Associate Professor Henri Burgers
Discipline Convenor, Strategy and Entrepreneurship & Associate Professor
School of Business
+61 7 334 68115
Room 642, Sir Llew Edwards Building (14), St. Lucia Campus
Researcher biography
Henri Burgers is the Head of the Strategy & Entrepreneurship Discipline at The University of Queensland. He obtained his PhD from the RSM Erasmus University, and worked at the Queensland University of Technology prior to joining UQ. His research focuses on the intersection of corporate entrepreneurship, managerial and organisational capabilities, and institutional contexts with the aim of helping individuals and organisations unlock their entrepreneurial potential. He has published in top journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, Long Range Planning, and Technovation. He has worked with leading firms, industry associations and governments across the globe. His research received well over 1mln AUD in research funding, including two prestigious grants from the Australian Research Council to improve entrepreneurship and innovation in the natural resources industries.
Henri teaches courses and provides workshops on strategic decision-making and agile innovation for different levels. He has developed and transformed a wide range of Bachelor and Masters and Executive courses and programs to embed more entrepreneurship and strategic decision-making skills in curricula. He was awarded a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy for his teaching. He is a recognised reviewer for numerous journals and grants and serves on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Business Venturing and Group and Organization Management.
Publications
Book Chapters
Fazlelahi, Forough Zarea and Burgers, J. Henri (2018). Natural imprinting and vertical integration in the extractive industries. Managing natural resources: organizational strategy, behaviour and dynamics. (pp. 138-161) edited by Gerard George and Simon J. D. Schillebeeckx. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781786435729.00016
Burgers, Henri and Van de Vrande, Vareska (2016). Who is the corporate entrepreneur? Insights from opportunity discovery and creation theory. Handbook of research on corporate entrepreneurship. (pp. 64-86) edited by Shaker A. Zahra, Donald O. Neubaum and James C. Hayton. Cheltenham, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781785368738.00008
Journal Articles
Cavallo, Angelo and Burgers, J. Henri (2024). Building more entrepreneurial organizations through external innovation contests. Journal of Product Innovation Management. doi: 10.1111/jpim.12763
Perrons, Robert K., Burgers, J. Henri and Newton, Cameron (2024). Individual-level innovation in the upstream oil & gas industry: Insights from a global survey. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 235 212692, 212692. doi: 10.1016/j.geoen.2024.212692
Zarea, Forough, Burgers, J. Henri, Obschonka, Martin and Davidsson, Per (2024). Imprinting parental signals: a key driver of network status for new spinoff firms. Small Business Economics. doi: 10.1007/s11187-024-00871-w
Zarea Fazlelahi, Forough, Burgers, J. Henri, Obschonka, Martin and Davidsson, Per (2022). The imprinting effects of parent firms on the evolution of young spinoff alliance networks. Journal of Small Business Management, 62 (3), 1-33. doi: 10.1080/00472778.2022.2125980
Burgers, J. H., Arundel, A. and Casali, G. L. (2022). Effect of knowledge search depth, user co-creation and moderating factors on the outcomes of service innovations by European public sector organizations. Public Management Review, 26 (3), 1-24. doi: 10.1080/14719037.2022.2118820
Cavallo, Angelo, Burgers, Henri, Ghezzi, Antonio and van de Vrande, Vareska (2022). The evolving nature of open innovation governance: a study of a digital platform development in collaboration with a big science centre. Technovation, 116 102370, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.technovation.2021.102370
Zarea Fazlelahi, Forough, Burgers, J. Henri, Obschonka, Martin and Davidsson, Per (2022). Spinoffs’ alliance network growth beyond parental ties: performance diminishing, then performance enhancing. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 40 (2), 1-31. doi: 10.1007/s10490-022-09804-1
Sakhdari, Kamal, Burgers, J. Henri and Davidsson, Per (2020). Alliance portfolio management capabilities, corporate entrepreneurship, and relative firm performance in SMEs. Journal of Small Business Management, 61 (2), 1-29. doi: 10.1080/00472778.2020.1816433
Moyle, Char-lee, Moyle, Brent and Burgers, Henri (2020). Entrepreneurial strategies and tourism industry growth. Tourism Management Perspectives, 35 100708, 100708. doi: 10.1016/j.tmp.2020.100708
Sakhdari, Kamal, Burgers, Henri, Yadollahi Farsi, Jahangir and Rostamnezhad, Sasan (2020). Shaping the organisational context for corporate entrepreneurship and performance in Iran: the interplay between social context and performance management. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 31 (8), 1020-1046. doi: 10.1080/09585192.2017.1396547
Sakhdari, Kamal and Burgers, J. Henri (2018). The moderating role of entrepreneurial management in the relationship between absorptive capacity and corporate entrepreneurship: an attention-based view. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 14 (4), 927-950. doi: 10.1007/s11365-017-0477-0
Burgers, J. Henri and Covin, Jeffrey G. (2016). The contingent effects of differentiation and integration on corporate entrepreneurship. Strategic Management Journal, 37 (3), 521-540. doi: 10.1002/smj.2343
Volberda, H., Van Den Bosch, F. and Burgers, J. H. (2010). Why innovative business development projects fail. RSM Discovery-Management Knowledge, 3 (2), 7-9.
