Prof Paul Steffens
Professor of Entrepreneurship
School of Management
College of Business and Law
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Professor Paul Steffens is Director of Entrepreneurship at the ECIC, The University of Adelaide. His core areas of research are start-up processes and firm growth. Paul has been a lead investigator for research projects totalling more than AUD 1.5 million and has published over fifty academic publications, including journal articles in leading entrepreneurship, marketing and technology management journals.Previous appointments include Director of the Technology and Innovation Management Centre, University of Queensland, academic positions at University of Queensland and Monash University and visiting positions at University of Kiel, Penn State University and Southern Illinois University. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours I) and a PhD in diffusion of innovations, both from the University of Queensland.Paul has also consulted for a wide variety of both business and public agencies. His clients include Energex, Waitrose (UK), Agribuys (USA), IPAA, Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Monsanto, Bunge, Franklins, Solutions Research and the Meat Research Corporation.
I am passionate about the key role entrepreneurship and innovation play in driving economic growth, their potential to assist disadvantaged groups in our society and the ability to deliver personal gratification and wellbeing to individuals. Entrepreneurship and innovation is of vital importance to national competitiveness and understanding key management challenges is critical to improve Australia’s performance. With 10.5% of Australia’s population, or 1.48 million Australians engaged in starting a new business, effective entrepreneurship is also a critical ingredient to economic development. Additionally, entrepreneurship offers key social benefits by providing employment opportunities to those with few other options as well as graduates seeking alternative career pathways.
My current research is focused on several streams of research:
- Resource development of nascent and young ventures
- Bricolage and resourcefulness
- Volitional control and action orientation
- Hybrid entrepreneurship
- Youth entrepreneurship
- Senior entrepreneurship
- Immigrant entrepreneurship
- Overcoming organizational inertia from discontinuous innovation
- Diffusion of innovation
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 - ongoing | Director | The University of Adelaide |
| 2016 - ongoing | Professor of Entrepreneurship | The University of Adelaide |
| 2003 - 2016 | Deputy Director & Associate Professor | Queensland University of Technology |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 - 1991 | The University of Queensland | Australia | PhD |
| 1983 - 1986 | The University of Queensland | Australia | Bachelor of Engineering (Hons I) |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Glosenberg, A., Gielnik, M. M., & Steffens, P. R. (2025). An entrepreneurial roadmap for the future of workplace learning. INDUSTRIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY, 18(1), 162-166. WoS1 |
| 2023 | Feakes, A., Lindsay, N., Palmer, E., & Steffens, P. (2023). Altruism or self-interest in tomorrow's veterinarians? A metric conjoint experiment and cluster analysis. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 10, 1044463-1-1044463-23. |
| 2023 | Alemayehu, B. Z., Steffens, P., & Gordon, S. R. (2023). The formation and role of religious social capital in driving entrepreneurial action. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 20, e00426-1-e00426-7. Scopus11 |
| 2023 | Klyver, K., Steffens, P., & Nielsen, S. L. (2023). Crisis response efficacy: Perceived ability to respond entrepreneurially to crises. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 20, e00429. Scopus6 |
| 2023 | Steffens, P. R., Baker, T., Davidsson, P., & Senyard, J. M. (2023). When Is Less More? Boundary Conditions of Effective Entrepreneurial Bricolage. Journal of Management, 49(4), 1277-1311. Scopus69 WoS65 |
| 2022 | Klyver, K., Steffens, P., & Honig, B. (2022). Psychological factors explaining Ukrainian refugee entrepreneurs’ venture idea novelty. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 18, 8 pages. Scopus21 |
| 2020 | Debrulle, J., Steffens, P., De Bock, K. W., De Winne, S., & Maes, J. (2020). Configurations of business founder resources, strategy, and environment determining new venture performance. Journal of Small Business Management, 61(2), 39 pages. Scopus22 WoS25 |
| 2020 | Klyver, K., Steffens, P., & Lomberg, C. (2020). Having your cake and eating it too? A two-stage model of the impact of employment and parallel job search on hybrid nascent entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing, 35(5), 23 pages. Scopus22 WoS20 |
| 2019 | Lomberg, C., Thiel, J., & Steffens, P. (2019). The hare and the tortoise: The impact of action- versus state-orientation on entrepreneurial progress and persistence. International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship, 37(6), 604-625. Scopus13 WoS12 |
| 2017 | Klyver, K., Honig, B., & Steffens, P. (2017). Social support timing and persistence in nascent entrepreneurship: exploring when instrumental and emotional support is most effective. Small Business Economics, 51(3), 1-26. Scopus124 WoS103 |
