Speakers

Donald F. Kuratko
The Jack M. Gill Chair of Entrepreneurship, Indiana University, Bloomington

Dr Kuratko is considered a prominent scholar and national leader in the field of entrepreneurship. He has authored over 150 articles on aspects of entrepreneurship, new venture development, and corporate entrepreneurship. His work has been published in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Small Business Strategy, and Family Business Review. Dr. Kuratko has authored over 20 books, including the leading entrepreneurship book in American universities today, Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, Practice, 6th ed. (South-Western/Thomson Publishers, 2004), as well as Strategic Entrepreneurial Growth, 2nd ed. (South-Western/Thomson Publishers, 2004), Corporate Entrepreneurship (South-Western/Thomson Publishers, 2002), The Human Resource Function in Emerging Enterprises, (South-Western/Thomson Publishers, 2002), Effective Small Business Management, 7th ed. (Wiley & Sons Publishers, 2001), and Entrepreneurial Strategy (Dryden Press/Harcourt Brace & Co., 1994). In addition, Dr. Kuratko has been consultant on Corporate Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Strategies to a number of major corporations such as Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield, AT&T, United Technologies, Ameritech, The Associated Group (Acordia), Union Carbide Corporation, ServiceMaster and TruServ.

Previously he held the Stoops Distinguished Professorship of Entrepreneurship and was the Founding Director of the Entrepreneurship Program at Ball State University. Dr. Kuratko was a recipient of Ball State University's four major lifetime awards which include: Outstanding Young Faculty (1987); Outstanding Teaching Award (1990); Outstanding Faculty Award (1996); and Outstanding Researcher Award (1999). He has also been honored with The George Washington Medal of Honor (1987); the Leavey Foundation Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise (1988) and the National Model Innovative Pedagogy Award for Entrepreneurship (2001). Dr. Kuratko was named the Entrepreneur of the Year for the state of Indiana (sponsored by Ernst & Young, Inc. magazine, and Merrill Lynch) and was inducted into the Institute of American Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame (1990). In addition, Dr. Kuratko was named the National Outstanding Entrepreneurship Educator for 1993 (by the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship). In 2000, he was honored with the Thomas W. Binford Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Entrepreneurial Development by the Indiana Health Industry Forum. Dr. Kuratko has been named a 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow by the National Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (2001), as well as the U.S. Association for Small Business & Entrepreneurship Scholar for Corporate Entrepreneurship (2003). Finally, he was honored by his peers in Entrepreneur magazine as the #1 Entrepreneurship Program Director in the nation (2003).

Shaker Zahra
Robert E. Buuck Chair of Entrepreneurship Management/Organization
Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota

Current Research
Entrepreneurship
Innovation & evolution of capabilites in science/technology-based global industries
Entrepreneurship & knowledge-based competition
Global strategy and entrepreneurship in frontier technology-based industri

Major Publications

  • "The Effect of Governance Modes and Relatedness of External Business Development Activities on Innovative Performance," Keil, Maula, Schildt & Zahra, Strategic Management Journal (forthcoming 2008).
  • "Knowledge Conversion Capability and the Performance of Corporate and University Spin-Offs," S. Zahra, Van de Velde & Larraneta, Industrial and Corporate Change (2007).
  • "The Survival of International New Ventures," R. Mudambi and S. Zahra, JIBS (2007).
  • "A Theory on International New Ventures: A Decade of Research," S. Zahra, JIBS (2005).
  • "Entrepreneurship and Dynamic Capabilities: A Review, Model, and Research Agenda," S. Zahra, H. J. Sapienza, and P. Davidsson, Journal of Management Studies (2006).
  • "The Effect of Early Internationalization on Firm Profitability and Growth," H. Sapienza, E. Autio, G. George, and S. Zahra, AMR ( 2006).
  • "Absorptive Capacity: A Review, Reconceptualization, and Extension," S. Zahra and G. George, AMR (2002).
  • "Management Fraud: Antecedents and Consequences," S. Zahra, A. Rasheed, and R. Priem, J. of Management (2005).
  • "Sources of Capabilities, Integration, and Technology Commercialization," S. Zahra and A. P. Nielsen, SMJ (2002).
  • "Privatization and Entrepreneurial Transformation: A Review and Research Agenda," Zahra, Ireland, Guiterrez & Hitt, AMR (2000).
  • "International Expansion, Technological Learning, and New Venture Performance," S. Zahra, D. Ireland, and M. Hitt, AMJ (2000).
  • "Entrepreneurship in Medium-Size Companies: Exploring the Effects of Ownership and Governance Systems," S. Zahra, D. Neubaum & M. Huse, J. of Management (2000).

