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Jan Keim

Profile

Jan Keim Doktorand

Contact

  • Address Berner Fachhochschule
    Business School
    Institut Innovation and Entrepreneurship
    Brückenstrasse 73
    3005 Bern

Teaching

  • BSc in Business Administration

  • MSc in Business Administration

  • EBIE Heuristics & Biases

  • BTHE Bachelor Thesis

  • ENBC Entrepreneurship & Business Creation

  • MTHE Master Thesis

Research

  • Entrepreneurship

  • Innovation

  • "Dark sides" of entrepreneurship and innovation

  • Entrepreneurs' actions

  • Entrepreneurship education

CV

  • 03/2021 - now: Doctoral Researcher | Bern University of Applied Sciences
  • 01/2020 - 02/2022: Co-Founder | Adam Global, Inc.
  • 09/2020 - 02/2021: Academic Associate in Science Diplomacy | Embassy of Switzerland in the United States of America
  • 03/2020 - 05/2020: Intern in International Business Development | Evenlox AG
  • 08/2017 - 08/2019: Project Manager & Research Associate | Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences
  • 08/2011 - 07/2014: Commercial Apprentice | Acrevis Bank AG
  • 03/2021 - now: PhD in Entrepreneurship and Innovation | RWTH Aachen University
  • 09/2019 - 08/2020: M.Sc. in Entrepreneurship | Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
  • 08/2016 - 12/2016: Exchange Semester | Babson College
  • 09/2014 - 07/2017: B.Sc. in Business Administration | Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences

Projects

Publications

  • Freiesleben, J., Keim, J. & Grutsch, M. (2020). Machine learning and Design of Experiments: Alternative approaches or complementary methodologies for quality improvement? Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 36(6), 1837-1848.

  • Keim, J., Müller, S. & Dey, P. (2023). How entrepreneurship turns a blind eye to structural injustice. Accepted for presentation at the 39th EGOS Colloquium, July, Cagliari, Italy.

  • Keim, J. (2022). Dark Sides of entrepreneurship and innovation: A conceptual typology and research agenda. Presented at the 2022 Academy of Management (AOM) Annual Meeting, August, Seattle, WA, USA.

  • Keim, J. (2022). Dark sides, downsides, and destructive sides of entrepreneurship and innovation: A conceptual typology and research agenda. Presented at the 2022 European Academy of Management Conference (EURAM), June, Winterthur, Switzerland.

  • Müller, S., von Grone, J., Grégoire, D., Ucbasaran, D., Keim, J. & Bird, B. (2022). Entrepreneurs’ actions and success: How entrepreneurs navigate critical events during the startup-process. Presented at the 2022 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), June, Waco, TX, USA.

  • Müller, S., Hietschold, N., Keim, J. & Kissling-Näf, I. (2022). For more women founders in Switzerland: Starting points for the improvement of start-up-relevant framework conditions. Bern: Bern University of Applied Sciences, Business School.

  • Müller, S., Hietschold, N., Keim, J. & Kissling-Näf, I. (2022). 'Improving framework conditions for women entrepreneurs in Switzerland', in R. Baldegger, R. Gaudart and P. Wild (eds.) Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2021/2022: Report on Switzerland. Fribourg: HEG-FR (HES-SO), pp. 47-50.

Memberships

  • Institute for Technology and Innovation Management at RWTH Aachen University

  • German Academic Association for Business Research

  • Product Development and Management Association (PDMA)

  • Academy of Management (AOM)

  • European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)

Awards

The aim of the PDMA Doctoral Consortium is to enhance the development of doctoral students conducting dissertation research in the domain of innovation and new product development. During this two-and-a-half-day event, doctoral students got an opportunity to interact with and receive guidance from invited faculty on conducting impactful research on innovation and new product development. 25 students were accepted for this consortium.

• Double Gold @ San Francisco World Spirits Competition
• Gold @ Denver International Spirits Competition
• Gold @ SIP Awards
• Silver @ New York International Spirits Competition
• Silver @ Bartender Spirits Awards

The Blackstone LaunchPad Sprints programme is a three-week pre-accelerator at Tangent, Trinity's Idea Workspace. After four workshop sessions, the participating start-ups compete in a final pitching competition where a jury selects the three best concepts to either be fast-tracked to the semi-final of TES Dragon's Den or the pitching round of Blackstone LaunchBox.

The WTT Young Leader Award recognizes the best consulting projects at the Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences in two categories: market research and management design. The award includes combined prize money of $22,000 sponsored by companies located in eastern Switzerland. All qualified projects (~40 in each category) are ranked by a jury consisting of C-level executives from companies such as PwC, Migros, Bühler Group, and Leica Geosystems (part of Hexagon).

The Dean’s List recognizes outstanding scholarship among those students enrolled in the undergraduate program. Eligible students must have a semester average of at least 3.30 based on a minimum of 12 semester credits taken at Babson or through cross¬enrollment. The grades may not include more than one C+, a grade below C+, or Incompletes.

Startup Weekend is a global network of passionate leaders and entrepreneurs on a mission to inspire, educate, and empower individuals, teams and communities. Beginning with open mic pitches on Friday, attendees bring their best ideas and inspire others to join their team. Over Saturday and Sunday teams focus on customer development, validating their ideas, practicing LEAN Startup Methodologies and building a minimal viable product. On Sunday evening teams demo their prototypes and receive valuable feedback from a panel of experts. The winner team receives material prizes worth around $4'000.

Supervised theses

  • Ivana Protic: Schattenseiten des Unternehmertums: Welche Schattenseiten erleben Unternehmer:innen bei der Gründung eines Unternehmens? (2022)

  • Elias Nast: Handlungsempfehlungen für Independent-Label der elektronischen Tanzmusik: Strategien und Geschäftsmodelle im Vergleich (2022)

  • Dario Kobluk: Das unternehmerische Ökosystem in Bern: Chancen und Herausforderungen (2022)

Language skills and intercultural knowledge

  • German - Native or bilingual proficiency
  • English - Full professional proficiency
  • French - Elementary proficiency
  • Ireland
  • United States of America
  • Switzerland