Xaver Neumeyer

University of New Mexico | UNM · Finance and Innovation

Social innovations (SIs) offer creative solutions to complex social problems and often require the exchange of necessary resources, knowledge, and expertise among various actors. These actors form an ecosystem that can support the development of successful SIs. In this special topic forum introduction, we first discuss the literature related to the...

This study examines the role of culture in the interplay between female participation in entrepreneurial teams, team processes, and outcomes using stereotype activation, social categorization, and identity theories. Our analysis of 64 entrepreneurial teams including members from 20 countries reveals that team reflexivity mediates the relationship b...

Technology plays a crucial role in the entrepreneurship process. Yet, little is known of how the entrepreneurial processes of the poor are affected by technology and vice versa. Using interview data from a sample of low-income entrepreneurs, this article develops a framework for how the delicate interaction between entrepreneurial processes such as...

Blockchain technologies are becoming increasingly important in social, economic, and environmental activities. While new technologies, such as blockchain, might have important features that could impact sustainability frameworks, academic literature is still scarce. Our work reviews the current literature and provides an overview on applications in...

Digitalization is a critical area for entrepreneurs. However, the context of poverty is still under researched. To address this gap, our study will present a multi-level perspective, including individual- and firm-level concepts such as digital literacy and absorptive capacity as well as ecosystem views on how digitalization intersects with poverty...

Women represent the majority of the poor worldwide and entrepreneurship is widely argued to be critical for alleviating poverty conditions. However, research on this topic is dispersed and fragmented across various research domains and contexts. In this paper, we provide a broader perspective on the relationship between gender and poverty entrepren...

Adopting new (digital) technologies can significantly contribute to a firm's short- and long-term competitive advantage. However, the literature on how managerial competencies and digitalization intersect is still sparse. Therefore, this article will address this gap by first reviewing some critical gaps in the literature on managerial competencies...

While the ability to function in multidisciplinary entrepreneurship teams is becoming increasingly important for engineers, research on this topic is still scarce. To address this gap, we propose a framework describing team competencies for engineering entrepreneurship students that builds on the literature on teams, entrepreneurship, and engineeri...

Technology commercialization and transfer are fundamental for the supply of new innovations. However, research has predominantly focused on particular contexts (e.g. universities, technology startups, and established companies), neglecting the broader context of how technologies are developed and introduced in the marketplace. To address this gap,...

Adopting new (digital) technologies can significantly contribute to a firm’s short- and long-term competitive advantage. However, the literature on how managerial competencies and digitalization intersect is still sparse. Therefore, this article will address this gap by first reviewing some critical gaps in the literature on managerial competencies...

This study aims to examine the role of entrepreneurial intentions and motivations in the interplay between personal values, that are strongly aligned with humane entrepreneurship, and self-employment career options. Our analysis of a sample of individuals throughout two different points in time uncovers how and when humane-oriented personal values...

This study explores the affective turmoil experienced by nascent entrepreneurs during opportunity recognition and exploitation. Based on the affect circumplex model, we employed nonlinear methods to identify configurations of affect that emerge during these early stages of the entrepreneurial journey. We analyzed data from 50 nascent entrepreneurs...

Makerspaces have become an important intersection between engineering and entrepreneurship. Drawing from data on a team-based engineering entrepreneurship program that included peer-reviews and faculty/advisor assessments, we examine how prototyping in combination with team process and composition variables affect entrepreneurial performance. Using...

This perspective calls for building greater understanding of the role that entrepreneurship plays in addressing the challenges to resource and waste management imposed by COVID-19. We contend that researchers and practitioners need to recognize that entrepreneurs are important change agents who will help in the transition to a more sustainable and...

The ability to function in multidisciplinary entrepreneurship teams is becoming increasingly important in engineering education. However, research addressing this area is still scarce. To address this gap, we provide a conceptual model of how engineering students can develop team competencies in multidisciplinary entrepreneurship teams, connecting...

The adoption of new technologies can contribute to both efficiency and effectiveness and is a key source of long-term competitive advantage in entrepreneurial ventures. This is particularly relevant for poverty entrepreneurs. However, the literature on technology adoption and use in the poverty context is sparse, and is predominantly focused on dev...

