Rainer Harms

  • About Rainer

    PD Dr. Rainer Harms

    Rainer Harms is an Associate Professor at ETM (Entrepreneurship and Technology Management), University of Twente. Before this position, he was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Klagenfurt, Austria (Habilitation), and a Researcher at the WWU Münster, Germany (Doctorate). In addition, Rainer was Visiting Professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien), Klagenfurt University, and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

    His research interests are (international) entrepreneurship, corporate entrepreneurship, and firm growth.

    He cooperates with several national and international ventures in various industries on business development issues. For example, he has worked with Entrepreneur of the Year e.V. Germany, for over a decade on rapid-growth firms.

    Rainer has published more than 70 articles in journals such as Organizational Research Methods, Journal of Smal Business Management, Journal of Business Ethics, and others. In addition, Rainer is Associate Editor of Journal of Small Business Management.

    Contact

    Johannes Kepler University Linz
    Altenberger Straße 69
    4040 Linz, Austria

    Institute of Innovation Management (IFI)
    House of Schools, 1st floor

    e-mail: r.harms@utwente.nl


Publications

Selected publications

  • Maresch, D., Fink, M., Harms, R. (accepted). When Patents Matter: The Impact of Competition and Patent Age on the Performance Contribution of Intellectual Property Rights Protection. Technovation.
  • Hatak, I., Harms, R. & Fink, M. (2015): Age, job identification, and entrepreneurial intention. Journal of Managerial Psychology 30(1): 38-53
  • Fink M., Lang R., Harms R. (2013): Local responses to global technological change – Contrasting restructuring practices in two rural communities in Austria. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol.80, No.2, pp. 569-581
  • Harms R., Schiele H. (2012): Antecedents and consequences of effectuation and causation in the international new venture creation process. Journal of International Entrepreneurship, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 95-116.
  • Fink M., Harms R., Hatak I. (2012): Shaping the scope of researcher’s behavior: The relative role of legal regulations and self-commitment in ethical research behavior in nanotechnology research. Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 109, No. 4, pp. 569-581.
  • Fink M., Harms R. (2012): Contextualizing the Relationship between Self-commitment and Performance: Environmental and Behavioral Uncertainty in (Cross-border) Alliances of SMEs. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Vol. 24, No. 3-4, pp. 161-179
  • Eggers F., Kraus S., Harms R., Hultman C.M., Hills G. (2011): Entrepreneurial Marketing: aktueller Stand und Entwicklungslinien – eine Zitationsanalyse. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, special issue 06/11, Vol. 81, pp. 27-58.
  • Breitenecker R., Harms R. (2010): Applying techniques of spatial statistics to entrepreneurship research. Organizational Research Methods, Vol. 13, pp. 176-191.
  • Harms R., Reschke H., Kraus S., Fink M. (2010): Antecedents of innovation and growth: Analyzing the impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation and goal-oriented management. International Journal of Technology Management, Vol. 51, No. 1-2, pp. 135-152.
  • Harms R. (2009): A multivariate analysis of the characteristics of rapid growth firms, their leaders, and their market. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 429-454.
  • Wdowiak M.A., Schwarz E.J., Breitenecker R.J., Harms R. (2009): Linking cultural and financial capital of the entrepreneur in a new venture creation context: A cross-country comparison. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, special issue 5, pp. 25-51.
  • Harms R., Kraus S., Schwarz E.J. (2009): The suitability of the configuration approach in entrepreneurship research. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 29-49.
  • Fink M., Harms R., Kraus S., Schulz A. (2009): Selbstverpflichtung als Erfolgsfaktor bei kooperativer Internationalisierung junger Unternehmen. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, special issue 1, pp. 107-132.
  • Schwarz E.J., Harms R., Breitenecker R. (2006): Dynamik und Stabilität bei der Analyse von Erfolgsfaktoren junger Unternehmen. Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, special issue 4, pp. 165-183.