Hanfried Denkmal

Prof. Dr. Matthias Menter

Hanfried Denkmal
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Prof. Dr. Matthias Menter

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Research Interests

  • Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
  • Digital and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurial Universities and Academic Entrepreneurship
  • Business Dynamics and Business Model Innovation
  • Innovation and Value Creation
  • University Technology Transfer Commercialization
  • Public Policy Evaluation and Regional Development

Office:  Carl-Zeiss-Str. 3, Room 5.12, 5th floor

Office hours:
by appointment 

(please send an e-mail to uiw.wiwi@uni-jena.de)

  • Positions / Education

    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)
  • Research

    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

    2023

    2022

    2021

    2020

    2019

    2018

    2017

    2016

    Chapters in Books

    Conference Proceedings

    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

    Review Activities

    • Small Enterprise Research
    • Management and Organization Review
    • Journal of Strategy and Management
    • British Journal of Management
    • Research Evaluation
    • 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
    • R&D Management
    • The German Journal of Economic Geography
    • Journal of Evolutionary Economics
    • Journal of Business Research
    • Industry & Innovation
    • International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship
    • Journal of Small Business Management
    • Economics of Innovation and New Technology

    Conferences

    2024

    • David B. Audretsch, A313:E509, Matthias Menter, & Nikolaus Seitz: "The Policy Mix for Innovative Entrepreneurship: Insights from Germany", Annual Conference of Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB), Lüneburg, Germany.
    • Göthner, M., Kalthaus, M., & Matthias Menter: "Knowledge cross-fertilization and regional innovation", Geography of Innovation Conference (GeoInno) Conference, Manchester, UK. 

    2023

    • Johan Carl, & Matthias Menter: "Bridging the gap: A scalable approach to measuring regional social innovation capacities", G-Forum Conference, Darmstadt, Germany.
    • Martina Buratti, & Matthias Menter: "Innovation radicalness of entrepreneurial ecosystems: An analysis of regional knowledge flows", G-Forum Conference, Darmstadt, Germany.
    • Grebe, S., Svenja Jarchow, & Matthias Menter: "Bridging the deep tech divide: How deep tech ventures leverage their entrepreneurial ecosystem to attract venture capital and create value", G-Forum Conference, Darmstadt, Germany.
    • James A. Cunningham, Matthias Menter, & Felix Starke: "The evolution of technology transfer research over time: A text mining approach", G-Forum Conference, Darmstadt, Germany.
    • Uwe Cantner, Gaikwad, P., & Matthias Menter: "The power of bygone: The influence of past knowledge and inventive experience on radical inventiveness", G-Forum Conference, Darmstadt, Germany.
    • Melissa Bejjani, Lutz Göcke, & Matthias Menter: "Resource dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems and the role of digitalization", G-Forum Conference, Darmstadt, Germany.
    • Grebe, S., Svenja Jarchow, & Matthias Menter: "Bridging the deep tech divide: How deep tech ventures leverage their entrepreneurial ecosystem to attract venture capital and create value", Annual Conference of the Scientific Commission" Technologie, Innovation und Entrepreneurship" (TIE), Frankfurt, Germany. 
    • Martina Buratti, & Matthias Menter: "Innovation radicalness of entrepreneurial ecosystems: An analysis of regional knowledge flows", Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Boston (MA), USA.
    • Holger Graf, Grashof, N., Christina Günther, & Matthias Menter: "More hype than substance? How university public relations affect university third-party funding", Eu-SPRI Conference, Sussex, UK.
    • Johan Carl, & Matthias Menter: "Universities' impact on social innovation: Conceptualizing a social innovation index", R&D Management Conference, Seville, Spain.
    • Holger Graf, Grashof, N., Christina Günther, & Matthias Menter: "More hype than substance? How university public relations affect university third-party funding", DRUID Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
    • Martina Buratti, & Matthias Menter: "Innovation radicalness of entrepreneurial ecosystems: An analysis of regional knowledge flows", DRUID Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
    • Melissa Bejjani, Lutz Göcke, & Matthias Menter: "Digital entrepreneurial ecosystems: A systematic literature review", European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
    • Martina Buratti, & Matthias Menter: "Innovation radicalness of entrepreneurial ecosystems: An analysis of regional knowledge flows", European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, Dublin, Ireland.