| 2016 | Senderovitz, M., Klyver, K., & Steffens, P. (2016). Four years on: are the gazelles still running? a longitudinal study of firm performance after a period of rapid growth. International Small Business Journal, 34(4), 391-411. Scopus47 WoS40 |
| 2014 | Steffens, P., Weeks, C., Davidsson, P., & Isaak, L. (2014). Shouting from the ivory tower: a marketing approach to improve communication of academic research to entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 38(2), 399-426. Scopus33 WoS21 |
| 2014 | Senyard, J., Baker, T., Steffens, P., & Davidsson, P. (2014). Bricolage as a path to innovativeness for resource-constrained new firms. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 31(2), 211-230. Scopus435 WoS367 |
| 2012 | Steffens, P., Terjesen, S., & Davidsson, P. (2012). Birds of a feather get lost together: new venture team composition and performance. Small Business Economics, 39(3), 727-743. Scopus98 WoS80 |
| 2010 | Senderovitz, M., Klyver, K., & Steffens, P. R. (2010). Vatkst, profit og strategisk orienteering i gazellevirksomheder (Growth, profitability and strategic orientation among gazelle firms). Nordiske Organisasjons-Studier, 45-65. |
| 2009 | Davidsson, P., Steffens, P., & Fitzsimmons, J. (2009). Growing profitable or growing from profits: Putting the horse in front of the cart?. Journal of Business Venturing, 24(4), 388-406. Scopus273 WoS230 |
| 2009 | Steffens, P., Davidsson, P., & Fitzsimmons, J. (2009). Performance configurations over time: Implications for growth- and profit-oriented strategies. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 33(1), 125-148. Scopus172 WoS139 |
| 2007 | Steffens, P. R., & Douglas, E. J. (2007). Valuing technology investments: use real options thinking but forget real options valuation. International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship, 1(1), 58-77. Scopus17 |
| 2003 | Steffens, P. R. (2003). A model of multiple-unit ownership as a diffusion process. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 70(9), 901-917. Scopus42 WoS31 |
| 2002 | Huang, X., Steffens, P., & Schroder, B. (2002). Managing new product development in the Chinese steel industry: An empirical investigation. International Journal of Technology Management, 24(5-6), 557-568. Scopus3 |
| 2002 | Matthews, J. H., Shulman, A. D., Wissemann, A., Steffens, P. R., & Wollin, D. (2002). The nexus of Value Chain Integration and e-Business applications on Public Sector Agriculture R & D Management. Innovation: Management, Policy and Practice, 4(1-3), 165-175. |
| 2001 | Steffens, P. R. (2001). An aggregate sales model for consumer durables incorporating a time-varying mean replacement age. Journal of Forecasting, 20(1), 63-77. Scopus24 WoS22 |
| 1999 | Huang, X., Schroder, B., & Steffens, P. (1999). The Chinese steel industry in transition: Industry perspective on innovation policy. R and D Management, 29(1), 17-25. Scopus9 WoS3 |
| 1998 | Steffens, P. R. (1998). Applying diffusion models with regional heterogeneity. Marketing Letters, 9(4), 361-369. Scopus12 |
| 1993 | Whiten, W., Steffens, P., & Hitchins, J. (1993). An examination of pulp viscosity in tubes at higher shear rates. Minerals Engineering, 6(4), 397-404. Scopus5 WoS5 |
| 1993 | Steffens, P. R., Whiten, W. J., Appleby, S., & Hitchins, J. (1993). Prediction of air core diameters for hydrocyclones. International Journal of Mineral Processing, 39(1-2), 61-74. Scopus38 WoS31 |
| 1992 | Steffens, P. R., & Murthy, D. N. P. (1992). A mathematical model for new product diffusion: the influence of innovators and imitators. Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 16(4), 11-26. Scopus19 WoS16 |
| - | Steffens, P., Waterhouse, M., Shulman, A., & Wollin, A. (2003). An Audit Tool for Intellectual Property Management. Queensland Review, 10(1), 71-88. |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2024 | Hou, Y., Foo, M. D., Steffens, P., Zhang, S., & Zhang, Y. (2024). Selling your soul? Exploring emotional labour and outcomes. In Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research. Munich, Germany. |
| 2023 | Alemayehu, B., Steffens, P., & Gordon, S. (2023). EXTENDING OPPORTUNITY EVALUATION BEYOND COGNITION: SCALE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION. In Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings Vol. 2023. Academy of Management. DOI |
| 2020 | Alemayehu, B., Steffens, P., & Gordon, S. (2020). Opportunity attitude: Advancing the conceptualisation entrepreneur’s perceptions of opportunity beyond cognition. In ACERE. Adelaide. |
| 2019 | Alemayehu, B., Steffens, P., & Gordon, S. (2019). First-person opportunity confidence model.. In ACERE. |
| 2016 | Steffens, P., Huyghe, A., Paas, L., & Davidsson, P. (2016). Resource-based capability trajectories of new ventures. In Proceedings of the 36th Annual Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), as published in Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research Vol. 36 (pp. 188-193). Wellesley, MA: Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College. |