In this article, the role of individual and team-level factors in promoting female entrepreneurs' participation in accelerator and incubator programs is explored. Using data collected from 65 teams enrolled in a team-based entrepreneurship program run by a university located in the U.S. Midwest region, the results showed that female and male progra...

In this study we explore the role of compositional variables such as the proportion of women in teams and aspects of team dynamics such as communication frequency, multiplexity and the formation of subgroups, on the performance of technology-based entrepreneurial student teams. Using data collected during three time periods on 30 teams enrolled in...

While entrepreneurship in developing economies at the base of the pyramid is receiving growing attention, scholars have devoted less effort to exploring entrepreneurship as a solution to poverty in advanced economies. Yet, poverty rates have not meaningfully changed in most developed economies in 50 years, and the income gap between rich and poor c...

Our study investigates the role of team conflict in the context of student design project work. Using data collected on 55 teams enrolled in a team-based engineering design program over three time periods, our results showed that the proportion of women and the existence of multiplex ties among team members have a positive influence on team perform...

This study investigates the effects of venture typology, race, ethnicity, and past venture experience on the social capital distribution of women entrepreneurs in entrepreneurial ecosystems. Social network data from two municipal ecosystems in Florida, USA (Gainesville and Jacksonville), suggest that network connectivity and the distribution of soc...

In this study we explore the role of gender composition and team dynamics such as communication frequency, multiplexity and the formation of subgroups, on the performance of technology-based entrepreneurial teams. Using data collected in three time periods on 30 teams enrolled in a team-based entrepreneurship program run by a major Midwest universi...

Effective prototyping is becoming increasingly important in bridging engineering and entrepreneurship. Makerspaces are at the forefront of this development. Drawing from data on an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship program that included peer-reviews and faculty/advisor assessments, we examine how prototyping in combination with team process and co...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of team entrepreneurial competence, a team-level construct representing the level of shared abilities toward entrepreneurial activities within a new venture team. A multilevel model of the influence of team entrepreneurial competence and team entrepreneurial experience on the cognitive...

This study attempts to develop our understanding of the ecosystem as a complex social construct by advancing a social network perspective. Based on personal interviews we model the entrepreneurial ecosystems of two municipalities through a diverse network of entrepreneurs, investors, and institutional leaders. The two ecosystems were characterized...

Empowerment is an important but understudied phenomenon in entrepreneurship education. We integrate literatures on empowerment theory and experiential learning to propose a conceptual model of empowerment‐based entrepreneurship education. The concept of entrepreneurial empowerment is introduced as a cognitive state characterized by meaning, compete...

Although technology is ubiquitous in developed countries, a stark divide in technology literacy exists for groups with low socio-economic status. That is especially relevant for poverty entrepreneurs, who struggle to integrate technology and therefore limit the survivability and growth of their ventures. However, current research on this issue is s...

We explore entrepreneurship as an important mechanism for breaking the poverty cycle in developed economies. The nature of poverty, and its implications for various aspects of entrepreneurship, are explored. The characteristics of the typical low income start-up, are investigated A conceptual framework is presented for fostering entrepreneurial dev...

While extensively explored as a solution to poverty at the base of the pyramid, this is the first in-depth examination of entrepreneurship and the poor within advanced economies. The authors explore the underlying nature of poverty and draw implications for new venture creation. Entrepreneurship is presented as a source of empowerment that represen...

The aim of this study is to analyze the role of individual characteristics and social norms as variables that explain early-stage entrepreneurial activity before and during the European crisis. We used the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Adult Population Survey data from Southern European countries (Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal) and Northern E...

The successful adaptation and creation of sustainable entrepreneurial ventures signi fi cantly in fl uences the ability to create more environmentally and socially integrated economic systems. Sustainable busi- ness models are a critical component towards this goal. However, the development of sustainable business models is a complex process that r...

Entrepreneurship ecosystems have become ubiquitous in the discussions around economic growth and new venture creation. Despite growing scholarly interest, however, the theoretical and conceptual foundations are still rudimentary, causing much debate among researchers and practitioners. At the center of these debates are questions like What are the...

