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Associate Professor Anna Jenkins
Associate Professor

Anna Jenkins

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Overview

Background

Areas of expertise:

  • The processes activities involved in creating high impact startups
  • The development and evolution of startup ecosystems
  • The impact firm failure has on small business owners’ well-being including their financial, and emotional well-being and how they respond to and cope with firm failure

Dr Anna Jenkins studies the startup process, the activities and processes which entrepreneurs engage in to explain why some startups emerge successful and growing and others either stagnate or fail. She currently holds an ARC Discovery grant for this project where she is leading a project following the development and trajectories of startups for over four years. She is also leading a research project on the development of startup ecosystems where the research team is conducting a longitudinal ethnographic study on how startup ecosystems emerge.

Her other area of expertise on how small business owners manage setbacks and failure. Her research focuses on how small business owners respond to failure, how they reduce the impact failure can have on their well-being, and the effectiveness of different coping strategies for their well-being and future employment. She was been awarded a number of prestigious research grants for this work including funding from The Swedish Retail and Wholesale Development Council and Swedbank.

She is familiar with a variety of research methods having conducted large scale longitudinal quantitative studies and narrative interviews with small business owners who have failed. As well as ethnographic field work and experiments.

Availability

Associate Professor Anna Jenkins is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Hogskolan i Jonkoping

Works

Search Professor Anna Jenkins’s works on UQ eSpace

41 works between 0219 and 2025

21 - 40 of 41 works

2020

Conference Publication

The role of translation in the formation of a field: the case of a startup ecosystem

Ekberg, Sara, Spee, A. Paul and Jenkins, Anna Saies (2020). The role of translation in the formation of a field: the case of a startup ecosystem. 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2020), Virtual, 7-11 August 2020. Briarcliff Manor, NY USA: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2020.16573abstract

The role of translation in the formation of a field: the case of a startup ecosystem

2020

Conference Publication

Goal setting: the missing link in the experience-learning relationship

Jenkins, Anna, Simmonds, Aimee and Spee, Andreas Paul (2020). Goal setting: the missing link in the experience-learning relationship. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Knoxville, TN USA/Virtual, 3-6 June 2020.

Goal setting: the missing link in the experience-learning relationship

2020

Journal Article

Wicked problems, reductive tendency, and the formation of (non-)opportunity beliefs

Gras, David, Conger, Michael, Jenkins, Anna and Gras, Michael (2020). Wicked problems, reductive tendency, and the formation of (non-)opportunity beliefs. Journal of Business Venturing, 35 (3) 105966, 105966. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2019.105966

Wicked problems, reductive tendency, and the formation of (non-)opportunity beliefs

2020

Conference Publication

The legitimization process of a startup: an in-depth study of how pitches evolve

Allan, Marielle, Spee, Andreas Paul and Jenkins, Anna (2020). The legitimization process of a startup: an in-depth study of how pitches evolve. Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Excellence conference, Adelaide, SA Australia, 4-7 February 2020.

The legitimization process of a startup: an in-depth study of how pitches evolve

2020

Conference Publication

Understanding the role and interaction of actors in the entrepreneurial ecosystem: a longitudinal study

Wicaksono, Adit, Ekberg, Sara, Jenkins, Anna and Spee, Andreas Paul (2020). Understanding the role and interaction of actors in the entrepreneurial ecosystem: a longitudinal study. Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Excellence conference, Adelaide, SA Australia, 4-7 February 2020.

Understanding the role and interaction of actors in the entrepreneurial ecosystem: a longitudinal study

2019

Conference Publication

The legitimation process of a startup

Allan, Marielle, Spee, Andreas Paul and Jenkins, Anna (2019). The legitimation process of a startup. 35th European Group for Organizational Studies colloquium, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 4-6 July 2019.

The legitimation process of a startup

2019

Conference Publication

Understanding what learning means to entrepreneurs: a phenomenographic study

Walsh, Aimee, Jenkins, Anna and Spee, Andreas Paul (2019). Understanding what learning means to entrepreneurs: a phenomenographic study. Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Excellence conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 5-8 February 2019.

Understanding what learning means to entrepreneurs: a phenomenographic study

2019

Conference Publication

Getting a ticket to the game: becoming an entrepreneur amidst multiple demands

Ekberg, Sara, Spee, Andreas Paul and Jenkins, Anna (2019). Getting a ticket to the game: becoming an entrepreneur amidst multiple demands. Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Excellence conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 5-8 February 2019.