| 2012 | Garonne, C., & Steffens, P. R. (2012). The underlying rationale for planning: do nascent and young firms do what they say they do?. In A. Zacharakis, S. Carter, M. Gruber, B. leleux, A. Corbett, B. Honig, . . . M. Schindehutte (Eds.), Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Volume 31 - 2011: Proceedings of the 31st Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference Vol. 13 (pp. 432). Syracuse, New York: Babson College, Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship. |
| 2011 | Senyard, J., Baker, T., Steffens, P., & Davidsson, P. (2011). Bricolage as a path to innovation for resource constrained new firms. In Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings Vol. 2011 (pp. 1-5). Academy of Management. DOI Scopus12 |
| 2011 | Senyard, J., Baker, T., Steffens, P., & Davidsson, P. (2011). Bricolage as a path to innovation for resource constrained new firms. In Academy of Management 2011 Annual Meeting - West Meets East: Enlightening. Balancing. Transcending, AOM 2011. DOI Scopus12 |
| 2009 | Kaya, M., & Steffens, P. R. (2009). Drivers of adoption for successive generation of high-tech products. In Proceedings of 5th Marketing Dynamics. University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato. |
| 2008 | Steffens, P. R. (2008). Operationalising the resource based view for nascent and young firms : development of a scale for resource advantage and disadvantages. In L. Gillin (Ed.), The 5th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology. |
| 2008 | Kaya, M., Steffens, P. R., & Albers, S. (2008). Drivers of adoption for successive generations of high tech products. In L. Gillin (Ed.), 5th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. Melbourne, Australia: Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology. |
| 2007 | Steffens, P. R., Kaya, M., Albers, S., & Proppe, D. (2007). Repeat Purchasers and the Diffusion of Electronic Products: Does Consumer Innovativeness Matter?. In G. Solomon (Ed.), The Academy of Management 2007 Annual Meeting Proceedings: Doing Well By Doing Good (pp. 1). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America: Academy of Management. |
| 2007 | Kaya, M., Steffens, P. R., & Albers, S. (2007). Long Term Sales Forecasts of Innovations – An Empirical Study of the Consumer Electronic Market. In AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. Brisbane. |
| 2007 | Fitzsimmons, J. R., Douglas, E. J., Steffens, P. R., & Thomond, P. N. (2007). Marketing Buzz: Towards a Framework for Entrepreneurs. In AGSE Entrepreneurship Exchange. QUT, Brisbane. |
| 2007 | Davidsson, P., Steffens, P. R., & Fitzsimmons, J. R. (2007). Growing Profitable or Growing from Profits: Putting the Horse in Front of the Cart?. In Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceeding Vol. 2005 (pp. 1-46). Tegrenseee, Germany: Academy of Management. DOI Scopus4 |
| 2006 | Steffens, P. R., Fitzsimmons, J. R., & Douglas, E. J. (2006). A Choice Modelling Approach to Predict Entrepreneurial Intentions from Attitudes and Perceived Abilities. In Babson College Entrepreneurial Research Conference. Bloomington, Indiana. |
| 2006 | Davidsson, P., Steffens, P., & Terjesen, S. (2006). New Venture Team Composition, Persistence and Performance. In C. Massey (Ed.), Proceedings of the 51st International Council for Small Business World Conference (pp. 1-14). Australia, Victoria, Melbourne: International Council for Small Business. |
| 2006 | Steffens, P., Davidsson, P., & Fitzsimmons, J. (2006). The performance of young firms: Patterns of evolution in the growth - Profitability space. In Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings Vol. 2006 (pp. I1-I6). Academy of Management. DOI Scopus3 |
| 2005 | Davidsson, P., Steffens, P. R., & Fitzsimmons, J. R. (2005). Growing profitable or growing from profits: Putting the horse in front of the cart. In K. Weaver (Ed.), Annual Academy of Management Meeting: A New Vision in the 21st Century (pp. 1-34). Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Academy of Management. |
| 2004 | Steffens, P. R., & Matthews, J. H. (2004). Network Governance of R&D: Purchaser-Provider as Partnerships in a Public Sector Agency. In British Academy of Management Conference. St. Andrews, U.K. |
| 2004 | Douglas, E., & Steffens, P. (2004). Use Real Options but not Real Options Analysis when Valuing New Technological Ventures. In B. Graduate School of Business (Ed.), 17th Annual Conference of the Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand (SEAANZ 2004) - Entrepreneurship as the Way of the Future (pp. 42-65). Brisbane, Queensland: QUT Publications. |
| 2000 | Steffens, P., & Waterhouse, M. (2000). A holistic audit of managing intellectual property: IP management in the Queensland department of primary industries. In Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology Vol. 2 (pp. 720-725). SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE: IEEE. DOI Scopus4 WoS2 |
| 1998 | Steffens, P. R., Matthews, J. H., Wollin, D., Shulman, A. D., Duffield, B., & Wissemann, A. (1998). Purchaser-Provider Partnerships In The Public Service: Oh No, Not a New 4Ps for Business Networks!. In Australia & New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference. Dunedin, New Zealand. |
