Research Interests

Dr. Jana Schmutzler's research interests center on innovation processes and entrepreneurial behavior with a focus on developing countries. Specifically, she explores the role context plays in fostering (or hindering) these vital economic behaviors.

Dr. Jana Schmutzler
2022 - present Associate Professor, Universidad del Norte, Colombia
2020 - present Affiliated Research Fellow, Jackstädt Center of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research, Germany
2022 - 2024 Director of Entrepreneurship Center,Business School, Universidad del Norte
2024 - 2024 Assistant Professor, TU Delft, Netherlands
2017 - 2022 Assistant Professor, Business School/Economics Department, Universidad del Norte, Colombia
2020 - 2022 Vice President of the Managing Board, Colegio Aleman de Barranquilla, Colombia
2014 - 2017 Lecturer, Business School, Universidad del Norte
2012 - 2016 PhD in Economics, Schumpeter School of Business & Economics, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany
2010 - 2013 Master in Organizational Studies, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
2011 - 2012 Research Assistant, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
2007 - 2008 Vice President Business Development, Gensol de Colombia S.A., Colombia
2005 - 2006 Market Intelligence Manager, Marck S.A., Colombia
2002 - 2005 Senior Consultant, Simon-Kucher & Partners, Germany/USA
1996 - 2001 Bachelor in International Business, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany

Publications

2024

  • Fuentes, N., Schmutzler, J., & Vargas, A. M. (2024). Unpacking the multilayered nature of entrepreneurial ecosystems: A conceptual complex adaptive system model. International Journal of Innovation Studies, 8(4), 335-350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijis.2024.08.001
  • Schmutzler, J., Palacios-Chacón, L. A., Burvill, S., & Andonova, V. (Eds.). (2024). Cases on Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Unexplored Topics and Contexts. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Escorcia Caballero, J.P., Schmutzler, J., López Zambrano, M., Pereira Laverde, F., Osorio Tinico, F., Martínez Romero, A.C., Soler Libreros, J.D., Gómez Bernal, L., & Parra Bernal, L. (2024). DINÁMICA DE LA ACTIVIDAD EMPRESARIAL EN COLOMBIA. DINÁMICA DE LA ACTIVIDAD EMPRESARIAL EN COLOMBIA 2023-2024: ENFRENTANDO DESAFÍOS.
  • Schmutzler, J., Palacios-Chacón, L. A., Andonova, V., & Burvill, S. (2024). Teaching cases in unexplored topics and contexts: why do we need such a book?. In: Schmutzler, J., Palacios-Chacón, L. A., Burvill, S., & Andonova, V. (Eds.). Cases on Entrepreneurship and Innovation (pp. 1-22). Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Andonova, V., Soto, J. P., & Schmutzler, J. (2024). Playground energy: fun, health, and education on the playground. In: Schmutzler, J., Palacios-Chacón, L. A., Burvill, S., & Andonova, V. (Eds.). Cases on Entrepreneurship and Innovation (pp. 85-102). Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Pugh, R., Schmutzler, J., Poček, J., Burke, M. K., & Moreno, Z. (2024). A View of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems from Central and Eastern European Contexts. In: Thomas, E., Faccin, K., Bittencourt, B. & Coussi, E. (Eds.). Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Drivers, Challenges and Success of Territories, 43-58. De Gruyter.
  • Pugh, Rh., Schmutzler, J. & Gonzalo, M. (2024) Centring context within discussions of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems from a Global Perspective In: Huggins, R., Kitagawa, F., Prokop, D., Theodoraki, Ch. & Thompson, P. (Eds.) Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions.

2023

  • Villarraga-Orjuela, A., Macias, P. J. H., Rodríguez, S., Cuenca-Coral, M. E., Schmutzler, J., De Castro-Correa, A. M., Madriaga-Orozco, C., Ferro-Casas, J.P., Zapata, L. & Vecchio-Camargo, C. M. (2023). Behavioral Insights for Better Public Communication in Health Crisis. Ensayos de Economía, 33(63). https://doi.org/10.15446/ede.v33n63.103215
  • Martínez, A., Moreno, J., Pereira, F., Osorio, F., López, M., Schmutzler, J., Gómez, L., Santiago, V., Parra, L., Orozco, J. (2023). Actividad empresarial en Colombia 2022 - 2023: En camino hacia la reactivación. Cali: Editorial Universidad Icesi.
  • Zambrano-Curcio, A. F., Urbig, D., Bönte, W., & Schmutzler, J. (2023). At the Risk of Loss: Experimental Evidence on the Discriminant (In-) Validity of Self-Reported Measures of Risk Preferences. Available at SSRN 4371973.
  • Nunez, J. J. T., & Schmutzler, J. (2023). Characterization of Colombian industries under Schumpeter's patterns of innovation (No. 20746). Universidad del Norte.
  • Andonova, V., Krusteff, M., Gavrilova, St., Peréz, J., & Schmutzler, J. (2023) Bulgaria: the relevance, extent, and structure of transnational diaspora entrepreneurship. In: Sternberg, R., Levie, J. & Amoros, E. (Eds.). Handbook of Research on Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar

2022

  • Schmutzler, J., Pugh, Rh., & Tsvetkova, A. (2022) Contextual and evolutionary perspectives on entrepreneurial ecosystems. Insights from Chris Freeman’s thinking. Innovation and Development. 12(1), 13-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/2157930X.2021.1931742

2021

  • Tordecilla Avila, Y., Schmutzler, J., Rodriguez, P. B. M., & Araujo, E. G. (2021). The relationship between innovation and informal entrepreneurship: evidence from a developing country. Academia Revista Latinoamericana de Administración. 34 (3): 343-367. https://doi.org/10.1108/ARLA-07-2020-0170
  • EDITORIAL. Pugh, Rh., Schmutzler, J., & Tsvetkova, A. (2021) Taking the systems approaches out of their comfort zones: perspectives from under explored contexts. Growth and Change. 52(2), 608-620. https://doi.org/10.1111/grow.12510
  • Urbig, D., Bönte, W., Schmutzler, J., Curcio, A. F. Z., & Andonova, V. (2021). Diverging associations of dimensions of competitiveness with gender and personality. Personality and Individual Differences, 176, 110775. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110775
  • Schmutzler, J., Andonova, V., & Perez-Lopez, J. (2021). The role of diaspora in opportunity-driven entrepreneurial ecosystems: A mixed-methods study of Balkan economies. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 17(2), 693-729. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-020-00708-4
  • Schmutzler, J. Smeets, K. & Zeisberger, St. (2021) How FinTech Can Help Latin America to Deal with Economic Challenges and the COVID-19 Crisis. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3673240 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3673240

2020

  • Juliao, J. & Schmutzler, J. (2020). To persist or not? Determinants of product innovation persistence in Colombian manufacturing firms. Management Research. 18(2), 125-151. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRJIAM-11-2018-0887
  • Tsvetkova, A., Schmutzler, J. & Pugh, Rh. (2020). Entrepreneurial Ecosystems meet Innovation Systems: Synergies, Policy Lessons and Overlooked Dimensions. (Series: New Frontiers in Regional Science). Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Schmutzler, J., Pugh, R., & Tsvetkova, A. (2020). Introduction: Synergies, policy lessons and overlooked dimensions. In: Tsvetkova, A., Schmutzler, J. & Pugh, Rh. (Eds.). Entrepreneurial Ecosystems meet Innovation Systems: Synergies, Policy Lessons and Overlooked Dimensions. Edward Elgar, p. 1-20
  • Schmutzler, J., Pugh, R., & Tsvetkova, A. (2020). Epilogue: The systems perspective on economic development: The past, the present and the future. In: Tsvetkova, A., Schmutzler, J. & Pugh, Rh. (Eds.) Entrepreneurial Ecosystems meet Innovation Systems: Synergies, Policy Lessons and Overlooked Dimensions. Edward Elgar, p. 241-248
  • Andonova, V., Peréz, J., & Schmutzler, J. (2020). The role of diaspora in entrepreneurial ecosystems and national innovation systems. In: Tsvetkova, A., Schmutzler, J. & Pugh, Rh. (2020). Entrepreneurial Ecosystems meet Innovation Systems: Synergies, Policy Lessons and Overlooked Dimensions. Edward Elgar

2019

  • Porras-Paez, A. & Schmutzler, J. (2019). Orchestrating Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in an emerging country: The lead actor’s role from a social capital perspective. Local Economy. The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit. 38(8), 767-786. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094219896269. Among TOP 5 of most cited papers published at Local Economy during the past three years in 2022.
  • EDITORIAL: Tsvetkova, A., Pugh, Rh., & Schmutzler, J. (2019). Beyond global hubs: Broadening the application of systems approaches. Special Issue Editorial. In: Local Economy. The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit. 34(8), 755-766. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094219897535
  • Schmutzler, J., Andonova, V. & Díaz-Serrano, L. (2019) How context shapes entrepreneurial self-efficacy as a driver of entrepreneurial intentions: a multi-level approach. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice. 43(5), 880-920. https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258717753142.
  • Vega-Jurado, J., Schmutzler, J., Manjarrez-Henriquez, L. & Vega-Cárcamo, J. (2019). Orquestrating absorptive capacity: Organizational catalysts of TMT’s influence. Management Research. 17(4), 426-444. https://doi.org/10.1108/MRJIAM-12-2018-0892