    2022

    • Melissa Bejjani, Lutz Göcke, & Matthias Menter: "Digital entrepreneurial ecosystems: A systematic literature review", G-Forum Conference, Dresden, Germany.
    • Martina Buratti, & Matthias Menter: "The resilience of entrepreneurial ecosystems: An analysis of the role and impact of ecosystem network structures", G-Forum Conference, Dresden, Germany.
    • David B. Audretsch, Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, & Nikolaus Seitz: "The policy mix for innovative entrepreneurship: Insights from Germany", G-Forum Conference, Dresden, Germany.
    • Matthias Menter, Lutz Göcke, & Zeeb, C.: "The more the merrier? Resource slack, its impact on business model innovation, and the role of dynamic capabilities", G-Forum Conference, Dresden, Germany.
    • Atia, S., Matthias Menter, & Übelmesser, S.: "How does religion and the religious contex influence refugee entrepreneurship? A cross-cultural study", G-Forum Conference, Dresden, Germany.
    • Martina Buratti, & Matthias Menter: "The resilience of entrepreneurial ecosystems: An analysis of the role and impact of ecosystem network structures", European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) Conference, Naples, Italy.
    • Göthner, M., & Matthias Menter: "Knowledge transfer linkages, research quality, and the early performance of academic spin-offs", Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), Seattle (WA), USA. 
    • Matthias Menter, Lutz Göcke, & Zeeb, C.: "Resource slack and business model innovation: A dynamic capabilities perspective", R&D Management Conference, Trento, Italy.
    • Martina Buratti, & Matthias Menter: "The resilience of entrepreneurial ecosystems: An analysis of the role and impact of ecosystem network structures", R&D Management Conference, Trento, Italy.
    • Holger Graf, Grashof, N., & Matthias Menter: "More hype than substance? How university public relations affect university-industry collaborations", International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society Conference, Changsha, China. 
    • Göthner, M., & Matthias Menter: "Knowledge transfer linkages, research quality, and the early performance of academic spin-offs", International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society Conference, Changsha, China.
    • Göthner, M., Kalthaus, M., & Matthias Menter: "Knowledge cross-fertilization and regional innovation", International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society Conference, Changsha, China.
    • Göthner, M., & Matthias Menter: "Knowledge transfer linkages, research quality, and the early performance of academic spin-offs",  European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, Zurich, Switzerland.
    • Martina Buratti, Uwe Cantner, James A. Cunningham, & Matthias Menter: "The dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems: An empirical investigation", European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, Zurich, Switzerland. 
    • Atia, S., Matthias Menter, & Übelmesser, S.: "The determinants of refugee entrepreneurship: A cross-cultural study", IMISCOE Annual Conference, Oslo, Norway.
    • Atia, S., Matthias Menter, & Übelmesser, S.: "The determinants of refugee entrepreneurship: A cross-cultural study", Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), Waco (TX), USA.
    • Martina Buratti, Uwe Cantner, James A. Cunningham, & Matthias Menter: "The dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems: An empirical investigation", Annual Conference of Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB), online.
    • Guerrero, M., & Menter: "Entrepreneurial universities' pathways: The internal determinants of radical innovations", Annual Conference of Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB), online.

    2021

    • Matthias Menter, Lutz Göcke, & Zeeb, C.: "The organizational impact of business model innovation: Assessing the person-organization fit", Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), online.
    • David B. Audretsch, Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, & Nikolaus Seitz: "Policies for innovative entrepreneurship: Exploration and exploitation at work?", Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), online.
    • Göthner, M., & Matthias Menter: "Knowledge transfer linkages, research quality, and the early performance of academic spin-offs", International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society Conference, online.
    • Göthner, M., Kalthaus, M., & Matthias Menter: "Knowledge cross-fertilization and regional innovation", International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society Conference, online.
    • Göthner, M., & Menter, M.: "Knowledge transfer linkages, research quality, and the early performance of academic spin-offs", R&D Management Conference, online.
    • Buratti, M., Cantner, U., Cunningham, J., & Menter, M.: "The immanent dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems: An empirical investigation", R&D Management Conference, online.
    • Menter, M., Göcke, L., & Zeeb, C.: "The organizational impact of business model innovation: Assessing the person-organization fit", European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, online.
    • Audretsch, D. B., Lehmann, E. E., Menter, M., & Seitz, N.: "Policies for innovative entrepreneurship: Exploration and exploitation at work?", Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), online.
    • Menter, M., Göcke, L., & Zeeb, C.: "The organizational impact of business model innovation: Assessing the person-organization fit", WK ORG Paper Development Workshop, online.

    2020

    • Menter, M., Göcke, L., Zeeb, C., & Clauss, T.: "A longitudinal perspective on business model innovation and firm performance: Assessing complementarity and substitutability of business model innovation dimensions", European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, online.
    • Menter, M., Göcke, L., Zeeb, C., & Clauss, T.: "Disentangling the complex longitudinal relationships between business model innovation and firm performance", G-Forum Conference, online.
    • Carl, J., & Menter, M.: "Building capacities for social innovation: The role and impact of universities", G-Forum Conference, online.
    • Menter, M.: "Entrepreneurial universities and innovative behavior: The impact of gender diversity", G-Forum Conference, online.
    • Menter, M., Göcke, L., Zeeb, C., & Clauss, T.: "Disentangling the complex relationships between business model innovation and firm performance", Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), online.
    • Audretsch, D. B., Lehmann, E. E., Menter, M., & Seitz, N.: "Entrepreneurship policy: Have we been asking the wrong question?", Annual Conference of Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB), online.
    • Cunningham, J. A., & Menter, M.: "Transformational change in higher education: Does the evolution towards entrepreneurial universities influence regional high-technology entrepreneurship?", Annual Conference of Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB), online.
    • Graf, H., & Menter, M.: "Public research and the quality of inventions: The role and impact of entrepreneurial universities and regional network embeddedness", Creative Spark Workshop, Berlin, Germany.

    2019

    • Audretsch, D. B., Lehmann, E. E., Menter, M., & Wirsching, K.: "Intrapreneurship and absorptive capacities: The dynamic effect of labor mobility", G-Forum Conference, Vienna, Austria.
    • Cunningham, J. A., & Menter, M.: "Transformational change in higher education: Does the evolution towards entrepreneurial universities influence regional high-technology entrepreneurship?", G-Forum Conference, Vienna, Austria.
    • Uwe Cantner, James A. Cunningham, Lehmann,Erik E. Lehmann, & Matthias Menter: "Entrepreneurial ecosystems: A dynamic lifecycle model", Annual Conference of the Scientific Commission, Darmstadt, Germany.
    • Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Katharine Wirsching: Regional Innovation Mechanism, Absorptive Capacities, and Firm Performance, European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference, Lisbon, Portugal.
    • 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), Rostock, Germany.
    • James A. Cunningham and Matthias Menter: Technology Transfer Offcie Directors: An Exploratory Study of Job Roles, Responsibilities and Impact, R&D Management Conference, Paris, France.
    • Matthias Menter and Christopher Zeeb: Business Model Innovation and Firm Performance: Assessing the impact of incremental and radical innovation, R&D Management Conference, Paris, France.
    • Erik E. Lehmann, Matthias Menter, and Nikolaus Seitz: "Policy mix in Germany and its impact on entrepreneurship and innovation", Creative Spark Workshop, Berlin, Germany.
    • 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", Hanover, Germany.

    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, Valencia, Spain.
    • 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, Stuttgart, Germany.
    • James A. Cunningham, Brendan Dolan, Matthias Menter, and Conor O'Kane: "Publicly Funded Principal Investigators, Technology Transfer and Market Impacts", R&D Management Conference, Milan, Italy.
    • James A. Cunningham, Hanna Hottenrott, and Matthias Menter: "Does Money Buy Entrepreneurial Universities? Insights from Germany", 38th Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), Waterford, Ireland.
    • 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, Waterford, Ireland.
    • Leyden, D., & Menter, M.: "Knowledge cross‐fertilization and the role of innovation funding sources", Conference on the Higher Education in modern Ecosystems: Efficiency, Society and Policies, Augsburg, Germany.

    2017

    • James A. Cunningham, Hanna Hottenrott, and Matthias Menter: "Does Money Buy Entrepreneurial Universities? Insights from Germany", G-Forum Conference, Wuppertal, Germany.
    • James A. Cunningham, Matthias Menter, and Kayleigh Wilson: "Principal Investigators Entrepreneurial Effectuation", R&D Management Conference, Leuven, Belgium.
    • Erik E. Lehmann and Matthias Menter: "The Cluster Puzzle: Geographic Scope and Impact of Public Cluster Policy", R&D Management Conference, Leuven, Belgium.
    • 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), St. Gallen, Switzerland.
    • 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), Norman (OK), USA.
    • 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), Augsburg, Germany.

    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, Phoenix (AZ), USA.
    • James A. Cunningham and Matthias Menter: "Publicly Funded Principal Investigators Entrepreneurial Effectuation for Public Sector Entrepreneurship Programmes", Technology Transfer Society (T2S) Annual Conference, Phoenix (AZ), USA.
    • Erik E. Lehmann and Matthias Menter: "The Geographic Scope of Public Cluster Policy", R&D Management Conference, Cambridge, UK.
    • James A. Cunningham and Matthias Menter: "Principal Investigators and Value Creation: A Microfoundations Conceptual Model", R&D Management Conference, Cambridge, UK.
    • Erik E. Lehmann and Matthias Menter: "The Geographic Scope of Public Cluster Policy", DRUID 20th Anniversary Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.
    • Erik E. Lehmann and Matthias Menter: "Public Cluster Policy and Performance", European Academy of Management (EURAM) Conference,Paris, France.
    • Erik E. Lehmann and Matthias Menter: "Public Cluster Policy and Performance", Annual Conference of Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft (VHB), Munich, Germany.

    2015

    • Erik E. Lehmann and Matthias Menter: "Public Cluster Policy and Performance", Technology Transfer Society (T2S) Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland.
  • Press
    • Matthias Menter has been awarded the “Norbert Szyperski Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement Research AwardExternal link” at the 2024 Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs (G-Forum) for his paper “Aligning for Innovation: The Moderating Effect of Person-Organization Fit on Business Model Innovation and Firm Performance” (co-authored by Lutz Göcke and Max Schülting).
    • 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