Joshua Eckblad

Bio

As a former high-tech entrepreneur for 15 years, having co-founded several cloud-based startups that rely on artificial intelligence, I gained firsthand experience raising venture capital and building strategic relationships with established high-tech firms in Madrid, Paris, London and Silicon Valley.

My academic interests in entrepreneurship are focused on team-level creativity performance and innovation management decision-making, based on ties between established firms and startup ventures (i.e., corporate venturing, corporate venture capital (CVC), venture client). I use behavioral theoretical perspectives to examine actual decisions taken in relation to intended strategic aims. 

Expertise

• Corporate Venturing, Corporate Venture Capital (CVC), Venture Client
• Decision-making in corporate innovation management
• Individual and team-level creativity
• Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI)
• Artificial Intelligence and New Product Development

Teaching

Advanced Corporate Entrepreneurship
Creative Entrepreneurship Course (link)
Creative Problem Solving Course

Courses

• Creative Entrepreneurship
• Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
• Creative Problem Solving
• Corporate Entrepreneurship Adv.

Collaboration

Seeking corporate firms & startups (link)

Highlights

https://www.corporateventuringresearch.org/

Top publications

1. Mind the Gales - An attention-based view of startup investment arms

   Eckblad, J. (2022). Mind the Gales: An attention-based view of startup investment arms. [Doctoral Thesis, Tilburg University]. CentER, Center for Economic Research.

2. Corporate Venturing Report: Deep Dive Into Financial Services and Ins…

   Eckblad, J., Devarakonda, S. V., & Duijsters, G. (2021). Corporate Venturing Report: Deep Dive Into Financial Services and InsurTech: InsurTech. Corporate Venturing Research Group, TiSEM, Tilburg University. https://www.corporateventuringresearch.org/#insurtech

3. Corporate Venturing Report: Historical Trends 1998-2018

   Eckblad, J., Gutmann, T., & Lindener, C. (2019). Corporate Venturing Report: Historical Trends 1998-2018. Corporate Venturing Research Group, TiSEM, Tilburg University.

4. Organizing for innovation

   Eckblad, J., & Golovko, E. (2016). Organizing for innovation. Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business, 1(1), 15-37.