Cesar Bandera
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, MT School of Management
Leir Chair in Leadership, Entrepreneurship & Management
Leir Chair in Leadership, Entrepreneurship & Management
2010 Central Avenue Building (CAB)
About Me
I am an electrical engineer driven to entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship in the mid-1980’s. At the New Jersey Institute of Technology, I hold the Leir Endowed Chair for Entrepreneurship and the title of NJIT Master Teacher. My research interests lie in entrepreneurship pedagogy, technology-driven business incubation, and mobile healthcare. At least once I have taught every NJIT course in entrepreneurship, and I mentor many of our student- and faculty-led ventures. I also practice what I preach, being a serial entrepreneur and currently the founding partner of an m-health company that serves CDC, NIH, EPA, and foreign ministries of health.
I received a Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University at Buffalo, NY, with a concentration in biomimetic machine vision and AI. My work has yielded journal and conference publications and book chapters, four patents, the NASA Space Act award, New Jersey’s first Small Business Success Story designation by the National Institutes of Health, and two Small Business of the Year Nominations from the US Department of Defense. I work with an awesome team of Ph.D students in Business Data Science at the Martin Tuchman School of Management, I am National NSF I-Corps Instructor, Associate Editor of the IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, Associate Editor of the International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation, member of the AACSB Entrepreneurship and Innovation Steering Committee, Senior Member IEEE, and served on the board of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship and as Director of the Academy of the International Council for Small Business.
I received a Ph.D in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University at Buffalo, NY, with a concentration in biomimetic machine vision and AI. My work has yielded journal and conference publications and book chapters, four patents, the NASA Space Act award, New Jersey’s first Small Business Success Story designation by the National Institutes of Health, and two Small Business of the Year Nominations from the US Department of Defense. I work with an awesome team of Ph.D students in Business Data Science at the Martin Tuchman School of Management, I am National NSF I-Corps Instructor, Associate Editor of the IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, Associate Editor of the International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation, member of the AACSB Entrepreneurship and Innovation Steering Committee, Senior Member IEEE, and served on the board of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship and as Director of the Academy of the International Council for Small Business.
Education
Certification
; Harvard Business School
; Executive Development
; 1996
Ph.D. ; University at Buffalo ; Systems Engineering ; 1990
M.S. ; University at Buffalo ; Computer Engineering ; 1985
Ph.D. ; University at Buffalo ; Systems Engineering ; 1990
M.S. ; University at Buffalo ; Computer Engineering ; 1985
Experience
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Leir Chair for Entrepreneurship and Associate Professor,
May 2022 -
National Science Foundation
Innovation Corps Instructor,
April 2022 -
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship,
July 2018 -
May 2022
Awards & Honors
2023 ART: Enhancements at NJIT to Transform Translational Impact ($6MM), National Science Foundation
2022 Bright Idea Award - Best Research, Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University
2022 Small Business Innovation Research ($1.2MM), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation & Technology
2021 Bright Idea Award - Best Research, Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University
2021 Seed Fund Success Story, National Institutes of Health
2020 Master Teacher Designation, NJIT
2019 Bright Idea Award - Best Research, Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University
2019 Bright Idea Award - Best Syllabus, Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University
2018 Excellence in Graduate Instruction by Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty, NJIT
2018 Small Business Innovation Research ($700,000), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
2017 Leir Research Prize Research in Entrepreneurship, Leir Charitable Foundation
2017 Leir Research Prize Research in Entrepreneurship, Leir Charitable Foundation
2017 Best Paper in Entrepreneurship Research, United States Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship
2016 Leir Research Prize for Research in Big Data, Leir Charitable Foundation
2014 1st Place at Hackathon Competition ($40,000), Microsoft - United Athletes Foundation
2014 Entrepreneurship Researcher Award ($5,200 license), Kauffman Foundation
2013 Patent No. 8554054, USPTO
2012 Patent No. 8131311, USPTO
2006 Patent Number: 7106374, USPTO
2002 Patent Number: 6455831, USPTO
1999 Space Act Award, NASA
Office Hours
by appointment
Website
2025 Fall Courses
BDS 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
MGMT 640 - INTRO TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
BDS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
MGMT 680 - ENTREPREN:STRAT NEW BUS
MGMT 640 - INTRO TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
BDS 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
MGMT 680 - ENTREPREN:STRAT NEW BUS
Teaching Interests
Entrepreneurship
technology start-up bootstrapping
healthcare technology
mobile health
biomimetics
signal processing
technology start-up bootstrapping
healthcare technology
mobile health
biomimetics
signal processing
Past Courses
CS 113: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE 1
ECE 416: ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING PROJECT II