| 1998 | Steffens, P. R., & Balasubramanian, S. (1998). A Study of the Time Varying Mean Replacement Age of Consumer Durables. In Marketing Science Conference. Fontainbleau, France. |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2021 | Stroila, I., Steffens, P., & Plewa, C. (2021). Managing the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: configurations of well-being.. Poster session presented at the meeting of 4PDS 2021: IV Paper Development Seminar (online).. |
| 2021 | Stroila, I., Steffens, P., & Plewa, C. (2021). Mapping Well-Being in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: A Conceptual Framework. Poster session presented at the meeting of ACERE. |
| 2020 | Steffens, P., & Klyver, K. (2020). Social Support Change and its Impact on New Venture Growth. Poster session presented at the meeting of Academy of Management Proceedings. Academy of Management Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510. |
| 2020 | Alemayehu, B. Z., Steffens, P., & Gordon, S. (2020). Opportunity Attitude: Moving Beyond Cognitive Evaluation of Entrepreneurial Opportunities. Poster session presented at the meeting of Academy of Management Proceedings. Academy of Management Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510. |
| 2020 | Klyver, K., & Steffens, P. (2020). Social Support Change and its Impact on New Venture Growth. Poster session presented at the meeting of Academy of Management Proceedings. |
| 2019 | Feakes, A., Lindsay, N., Palmer, E., Steffens, P., & Shu, C. (2019). SOCIAL PURPOSE BUSINESS INTENTIONS: ALTRUISM AS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD. Poster session presented at the meeting of Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2019 (Vol. 39) – Chapter XVI – Strategy – Summaries. Presented at BCERC. |
| 2019 | Klyver, K., & Steffens, P. (2019). Social Support Change and its Impact on New Venture Growth.. Poster session presented at the meeting of ACERE. |
| 2019 | Klyver, K., & Steffens, P. (2019). Just Do It: Action Orientation and Entrepreneurial Progress and Persistence.. Poster session presented at the meeting of ACERE. |
| 2019 | Gordon, S., Steffens, P., & Lomberg, C. (2019). Examining Grit as Catalyst in Accelerating Emerging Ventures. Poster session presented at the meeting of ACERE. |
| 2019 | Glosenberg, A., Frese, M., Foster, L., Steffens, P., & Meyer, I. (2019). Personal Initiative Training for Entrepreneurs-Exploring Research and Impact Possibilities with a focus on Africa. Poster session presented at the meeting of 5TH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE-Nigeria 2020. |
| 2018 | Steffens, P., Gordon, S., & Lomberg, C. (2018). Just Do It: Action Orientation and Entrepreneurial Progress and Persistence. Poster session presented at the meeting of Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2018 (Vol. 38) – Chapter IV – The Entrepreneur and Characteristics – Interactive Papers.. |
| 2018 | Debrulle, J., Steffens, P., De Winne, S., De Bock, K., & Maes, J. (2018). Exploring the deeper grounds of new venture performance: Adopting rule ensembles to identify configurations of founder resources, Business strategy, and environmental conditions. Poster session presented at the meeting of The 2018 ACERE conference, Date: 2018/02/06-2018/02/09, Location: Brisbane (Australia). |
| 2018 | Ardianti, R., Burgers, H., & Steffens, P. (2018). Transition to full-time self-employment and happiness of hybrid entrepreneurs. Poster session presented at the meeting of Unknown Conference. |
| 2017 | Steffens, P., Huyghe, A., & Paas, L. (2017). Resource-Based Capability Trajectories of New Ventures. Poster session presented at the meeting of ACERE. |
| 2016 | Klyver, K., Lomberg, C., & Steffens, P. (2016). Exploring Human Capital and Hybrid Entrepreneurship. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2016 ACERE Conference Proceedings. |
| 2015 | Klyver, K., Lomberg, C., & Steffens, P. R. (2015). Human Capital and the Role of Concurrent Job Search for Nascent Entrepreneurs. Poster session presented at the meeting of Academy of Management Proceedings. Academy of Management. DOI |
| 2015 | Klyver, K., Lomberg, C., & Steffens, P. (2015). Human capital and nascent entrepreneurship: The opportunity cost of a new job. Poster session presented at the meeting of 35th Babson College Entrepreneurship Resaerch Conference. |
| 2015 | Klyver, K., Lomberg, C., & Steffens, P. (2015). HUMAN CAPITAL AND NASCENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP–THE OPPORTUNITY COST OF A NEW JOB (SUMMARY). Poster session presented at the meeting of Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research. |
| 2015 | Senyard, J. M., Davidsson, P., & Steffens, P. R. (2015). Environmental dynamism as a moderator of the relationship between bricolage and firm performance. Poster session presented at the meeting of 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management: Opening Governance. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
| 2015 | Senyard, J., Davidsson, P., & Steffens, P. (2015). Bricolage and firm performance: The moderating role of the environment. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Conference 2015 Proceedings. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia. |
| 2014 | Zolin, R., Chang, A., & Steffens, P. R. (2014). The role of the ethnic enclave in facilitating immigrant business performance and social integration. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Conference 2014 Proceedings. Sydney, NSW: Queensland University of Technology. |
