.
Filippova E., Vannuccini S. (2017, June). Biotechnology as a possible GPT: empirical investigation. Paper presented at the European Meeting on Applied Evolutionary Economics, Strasbourg.
FilippovaE., Mehner B. (2016, December). Technology Competence Leveraging of CMOS-based technologies. Presentation at the Aalto Design Factory Workshop.

Other intellectual contributions

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Cryptocurrency_Uses_Cases_2020.pdf

Supervised bachelor theses

Kovacs Mate (2024): Internet of Things - basierte Geschäftsmodellimplikationen zur Nachhaltigkeit bei Start-Ups
Dehnert Peter (2023): Dimensions of Trust in the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem
Duelli Mattias (2022): How to Influence Entrepreneurial Intention - An Analysis of People's Personality Traits, Risk Tolerance and Opportunity Recognition
Baumgartner Jasmin (2021): Artifical Intelligence (AI) in Strategic Marketing: A Qualitative Analysis on the Perceived Barriers of Adopting AI in Strategic Marketing in Austrian SMEs
Achenrainer Alexander (2021): Verwendung von Kryptowährungen in Anbetracht der zugrunde liegenden Motivationsfaktoren

Supervised master theses

Hansson Anders Emil (2025): Examining Factors That Influence QR Payment Adoption Amongst Students in Tyrol
Mena Richard (2024): Digitalization Success Factors for Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Start-Ups Entering the Scaling Phase
Gaspari Micol (2023): Corporate Entrepreneurship: Success Factors of Scaling Exit Opportunities in Ambidextrous Organizations
Martin John (2023): Blockchain Implementation in the Luxury Watch Industry
Baumgartner Hanna (2023): Drive the Digitalization - Organizational Adoption of ABCD Technologies
De Bianchi Francesca (2023): Blockchain Technology and Food Supply Chain - The Impact on Consumers' Purchasing Habits
Göring Fabian Fips (2023): The Adoption of Bitcoin as Legal Tender in El Salvador: A Perceived Risk Perspective
Müller Elisabeth (2023): Antecedents of Information Privacy Concerns in the Context of Autonomous Vehicles: A Quantitative Study in Austria
Báča Michal (2022): Key Account Management Practises Within the Organization Operating With a Multi-Sided Platform Business Model: A Case Study of Palfinger Structural Inspection GmbH
Rasinger Lukas (2022): Blockchain-Enabled Data Management in the Financial Sector: Qualitative Analysis of the Adoption Process in the Austrian Market
Rabensteiner Lukas (2022): The Mitigation of the Risk of Money Laundering in Relation to Crypto-Assets in Banks
Masarwa Katharina (2022): Digitalization in Healthcare Sector - With a Special View on the Perspective of Employees in Private Fertility Clinics
Summer Jakob (2022): Adoption of Smart Home Speakers: Explorational Study of User Acceptance Factors
Margreiter Florian (2022): The Value of Artificial Intelligence in the Recruiting Industry
Bachmann David (2022): Artificial Intelligence as a General-Purpose Technology
Fink Christoph (2022): Beyond the Hype - A Twitter Sentiment Analysis on Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Technology
Thalhofer Natalie (2021): Organizational Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in SMEs in the DACH Region - Status Quo and Relevant Determinants
Uher Lukas (2021): Driving User Adoption in Two-Sided Platforms Towards Critical Mass: Analysis of Strategies in European Companies