Scholarly Service and Honors

  • Chair, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • Incoming Chair, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • Program Chair, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • Chair, Professional Development Workshops, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • Chair, International Entrepreneurship Track, Academy of International Business
  • Director, Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference
  • Chair, Strategy and Entrepreneurship Track, Decision Science Institute
  • Chair, three tracks, Southern Management Association
  • Board of Governors, Southern Management Association
  • Best Paper Award, Academy of Management Journal
  • Finalist for Best Paper Award, Academy of Management Review
  • Best Paper Award, Journal of Management
  • Best Paper Award, Journal of Management Studies
  • Best Paper Award for a paper in the Journal of Business Venturing, USASBE
  • Sustained Contributions Award for Research on Corporate Entrepreneurship, USASBE
  • Best Paper Award in Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice
  • Best Theory Paper Award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • Best Paper Award, Social Issues Division, Academy of Management
  • Best Paper Award, Production and Operations Management Division, Academy of Management
  • Distinguished Speaker, Doctoral Consortium, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management
  • Keynote Speaker, 20 national and international conferences or meetings
  • Fellow, Southern Management Association
  • Best Paper Award, Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference
  • 21st Century Research Fellow, National Association for Entrepreneurship Centers
  • Fellow, International Family Enterprise Research Association (IFERA)
  • Fellow, Raymond Institute for Family Business
  • Mentor Award, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management

Stan Mandel
Executive Professor & Director
Angell Center for Entrepreneurship
Wake Forest University

Stan knows entrepreneurship, having participated in the start-up of more than 10 organizations within the retail, financial services, health care, consulting and nonprofit sectors. He advises and serves on the boards of many student- and alumni-led start-up companies in electronic commerce, biotechnology, venture capital and retail services. His roles include matching student entrepreneurial interests with the best available experiential activities. His expertise and the success of the Angell Center for Entrepreneurship helped him place No. 3 in Entrepreneur magazine’s 2005 national ranking of entrepreneurship directors.

Allan Gibb
Former Professor of Small Business Management and Chairman of the Foundation for Small and Medium Enterprise Development
Durham University, UK

Professor Allan Gibb is former Professor of Small Business Management and Chairman of the Foundation for Small and Medium Enterprise Development at Durham University in the UK. The Foundation, formerly the Small Business Centre, has an international reputation for its work in the field of enterprise, entrepreneurship and small business management development. The original Centre, was set up by Professor Gibb in 1971, and became the largest of its kind in Europe. Its major focus is upon research-based approaches to solving policy and process problems of managing small businesses and the small business stakeholder environment and which translate into practice. These are frequently developed into teaching and consultancy programmes subsequently disseminated nationally and internationally.

Lisa Gundry
Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship, Director of Ryan Center for Creativity and Innovation
DePaul University

Lisa Gundry teaches courses in Entrepreneurship New Venture Management and Creativity in Business. She helped design the Charles H. Kellstadt's Graduate School of Business award winning Entrepreneurship program. Dr. Gundry has co-authored "Blueprints for Innovation," published by the American Management Association. She has researched creative best practices in many organizations, and is a frequent speaker to executive groups and corporations on creativity and innovation. In 1997, she won the Innovation in Business Education award by the Mid-Continent East Association of AACSB.  In 1994, Dr. Gundry was given the Excellence in Teaching Award by DePaul University's Quality of Instruction Council. 

