PhD Candidate
BA, BSc (University of Calgary), MPhil (University of Cambridge)
Research topic
Essays on Healthy Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
Biography
Jonah Zankl is a PhD Candidate in the Organisational Theory & Information Systems group at Cambridge Judge Business School. His research focuses on entrepreneurial ecosystems – communities of support and resources for budding entrepreneurs – and uses both qualitative and quantitative data to understand how these ecosystems are formed, maintain, and evolve over time. He is supported in his research as a Benavitch Scholar at St Catharines College and further funded by Cambridge Judge Business School.
Jonah completed his Master of Philosophy in Innovation, Strategy & Organisation from the University of Cambridge where he studied at Hughes Hall. He completed his undergraduate at the University of Calgary, with a BA (Hons) Economics and BSc Applied Mathematics. Prior to beginning his PhD, he was a Product Manager at ATB Financial in Calgary, Canada, where he managed technologies for international money movement and personal financial wellness.
Outside of studies, Jonah is a captain with Hughes Hall Boat Club and can often be found on the River Cam.
Research interests
Entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial ecosystems; collaboration; identity.
Jonah Zankl is a member of the Organisational Theory & Information Systems subject group.
Publications & papers
Conference presentations
Zankl, J. and Grimes, M. (2020) “Shared identity, says who? How diverse organizations interact in entrepreneurial ecosystems.” In: Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (80th), 7-11 August 2020, Vancouver, Canada (virtual).
Zankl, J. and Grimes, M. (2020) “Serendipity and virtual communities: designing interventions in entrepreneurial ecosystems.” In: Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (80th), Cognition in the Rough PDW, 7-11 August 2020, Vancouver, Canada (virtual).
Zankl, J. and Grimes, M. (2020) “Shared identity, says who? How diverse organizations interact in entrepreneurial ecosystems.” In: EGOS Colloquium, 2-4 July 2020, Hamburg, Germany (virtual).