ENTR 210: INTRO TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ENTR 210: INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ENTR 330: ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGY
ENTR 410: NEW VENTURE MANAGEMENT
ENTR 420: ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE
ENTR 420: FINANCING NEW VENTURE
ENTR 430: ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGY
ENTR 490: INDEPENDENT STUDIES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ENTR 725: INDEPENDENT STUDIES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MGMT 390: PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
MGMT 640: INTRO TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MGMT 640: NEW VENTURE MANAGEMENT
MGMT 680: ENTREPREN:STRAT NEW BUS
MGMT 680: ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGY
MGMT 725: INDEPENDENT STUDIES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
STS 325: INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH, DESIGN AND INNOVATION
ECE 416: ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING PROJECT II
ENTR 210: INTRO TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ENTR 210: INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ENTR 330: ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGY
ENTR 410: NEW VENTURE MANAGEMENT
ENTR 420: ENTREPRENEURIAL FINANCE
ENTR 420: FINANCING NEW VENTURE
ENTR 430: ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGY
ENTR 490: INDEPENDENT STUDIES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ENTR 725: INDEPENDENT STUDIES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MGMT 390: PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
MGMT 640: INTRO TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP
MGMT 640: NEW VENTURE MANAGEMENT
MGMT 680: ENTREPREN:STRAT NEW BUS
MGMT 680: ENTREPRENEURIAL STRATEGY
MGMT 725: INDEPENDENT STUDIES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
STS 325: INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH, DESIGN AND INNOVATION
Research Interests
Entrepreneurship education and pedagogy
Policies for business incubation
Mobile/Tele-health
Mobile and collaborative learning
Data visualization
Policies for business incubation
Mobile/Tele-health
Mobile and collaborative learning
Data visualization
Conference Proceeding
"Experiential Education in Translational Research Through Engagement of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem"
IEEE, March, 2025.
"An Ecosystem for STEM Translational Research and Entrepreneurship"
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, February, 2025.
"Introduction to the HICSS-58 Minitrack on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice"
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2025.
"Not So Fast: Mapping the Learning Speed and Sophistication in GenAI"
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2025.
"Assessing and Visualizing the Entrepreneurial Mindset with Mind Mapping and Generative AI"
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2024.
IEEE, March, 2025.
"An Ecosystem for STEM Translational Research and Entrepreneurship"
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, February, 2025.
"Introduction to the HICSS-58 Minitrack on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice"
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2025.
"Not So Fast: Mapping the Learning Speed and Sophistication in GenAI"
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2025.
"Assessing and Visualizing the Entrepreneurial Mindset with Mind Mapping and Generative AI"
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2024.
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Journal Article
Yasser Farha, Cesar Bandera, Nesren Farhah.
2024. "Structural topic models for the automated measurement of entrepreneurial motivation among college students of different disciplines."
Journal of the International Council for Small Business , pp. 1--13.
Cesar Bandera. 2022. "Teaching STEM Entrepreneurship with Societal Significance: Building on the Small Business Innovation Research Program." Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy , vol. 5 , no. 3 , pp. 406-422.
Pelin Ayranci, Cesar Bandera, Hai Nhat Phan, Derik Kenne, Ruoming Jin, Dong Li. 2022. "Distinguishing the Effect of Time Spent at Home During COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Urban and Suburban College Students Using Cell Phone Geolocation." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , vol. 19 , no. 12 .
Hai Nhat Phan, Cesar Bandera. 2022. "Distinguishing the Effect of Time Spent at Home During COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Urban and Suburban College Students Using Cell Phone Geolocation." .
Xi Zhang , Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, Raja Roy, Cesar Bandera. 2021. "The impact of entrepreneurs' full-time versus hybrid employment and social connections on new venture survival: a USA–India comparison." South Asian Journal of Business Studies .
Cesar Bandera. 2022. "Teaching STEM Entrepreneurship with Societal Significance: Building on the Small Business Innovation Research Program." Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy , vol. 5 , no. 3 , pp. 406-422.
Pelin Ayranci, Cesar Bandera, Hai Nhat Phan, Derik Kenne, Ruoming Jin, Dong Li. 2022. "Distinguishing the Effect of Time Spent at Home During COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Urban and Suburban College Students Using Cell Phone Geolocation." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health , vol. 19 , no. 12 .
Hai Nhat Phan, Cesar Bandera. 2022. "Distinguishing the Effect of Time Spent at Home During COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Urban and Suburban College Students Using Cell Phone Geolocation." .
Xi Zhang , Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, Raja Roy, Cesar Bandera. 2021. "The impact of entrepreneurs' full-time versus hybrid employment and social connections on new venture survival: a USA–India comparison." South Asian Journal of Business Studies .
