Prof. Dr. Matthias Menter

Current Positions

• since 2018
  Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
  Professor of Business Dynamics, Innovation and Economic Change
• since 2016
  Indiana University Bloomington, USA
  Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Strategies

Past Academic Positions

• 2016
  Indiana University Bloomington, USA
  Visiting Scholar and Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA)
• 2014 - 2018 
  University of Augsburg, Germany
  Research Fellow (Ph.D. Candidate), Chair of Management and Organization

Education

• 2018
  University of Augsburg, Germany
  Dissertation
• 2010 - 2011
  Colorado State University, USA
  Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• 2007 - 2012
  University of Augsburg, Germany
  Studies of Information-oriented Business Administration (Dipl. Kaufmann)

Monographs

• Menter, M. (2018): Picking the Winners: Public Policy Strategies for Knowledge-Based Economies (Dissertation).

Guest-edited Special Issues

• David B. Audretsch, Maksim Belitski, Rosa Caiazza, Mark Drapeau, Matthias Menter, and William Wales (2024): Resilience and Digital Entrepreneurship, Special Issue in Entrepreneurship & Regional Development.
• Uwe Cantner, Martin Kalthaus, Matthias Menter, and Pierre Mohnen (2023): Global Knowledge Flows: Characteristics, Determinants, and Impacts, Special Issue in Industrial and Corporate Change
• David B. Audretsch, Maksim Belitski, Rosa Caiazza, Farzana Chowdhury, and Matthias Menter (2023): Entrepreneurial Growth, Value Creation and New Technologies, Special Issue in The Journal of Technology Transfer.
• David B. Audretsch, Maksim Belitski, Rosa Caiazza, Christina Günther, and Matthias Menter (2022): From Latent to Emergent Entrepreneurship , Special Issue in Technological Forecasting and Social Change.
• David B. Audretsch, Maksim Belitski, Rosa Caiazza, Christina Günther, and Matthias Menter (2021): Technology Adoption over the Stages of Entrepreneurship, Special Issue in the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing.
• James A. Cunningham and Matthias Menter (2020): Micro Level Academic Entrepreneurship, Special Issue in the Journal of Management Development.
• David B. Audretsch, James A. Cunningham, Donald F. Kuratko, Erik E. Lehmann, and Matthias Menter (2019): Economic, Technological, and Societal Impacts of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems, Special Issue in the Journal of Technology Transfer.

Articles in Refereed Journals

2024

• Menter, M., Göcke, L., & Zeeb, C. (2024): "The organizational impact of business model innovation: assessing the person‐organization fitExternal link", Journal of Management Studies, 61 (3), 926-967.
• Guerrero, M., & Menter, M. (2024): "Driving change in higher education: The role of dynamic capabilities in strengthening universities’ third mission"External link, Small Business Economics, 1-17.
• Audretsch, D. B., Belitski, M., Caiazza, R., Drapeau, M. D., Menter, M., & Wales, W. J. (2024). "Resilience and digitally-advanced entrepreneurship"External link, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 36 (1-2), 1-9.
•  Menter, M. (2024): "From technological to social innovation: toward a mission-reorientation of entrepreneurial universities"External link, The Journal of Technology Transfer, 49 (1), 104-118. 

2023

• Cantner, U., Kalthaus, M., Menter, M., & Mohnen, P. (2023): "Global knowledge flows: Characteristics, determinants, and impacts"External link, Industrial and Corporate Change, 32 (5), 1063-1076.
• Buratti, M., Cantner, U., Cunningham, J. A., Lehmann, E. E., & Menter, M. (2023): "The dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems: An empirical investigation"External link, R&D Management, 53 (4), 656-674.
• Audretsch, D. B., Belitski, M., Caiazza, R., Chowdhury, F., & Menter, M. (2023): "Entrepreneurial growth, value creation and new technologies"External link, The Journal of Technology Transfer, 48 (5), 1535-1551.
• Menter, M., Göcke, L., Zeeb, C., & Clauss, T. (2023). "Disentangling the complex longitudinal relationships between business model innovation and firm performance."External link Journal of Business Research, 168, 114229.
• Bejjani, M., Göcke, L., & Menter, M. (2023): "Digital entrepreneurial ecosystems: A systematic literature review"External link, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 189, 122372.

