Research areas

Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Design; Organization Studies; Strategy

Qualifications

PhD (RMIT), MSc (Copenhagen Business School), BSc (University of Pforzheim), BA (ESCEM Poitiers)

Biography

Nico Florian Klenner is a Lecturer (tenure-track) in Innovation & Entrepreneurship. His research is situated at the intersections of innovation, design, and entrepreneurship and explores how designers and architects organise the future. His work has been published in the Journal of Product Innovation Management (A*). He is a member of EGOS, AoM, and PDMA, and co-chair of the PDMA Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Competition. 

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Grants

Grants

1. 2023-2026 ANU Futures Scheme 2.0 (150.000 AUD),
2. 2023-2024 ANU Learning & Teaching grant led by Dr Penny Kyburz from the School of Computing: "Exploring pathways for cultivating entrepreneurship at ANU" (25.000 AUD),
3. 2022 Yrjö Uitto Foundation travel grant (2.000 EUR),
4. 2017 Design Research Society Student Research Bursary (500GBP),
5. 2017 Jeanne Liedtka's DMA 2017 conference bursary (4600 HKD),
6. 2016-2019 RMIT RPIS International Scholarship (114.000 AUD)

Research awards

Runner-up for the 2022 Journal of Product Innovation Management Thomas P. Hustad Best Paper Award // Runner-up for the 2021 IPDMC Best Paper Award

Publications

Klenner, N. F., Gemser, G., & Karpen, I. O. (2022). Entrepreneurial ways of designing and designerly ways of entrepreneuring: Exploring the relationship between design thinking and effectuation theory. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 39(1), 66-94.

Klenner, N. F., Hartz-Olsson, L., & Capron, B. (2015). Design as a competitive advantage in start-up fundraising. Journal of Design, Business & Society, 1(2), 163-182.

Teaching

Teaching responsibilities in 2024:

MGMT2009 - Design Thinking
MGMT7165 - Innovation

Previous teaching experience:

Berlin School of Economics and Law: Marketing, Strategic Marketing, Ethics in Marketing, Strategy, Product and Distribution Management, Design Thinking, Digital Business.

Copenhagen Business School: Strategic Management in Service Firms.

RMIT: Service Quality, Design Thinking.