| 2014 | Zolin, R., Chang, A., & Steffens, P. R. (2014). Ethnic enclave lifecycle : a case study of Chinese restaurants in south east Queensland. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Conference 2014 Proceedings. Sydney, NSW: Queensland University of Technology. |
| 2013 | Steffens, P. R. (2013). Culture as a driver of entrepreneurship : contrasting independent entrepreneurship versus employee entrepreneurship. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australia Centre for Entrepreneurship (ACE) Research Exchange Conference 2013. Brisbane, Australia. |
| 2013 | Senyard, J. M., Powell Brown, E., Davidsson, P., & Steffens, P. R. (2013). Born unfinished : boundaries of bricolage effectiveness. Poster session presented at the meeting of Conference Proceedings: Australia Centre for Entrepreneurship (ACE) Research Exchange Conference 2013. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD: Australia Centre for Entrepreneurship. |
| 2012 | Zhou, Y., Steffens, P. R., & Parker, R. L. (2012). Determinants of China’s regional innovation capacity. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of The Joint ACERE-DIANA International Entrepreneurship Conference. University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, WA. |
| 2012 | Senyard, J. M., Smith, E., Baker, T., Steffens, P. R., & Davidsson, P. (2012). Stop whining and make the best of it : a cross-national comparison of responses to regional disadvantage in the wine industry. Poster session presented at the meeting of The Joint ACERE-DIANA International Entrepreneurship Conference. University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, WA. |
| 2012 | Senyard, J. M., Davidsson, P., & Steffens, P. R. (2012). Waving or drowning? Managing resource constraints in entrepreneurial firm with bricolage as a response to the global financial crisis. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2012 Babson College Entrepreneurial Research Conference. Fort Worth, Texas. |
| 2012 | Senderovitz, M., Klyver, K., Steffens, P. R., & Evald, M. (2012). Four years on – are the Gazelles still running? A longitudinal study of firm performance after a period of rapid growth. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2012 Babson College Entrepreneurial Research Conference. Fort Worth, Texas. |
| 2012 | Dottore, A. (2012). External orientation and business model adaptation in young and nascent firms: preliminary analysis from the CAUSEE project. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 2012 Joint International ACERE DIANA Entrepreneurship Conference. CDROM: ACEREDIANA. |
| 2011 | Steffens, P. R., Tonelli, M., & Davidsson, P. (2011). How do we reach them? Comparing random samples from mobile and landline phones. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange 2011. Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Vic: Swinburne University of Technology. |
| 2011 | Senyard, J. M., Powell, E. E., Baker, T., Steffens, P. R., & Davidsson, P. (2011). Stop whining and make the best of it: a cross-national comparison of response to regional disadvantage in the wine industry. Poster session presented at the meeting of Babson College Entrepreneurial Research Conference. Syracuse, New York, United States of America. |
| 2011 | Senyard, J. M., Davidsson, P., Baker, T., & Steffens, P. R. (2011). Resource constraints in innovation : the role of bricolage in new venture creation and firm development. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 8th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Vic. |
| 2011 | Semasinge, D., Davidsson, P., & Steffens, P. R. (2011). Nascent venture performance : linking novelty of venture ideas and commitment of firm founders as predictors. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 8th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Vic. |
| 2010 | Steffens, P. R., Baker, T., & Senyard, J. M. (2010). Betting on the underdog : bricolage as an engine of resource advantage. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2010. Montreal, Canada: Academy of Management. |
| 2010 | Senyard, J. M., Davidsson, P., & Steffens, P. R. (2010). Venture creation and resource processes : using Bricolage sustainability ventures. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 7th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland: Swinburne University of Technology. |
| 2010 | Senyard, J. M., Baker, T., & Steffens, P. R. (2010). Entrepreneurial bricolage and firm performance : moderating effects of firm change and innovativeness. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2010 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - Dare to Care: Passion and Compassion in Management Practice & Research. Montreal, Canada. |
| 2010 | Senyard, J., Davidsson, P., & Steffens, P. (2010). The role of bricolage and resource constraints in high potential sustainability ventures. Poster session presented at the meeting of Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2010. Lausanne, Switzerland: Babson College. |
