dr. R. Harms (Rainer)

Technology Entrepreneurs leverage technology to solve world problems and achieve strong growth. At the same time, they face a lot of degree of market and technological uncertainty. My ambition in research and teaching is to contribute to understanding and solving the challenges of technology entrepreneurs.

Therefore, I am active in the Entrepreneurship & Technology Management section of the High Tech Business and Entrepreneurship Cluster at the BMS faculty, the University Twente. I am currently chairing the Smart Industry Research Orientation, the EIT Entrepreneurship Minor, and am active in entrepreneurship activities with NovelT.

Before joining UTwente, I obtained a PhD in Business Administration from WWU Münster, one of the leading universities on Business Administration in Germany, with a study on Entrepreneurial Orientation and Entrepreneurial Management (runner-up of best dissertation award at WWU Business&Economics). I defended my Habilitation in Business Administration from AAU Klagenfurt on a work on Complexity and Dynamics in new venture creation processes.

I enjoy the academic exchange and was visiting professor at prestigious universities such as WU Vienna (the largest business university in Europe), UAB Barcelona (e.g. 18th in young university rankings THE 2017), St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University, Monash Uni. I was a visiting researcher at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, USA, and at HSE Moscow.

Business & Economics

# Business Incubators
# Business Support
# Entrepreneurial Intention
# Entrepreneurship
# Innovation
# Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises (Smes)
# Start-Ups

Social Sciences

# Entrepreneurship

Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS), Entrepreneurship, Technology, Management (ETM)

When we understand better how new technology based-firms (NTBF) start and develop, we can develop better tools and policies. Therefore it is my passion to understand the complexities of the development of NTBF. My current research topics include:

Capabilities for early internationalization of technology-based ventures

The role of learning in the technology venture development process
Entrepreneurial learning of STEM students

Please find an overview of my research output at Google scholar and at Research gate.

Tessaro, J. A. , Harms, R. , & Schiele, H. (2024). Customer attractiveness: A comparative analysis of startups versus incumbents in supplier choice. Journal of purchasing and supply management, Article 100901. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pursup.2024.100901

Meissner, D. , Harms, R., Kratzer, J., & Zhou, Y. (2024). The dead end of classical innovation management and unsustainable innovation. Technovation, 129, Article 102916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2023.102916

Wen, J., Li, J., Zhou, Q. , Zeng, D. , & Harms, R. (2023). How firms support formal standardization: The role of alliance portfolio and internal technological diversity. Technological forecasting and social change, 196, Article 122854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122854

Dranev, Y., Ochirova, E. , Harms, R., & Miriakov, M. (2023). Assessment of Interorganizational Technology Transfer Efficiency. Foresight and STI Governance, 17(3), 20-31. https://doi.org/10.17323/2500-2597.2023.3.20.31

Tessaro, J. A. , Harms, R. , & Schiele, H. (2023). Improving startup’s attractiveness as industrial customers by organizing theirpurchasing activities. Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGOSS-07-2022-0083

Tessaro, J. A. (2023). Buyer-supplier relationships in startups: An analysis of factors that drive startup attractiveness to suppliers. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036557863

Tessaro, J. A. , Harms, R. , & Schiele, H. (2023). Startups vs. well-established companies. What factors influence suppliers' choices for an attractive customer?. 56. Abstract from IPSERA 2023, Barcelona, Spain.

Tessaro, J. A. , Harms, R. , & Schiele, H. (2023). How startups become attractive to suppliers and achieve preferred customer status: Factors influencing the positioning of young firms. Industrial marketing management, 113, 100-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2023.05.024

Kuckertz, A., Bernard, A., Berger, E., Dvouletý, O. , Harms, R., Jack, S., & Kibler, E. (2023). Scaling the right answers – Creating and maintaining hope through social entrepreneurship in light of humanitarian crises. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 19, Article e00356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2022.e00356

Fink, M., Gartner, J. , Harms, R. , & Hatak, I. (2023). Ethical Orientation and Research Misconduct Among Business Researchers Under the Condition of Autonomy and Competition. Journal of business ethics, 183(2), 619-636. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05043-y

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It is my passion to help students learn about technology entrepreneurship. I have taught at all levels at 10 universities in 8 countries. The 15ECTS Module “Innovation&Entrepreneurship” as well as the 4TU MOOC “Entrepreneurship for Engineers” received external recogition. My current teaching includes:

Business Development Lab for EIT I and II (Minor)
EIT Entrepreneurship Minor (Coordinator Utwente)

Innovation & Entrepreneurship module (Bachelor)

International Technology Entrepreneurship (Master)

MOOC “Entrepreneurship for Engineers”
Nanotechnology Design Project (Master)
Research Topics EIT

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

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Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Ravelijn 2109
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences (BMS), Entrepreneurship, Technology, Management (ETM)

University of Twente Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB Enschede

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