Burgers, J. Henri, Jansen, Justin J. P., Van den Bosch, Frans A. J. and Volberda, Henk W. (2009). Structural differentiation and corporate venturing: The moderating role of formal and informal integration mechanisms. Journal of Business Venturing, 24 (3), 206-220. doi: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.01.006
Burgers, J. Henri and Shah, Chintan M. (2009). Corporate venturing: Unlocking the innovation chain. SSRN Electronic Journal doi: 10.2139/ssrn.1442543
Hunter, Erik J., Burgers, J. Henri and Davidsson, Per (2009). Celebrity Capital as a Strategic Asset: Implications for New Venture Strategies. Entrepreneurial Strategic Content, 11, 137-160. doi: 10.1108/S1074-7540(2009)0000011007
Burgers, J. Henri, Van Den Bosch, Frans A. J. and Volberda, Henk W. (2008). Why New Business Development Projects Fail: Coping with the Differences of Technological versus Market Knowledge. Long Range Planning, 41 (1), 55-73. doi: 10.1016/j.lrp.2007.10.003
Burgers, J. Henri, Van Den Bosch, Frans A. J. and Volberda, Henk W. (2008). The impact of corporate venturing on a firm's competence modes. Competence Building and Leveraging in Interorganizational Relations, 11, 117-140. doi: 10.1016/S0749-6826(07)11005-2
Conference Papers
Nazar, Samira, Burgers, Henri and Von Briel, Frederik (2023). Entrepreneurs: Navigate, Develop, and Transform Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA United States, 4-8 August 2023. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/amproc.2023.12012abstract
Nazar, Samira, Von Briel, Frederik and Burgers, Henri (2023). Women Entrepreneurs’ Resource Mobilization in Fragile Contexts. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA United States, 4-8 August 2023. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/amproc.2023.113bp
Heavey, C., Simsek, Z., Fox, B., Adner, R., Alexy, O., Altman, E., Burgers, J. H., Nambisan, S., Snihur, Y. and Zahra, S. (2023). Symposium: Strategic leadership of business ecosystems: charting a new frontier of research. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2023, Boston, MA United States, 3 - 8 August 2023. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/AMPROC.2023.11308symposium
Fazlelahi, Forough Zarea , Obschonka, Martin , Burgers, Henri and Davidsson, Per (2022). Parental Influence on The Network Status Formation of New
Spinoffs. ACERE Conference 2022, Melbourne, Australia, 8-11 February 2022.
Nazar, Samira and Burgers, Henri (2021). Women entrepreneurship in fragile contexts: resource mobilization. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC), Wellesley, MA, United States, 8-9 June 2021.
Nazar, Samira, von Briel, Frederik and Burgers, Henri (2021). Women entrepreneurs’ resource mobilisation in fragile context. Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (ACERE) Conference, Robina, QLD, Australia, 9-12 February 2021.
Zarea Fazlelahi, F, Burgers, J.H., Obschonka, M and Davidsson, P (2020). Imprinting effect of initial networks on subsequent network status: a replication and extension study. Academy of Management 2020 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 7-11 August 2020.
Cavallo, A., Burgers, J. H., Ghezzi, A. and Van de Vrande, V. (2020). Governing open innovation and a digital platform in collaboration with a big science center. Academy of Management 2020 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, 7-11 August 2020.
Zarea Fazlelahi, Forough, Obschonka, Martin, Davidsson, Per and Burgers, Henri (2019). Parental network imprinting in spinoffs: understanding the underlying mechanisms. 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, MA United States, 9-13 August 2019. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2019.11881abstract
Sawang, Sukanlaya and Burgers, Henri (2019). Benefits from business model renewal depends on entrepreneurial mindset. British Academy of Management Conference, Aston Business School, United Kingdom, 3-5 September, 2019. London, United Kingdom: British Academy of Management.
Cavallo, Angelo, Burgers, J. Henri and Ghezzi, Antonio (2019). Flipping the script: how innovation contests create more entrepreneurial organizations. Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN USA, 18-21 October, 2019.
Ardianti, Retno , Burgers, Henri and Steffens, Paul (2018). Transition to full-time self-employment and happiness of hybrid entrepreneurs. ACERE Conference 2018, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6-9 February 2018.