| 2010 | Senderovitz, M., Klyver, K., Steffens, P. R., & Davidsson, P. (2010). The growth-profitability relationship : strategic orientations as moderator. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 7th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland: Swinburne University of Technology. |
| 2010 | Semasinge, D., Davidsson, P., & Steffens, P. R. (2010). Attractiveness of venture ideas : a conjoint study. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 7th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland: Swinburne University of Technology. |
| 2010 | Kaya, M., Steffens, P. R., Hearn, G. N., & Graham, P. W. (2010). How can entrepreneurial musicians use electronic social networks to diffuse their music. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 7th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland: Swinburne University of Technology. |
| 2010 | Kaya, M., & Steffens, P. R. (2010). Online social networks as an emerging opportunity for entrepreneurship : a study of the music industry. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of 2010 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne: Babson College. |
| 2010 | Kaya, M., & Steffens, P. R. (2010). Distinguishing forced versus discretionary replacements in new product diffusion models. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management : Dare to Care : Passion and Compassion in Management Practice & Research. Montreal, Canada: Academy of Management. |
| 2010 | Garonne, C., Davidsson, P., & Steffens, P. R. (2010). Do strategy choices matter for nascent firms? A study on effectuation and causation impacts on new ventures outcomes. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 7th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland: Swinburne University of Technology. |
| 2009 | Steffens, P. R., Senyard, J. M., & Baker, T. (2009). Linking resource acquisition and development processes to resource-based advantage : bricolage and the resource-based view. Poster session presented at the meeting of 6th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. University of Adelaide, Adelaide. |
| 2009 | Steffens, P. R., & Senyard, J. M. (2009). Linking resource acquisition and development processes to resource-based advantage : bricolage and the resource-based view. Poster session presented at the meeting of Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Boston. |
| 2009 | Steffens, P. R., & Kaya, M. (2009). Drivers of technology substitution : successive generations of high tech products. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 6th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S. Aust.: Swinburne University of Technology. |
| 2009 | Steffens, P. R., & Burgers, H. (2009). Building for competitive advantage in early stage start-ups : the role of entrepreneurial capabilities. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 2009 Academy of Management Annual Meeting : Green Management Matters. Chicago, Illinois: Academy of Management. |
| 2009 | Steffens, P. R. (2009). Operationalizing the resource based view for nascent and young firms : developing scales for resource advantages and disadvantages. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2008 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. |
| 2009 | Gordon, S. R., & Steffens, P. R. (2009). Why, how, what for? : motivations, actions and expectations in habitual entrepreneurship. Poster session presented at the meeting of Unknown Conference. |
| 2009 | Gordon, S. R., Davidsson, P., & Steffens, P. R. (2009). Novice vs habitual entrepreneurship: differences in motivations, actions and expectations. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 6th International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. Adelaide, SA: Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology. |
| 2009 | Senyard, J. M., Davidsson, P., Gordon, S. R., & Steffens, P. R. (2009). The comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE) high potential nascent entrepreneurs: some preliminary findings. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 6th International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. Adelaide, SA: Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology. |
| 2008 | Davidsson, P., Steffens, P. R., & Gordon, S. R. (2008). Introduction to Australian Study of Entrepreneurship Emergence (CAUSEE). Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 5th International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. Melbourne, Vic: Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology. |
| 2007 | Thomond, P. N., & Steffens, P. R. (2007). Eyes Wide Shut: Organizational Field Transparency as a Driver of Inertia to Discontinuous Innovation. Poster session presented at the meeting of The Academy of Management 2007 Annual Meeting Proceedings: Doing Well By Doing Good. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America: Academy of Management. |
| 2007 | Thomond, P., Steffens, P. R., & Lettice, F. (2007). Eyes Wide Shut: Technology Entrepreneurship, Inertia and the Impact of Organizational Field Transparency. Poster session presented at the meeting of Fourth AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. Brisbane, Australia. |