2022

• James A. Cunningham, Erik E. Lehmann, and Matthias Menter (2022): The organizational architecture of entrepreneuria universities across the stages of entrepreneurship: A conceptual frameworkExternal link, Small Business Economics, 59 (1), 11-27.
• Göcke, L., Hülsebusch, K., & Menter, M. (2022): "The legitimacy of corporate entrepreneurship: A structured literature review"External link, Management Review Quarterly, 72 (2), 385-416.
• Lehmann, E. E., Menter, M., & Wirsching, K. (2022): "University spillovers, absorptive capacities, and firm performance"External link, Eurasian Business Review, 12 (1), 125-150.
• Menter, M. (2022): "Entrepreneurial universities and innovative behavior: The impact of gender diversity"External link, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 31 (1-2), 20-34.
• Audretsch, D. B., Belitski, M., Caiazza, R., Günther, C., & Menter, M. (2022): "Technology adoption over the stages of entrepreneurship", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 14 (4/5), 379-390.
• Audretsch, D. B., Belitski, M., Caiazza, R., Günther, C., & Menter, M. (2022): "From latent to emergent entrepreneurship: The importance of context"External link, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 175, 121356.
• Graf, H., & Menter, M. (2022): "Public research and the quality of inventions: The role and impact of entrepreneurial universities and regional network embeddednessExternal link", Small Business Economics, 58 (2), 1187-1204. 
• Atia, S., Menter, M., & Übelmesser, S. (2022): "The determinants of refugee entrepreneurship: A cross-cultural study"External link, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research (Proceedings of Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference).
• Holger Graf and Matthias Menter (2022): Public research and the quality of inventions: The role and impact of entrepreneurial universities and regional network embeddednessExternal link, Small Business Economics, 58 (2), 1187-1204.
• Matthias Menter (2022): Entrepreneurial universities and innovative behavior: The impact of gender diversityExternal link, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 31 (1-2), 20-34.  

2021

• Johannes Carl and Matthias Menter (2021): The social impact of universities: Assessing the effects of the three university missions on social engagementExternal link, Studies in Higher Education, 46 (5), 965-976.
• David B. Audretsch, Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Katharine Wirsching (2021): Intrapreneurship and absorptive capacities: The dynamic effect of labor mobilityExternal link, Technovation, 99, 102-129
• James A. Cunningham and Matthias Menter (2021): Transformative change in higher education: Entrepreneurial universities and high-technology entrepreneurship?External link, Industry and Innovation, 28 (3), 343-364.
• Uwe Cantner, James A. Cunningham, Erik E. Lehmann, and Matthias Menter (2021): Entrepreneurial ecosystems: A dynamic lifecycle modelExternal link, Small Business Economics, 57, 407-423.
• Conor O'Kane, James A. Cunningham, Matthias Menter, and Sara Walton (2021): The brokering role of technolgy transfer offices within entrepreneurial ecosystems: An investigation of macro-meso-micro factorsExternal link, Journal of Technology Transfer, 1-31.

2020

• James A. Cunningham and Matthias Menter (2020): Micro level academic entrepreneurship: A research agendExternal link, Journal of Management Development, 39 (5), 581-598.
• James A. Cunningham, Brendan Dolan, Matthias Menter, Conor O'Kane, and Paul O'Reilly (2020): How principal investigators' commercial experience influences technology transfer and market impactsExternal link, Research-Technology Management, 63 (5), 49-58.

2019

• James A. Cunningham, Matthias Menter, and Katharine Wirsching (2019): Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Governance: A Principal Investigator Centred Governance FrameworkExternal link, Small Business Economics, 52 (2), 545-562.
• James A. Cunningham, Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Nikolaus Seitz (2019): The impact of university focused technology transfer policies on regional innovation and entrepreneurshipExternal link, Journal of Technology Transfer, 44 (5), 1451-1475.
• David B. Audretsch, James A. Cunningham, Donald F. Kuratko, Erik E. Lehmann, and Matthais Menter (2019): Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Economic, Technological and Societal ImpactsExternal link, Journal of Technology Transfer, 44 (2), 313-325.
• David B. Audretsch, Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Nikolaus Seitz (2019): Public cluster policy and firm performance: evaluating spillover effects across industriesExternal link, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal. 31 (1-2), 150-165.
• Brendan Dolan, James A. Cunningham, Matthias Menter, and Caroline McGregor (2019): The role and function of cooperative research centers in entrepreneurial universities: A micro level perspectiveExternal link, Management Decision, 57 (12), 3406-3425.

