Prof. Dr. Jan Kratzer is Chaired Professor for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management and Founder/Academic Director of Centre for Entrepreneurship (CfE) at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. In the School for Business and Economy at Technische Universität Berlin he holds the function as Vice Dean for Internationalization and he is member of the Academic Senate at Technische Universität Berlin. Prof. Dr. Jan Kratzer established and leads the (dual degree) master program MSc “Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability” (“IMES”). Within the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) Jan Kratzer has held different functions in designing the educational programs of EIT and conducting research.
He is in the editorial board of “Creativity and Innovation Management” (CIM), “Journal of Product Innovation Management” (J-PIM) and “Sustainability”. His research is mainly on factors that drive sustainable entrepreneurial and innovation activities, online and offline social networks and the human side of innovations. His work has appeared among more in Journal of Cleaner Production, Sustainability, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Economy and Society, Journal of Consumer Research, Research Policy, Heath Policy, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Technology Transfer, Research-Technology Management, Journal of Creativity, Technovation, Journal of Mathematical Sociology, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, International Journal of Innovation Management, International Journal of Project Management, Journal of Quality in Higher Education, and Journal of Entrepreneurship Education.
- Editorial Board Journal of Product Innovation Management
- Editorial Board Creativity and Innovation Management
- Editiorial Board Highlights of Sustainability
- Editorial Board Sustainability
- Enhance - The Alliance of ten leading Universities of Technology shaping the future of Europe and driving transformation in science and society
- Global South - Micro-Entrepreneurship, Agripreneurship, Tech-Entrepreneurship (Pakistan, Egypt, Tanzania)
- Treasure Hunting - Valorization of University Patents
- early-stage Sustainable Return on Investment - esSROI
J. Kratzer, Ch. Lettl, B. Franke, P. Gloor (2016) ‘The social network position of lead user’, Journal of Product Innovation Management, 33 (2), pp. 201-216.
J. Kratzer (2020) `Starting up in the Age of Sustainability`, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 21, pp. 89-92.
J. Horne, M. Recker, I. Michelfelder, J. Kratzer, J. Jay (2020) `Exploring entrepreneurship related to the sustainable development goals – mapping new venture activities with semi-automated content analysis, Journal of Cleaner Production, 242, 118052.
T. Lammers, L., Rashid, J. Kratzer, A. Voinov (2022) An analysis of the sustainable development goals of digital technology start-ups in Berlin, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 185, 122096.
M. Karahan, L. Rashid, J. Kratzer (2022) Gearing-up for purpose: The relationship between entrepreneur`s usage of incubation support services and sustainable impacts Journal of Cleaner Production, 377, 134377.