| 2007 | Steffens, P. R., Terjesen, S. A., & Davidsson, P. (2007). Birds of a Feather Get Lost Together? Homogeneity and New Venture Persistence and Performance. Poster session presented at the meeting of Academy of Management 2007 Annual Meeting : Doing Well By Doing Good. Philadelphia, United States: Academy of Management. |
| 2006 | Thomond, P. N., & Steffens, P. R. (2006). Unbundling The Determinants Of Inertia To Discontinuous Innovation: Elaborating The Impact Of Organizational Field Transparency. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2006 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Indiana, U.S.A. |
| 2006 | Steffens, P., Davidsson, P., & Fitzsimmons, J. (2006). The performance of young firms: Patterns of evolution in the growth - Profitability space. Poster session presented at the meeting of Academy of Management 2006 Annual Meeting: Knowledge, Action and the Public Concern, AOM 2006. Scopus2 |
| 2005 | Fitzsimmons, J. R., Steffens, P. R., & Douglas, E. J. (2005). Growth and Profitability in Small and Medium Sized Australian Firms. Poster session presented at the meeting of AGSE Entrepreneurship Exchange. Melbourne. |
| 2002 | Steffens, P. R. (2002). The Product Life Cycle Concept: Buried or Resurrected by the Diffusion Literature?. Poster session presented at the meeting of Academy of Management Conference, Technology and Innovation Management Division. Denver, Colorado. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Klyver, K., & Steffens, P. (2024). Ukrainian entrepreneurs in Norway and Sweden after the Russian invasion. Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| 2023 | Klyver, K., & Steffens, P. (2023). Ukrainian entrepreneurs in Denmark after the Russian invasion. |
| 2023 | Alemayehu, B., Steffens, P., Gordon, S., & Santos, E. (2023). SA Innovation District (SAID) Survey 2022 Report. |
| 2021 | Graves, C., Steffens, P., Villios, S., Giancaspro, M., & Gordon, S. (2021). An Investigation into the Performance of the MSME Sector in South Australia and the Utility of Government Programs Aimed at Supporting the Sector. Adelaide. |
| 2019 | Steffens, P., & Omarova, A. (2019). Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) - 2017/18 Australian National Report. (13). London, UK: Global Entrepreneurship Research Association. |
| 2019 | Steffens, P., Omarova, A., & O'Connor, A. (2019). Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM): 2017/18 South Australia Report. Adelaide, Australia: Department of Industry and Skills, South Australia. |
| 2017 | Steffens, P. R., & Omarova, A. (2017). GEM Australia - 2016/17 Australian National Report. London, UK: Global Entrepreneurship Research Association. |
| 2016 | Steffens, P. R. (2016). GEM Australia - 2015/16 Australian National Report. London, UK: Global Entrepreneurship Research Association. |
| 2015 | Steffens, P. R., & Hechavarria, D. (2015). Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: GEM Australia - 2014 National Report. London, UK.: Global Entrepreneurship Research Association. |
| 2012 | Davidsson, P., Gordon, S., & Steffens, P. (2012). Early stage start-ups : evidence from the Comprehensive Australian Study of Entrepreneurial Emergence (CAUSEE): Australian Small Business : Key Statistics and Analysis [2012 ed.] (1). Commonwealth of Australia. |
| 2012 | Steffens, P. R., Stuetzer, M., Davidsson, P., & James, N. (2012). Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) - Australia 2011 National Report. London, UK: Global Entrepreneurship Research Association. |
| 2011 | Steffens, P. R., Davidsson, P., Gordon, S. R., James, N., Senyard, J. M., & Stuetzer, M. (2011). ACE research briefing paper 004 : emerging and young high potential start-ups. Queensland University of Technology. |
| 2009 | Davidsson, P., Steffens, P. R., Gordon, S. R., Garonne, C., & Senyard, J. M. (2009). Business creation processes in Australia : what start-up attempts get up and running, and why? - A preliminary assessment. Queensland University of Technology. |
| 2008 | Davidsson, P., Steffens, P. R., Gordon, S. R., & Senyard, J. M. (2008). Characteristics of high-potential start-ups: some early observations from the CAUSEE project. Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research. |
| 2008 | Davidsson, P., Steffens, P. R., Gordon, S. R., & Reynolds, P. (2008). ACE research briefing paper 006 : anatomy of new business activity in Australia: some early observations from the CAUSEE project. Queensland University of Technology. |
| 2000 | Steffens, P., Shulman, A., Waterhouse, M., & Wollin, A. (2000). Capitalising on intellect: public sector intellectual property management in Queensland. Brisbane: The Institute of Public Administration Australia. |
| 1997 | O'Keeffe, M., & Steffens, P. (1997). A commercial orientation for R&D: Managing market input. |
| 1996 | O'Keefe, M., Steffens, P., Shulman, A., & MacLeod, N. (1996). Managing inter-organisational relationships through the R&D process. |
| 1995 | Steffens, P., & O'Keeffe, M. (1995). A commercial orientation for R&D: Managing new technology products or processes - lessons from the new product development literature. |
| 1994 | O'Keeffe, M., Manifold, F., & Steffens, P. (1994). Assessing market potential: guideline for funding applicants. |
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A. Category 1 Research Grants: Total $1,688,000 |
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ARC Discovery |
