Areas of expertise:
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.
Other Outputs: Interviews
Oyola Lozada, Giuliana, Jenkins, Anna, Pregelj, Lisette and MacAulay, Sam (2022). Interviews. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/4ef737d
Journal Article: Willing but fearful: resilience and youth entrepreneurial intentions
Ukil, Minhajul Islam and Jenkins, Anna (2022). Willing but fearful: resilience and youth entrepreneurial intentions. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 30 (1), 78-99. doi: 10.1108/jsbed-03-2022-0154
Book Chapter: Introduction to the Research handbook on entrepreneurship as practice
Thompson, Neil Aaron, Byrne, Orla, Jenkins, Anna and Teague, Bruce T. (2022). Introduction to the Research handbook on entrepreneurship as practice. Research handbook on entrepreneurship as practice. (pp. 1-19) edited by Neil Aaron Thompson, Orla Byrne, Anna Jenkins and Bruce T. Teague. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781788976831.00006
High-impact entrepreneurship: routine formation, process and outcomes
(2019–2023) ARC Discovery Projects
ARC Training Centre for Innovation in Biomedical Imaging Technology
(2017–2024) ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centres
Determining success: an activity based approach to examine new firm creation
(2016) UQ Early Career Researcher
Understanding learning of novice entrepreneurs during new venture creation
Doctor Philosophy
Disruptive innovation: How can it be valued and priced? A case of novel theranostics in oncology
Doctor Philosophy
Artificial intelligence in medical imaging: understanding the frames that influence the adoption and integration of new technology
Doctor Philosophy
Research handbook on entrepreneurship as practice
Thompson, Neil, Teague, Bruce, Jenkins, Anna and Byrne, Orla (2022). Research handbook on entrepreneurship as practice. Glos, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781788976831
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.
Introduction to the Research handbook on entrepreneurship as practice
Thompson, Neil Aaron, Byrne, Orla, Jenkins, Anna and Teague, Bruce T. (2022). Introduction to the Research handbook on entrepreneurship as practice. Research handbook on entrepreneurship as practice. (pp. 1-19) edited by Neil Aaron Thompson, Orla Byrne, Anna Jenkins and Bruce T. Teague. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781788976831.00006
Entrepreneurial failure and exit
Jenkins, Anna and Byrne, Orla (2021). Entrepreneurial failure and exit. The psychology of entrepreneurship: new perspectives. (pp. 244-262) edited by Michael M. Gielnik, Melissa S. Cardon and Michael Frese. New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003137573-14
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
Willing but fearful: resilience and youth entrepreneurial intentions
Ukil, Minhajul Islam and Jenkins, Anna (2022). Willing but fearful: resilience and youth entrepreneurial intentions. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 30 (1), 78-99. doi: 10.1108/jsbed-03-2022-0154
Jenkins, Anna (2022). Understanding entrepreneurial failure: conceptualizing failure, taking stock, and broadening the scope of failure research. Foundations and Trends® in Entrepreneurship, 18 (3), 159-211. doi: 10.1561/0300000081
Jenkins, Anna S (2021). Relief and exploration after firm failure: Taking into account pre-failure experiences to understand post-failure responses. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 15 e00226, e00226. doi: 10.1016/j.jbvi.2021.e00226
Hunter, Erik, Jenkins, Anna and Mark-Herbert, Cecilia (2020). When fear of failure leads to intentions to act entrepreneurially: Insights from threat appraisals and coping efficacy. International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship, 39 (5), 1-17. doi: 10.1177/0266242620967006
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
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
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
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
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
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
Kho, Joanna, Jenkins, Anna and Spee, Paul (2021). Routine emergence, selection and persistence: How entrepreneurs manage their business models in dynamic environments. 37th European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8-10 July 2021.
Spee, Paul, Kho, Joanna and Jenkins, Anna (2021). Forming new routines. 37th European Group for Organizational Studies, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 8-10 July 2021.
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.
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.
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.
Oyola Lozada, Giuliana, Jenkins, Anna, Pregelj, Lisette and MacAulay, Sam (2022). Interviews. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/4ef737d
Growing business in Redlands: technical report
Steen, John, Verreynne, Martie-Louise and Jenkins, Anna (2014). Growing business in Redlands: technical report. Brisbane, Australia:
High-impact entrepreneurship: routine formation, process and outcomes
(2019–2023) ARC Discovery Projects
ARC Training Centre for Innovation in Biomedical Imaging Technology
(2017–2024) ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centres
Determining success: an activity based approach to examine new firm creation
(2016) UQ Early Career Researcher
Growing Business in Redlands Survey 2015
(2015–2016) UniQuest Pty Ltd
Growing Business in Redlands Survey 2014
(2013–2014) UniQuest Pty Ltd
Understanding learning of novice entrepreneurs during new venture creation
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Disruptive innovation: How can it be valued and priced? A case of novel theranostics in oncology
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Artificial intelligence in medical imaging: understanding the frames that influence the adoption and integration of new technology
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Towards Understanding the Liminal Experiences of Expatriate Spouses
(2021) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
(2019) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor