Anja Tekic

Assistant Professor:Graduate School of Business / Department of Strategic and International Management

Anja Tekic has been at HSE University since 2020.

Education and Degrees

2019
PhD
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
2009
Master's in Engineering
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences
2015-2019 PhD in Innovation Management
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology – Skoltech, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Moscow, Russia)
Thesis title: Contextualized intellectual property management in co-creation: A configurational approach to strategy development
Supervisor: Prof. Kelvin Willoughby (Skoltech, Russia)
Jury: Prof. Gloria Barczak (Northeastern University, USA); Prof. Thomas Hustad (Indiana University, USA); Prof. Katja Hutter (University of Salzburg, Austria); Prof. Maurizio Sobrero (University of Bologna, Italy); Prof. Clement Fortin (chair - Skoltech, Russia)
2011-2012 Master of Science in Industrial Engineering / Product Lifecycle Management
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences,
Department for Industrial Engineering and Management (Novi Sad, Serbia)
2010-2011 Master of Science in Engineering Management / Project Management
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences,
Department for Industrial Engineering and Management (Novi Sad, Serbia)
2006-2010 Bachelor of Science with honours in Engineering Management
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences,
Department for Industrial Engineering and Management (Novi Sad, Serbia)

Continuing education / Professional retraining / Internships / Study abroad experience

Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering – Fraunhofer IAO (Stuttgart, Germany)
DAAD visiting researcher (June-August 2014), Field of research: Open Innovation

Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering – Fraunhofer IAO (Stuttgart, Germany)
DAAD visiting researcher (July-September 2013), Field of research: Open Innovation

Technical University of Turin – Politecnico di Torino, Department DISPEA (Turin, Italy)
Visiting researcher (May 2012), Field of research: Product Lifecycle Management

Professional Interests

innovation management co-creation and open innovation intellectual property management

Awards and Accomplishments

RADMA (Research and Development Management Association) Grant for attending the R&D Management conference at University of Cambridge (2016)
DAAD Scholarship for two research stays at Fraunhofer IAO (2013 and 2014)
FESTO Grant for attending the DAAAM Doctoral School at University of Zadar (2012)
Best Master Student Award – Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad (Novi Sad, Serbia, 2011)
Scholarships of Serbian Ministry of Education for outstanding students (2006-2015)
Best Teacher – 2023, 2021

Publications¹⁶

Article Tekic Z., Tekic A. Complex patterns of ICTs' effect on sustainable development at the national level: The triple bottom line perspective // Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 2024. Vol. 198. Article 122969. doi
Article Tekic A., Alfonzo Pacheco D. V. Contest design and solvers' engagement behaviour in crowdsourcing: The neo-configurational perspective // Technovation. 2024. Vol. 132. Article 102986. doi
Article Tekic A., Willoughby K. W., Füller J. Different settings, different terms and conditions: The impact of intellectual property arrangements on co-creation project performance // Journal of Product Innovation Management. 2023. Vol. 40. No. 5. P. 679-704. doi
Article Tekic Z., Abuelez A., Tekic A. Technological synergies as antecedents of sustainable development: deep-tech versus shallow-tech perspective // Technology Analysis & Strategic Management. 2023 doi
Article Tekic A., Zerjav V., Tekic Z. Evolution of project studies through the lens of engaged scholarship: A longitudinal bibliometric analysis // International Journal of Project Management. 2022. Vol. 40. No. 5. P. 531-546. doi
Article Tekic A., Tekic Z. Culture as antecedent of national innovation performance: Evidence from neo-configurational perspective // Journal of Business Research. 2021. Vol. 125. No. March. P. 385-396. doi
Article Tekic A., Willoughby K. Configuring intellectual property management strategies in co-creation: a contextual perspective // Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice. 2020. Vol. 22. No. 2. P. 128-159. doi
Article Tekic A., Willoughby K. Co-creation – child, sibling or adopted cousin of open innovation? // Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice. 2019. Vol. 21. No. 2. P. 274-297. doi
Article Tekic A., Willoughby K. Contextualised co-creation: innovating with individual external contributors throughout the product life cycle // International Journal of Product Development. 2017. Vol. 22. No. 3. P. 230-245. doi
Article Tekic Z., Tekic A., Todorovic V. Modelling a laboratory for ideas as a new tool for fostering engineering creativity // Procedia Engineering. 2015. Vol. 100. P. 400-407. doi
Book Anisic Z., Suzic N., Tekic A. Product and service management. Novi Sad, Serbia: University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, 2015.
Article Tekic A., Vrgovic P., Tekic Z. Thinking styles and product development project types: How to match them? // Procedia Engineering. 2014. Vol. 69. P. 830-837. doi
Article Tekic A., Tekic Z., Anisic Z. Customer co-creation throughout the product life cycle // International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management. 2013. Vol. 4. No. 1. P. 43-49.
Article Anisic Z., Veza I., Suzic N., Sremcev N., Tekic A. Improving product design with IPS-DFX methodology incorporated in PLM software // Tehnicki Vjesnik. 2013. Vol. 20. No. 1. P. 183-193.
Chapter Borocki J., Tekic A., Cvijic M. Measuring organizational innovativeness, in: Engineering Management – Challenges for the Future. University of Novi Sad (Novi Sad, Serbia), Fraunhofer IAO (Stuttgart, Germany) & DAAAM International (Vienna, Austria): , 2013.
Article Stojanova T., Suzic N., Tekic A. Implementation of Mass Customization Tools in Small and Medium Enterprises // International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management. 2012. Vol. 3. No. 4. P. 253-260.