Fazlelahi, Forough Zarea, Burgers, Henri and Davidsson, Per (2018). Meet the parents: an empirical study of spin-off network development. Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, IL, United States, 10-14 August 2018. Briarcliff Manor, NY, United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2018.15544abstract
Moyle, Char-lee , Burgers, Henri and Moyle, Brent (2018). Can strategic entrepreneurship lead to industry growth?. ACERE Conference 2018, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6-9 February 2018.
Perrons, Robert K., Burgers, Henri and Newton, Cameron (2018). Who are the innovators in the upstream oil & gas industry? Insights from the 2017 SPE Global innovation survey. SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition 2018, ATCE 2018, Dallas, TX United States, 24 - 26 September 2018. Richardson, TX United States: Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). doi: 10.2118/191464-ms
Fazlelahi, Forough Zarea , Burgers, Henri and Davidsson, Per (2018). The Impact of early imprinting on the spin-off network development: a replication and extension to parent-offspring context. ACERE Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6-9 February 2018.
Fazlelahi, Forough and Burgers, Henri (2017). Vertical integration: an imprinting perspective. ACERE Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 7-10 February 2017.
Burgers, Henri and Casali, Luca (2016). Knowledge search and innovation: a replication and extension to the public sector. ACERE Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 2-5 February 2016. Brisbane, Australia: QUT.
Burgers, Henri, Stuetzer, Michael and Senyard, Julienne Marie (2014). "Antecedents, consequences, and the mediating role of bricolage in corporate entrepreneurship". 74th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA United States, 1-5 August 2014. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2014.13473abstract
Sakhdari, Kamal, Burgers, Henri and Davidsson, Per (2014). Unpacking the networking capabilities and corporate entrepreneurship relationship. 74th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA United States, 1-5 August 2014. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2014.13260abstract
Sakhdari, Kamal, Burgers, Henri and Davidsson, Per (2014). Manage thy relations: networking capabilities and corporate entrepreneurship. ANZAM, Sydney, Australia, 3-5 December 2014.
Burgers, Henri and Covin, Jeffrey G. (2014). Organizing for corporate entrepreneurship: a contingency view. 74th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA United States, 1-5 August 2014. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2014.11940abstract
Burgers, Henri and Sawang, Sukanlaya (2012). Strategic renewal and competitive advantage in opportunity-driven and conservative new ventures. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA United States, 3-7 August 2012. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2012.15980abstract
Burgers, J. Henri and Jansen, J.J.P. (2008). Organizational ambidexterity and corporate entrepreneurship: the differential effects on venturing, innovation and renewal processes. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Chapel Hill, North Caroline, 5-7 June 2008.
Newspaper Article
Burgers, Henri and Glavas, Charmaine (2016, 09 19). Australia has an internationalisation, not an innovation and R&D problem The Conversation
Research Reports
Andreassen, Tor W., Archibald, Gordon, Beekhuyzen, Jenine, Bongiovanni, Ivano, Brea, Edgar, Breidbach, Christoph, Burchill, Keith, Burgers, Henri, Cao, Selina, Coote, Len, Coram, Brendan, Cunningham, Claire, Feast, George, Field, Mitch, Ford, Jerad, Fouche, Leon, Gain, Alexandria, Gooding, Glen, Goyeneche Ramirez, David, Green, Teegan, Gschwind, Daniel, Hall, Thomas, Hartley, Nicole, Heinz, Daniel, Hine, Damian, Indulska, Marta, Kapernick, Brett, Kastelle, Tim, Ko, Ryan ... Zhang, Wenlu (2023). Digital Service Transformation: Pathways to human and economic wellbeing: White paper. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/aed4918
Burgers, Henri and Dalby, Bill (2018). Collaboration, corporate entrepreneurship, internationalisation and performance in the Australian Mining Equipment, Technology and Services sector. METS Ignited Report Series. Report 2 Brisbane, Australia: METS Ignited.
Burgers, Henri and Dalby, Bill (2018). Network capabilities, absorptive capacity and managerial practices in the Australian Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) sector and their effects on corporate entrepreneurship, internationalisation and performance. METS Ignited Report Series. Report 3 Brisbane, Australia: METS Ignited.
Henri Burgers and Bill Dalby (2017). Collaboration in the Australian mining equipment, technology and services sector. METS Ignited Report Series. Report 1 Brisbane, Australia: Queensland University of Technology.
Burgers, Henri, Dahlke, Angela and Bakker, Rene (2016). Entrepreneurship in the Australian Mining Industry: Pull the Plug or Take the Plunge. Brisbane: Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research.
Bakker, Rene, Burgers, Henri and Chamberlin, Andrew (2015). How to Design and Manage Successful Joint Ventures in the Exploration Space. Brisbane: Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research.