CV

CURRICULUM VITAE
Kent Wickstrøm Jensen

I am Associate Professor in Organization and Entrepreneurship at University of Southern Denmark. I am also affiliated with the Sino Danish Center for Education and Research in Beijing, China.

My research interest is in mechanisms that shape the cognitions, behaviors and performances of entrepreneurs and small businesses. This includes intentions and motives to start a business, export aspirations, growth aspirations, starting a business, the realization of outcomes for the business in terms of  export, innovation, and growth, and the realization of outcomes for the entrepreneur in terms of well-being, including work and life satisfaction.

One area of particular interest is how different entrepreneurial dynamics play out differently in different contexts, and especially how entrepreneurial behavior and performance is embedded in formal and informal institutions. My research here focuses on how country-level institutions around the World molds different conditions for entrepreneurs relative to their networking, age, gender, and migrant status.

A further special interest is in small and medium-sized firms’ adaptation to new technology (industry 4.0 technologies). My research here focuses on barriers and drivers for adopting new technologies, challenges with implementation, and the relationships between new technology use and firm-level outcomes such as innovation, location of production, operative performance, etc.

Education:
2005 Ph.D. Department of Organization and Management, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
2001 Cand. Merc, MBA (Organization and Operations Research), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
1995 HA, (Bachelor degree in Business Administration), Southern Danish Business School, Kolding, Denmark


Academic Career:
2009- Associate Professor in organization and knowledge management, Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management, University of Southern Denmark, Kolding Denmark
2008 -2009 Post doc, Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management, University of Southern Denmark, Kolding Denmark
2005-2008 Assistant Professor, of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management, University of Southern Denmark, Kolding, Denmark
2003-2004 Research Assistant, KnowledgeLab, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
2001 Research Assistant, Department of Organization and Management, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Other Professional Experience:
1998-2005 Captain of the Reserve Forces, the Royal Danish Army
1996-1998 Project coordinator and project manager, AOF


Research Involvement:
2009- Participation in the SME Growth research programme, University of Southern Denmark
2005- Participation in the CESFO research programme (Centre for Small Business Research) University of Southern Denmark
2005-2008 Participation in the Spin-off Entrepreneurship team at the department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management, University of Southern Denmark
2003-2005 Participation in the “knowledge lab” organization group at the department of Organization and Management, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
2003-2005 Participation in the LOK research team at the department of Organization and Management, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Other Academic involvement:
2006-2009 Member of the editorial team CESFO (Center for Small Business Research)
Member of the Academy of Management (Interest groups: Organization and Management Theory, and International Management)
Member of INSNA (International Network For Social Network Analysis)
Ad hoc reviews for Organization Science and Management Information Systems Quarterly (MISQ)


Research Interests:
Organization design
Knowledge management
Social networks within and among organizations
Virtual organizing
Entrepreneurship
Spin-off organizations


Areas of teaching experience:
Advanced Organization Theory (Master Course)
Advanced Organization and Strategy Theory (Master Course)
Analysis of data from Organizations (Statistics) (Master Course)
Applied Strategy (Master Course)
Business Analysis in an International Perspective (Bachelor Course)
Field Studies in an International Context (Master Course)
International Management (Master Course)
Organization (Bachelor Course)
Organization Design (Master Course)
Organizational Learning (Bachelor Course)


International Exchanges:
2002-2003 Visiting Scholar, Scancor, Stanford University


Languages:
Danish: Native
English: Fluent

Forskningsinteresser

Kent Wickstrøm Jensen's research interests relate to Organizational Design, Intra-organizational Networks, Knowledge Management and Entrepreneurship. Specific research topics include the effects of motivational and cognitive mechanisms on the integration of knowledge among project team members, organization design principles for virtual organizations, and the effect of structural knowledge exchange patterns on the entrepreneurial performance of spin-offs and independent start-ups.