Conferences

2022
Open and User Innovation Conference 2022 (Zurich). Presentation: Will contributors agree to this intellectual property arrangement? Embracing the paradox of openness in crowdsourcing contests
R&D Management Conference 2022 (Trento). Presentation: Effective resource bundles of entrepreneurial ecosystems: a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis
2019
Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management - AOM 2019 (Boston). Presentation: Contextualized intellectual property management in co-creation: A configurational approach to strategy development
2017
International Open and User Innovation Conference – OUI 2017 (Innsbruck). Presentation: The strategic coupling of intellectual property management and co-creation
Innovation and Product Development Management Conference – IPDMC 2017 (Reykjavik). Presentation: Construing the conceptual mess around co-creation: Innovation management perspective
2016
Innovation and Product Development Management Conference – IPDMC 2016 (Glasgow). Presentation: The strategic coupling of intellectual property management and co-creation
R&D Management Conference 2016 (Cambridge). Presentation: Co-creation and open innovation: Related but distinct concepts in innovation management
2015
International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development – ICEIRD 2015 (Sheffield). Presentation: Students as innovation partners – company insights from South-East Europe
2014
DAAAM International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Automation (Vienna). Presentation: Modelling a laboratory for ideas as a new tool for fostering engineering creativity
International Conference on Mass Customization and Personalization in Central Europe – MCP-CE 2014 (Novi Sad). Presentation: Co-creation: How, when, where and who?
International Conference on Mass Customization and Personalization in Central Europe – MCP-CE 2014 (Novi Sad). Presentation: The Uebermorgenwerkstatt: Customizable innovation in a co-creative environment
International Conference for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development –ICEIRD 2014 (Nicosia). Presentation: Unused potential of co-creation in South-East Europe: Is it about the culture?
2013
DAAAM International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Automation (Zadar). Presentation: Thinking styles and product development project types: How to match them?
International Conference on Technology Transfer – ICTT 2013 (Nis). Presentation: Co-creation in product development - students in an innovation contest
2012
DAAAM International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Automation (Zadar). Presentation: Collaboration and new product development in PLM environment
International Conference on Mass Customization and Personalization in Central Europe – MCP-CE 2012 (Novi Sad). Presentation: Requirements management as a PLM tool in supporting mass customization
International Conference Management of Technology: Step to Sustainable Production – MOTSP 2012 (Zadar). Presentation: Implementation of PLM strategy in the process of the new product development in chemical industry
International Conference on Lean Technologies – LEAN 2012 (Novi Sad). Presentation: Integration of lean management methods in product lifecycle management concept

Courses (2023/2024)

International Business (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business; 3 year, 2 module)Eng
Product Management (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business; 4 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Research in Technology and Innovation Management (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 1 semester)Eng
Research Seminar "Business Innovation Management" (Master’s programme; Graduate School of Business; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
Past Courses

Courses (2022/2023)

International Business (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Product Management (Minor; Graduate School of Business; 3, 4 module)Eng
Research Seminar "Business Innovation Management" (Master’s programme; Graduate School of Business; 2 year, 1 module)Eng

Courses (2021/2022)

International Business (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Research in Technology and Innovation Management (Postgraduate course’s programme; field of study "38.06.01. Экономика", field of study "38.06.01. Экономика"; 1 year, 1 semester)Eng
Research Seminar "Business Innovation Management" (Master’s programme; Graduate School of Business; 2 year, 1 module)Eng

Courses (2020/2021)

International Business (Bachelor’s programme; Graduate School of Business; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Eng

Project: Open Innovation

Postdoctoral fellow at HSE University:

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS (department of Strategic and International Management)

Project aim:

Companies have become mindful that to accelerate innovation they need to tap into both internal and external sources of knowledge. This trend of open innovation has led many companies to recognize the value of collaborative innovation not only with their partner companies, universities or startups, but also with individual external contributors—users and customers, field experts, students, or amateur innovation enthusiasts—who may provide valuable input to the company’s innovation projects.

Open innovation practices, such as crowdsourcing contests, community-based innovation, lead user workshops or hackathons have been considered to bring great value to companies in solving complex innovation and product development problems, allowing them to tap into expertise, experience and creative potential of individual contributors. The aim of this project is to explore how companies may organize effective open innovation projects, and attract high quality solutions from external contributors in response to their innovation challenges.

Tasks:

To review the literature on open innovation, specifically growing research focused on crowdsourcing contests and hackathons;
To collect empirical data about crowdsourcing contests and hackathons, through web-scraping, surveys and in-depth interviews;
To analyze collected data using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, structural equation modelling, topic modelling or content analysis—depending on the data itself.

Requirements:

Russian citizenship or foreign citizenship subject to obtaining an academic degree in the Russian Federation;
Academic degree (Academic degree of Candidate of Sciences, successful defense of a candidate's dissertation, PhD degree);
Proficiency in academic English writing;
Advanced skills in R or SPSS.

Optional:

Previous experience with topic modeling methodologies;
Advanced web scraping skills;
Previous experience with SmartPLS and NVivo.

Offer:

From 110,000 rubles before tax deduction;
Full time;
Duration of work: 1 year with the possibility of extension for a second year;
Equipped workplace at the university;
Access to information resources, databases and electronic subscriptions of the HSE University;
Participation in scientific and educational events and programs of the HSE University;
Work in an international and interdisciplinary research group.

Supervisor: Anja Tekic, Associate Professor

2020 to present - Assistant Professor, Department of Strategic and International Management, Graduate School of Business, HSE, Moscow

Jun

2021

GSB faculty members successfully complete the EFMD training programme “Online Teaching Academy: Moving beyond remote teaching to master all aspects of online education”