Danny Soetanto

APrf Danny Soetanto

Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship

School of Management

College of Business and Law

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Danny holds a PhD degree from Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands and MSc in System Engineering and Policy Analysis from the same university. Before joining UniSA Business, Danny was a senior lecturer at Lancaster University Management School, UK where he delivered teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate levels as well as workshops for practitioners.  
Danny has done research and consultancy in the field of entrepreneurship and policy for regional growth. Danny’s research interests include: start-ups, incubators, university commercialisation, social network and regional development. His research papers have been published in peer reviewed international journals such as Journal of Small Business Management, Technovation, Technology Forecasting and Social Change, Small Business Economics, etc.

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2024 Soetanto, D., & Demir, R. (2024). The impact of networking with knowledge-intensive professional service firms on speed to market and product innovativeness. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 71, 5182-5196.
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2024 Huang, S., Huang, Q., Soetanto, D., & Li, X. (2024). The effect of chief executive officers' regulatory focus on the entrepreneurial orientation of small and medium‐sized enterprises. European Management Review, 21(2), 376-392.
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2024 Burke, M. K., Pugh, R., Soetanto, D., Owusu Kwarteng, A., & Jack, S. L. (2024). The engaged university delivering social innovation. Journal of Technology Transfer, 49(6), 2056-2079.
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2024 Soetanto, D., Franco Leal, N., & Larty, J. (2024). Strategic orientation and new product development performance of academic spin-offs: the importance of team cohesion and team heterogeneity. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 71, 2853-2864.
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2024 Soetanto, D., Huang, S., Mahmud, M., & Jack, S. (2024). A configuration perspective of absorptive capacity in environmental management practice. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 36(3), 408-422.
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2023 Huang, S., Huang, Q., & Soetanto, D. (2023). Entrepreneurial orientation dimensions and the performance of high-tech and low-tech firms: a configurational approach. European Management Journal, 41(3), 375-384.
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2023 Wang, M., Cai, J., Soetanto, D., & Guo, Y. (2023). Why do academic scientists participate in academic entrepreneurship? An empirical investigation of department context and the antecedents of entrepreneurial behavior. Journal of Small Business Management, 61`(4), 1497-1528.
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2023 Thomas, E., Pugh, R., Soetanto, D., & Jack, S. L. (2023). Beyond ambidexterity: universities and their changing roles in driving regional development in challenging times. Journal of Technology Transfer, 48(6), 2054-2073.
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2022 Wang, M., Soetanto, D., Cai, J., & Munir, H. (2022). Scientist or Entrepreneur? Identity centrality, university entrepreneurial mission, and academic entrepreneurial intention. Journal of Technology Transfer, 47(1), 1-28.
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2022 Junqueira, M. I. C., & Soetanto, D. (2022). Funding decisions and the role of trust: a qualitative study of reward-based crowdfunding in the creative industries. Management Decision, 60(8), 2174-2194.
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2022 Pugh, R., Hamilton, E., Soetanto, D., Jack, S., Gibbons, A., & Ronan, N. (2022). Nuancing the roles of entrepreneurial universities in regional economic development. Studies in Higher Education, 47(5), 964-972.
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2021 Huang, S., Pickernell, D., Battisti, M., Soetanto, D., & Huang, Q. (2021). When is entrepreneurial orientation beneficial for new product performance? The roles of ambidexterity and market turbulence. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 27(1), 79-98.
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2021 Mahmud, M., Soetanto, D., & Jack, S. (2021). A contingency theory perspective of environmental management: empirical evidence from entrepreneurial firms. Journal of General Management, 47(1), 3-17.
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2021 Pugh, R., Soetanto, D., Jack, S. L., & Hamilton, E. (2021). Developing local entrepreneurial ecosystems through integrated learning initiatives: the Lancaster case. Small Business Economics, 56(2), 833-847.
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2020 Mahmud, M., Soetanto, D., & Jack, S. (2020). Environmental management and product innovation: the moderating role of the dynamic capability of small manufacturing firms. Journal of Cleaner Production, 264(article no. 121633), 1-13.
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2019 Soetanto, D., & van Geenhuizen, M. (2019). Life after incubation: the impact of entrepreneurial universities on the long-term performance of their spin-offs. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 141, 263-276.
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2019 Soetanto, D. (2019). Examining change in entrepreneurial networks: using visualisation as an alternative approach. European Management Journal, 37(2), 139-150.
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2019 Szemző, H., Gerőházi, É., Droste, C., & Soetanto, D. (2019). Towards a collaborative housing initiative: the role of local authorities. Built Environment, 45(3), 398-415.
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2018 Soetanto, D., Huang, Q., & Jack, S. (2018). Obstacles, networking approaches and entrepreneurial network changes. European Management Review, 15(2), 171-189.
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2018 Soetanto, D., & Jack, S. L. (2018). Slack resources, exploratory and exploitative innovation and the performance of small technology-based firms at incubators. Journal of Technology Transfer, 43(5), 1213-1231.
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2017 Soetanto, D., & MacDonald, M. (2017). Group work and the change of obstacles over time: the influence of learning style and group composition. Active Learning in Higher Education, 18(2), 99-113.
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2017 Soetanto, D. (2017). Networks and entrepreneurial learning: coping with difficulties. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 23(3), 547-565.
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2016 Soetanto, D., & Jack, S. (2016). The impact of university-based incubation support on the innovation strategy of academic spin-offs. Technovation, 50-51, 25-40.
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2016 Franco Leal, N., Soetanto, D., & Camelo Ordaz, C. (2016). Do they matter? The role of non-academics in the internationalization of academic spin-offs. Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 14(3), 410-440.
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2015 Damen, T., Sebastian, R., MacDonald, M., Soetanto, D., Hartmann, T., Di Giulio, R., . . . Luig, K. (2015). The application of BIM as collaborative design technology for collective self-organised housing. International Journal of 3-D Information Modeling, 4(1), 1-18.
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2015 Soetanto, D., & van Geenhuizen, M. (2015). Getting the right balance: University networks' influence on spin-offs' attraction of funding for innovation. Technovation, 36-37, 26-38.
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  • Prosper! Interdisciplinary solutions for Prosperous Regions, Australian Academy of Science - Theo Murphy Initiative (Australia), 01/03/2023 - 30/11/2023

  • Prosper! Interdisciplinary solutions for Prosperous Regions - Legatus Co-contribution, Legatus Group, 01/03/2023 - 30/11/2023

Courses I teach

  • BUSS 3104 Organisational Entrepreneurship (2025)
  • BUSS 5080 Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2025)
  • BUSS 3104 Organisational Entrepreneurship (2024)
  • BUSS 5080 Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Jin Yang
2024 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Pranab Mukherjee
2024 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Marko Savovic

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