Dr. Weiss Jan

Dr. Jan Weiss joined Montpellier Business School in 2021 as Associate Professor of Strategy, Management, and Entrepreneurship. He is affiliated with the MBS Entrepreneurship Center and LabEx Entreprendre, the Lab of Excellence in Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research & Industry Advice at Université de Montpellier. He holds a PhD in Applied Microeconomics from Jönköping International Business School, Sweden and an MSc in Business Administration from the University of Mannheim, Germany. His previous academic work experience includes Postdoc research at the University of Bergamo’s Centre for Young and Family Enterprises (CYFE) in Bergamo, Italy, a tenured position as Assistant Professor in Industrial Management & Economy at Jönköping University, School of Engineering, and a Visiting Professor stay at the NTU Entrepreneurship Academy, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His primary research interest lies in understanding the joint role of macro and micro-level factors on the entrepreneurial and innovation process and on new venture performance. A secondary research area of Jan is sustainable consumption, which mirrors his endeavor to incorporate sustainable development as cross-cutting research theme. His research has been published in a variety of scientific journals, including International Small Business Journal, Industry & Innovation, Business Strategy and the Environment, Spatial Economic Analysis, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, Journal of Consumer Marketing, and Journal of Marketing Communications. In addition, he has served as referee for several journals, including Research Policy, Journal of Business Research, International Small Business Journal, Business Strategy and the Environment, and Journal of Evolutionary Economics. His academic activities have received substantial external funding, among others, from the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT) and Ragnar Söderberg Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden. Jan’s profile is complemented by international work experience beyond the academic realm, including assignments at UN-ESCAP (Bangkok, Thailand), the German-Tunisian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Tunis, Tunisia), the German Embassy (Stockholm, Sweden), Swedfund International (Stockholm, Sweden), DIW Econ (Berlin, Germany), BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and SAP (Walldorf, Germany). Jan’s work experience also includes pro bono work, among others, for LekaGape, a non-profit organization in Phalaborwa (Lulekani), South Africa.

Weiss J., Anisimova T., Shirokova G. & Durst S. Forthcoming. The entrepreneurial gender gap: the role of in-group support and national embeddedness values in young women’s entrepreneurship. International Small Business Journal.

Anisimova T. & Weiss J. Forthcoming. Towards a better understanding of the attitude-behavior gap in organic food conative loyalty: a moderation and moderated mediation analysis. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics.

Ghosal V., Stephan A. & Weiss J. F. 2019. Decentralized environmental regulations and plant‐level productivity. Business strategy and the Environment, 28(6): 998-1011.

Weiss J. & Anisimova T. 2019. The innovation and performance effects of well-designed environmental regulation: evidence from Sweden. Industry and Innovation, 26(5): 534-567.

Weiss J., Anisimova T. & Shirokova G. 2019. The translation of entrepreneurial intention into start-up behaviour: The moderating role of regional social capital. International Small Business Journal, 37(5): 473-501.

Anisimova T., Weiss J. & Mavondo F. 2019. The influence of corporate brand perceptions on consumer satisfaction and loyalty via controlled and uncontrolled communications: a multiple mediation analysis. Journal of Consumer Marketing, 36(1): 33-49.

Weiss J., Stephan A. & Anisimova T. 2019. Well-designed environmental regulation and firm performance: Swedish evidence on the Porter hypothesis and the effect of regulatory time strategies. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 62(2): 342-363

Dr. Jan Weiss has 15 years of higher eduaction teaching experience. His teaching activities span various fields within management and economics as well as courses in research methodology, at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Details can be found in the list below:

Montpellier Business School

2021-2022: International Business (BIBA)
2021-2022: Green Innovation Management (PGE)
2022- : BIBA Startup Week (BIBA)
2022- : Ethical Leadership in a Changing World (PGE)
2023- : International Entrepreneurship Seminar (PGE/MSc)
2022- : Supervisor, Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) program

Jönköping University, School of Engineering, Sweden

2015-2021: Finance, Entrepreneurship & Marketing (BSc)
2015-2021: Industrial Finance & Controlling (BSc)
2016-2018: Finance & Controlling for Engineers (BSc)
2016-2018: JU World Solar Challenge: Project Management, Entrepreneurship & Marketing (BSc/MSc)
2017-2018: Research & Inquiry methodology (BSc)
2018-2021: Research methods (BSc)
2018-2021: Business planning & entrepreneurship (BSc)
2018-2021: Industrial Placement Course (BSc)
2018-2019: Microeconomics (BSc, LNU, Sweden)
2018-2021: Industrial Organization (BSc, LNU, Sweden)
2019-2021: Research methodology (BSc)
2019-2021: Operations management (BSc)

Jönköping International Business School, Sweden

2008-2009: The Economy & Foreign Trade (BSc)
2008-2010: Innovation, Trade & Location (BSc)
2008-2012: National Model United Nations (BSc)
2008-2012: United Nations Simulation (BSc)
2009-2012: Advanced Innovation, Trade & Location (MSc)
2009-2010: Advanced Research Methods in Business & Economics (MSc)
2011-2013: Management of Technology (MSc, SLU, Sweden)
2011-2015: International Financial Management (BSc)
2011-2013: Corporate Finance (BSc)
2012-2013: Entrepreneurial Finance (MSc)
2013-2014: International Trade Theory (BSc)