2017

  • Schmutzler, J. & Lorenz, E. (2017). Tolerance, agglomeration and enterprise innovation performance: A multilevel analysis of Latin American regions. Industrial and Corporate Change, 27(2), 243-268. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtx034
  • Tsetkova, A., Schmutzler, J., Suarez, M. & Fassani, A. (2017). Innovation in Developing and Transition Countries: Learning, Collaboration and Public Policy. (Series: New Horizons in Regional Science). Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Bustamante, C. V., Schmutzler, J., & Berrios, R. (2017). Venture creation as an active coping strategy to improve psychological well-being after a natural disaster. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 37(5), 4.
  • Schmutzler, J., Suarez, M., Tsvetkova, A., & Faggian, A. (2017). Introduction. A context-specific two-way approach to the study of innovation systems in developing and transition countries. In: Tsetkova, A., Schmutzler, J., Suarez, M. & Fassani, A. (Eds). Innovation in Developing and Transition Countries: Learning, Collaboration and Public Policy. North Hampton: Edward Elgar, p. 1-14
  • Tsvetkova, A., Schmutzler, J. & Suarez, M. (2017). Epilogue. Innovation systems in developing and transition countries: what is different, what is missing and what are the implications. In: Tsetkova, A., Schmutzler, J., Suarez, M. & Fassani, A. (Eds). Innovation in Developing and Transition Countries: Learning, Collaboration and Public Policy. North Hampton: Edward Elgar, p. 236-244

2016

  • Salgado, E., Vargas-Trujillo, E, Schmutzler, J. & Wills, E. (2016) Subjective Well-Being, Self-Efficacy and the Big Five in Colombian Students, Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana. 34(2), 365-382
  • Juliao, J., & Schmutzler, J. (2016). Persistence in generating and adopting product innovations: evidence for manufacturing firms in a developing country. Academia. Revista Latinoamericana de Administración. 29(2), 125-146. https://doi.org/10.1108/ARLA-08-2015-0197
  • Vesga, R., Pereira, F., Osorio, F., Varela, R., Moreno, J.A., Paredes, S., Hernández, N., Chandra-Bayon, M., Schmutzler, J., Vega Jurado, J., Sánchez Barrios, L., Gómez Núñez, L, Hernández Rico, T., Gómez-Araujo, E., López Gómez, S. (2016). GEM Colombia 2014.

2015

  • Schmutzler, J., Andonova, V., & Díaz Serrano, L. (2015). When culture does (not) matter: role models and self-efficacy as drivers of entrepreneurial behavior. CREIP Working Paper Series.

2014

  • Gutiérrez, R., Schmutzler, J. Reficco, E.A. & Marquez, P. (2014). Evolution of an Alliance Portfolio to Develop an Inclusive Business Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3367946
  • Schmutzler, J., Gutierrez, R., Reffico, E., & Marquez, P. (2014). Evolution of an alliance portfolio to develop an inclusive business. In: Seitanidi, M. & Crane, A. (Eds). Social Partnerships and Responsible Business: A Research Handbook, Routledge, p. 143-163

2013

  • Juliao, J., Barrios, F., Schmutzler, J., & Sanchéz, I.D. (2013). Relación entre la estrategia de innovación de la firma y su decisión de patentar: evidencia de empresas pertenecientes al sector manufacturero colombiano. Estudios Gerenciales, 29(128), 313-321.

2012

  • Gutiérrez, R., Schmutzler, J., Márquez, P., & Reficco, C. (2012). Survival and demise of alliances within a portfolio to develop an inclusive business. In: 3rd International Symposium on Cross Sector Social Interactions, Making a Difference: Enhancing the Impact of Partnerships for the Social Good.

2007

  • Schmutzler, J., Ebel, B., & Hofer, M. (2007). Conquering the Dragon – Entry Strategies for the Chinese Market. In: Ebel, B. & Hofer, M. (Eds.). Business Success in China. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, pp. 55 – 68.
  • Ebel, B., Hofer, M., & Schmutzler, J. (2007). The Rise of the Dragon. In: Ebel, B. & Hofer, M. (Eds.). Business Success in China. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, pp. 3 – 10.
  • Hofer, M., Ebel, B., & Schmutzler, J. (2007). Automotive Dragon Power in China. In: Ebel, B. & Hofer, M. (Eds.). Business Success in China. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, pp. 211 – 222.

2003

  • Ebel, B., Hofer, M., & Schmutzler, J. (2003). China – der Zukunfstmarkt der internationalen Automobilindustrie? In: Ebel, B., Hofer, M., & Al-Sibai, J. (Eds.). Automotive Management. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, pp. 143-160.