Sarah Isabelle Manthey

Sarah Manthey is a research associate and doctoral candidate at the Institute for Entrepreneurship, Technology Management and Innovation (EnTechnon). She studied the interdisciplinary Bachelor and Master of Integrative Social Science with a focus on economics at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern, of which she studied one semester at the Universidad del Pacifico in Santago de Chile. Building on her activities alongside her studies, she first worked in sales at a spin-off of DFKI after graduation, until she finally moved to EnTechnon in 2019. In addition to EnTechnon, she worked as a business development manager at Neohelden GmbH until May 2021. Since August she collaborated with Prof. Henrik Berglund as a Visiting Researcher at the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.

Research Focus

Technology Application Selection (TAS)
Technology Push Projects
Technology Entrepreneurship
Technology Management
Founding Impulses of Startups

Projects

ARRTI: Academy for responsible Research, Teaching and Innovation: Project Responsible Innovation (01/11 - 12/21; 08/23 - today) (https://www.arrti.kit.edu/)
Service Design Thinking (SDT); Program Management (01/22 - 07/23) (https://sdtkarlsruhe.de/)
Industry project: Marketing & Communication (2020)

Teaching

Student Innovation Lab (SIL) (since WS 2021/22)
Startup Experience (SS 2022 - SS 2023)
Online Academy: Introduction to Entrepreneurship (2023)
Impact Workshop: SIL, Startup X (SS 2023)
Teamproject (WS 2020/21; SS 2021; SS 23)
Hector School Entrepreneurship Unit (2020/ 2021/ 2022)
Joint Entrepreneurship School (SS 2022)
KHYS Workshop: From Research to Startup (SS 2022)
IECO: Summerschool (WS 2021/22)
Innovative Project (WS 2021/22)
Entrepreneurship Research (SS 2021)
Design Thinking (WS 2020/21; SS 2021)
Lecture Entrepreneurship (SS 2020 - SS 2021)
Coaching 15+ Bachelor and Master students in their thesis projects (since WS 2020/21)

Scholarships

KIT Research Travel Grant for an international research stay (2023)
KIT Networking Grant for an international research stay (2022)

Publications

Manthey, S. I.; Terzidis, O. (2024). Designing a Systematic Technology Application Selection Process to Unlock the Potential of Technologies. Brave Smart World: Capabilities and Ecosystems for Innovation. Proceedings of the 32nd IAMOT Conference. Hrsg.: P.A. Zawislak, 1048–1057, University of Miami.

Manthey, S. I.; Scholtysik, M.; Terzidis, O. (2023). Exploring the Role of Application Identification and Selection in Technology Push Models: A Comprehensive Analysis. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Technology Management, Operations and Decisions (ICTMOD), 7 S., Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/ICTMOD59086.2023.10438166

Manthey, S. I.; Terzidis, O. (2023, September 21). Exploiting the Value of Technologies – A Design Science Approach. Jahrestagung der Wissenschaftlichen Kommission Technologie, Innovation und Entrepreneurship (TIE 2023), Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland, 21.–22. September 2023.

Manthey, S. I.; Terzidis, O. (2023, Mai 30). Towards a Systematic Technology Application Selection Process: A Design Science Approach. 18th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology (DESRIST 2023), Pretoria, Südafrika, 31. Mai–2. Juni 2023.

Manthey, S.; Finner, A.-S.; Terzidis, O. (2023). How to Support Startups in Responsible Innovation Processes: A Tool Analysis. Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Part 1. Ed.: F. Moreira, S. Jayantilal, 562 – 570, Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited. doi:10.34190/ecie.18.1.1506

Manthey, S. I.; Herr, H.; Henn, R. (2023). Analysis of Evaluation Criteria for Selecting Applications of New Technologies. IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE/ITMC), Edinburgh, 19th-22nd June 2023, 1–8, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/ICE/ITMC58018.2023.10332267

Manthey, S. I. (2023). Improving Understanding of new or Emerging Technologies – Development of a Technology Characterization Canvas. Procedia CIRP, 119, 903–912. doi:10.1016/j.procir.2023.02.169

Finner, A.-S.; Manthey, S. (2023). How to facilitate technology push innovation strategy in a university context – towards an action-based startup experience. Procedia CIRP, 119, 127–133. doi:10.1016/j.procir.2023.02.129

Manthey, S. I.; Herr, H. (2022, November 29). Untangling the fuzziness of evaluation criteria for application identification - the technology-based perspective. ISPIM Connects Athens Conference - "The Role of innovation: Past, Present, Future" (2022), Athen, Griechenland, 28.–30. November 2022.

Manthey, S.; Eckerle, C.; Finner, A.-S.; Terzidis, O. (2022, September 23). Design and Testing of a systematic technology application selection process – losing the awe. 25. G-Forum Jahreskonferenz (2022), Dresden, Deutschland, 22.–23. September 2022.

Manthey, S. I.; Eckerle, C.; Kleinn, A.; Terzidis, O. (2022, September 22). Fuzzy Front End of Technology Push Innovation Processes – Revising the status quo. 25. G-Forum Jahreskonferenz (2022), Dresden, Deutschland, 22.–23. September 2022.

Manthey, S. I.; Eckerle, C.; Terzidis, O. (2022). Tackling the critical hurdles – revising technology-based ideation processes. Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Hosted by Neapolis University, Pafos, Cyprus, 15–16 September 2022. Ed.: P. Sklias, 327–335, Academic Conferences and Publishing International (ACPI). doi:10.34190/ecie.17.1.397

Eckerle, C.; Manthey, S.; Terzidis, O. (2022). The Entrepreneurial Perspective in Impact Investing Research – A Research Agenda. Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Hosted by Neapolis University, Pafos, Cyprus, 15–16 September 2022. Ed.: P. Sklias, 189–196, Academic Conferences International (ACI). doi:10.34190/ecie.17.1.389

Eckerle, C.; Manthey, S.; Terzidis, O. (2022). An Empirical Investigation of Impact Investment Categories for Early-Stage Venture Valuation – Global Versus Local Perspectives. 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (2022), Seattle, WA, USA, 5.–9. August 2022.

Eckerle, C.; Manthey, S.; Terzidis, O. (2022). How to Valuate Impact Startups – Towards a Taxonomy. 17th International Conference on Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technology, 1st - 3rd June 2022, St. Petersburg, FL, USA.

Manthey, S. I.; Terzidis, O.; Tittel, A. (2022). Technology Application Selection – the TAS Framework : Finding promising applications for new and emerging technologies. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000142279

Does, E.; Eckerle, C.; Kühler, M.; Terzidis, O.; Manthey, S. I. (2021, November 4). Responsible Innovation in University Entrepreneurship Education: Towards an Integrative Teaching Framework. 47th Annual Conference of the Association for Moral Education (2021), Online, 3.–7. November 2021.

Manthey, S. I. (2020, Oktober 1). How to support entrepreneurs in searching for sustainable business models – A systematic review of educational settings. 24th G-Forum Jahreskonferenz (2020), Online, 28. September–2. Oktober 2020.