2010-2012 |
$127,000 |
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ARC Linkage |
2007-2010 |
$453,000 |
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ARC Discovery |
2006-2009 |
$455,000 |
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ARC SPIRT ARC $221,000; Queensland Department of Primary Industries $432,000 |
1998-2000 |
$653,000 |
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B. Other Research Grants: Total over $500,000 |
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Department of Industry, Innovation & Science Business Creation in Australia Per Davidsson, Paul Steffens, Scott Gordon. |
2015 |
$25,000 |
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Department of Industry ($100k) & QUT Business School ($200k) Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 Paul Steffens |
2010-2015 |
$300,000 |
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Department of Innovation and Industry (DIISRTE) Business Creation in Australia Per Davidsson, Paul Steffens, Scott Gordon. |
2013 |
$50,000 |
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Department of Innovation and Industry (DIISRTE) Fifth wave of CAUSEE project Per Davidsson and Paul Steffens. |
2012 |
$100,000 |
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Institute Of Public Administration Australia Capitalising on Intellect: Public Sector Management of Intellectual Property Paul Steffens, Art Shulman, Dr Michael Waterhouse and Dr Drew Wollin. |
2001 |
$75,000 |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Field Experimental Studies on Female Entrepreneurship | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Afsana Hossain |
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Social entrepreneurial mindset in the Australian care sector: evaluating the impact of entrepreneurial action in for-purpose social enterprises | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Ms Leanne Kaye Raven |
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Understanding hype patterns in entrepreneurship, its composition and its impact on investors' decisions in evaluating young ventures | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Annika Wesbuer |
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Understanding hype patterns in entrepreneurship, its composition and its impact on investors' decisions in evaluating young ventures | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Annika Wesbuer |
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Social entrepreneurial mindset in the Australian care sector: evaluating the impact of entrepreneurial action in for-purpose social enterprises | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Leanne Kaye Raven |
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Field Experimental Studies on Female Entrepreneurshi | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Afsana Hossain |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Understanding the nature of Acquired Optimism, its antecedents and its consequences on the Entrepreneurs in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Jyoti Khisha |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | Entrepreneurs' Emotion Shifts, Emotion Labor and Outcomes | Doctor of Philosophy under a Jointly-awarded Degree Agreement with | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Yudi Hou |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | Entrepreneurs' Emotion Shifts, Emotion Labor and Outcomes | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Yudi Hou |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Understanding the nature of Acquired Optimism, its antecedents and its consequences on the Entrepreneurs in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Jyoti Khisha |
| 2020 | Principal Supervisor | Influence of Entrepreneurs’ self-esteem on the temporal processes of post-venture emotional response, sense-making and venturing behaviour | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Part Time | Mr Dinusha Costa |
| 2020 | Principal Supervisor | Influence of Entrepreneurs self-esteem on the temporal processes of post-venture emotional response, sense-making and venturing behaviour | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Dinusha Costa |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 - 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Gaining Venture Legitimacy through Framing: The Impact of Strategic Framing on Investor Evaluation of Novel Venture Ideas | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Henry Tue Le |
| 2020 - 2023 | Principal Supervisor | ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM WELL-BEING Unpacking the multilevel, multidimensional, and configurational nature of entrepreneurial ecosystem health | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Iulia Stroila |
| 2018 - 2021 | Principal Supervisor | Opportunity Attitude – Extending Entrepreneurial Opportunity Evaluation Beyond Cognition | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Binyam Zewde Alemayehu |
| Date | Role | Editorial Board Name | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 - ongoing | Board Member | Journal of Business Venturing | - | - |
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