Getting a ticket to the game: becoming an entrepreneur amidst multiple demands

2018

Conference Publication

Launching new ventures: assimilating to rules and norms whilst balancing family and work commitmen

Spee, A. Paul, Jenkins, Anna Saies and Ekberg, Sara (2018). Launching new ventures: assimilating to rules and norms whilst balancing family and work commitmen. Academy of Management 2018 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL USA, Unknown. Briarcliff Manor, NY USA: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2018.12289abstract

Launching new ventures: assimilating to rules and norms whilst balancing family and work commitmen

2018

Journal Article

Understanding entrepreneurial success: a phenomenographic approach

Angel, Pablo, Jenkins, Anna and Stephens, Anna (2018). Understanding entrepreneurial success: a phenomenographic approach. International Small Business Journal, 36 (6), 026624261876866-636. doi: 10.1177/0266242618768662

Understanding entrepreneurial success: a phenomenographic approach

2018

Journal Article

Motivated but not starting: how fear of failure impacts entrepreneurial intentions

Ng, Leon and Jenkins, Anna Saies (2018). Motivated but not starting: how fear of failure impacts entrepreneurial intentions. Small Enterprise Research, 25 (2), 152-167. doi: 10.1080/13215906.2018.1480412

Motivated but not starting: how fear of failure impacts entrepreneurial intentions

2017

Journal Article

Is this the end? Investigating firm and individual level outcomes post-failure

Jenkins, Anna and McKelvie, Alexander (2017). Is this the end? Investigating firm and individual level outcomes post-failure. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 8, 138-143. doi: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2017.10.002

Is this the end? Investigating firm and individual level outcomes post-failure

2016

Journal Article

What is entrepreneurial failure? Implications for future research

Jenkins, Anna and McKelvie, Alexander (2016). What is entrepreneurial failure? Implications for future research. International Small business Journal, 34 (2), 176-188. doi: 10.1177/0266242615574011

What is entrepreneurial failure? Implications for future research

2016

Conference Publication

Understanding the meaning of entrepreneurial success

Angel, Pablo, Jenkins, Anna and Stephens, Anna M. (2016). Understanding the meaning of entrepreneurial success. ACERE, Gold Coast, Australia, 2 – 5 February 2016.

Understanding the meaning of entrepreneurial success

2015

Book Chapter

Entrepreneurial exit: who, what or to where? Regional relocation as a form of exit

Jenkins, Anna, Steen, John and Verreynne, Martie-Louise (2015). Entrepreneurial exit: who, what or to where? Regional relocation as a form of exit. Research Handbook of Entrepreneurial Exit. (pp. 246-264) edited by Dawn R. DeTienne and Karl Wennberg. Northampton, MA United States: Edward Elgar. doi: 10.4337/9781782546979

Entrepreneurial exit: who, what or to where? Regional relocation as a form of exit

2014

Other Outputs

Growing business in Redlands: technical report

Steen, John, Verreynne, Martie-Louise and Jenkins, Anna (2014). Growing business in Redlands: technical report. Brisbane, Australia:

Growing business in Redlands: technical report

2014

Journal Article

Individual responses to firm failure: appraisals, grief, and the influence of prior failure experience

Jenkins, Anna S., Wiklund, Johan and Brundin, Ethel (2014). Individual responses to firm failure: appraisals, grief, and the influence of prior failure experience. Journal of Business Venturing, 29 (1), 17-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2012.10.006

Individual responses to firm failure: appraisals, grief, and the influence of prior failure experience

2012

Book

After firm failure: Emotions, learning and re-entry

Jenkins, Anna (2012). After firm failure: Emotions, learning and re-entry. Jönköping, Sweden: Jönköping International Business School.

After firm failure: Emotions, learning and re-entry

2012

Conference Publication

A risky decision on an informed choice: Re-entry after firm failure

Jenkins, Anna and Wiklund, Johan (2012). A risky decision on an informed choice: Re-entry after firm failure. 32nd Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Neeley School of Business at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, June 2012. Babson Park, MA United States: Babson College, Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship.

A risky decision on an informed choice: Re-entry after firm failure

2010

Conference Publication

Grief or relief? Emotional repsonses to firm failure

Jenkins, Anna S., Brundin, Ethel and Wiklund, Johan (2010). Grief or relief? Emotional repsonses to firm failure. Babson College Entrepreneurial Research Conference 2010, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 2010. Babson Park, MA, United States: Babson College, Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship.

Grief or relief? Emotional repsonses to firm failure

Funding

Past funding

  • 2019 - 2024
    High-impact entrepreneurship: routine formation, process and outcomes
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2024
    ARC Training Centre for Innovation in Biomedical Imaging Technology
    ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centres
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Determining success: an activity based approach to examine new firm creation
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2016
    Growing Business in Redlands Survey 2015
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2014
    Growing Business in Redlands Survey 2014
    UniQuest Pty Ltd
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Associate Professor Anna Jenkins is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Artificial intelligence in medical imaging: understanding the frames that influence the adoption and integration of new technology

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Sam MacAulay

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Disruptive innovation: How can it be valued and priced? A case of novel theranostics in oncology

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Lisette Pregelj, Associate Professor Sam MacAulay

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Entrepreneurial Leadership in Practice

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Lance Newey

Completed supervision

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