2018

• Dennis P. Leyden and Matthias Menter (2018): The legacy and promise of Vannevar Bush: rethinking the model of innovation and the role of public policyExternal link, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 27 (3), 225-242.
• Erik E. Lehmann and Matthias Menter (2018): Public Cluster Policy and Neighboring Regions: Beggar-thy-neighbor?External link, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 27 (5-6), 420-437.
• Erik E. Lehmann and Matthias Menter (2018): Public Cluster Policy and PerformanceExternal link, The Journal of Technology Transfer, 43 (3), 558-592.
• Matthias Menter, Erik E. Lehmann, and Torben Klarl (2018): In Search of Excellence: A Case study of the first Excellence Initiative of GermanyExternal link, Journal of Business Economics, (formerly: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft ZfB), 88 (9), 1105-1132.
• James A. Cunningham, Matthias Menter, and Conor O'Kane (2018): Value Creation in the Quadruple Helix: A Micro Level Conceptual Model of Value CreationExternal link, R&D Management, 48 (1), 136-147.

2017

• Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Katharine Wirsching (2017): Firm Performance and Regional Innovation Mechanisms: The Moderating Role of Absorptive CapacitiesExternal link, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 37 (11), 243-248.
• James A. Cunningham, Matthias Menter, and Chris Young (2017): A review of qualitative case methods trends and themes used in technology transfer researchExternal link, The Journal of Technology Transfer, 42 (4), 923-956.

2016

• David B. Audretsch, Erik E. Lehmann, and Matthias Menter (2016): Public Cluster Policy and New Venture CreationExternal link, Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 43 (4), 357-381.
• Erik E. Lehmann and Matthias Menter (2016): University-Industry Collaboration and Regional WealthExternal link, The Journal of Technology Transfer, 41 (6), 1284-1307.

Chapters in Books

• Dennis P. Leyden, & Matthias Menter (2022): "The impact of knowledge transfer on innovation: Exploring the cross-fertilization of basic and applied research"External link. In Audretsch, D. B., Lehmann, E. E., & Link, A. N. (Eds.), Handbook on Technology Transfer (pp. 25-38).
• James A. Cunningham, Matthias Menter, and Watson, K. (2022): "Public Sector Entrepreneurship, Principal Investigators and Entrepreneurial Effectuation"External link. In Audretsch, D. B., Khachlouf, N., Caiazza, R., & Belitski, M. (Eds.), Entrepreneurship, Finance and Technology (pp. 130-145).
• Ciara Fitzgerald, James A. Cunningham, Matthias Menter, and Richard B. Nyuur (2021): Strategy Processes in Technology Transfer Offices: Antecedents and ConsequencesExternal link, in: Dana Mietzner and Christian Schultz (eds.), New Perspectives in Technology Transfer- Theroies, Concepts, and Practices in an Age of Complexity , Springer, pp. 71-87.
• James A. Cunningham, Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Nikolaus Seitz (2021): Regional innovation, entrepreneurship and the reform of professor's privilege in GermanyExternal link, in: Maribel Guerrero and David Urbano (eds.), Technology Transfer Policies and Legislation, Springer, pp. 175-205.
• Andreas Freytag, and Matthias Menter (2021): Innovation als Treiber für Klimaschutz: Die zentrale Rolle von Wirtschaft und PolitikExternal link, in: Dieter Thomaschweski and Rainer Völker (eds.), Wirtschaftsstandort Deutschland - Herausforderungen und notwendige Reformen, Kohlhammer, pp. 71-79.
• Hanna Hottenrott, and Matthias Menter (2020): The socialization of doctoral students in the emergence of structured doctoral education in GermanyExternal link, in: John Weidman and Linda DeAngelo (eds.), Socialization in Higher Education and the Early Career - Theory, Research and Application, Springer, pp. 197-219.
• Torben Klarl, and Matthias Menter (2019): A simple behavioral model of stochastic knowledge accumulationExternal link, in: Erik E. Lehmann and Max Keilbach (eds.), From Industrial Organization to Entrepreneurship, Springer, pp. 447-452.
• Donald F. Kuratko and Matthias Menter (2017): The Role of Public Policy in Fostering Technology Based Nascent EntrepreneurshipExternal link, in: James A. Cunningham, and Conor OKane (eds.), Technology Based Nascent Entrepreneurship, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 19-52.
• Matthias Menter (2016): Principal Investigators and the Commercialization of KnowledgeExternal link, in: David B. Audretsch, Erik E. Lehmann, Silvio Vismara, and Michele Meoli (eds.), University Evolution, Entrepreneurial Activity and Regional Competitiveness, Springer, pp. 193-203.
• Paolo Ferrucci, Liam Foran, Elisa Hilgers, Matthias Menter, and Markus Steinbauer (2015): Crime and Security in Europe and the USExternal link, in: David B. Audretsch, Erik E. Lehmann, Aileen Richardson, and Silvio Vismara (eds.), Globalization and Public Policy, Springer, pp. 59-73.

