Dr Emiel Eijdenberg ~ Senior Lecturer Business

Dr. Emiel Eijdenberg is a Senior Lecturer and the Singapore Director of the Centre for International Trade and Business in Asia (CITBA). In his role of Singapore Director of CITBA, he leads a range of academia-industry connected consultancy projects, data collection assignments, as well as interactive lectures, seminars, webinars, workshops and events including the flagship international SEIGOP Conference (Singapore, March 2023). In addition, dr. Eijdenberg is a Visiting Fellow at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Dr. Eijdenberg’s research interests are about entrepreneurship and tourism in emerging countries, especially in the Tropics. Dr. Eijdenberg is particularly interested in the personal attributes of entrepreneurs and how these attributes are related to the sustainable growth of their businesses. Dr. Eijdenberg’s work has been presented at international management conferences such as AOM, ANZAM, EGOS, ESU, EURAM, ICSB and RENT.

For research and consulting projects, dr. Eijdenberg has secured in collaboration with others more than € 550,000 in funding from multiple organisations such as the Dutch organisation of internationalisation in education (NUFFIC), Volkswagen Foundation and World Wide Fund for Nature. Recently (2023), he has also been involved in projects with the Australian Chamber of Commerce, Singapore (AusCham), and Mandai. In all of these projects, dr. Eijdenberg is involved as an expert for and coordinator of short and long-term assignments in the tropical regions of sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Teaching

• BU3102: Multidisciplinary Project (Level 3; SIN)
• CP3102: Multidisciplinary Project (Level 3; SIN)
• LB5133: Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship (Level 5; SIN)

Experience

• 2022 to present - Visiting Fellow, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
• 2022 to present - Singapore Director of CITBA, James Cook University (Singapore)
• 2019 to present - Senior Lecturer, Business, James Cook University (Singapore)
• 2016 to 2019 - Postdoctoral researcher, University of Hohenheim (Germany)
• 2011 to 2016 - PhD researcher, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands)

Research Disciplines

• Strategy, management and organisational behaviour (3507)
• Tourism (3508)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Tourism services (1104)
• Environmentally sustainable commercial services and tourism (1101)

Awards

• 2023 - Quarterly Employee Recognition Award. James Cook University, Singapore.
• 2022 - Professional Engagement Excellence Award. James Cook University, Singapore.
• 2015 to 2022 - Most Cited Article, Journal of Enterprising Culture. "Eijdenberg, E.L. & Masurel, E. (2013). Entrepreneurial motivation in a least developed country: Push factors and pull factors among MSEs in Uganda. Journal of Enterprising Culture, 21(1), 19-43."
• 2020 - Research Recognition Award. James Cook University, Singapore. "In recognition of 3 or more publications in the one calendar year in journals which are rated as B or C by the Australian Business Deans Council or equivalent discipline quality criteria."
• 2020 - Research Recognition Award. James Cook University, Singapore. "In recognition of one A* or A rated or equivalent research paper in the relevant calendar year."
• 2020 - Research Recognition Award. James Cook University, Singapore. "In recognition of 3 or more book chapters in the one calendar year in edited works from quality publishers with ISBN recognition."
• 2018 - Emerald Literati Awards 2018, Highly Commended Paper. "Eijdenberg, E.L., Paas, L.J., & Masurel, E. (2017). Decision-making and small business growth in Burundi. Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, 9(1), 35-64."
• 2018 - Best Teacher Award. University of Honenheim, Germany. “BSc - Profilseminar zur Marktorientierten Unternehmensführung”.

Fellowships

• 2023 - Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Reference # PR256851, United Kingdom Professional Standards Framework.
• 2022 - Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), Reference # PR245893, United Kingdom Professional Standards Framework.

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Thirumaran K, Eijdenberg E and Wong C (in press) A scoping review of luxury yachting and wellness: Study trends and research prospects. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes,
• Thirumaran K, Mohammadi Z, Azzali S, Eijdenberg E and Donough-Tan G (2023) Transformed landscapes, tourist sentiments: the place making narrative of a luxury heritage hotel in Singapore. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 18 (2). pp. 243-264
• Abdallah G, Masurel E, Naudé W and Eijdenberg E (2022) Unboxing entrepreneurial motivations in Tanzania: business-related and personal-related factors. Journal of African Business, 23 (1).
• Chaiechi T, Pryce J, Eijdenberg E and Azzali S (2022) Rethinking the contextual factors influencing urban mobility: A new holistic conceptual framework. Urban Planning, 7 (4). pp. 140-152
• Eijdenberg E, Isaga N, Paas L and Masurel E (2021) Fluid entrepreneurial motivations in Tanzania. Journal of African Business, 22 (2).

Books

• Eijdenberg E, Mukherjee M and Wood J (2023) Innovation-driven business and sustainability in the tropics: Proceedings of the Sustainability, Economics, Innovation, Globalisation and Organisational Psychology Conference 2023. Springer, Singapore

Book Chapters

• Eijdenberg E, Thirumaran K and Wong C (2022) Emerging yachting tourism and luxury policy mobility: Singapore and the Southeast Asian extension. In: Luxury yachting. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 173-194
• Eijdenberg E and Chaiechi T (2022) Profiling the tropical entrepreneur. In: Business, Industry, and Trade in the Tropics. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 20-32
• Onyango R, Eijdenberg E, Masurel E and Obange N (2022) Business-financing options’ effects on micro-enterprise performance in the tropics: The case of Kisumu County, Kenya. In: Business, Industry, and Trade in the Tropics. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, UK, pp. 1-19
• Eijdenberg E and Ostertag F (2021) Resource-conserving entrepreneurial behaviour of micro-entrepreneurs: evidence from a Tanzanian community. In: Tropical Constrained Environments and Sustainable Adaptations: businesses and communities. Managing the Asian Century. Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. 27-44

Conference Papers

• Onyango R, Eijdenberg E, Onbange N and Masurel E (in press) Scoping the conveniences of mobile money for micro-entrepreneurs in Kenya. Innovation-Driven Business and Sustainability in the Tropics: Proceedings of the Sustainability, Economics, Innovation, Globalisation and Organisational Psychology Conference 2023. In: SEIGOP 2023: Sustainability, Economics, Innovation, Globalisation and Organisational Psychology Conference, 1-3 March 2023, Singapore
• Chaiechi T and Eijdenberg E (2022) Entrepreneurship, knowledge-economy and economic success of cities: a ccoping review and thematic analysis. Community Empowerment, Sustainable Cities, and Transformative Economies. In: BEMAS: 1st International Conference in Business, Economics, Management, and Sustainability, 2-3 July 2021, Cairns, QLD, Australia

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