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Chapter
Cesar Bandera, Katia Passerini.
"What Does My Customer Really Want? Pivoting Technology and Business Models in Emergency Response Management."
In C. Gibaldi and L. Iandoli, eds.,
"Cases studies in the age of digital entrepreneurship,"
Edward Elgar, 2023.
Cesar Bandera. "Teaching Technology-Based Entrepreneurship with Societal Significance." In C. H. Matthews & S. C. Santos, eds., "Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy," Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
Cesar Bandera, Katia Passerini, Michael Bartolacci. "Connecting Knowledge Management and Entrepreneurship: Processes and Technology." In Murray E. Jennex, eds., "Knowledge Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in a Changing World," Knowledge Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in a Changing World, 2020.
Cesar Bandera, Katia Passerini, Michael R. Bartolacci. "Knowledge Management and Entrepreneurship Research and Practice: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities." In Murray E. Jennex, eds., "Effective Knowledge Management Systems in Modern Society," pp. 17. IGI Global, 2019.
Cesar Bandera, Aurélien Eminet, Katia Passerini, Kevin Pon. "Cross-Cultural Entrepreneurship Education: Localization Amidst Globalization." In Charles H. Matthews, Eric W. Liguori, eds., "Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy," pp. 400. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018.
Cesar Bandera, Michael Bartolacci, Katia Passerini. "Knowledge Management and Entrepreneurship: a contradictory recipe?." In Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, eds., pp. 945-960. Entrepreneurship Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, 2017.
Cesar Bandera. "Teaching Technology-Based Entrepreneurship with Societal Significance." In C. H. Matthews & S. C. Santos, eds., "Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy," Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.
Cesar Bandera, Katia Passerini, Michael Bartolacci. "Connecting Knowledge Management and Entrepreneurship: Processes and Technology." In Murray E. Jennex, eds., "Knowledge Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in a Changing World," Knowledge Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in a Changing World, 2020.
Cesar Bandera, Katia Passerini, Michael R. Bartolacci. "Knowledge Management and Entrepreneurship Research and Practice: Status, Challenges, and Opportunities." In Murray E. Jennex, eds., "Effective Knowledge Management Systems in Modern Society," pp. 17. IGI Global, 2019.
Cesar Bandera, Aurélien Eminet, Katia Passerini, Kevin Pon. "Cross-Cultural Entrepreneurship Education: Localization Amidst Globalization." In Charles H. Matthews, Eric W. Liguori, eds., "Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy," pp. 400. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018.
Cesar Bandera, Michael Bartolacci, Katia Passerini. "Knowledge Management and Entrepreneurship: a contradictory recipe?." In Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, eds., pp. 945-960. Entrepreneurship Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, 2017.
Conference Paper
"Teaching Entrepreneurship with Societal Impact to Engineering Students"
American Society for Engineering Education, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2022.
"Entrepreneurship Education with Societal Significance: Protocols for Aiming Higher"
Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2022.
"Introduction to the Minitrack on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice"
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2022.
"Introduction to the Minitrack on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice"
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2021.
American Society for Engineering Education, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2022.
"Entrepreneurship Education with Societal Significance: Protocols for Aiming Higher"
Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2022.
"Introduction to the Minitrack on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice"
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2022.
"Introduction to the Minitrack on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice"
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2021.
Magazine/Trade Publication
"Entrepeneur 101: Lessons for success in the palm of your hand"
NJBiz Magazine, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2007.
"A resource for emerging companies"
NJBiz Magazine, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2007.
NJBiz Magazine, July (3rd Quarter/Summer), 2007.
"A resource for emerging companies"
NJBiz Magazine, April (2nd Quarter/Spring), 2007.
Professional
International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation
Editor, Associate Editor , 2023
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
Committee Member , 2023
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
External Examiner of a Ph.D. Dissertation at Another University , 2020
Hawaiian International Conference on System Science
Track Organizer , 2016
IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
Editor, Associate Editor , 2013
US State Department Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Academic Exchange Mission – Digital Entrepreneurship
Panelist , 2022
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
Editor, Associate Editor , 2019
Academy of the International Council for Small Business
Director , 2016
Editor, Associate Editor , 2023
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
Committee Member , 2023
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
External Examiner of a Ph.D. Dissertation at Another University , 2020
Hawaiian International Conference on System Science
Track Organizer , 2016
IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine
Editor, Associate Editor , 2013
US State Department Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Academic Exchange Mission – Digital Entrepreneurship
Panelist , 2022
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
Editor, Associate Editor , 2019
Academy of the International Council for Small Business
Director , 2016