Conference Proceedings

• Atia, S., Menter, M., & Übelmesser, S. (2022): "The determinants of refugee entrepreneurship: A cross-cultural study"External link, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research (Proceedings of Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference)
• Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Katharine Wirsching (2017): Firm Performance and Regional Innovation Mechanisms: The Moderating Role of Absorptive Capacities,External link Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research (Proceedings of Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference)

Awards

• Best Paper AwardExternal link for the Track Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and the Role of Place: Synthesisng Insights from Micro, Meso, and Macro-Level Studies at the 2021 R&D Management Conference for the paper The immanent dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems: An empirical investigation (with Martina Buratti, Uwe Cantner, and James Cunningham).
• Norbert Szyperski Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement Research AwardExternal link at the 2020 G-Forum Conference for the Paper Disentangling the complex longitudinal relationships between business model innovation and firm performance (with Lutz Göcke, Christopher Zeeb, and Thomas Clauß).
• Science Award of the Foundation of the University of Augsburg 2018 (Wissenschaftspreis der Stiftung der Universität Augsburg 2018External link)
• Best Paper Award for Excellence in Research on the Topic of Public Policy, awarded by the Journal of Small Business Management (JSBM) at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) 2017 for the paper Firm Performance and Regional Innovation Mechanisms: The Moderating Role of Absorptive Capacities (with Erik E. Lehmann and Katharine Wirsching).

Editorship

• Since 2021: Editorial Board Member of Management Review QuarterlyExternal link
• Since 2022: Editorial Board Member of Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship JournalExternal link

Review Activities

• Small Enterprise Research
• International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship
• Journal of Small Business Management
• International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research
• Science and Public Policy
• Regional Studies
• Stuies in Higher Education
• Entrepreneurship & Regional Development
• Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal
• The Journal of Technology Transfer
• Technovation
• Economics of Innovation and New Technology
• R&D Management
• The German Journal of Economic Geography
• Journal of Evolutionary Economics
• Research-Technology Management
• Journal of Business Research
• Industry & Innovation

Conferences

2019

• Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Katharine Wirsching: Regional Innovation Mechanism, Absorptive Capacities, and Firm Performance, European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference.
• James A. Cunningham, Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Nikolaus Seitz: The impact of university focused technology transfer policies on regional innovation and entrepreneurship, Annual Conference of Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB).
• James A. Cunningham and Matthias Menter: Technology Transfer Offcie Directors: An Exploratory Study of Job Roles, Responsibilities and Impact, R&D Management Conference.
• Matthias Menter and Christopher Zeeb: Business Model Innovation and Firm Performance: Assessing the impact of incremental and radical innovation, R&D Management Conference.
• Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Nikolaus Seitz: Policy mix in Germany and its impact on entrepreneurship and innovation, Creative Spark Workshop.
• James A. Cunningham, Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Nikolaus Seitz: The impact of university focused technology transfer policies on regional innovation and entrepreneurship, Herrenhausen Conference on "The New Role of the State for  Diffusion and Emergence of Innovation".

