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South Africa

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Freelance Statistician, Data Analyst, and Researcher | Advanced expertise in Structural Equation Modelling

Profile Summary

I draw on my deep academic and practice experience in entrepreneurship to deliver unique, data-driven insights for my clients. I specialize in the novel development and administration of organizational (e.g., firm performance, competence, learning, decentralization etc.) and psychometric measures (e.g., personality, attitudes, etc.), and the use of these measures for the prediction and control of important social and business-performance phenomena. Demonstrated skills in the use of SEM for academic research (e.g., SEM for experimental designs, Non-linear SEM using latent moderated structural equations, estimating instantaneous indirect effects for nonlinear mediation models, Serial SEM, Multigroup Analyses, Endogeneity tests and controls using instrumental variables).

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Business Statistics
• ☆ Business Analytics
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Small Business

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting

Research Market Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Director

KnowledgeCrunch

January 2022 - Present

Faculty (Quantitative Methods in Business Management)

University of Pretoria

March 2020 - March 2021

Business Incubator Manager

University of Pretoria

January 2019 - January 2020

Graduate Researcher

University of Pretoria

July 2018 - January 2020

Education

PhD Entrepreneurship

University of Pretoria

January 2019 - December 2021

MPhil in Entrepreneurship

University of Pretoria

January 2018 - December 2018

Bcom (Hons)

University of Pretoria

January 2017 - December 2017

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Michael L Pietersen, Melodi Botha(2021). Impulsivity and entrepreneurial behaviour: Exploring an unreasoned pathway . International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship. p. 026624262110081. {SAGE} Publications

Michael L. Pietersen, Melodi Botha(2021). Impulsivity and entrepreneurial perseverance: toward an empirical account and entrepreneurship-prone profile . International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. 27. (7). p. 1849--1870. Emerald

Pietersen, M., Botha, M. Achieving coherence: towards a model of the nascent-stage behavioral dynamics of new venture teams. Int Entrep Manag J 17, 1261–1290 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-020-00701-x .

Michael Pietersen, Melodi Botha (2020). Entrepreneurial Action and Competencies: Exploring Pathways to Venturing Accomplishments . Entrepreneurship Research Journal.