This chapter examines the paths of female entrepreneurs through the lens of social network theory. We collected relational data from novice entrepreneurs, institutional leaders and investors, participating in a team-based entrepreneurship program as well as the wider university ecosystem. These two distinct ecosystem units were subsequently analyze...

Progress in entrepreneurship research is inhibited by lack of agreement on what constitutes an entrepreneurial venture. We argue for an inclusive conceptualization, and the need to distinguish types of entrepreneurial ventures. A typology is proposed consisting of four venture types. Based on the unique characteristics of each type, it is argued th...

Our work investigates students' perception of collaborative expertise and the role of inquirybased learning in the context of team-based entrepreneurship education. Specifically, we examine students' perception of communication, division of work, shared goals, team conflicts and leadership in their respective teams. In addition, we look at the role...

Because the large majority of new ventures remain small, their economic contribution is questioned. Shane (Small Bus Econ 33(2):141–149, 2009) has argued that designing public policies which encourage more people to become entrepreneurs is counterproductive, and the exclusive focus should be high-growth ventures, or gazelles. As a counter to Shane’...

Progress in developing theory, laws, law-like generalizations and principles in entrepreneurship is inhibited by lack of agreement on what constitutes an entrepreneurial venture and how firms are sampled in empirical studies. Evidence is provided of a tendency for such studies to include an array of firms that differ in fundamental ways. A typology...

Many innovative teaching strategies have been developed under the assumption that documenting successful student learning outcomes at the development site is enough to spread the innovation successfully to secondary sites. Since this `show them and they will adopt? model has yet to produce the desired large-scale transformation, this study examines...

Background: Many innovative teaching strategies have been developed under the assumption that documenting successful student learning outcomes at the development site is enough to spread the innovation successfully to secondary sites. Since this ‘show them and they will adopt’ model has yet to produce the desired large-scale transformation, this st...

Our study investigates how research-based instructional strategies spread among departments, using the example of Student-Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs (SCALE-UP). We are interested in how instructors learn about and implement SCALE-UP in different academic disciplines. Based on a web-based survey of 564 college an...

Our study investigates how research-based instructional strategies spread among departments, using the example of Student-Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs (SCALE-UP). We are interested in how instructors learn about and implement SCALE-UP in different academic disciplines. Based on a web-based survey of 564 college an...

Our study investigates the role of team conflict in the context of student design project work. We are interested in how students experience conflicts in a team environment and how these conflicts relate to other aspects of teamwork such as communication, division of work, shared goals, and leadership. We are using a mixed-method approach to data c...

Understanding the global, societal, environmental and economic (GSEE) context of a product, process or system is critical to an engineer's ability to design and innovate. The already packed curricula in engineering programs provide few occasions to offer meaningful experiences to address this issue, and most departments delegate this requirement to...

Many engineering departments often struggle with meeting " the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context " (outcome h) that is required by ABET. The already packed curricula provide few opportunities to offer meaningful experiences to address this outcome,...

Our work is investigating the role of team conflict in the context of student design project work. We are interested in the types of conflicts that occur during the team’s development of their design solution, and how these conflicts may in fact contribute in a positive way to the overall design solution. We are using a mixed-method approach to dat...

Our work is investigating the nature and perceptions of team conflict from the student as well as the faculty perspective through the use of team observations, student and faculty surveys, as well as faculty interviews. In particular, we are interested in determining the most common types of conflicts among students as well as the conflict-manageme...

The effects of retrogression heat treatment (RHT) and thermo-mechanical treatment (TMT) on the fatigue resistance of AA6061 and AA7075 extruded rode were analyzed. For the RHT, both induction and salt-pot heating were used, after which the specimens were water quenched and their hardness was measured after natural and artificial aging. The TMT sche...

Our work is investigating the nature and perceptions of team conflict from the student as well as the faculty perspective through the use of team observations, student and faculty surveys, as well as faculty interviews. In particular, we are interested in determining the most common types of conflicts among students as well as the conflict-manageme...