2018

• James A. Cunningham, Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Nikolaus Seitz: Technology Transfer Policies and Entrepreneurial Innovation: Assessing the Effectiveness of the German Employees' Inventions Act, Technology Transfer Society (T2S) Annual Conference.
• James A. Cunningham and Matthias Menter: Technology Transfer Office Directors: An Exploratory Study of Job Roles, Responsibilities and Impact, Technology Transfer Society (T2S) Annual Conference.
• Svenja Jarchow and Matthias Menter: What type of funding do regions really need? Investigating the impact of private entrepreneurial funding sources on regional development, G-Forum Conference.
• James A. Cunningham, Brendan Dolan, Matthias Menter, and Conor O'Kane: Publicly Funded Principal Investigators, Technology Transfer and Market Impacts, R&D Management Conference.
• James A. Cunningham, Hanna Hottenrott, and Matthias Menter: Does Money Buy Entrepreneurial Universities? Insights from Germany, 38th Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC).
• David B. Audretsch, Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Katharine Wirsching: Intrapreneurship and Absorptive Capacities: The Dynamic Effect of Labor Mobility, Regional Studies Association Annual Conference.

2017

• James A. Cunningham, Hanna Hottenrott, and Matthias Menter: Does Money Buy Entrepreneurial Universities? Insights from Germany, G-Forum Conference.
• James A. Cunningham, Matthias Menter, and Kayleigh Wilson: Principal Investigators Entrepreneurial Effectuation, R&D Management Conference.
• Erik E. Lehmann and Matthias Menter: The Cluster Puzzle: Geographic Scope and Impact of Public Cluster Policy, R&D Management Conference.
• Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Katharine Wirsching: Firm Performance and Regional Innovation Mechanisms: The Moderating Role of Absorptive Capacities, Annual Conference of Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB).
• Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Katharine Wirsching: Firm Performance and Regional Innovation Mechanisms: The Moderating Role of Absorptive Capacities, 37th Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC).
• James A. Cunningham and Matthias Menter: Public Sector Entrepreneurship: Do Synergistic Effects of Public and Private Funding Exist that Foster Entrepreneurial Activities in Universities?, Augsburg Conference on the Economic, Technological and Societal Impacts of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (ETSIEE).

2016

• Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Katharine Wirsching: Firm Performance and Regional Innovation Mechanisms: The Moderating Role of Absorptive Capacities, Technology Transfer Society (T2S) Annual Conference.
• James A. Cunningham and Matthias Menter: Publicly Funded Principal Investigators Entrepreneurial Effectuation for Public Sector Entrepreneurship Programmes, Technology Transfer Society (T2S) Annual Conference.
• Erik E. Lehmann and Matthias Menter: The Geographic Scope of Public Cluster Policy, DRUID Annual Conference.
• James A. Cunningham and Matthias Menter: Principal Investigators and Value Creation: A Microfoundations Conceptual Model, R&D Management Conference.
• Erik E. Lehmann and Matthias Menter: The Geographic Scope of Public Cluster Policy, DRUID 20th Anniversary Conference.
• Erik E. Lehmann and Matthias Menter: Public Cluster Policy and Performance, European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference.
• Erik E. Lehmann and Matthias Menter: Public Cluster Policy and Performance, Annual Conference of Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB).

2015

• Erik E. Lehmann and Matthias Menter: Public Cluster Policy and Performance, Technology Transfer Society (T2S) Annual Conference.

• Matthias Menter has been awarded the “Norbert Szyperski Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement Research AwardExternal link” at the 2020 Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs (G-Forum) for his paper “Disentangling the complex longitudinal relationships between business model innovation and firm performance“ (co-authored by Lutz Göcke, Christopher Zeeb, and Thomas Clauß)
• Matthias Menter has been awarded the "Wissenschaftspreis 2018"External link of the Foundation of the University of Augsburg. The prize is endowed with 1.500 Euros and was awarded at the Central Doctoral Ceremony on 23 November 2018. 
• Matthias Menter has been appointed Professor of Business Dynamics, Innovation and Economic Change at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, constituting Thuringia's first appointment within the framework of BMBF's Tenure Track Programme. ArticleExternal link