 

Alain Fayolle
Director of the Centre of Entrepreneurs, Professor of entrepreneurship and strategic
management
EM Lyon, France

 

Education

1981 : Master of Science in Technology (CESI, LYON)
1989 : Master of Science in Management, University Jean Moulin, LYON
1992 : Degree of European Engineer
1992 : Master of Science in Management Research, University Jean Moulin, LYON
1996 : Ph.D. in Management Sciences, LYON (topic: Contribution to a study on entrepreneurial behaviours of French engineers)
2000 : Habilitation in Management Research Supervisory Activities, University Pierre Mendes France, Grenoble.

Experiences

  • 1991 to 2001 Group ESC Lyon (later EM LYON)
    Deputy director of the Centre of entrepreneurs, Professor of entrepreneurship and strategic management
  • 1991-1995 Saint-Etienne Business School, France, Professor in charge of the Strategic Management
  • From 2000 onwards ESISAR - Engineering School of Valence and INP Grenoble, France
    Associate Professor in Management Sciences
    Director of the Research Unit Entrepreneurship and Process of Innovation
  • From 2002 onwards CERAG Research Unit of Social Sciences University of Grenoble and C.N.R.S., France, Research Fellow
  • From 2004 onwards EM LYON, Professor in Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management
    Head of the Entrepreneurship Research Centre

Pedagogical activities -Undergraduate students

  • Head teacher of strategic management programme (300 hours' programme) designed for Master's students of the Business School of Saint-Etienne (from 1992 to 1995).
  • Teacher in charge of management courses for engineering students of the ISTP (Institut Supérieur des Techniques Productiques) of Saint-Etienne (from 1992 to 1996).
  • Teacher in charge of a seminar on strategic management designed for Master's students of the Ecole des Mines of Saint-Etienne (from 1993 to 2000).
  • Teacher in charge of a seminar on acquiring existing businesses, designed for Engineer students in the option Industrial Management (3rd year) of Ecole des Mines of Saint-Etienne (from 1995 to 2000).
  • Designer and teacher in charge of a teaching programme on management of innovation for Engineer students in their second year of Ecole des Mines of Saint-Etienne (from 1995 to 1999).
  • Teacher in charge of a course on entrepreneurship for Master's students of the EM Lyon Business School (from 1994 to 2000).
  • Teacher in charge of a course on corporate entrepreneurship for Master's students of EM Lyon Business School (from 1995 to 2001).
  • Teacher in charge of a basic course on entrepreneurship designed for all the Engineer students in their second year of the EM Lyon Business School (1999 and 2000).
  • Teacher of a basic course on business management and strategic management designed for the Master's students of the EM Lyon Business School (1998-2000).
  • Teacher in charge of a course on strategies and business start-up designed for all the Engineer students in their third (last) year of the INPG ESISAR (2000-).
  • Teacher in charge of optional courses on business start-up, acquiring existing businesses and business diagnostics designed for all the Engineer students of INPG ESISAR (2001-).
  • Teacher in charge of a introductory course on finances and business administration designed for Engineer students in their second year at ESISAR, ENSIMAG and INPG Telecommunications sections (2000-).
  • Teacher in charge of a course on budget accounting designed for Engineer students in their first year of INPG ESISAR (2001-).

Andrew Corbett
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management
RPI, Lally School of Business

Professor Corbett teaches across the portfolio of entrepreneurship and strategy courses both to undergraduates and MBAs.

He has been recognized for his excellence in teaching on numerous occasions. In 2006, Professor Corbett was presented with an award for Outstanding Curriculum Development by the Lally School. He was awarded the 2005 McGraw-Hill Innovation in Entrepreneurship Pedagogy Award by the Academy of Management for his development and delivery of entrepreneurship courses. In 2004, he was named Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the Lally School’s MBA Class.

Professor Corbett is a primary instructor and curriculum developer for Rensselaer’s “adVentures in Entrepreneurship” freshman orientation program and he is the faculty advisor to the Tech Valley Collegiate Business Plan Competition.

His research has appeared in the Journal of Business Venturing; Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice; Management Communications Quarterly; The Journal of Small Business Management; and Academy of Management Best Papers. Professor Corbett’s scholarship has been presented around the globe at all of the top strategic management and entrepreneurship conferences.

Professor Corbett was recently invited to join the editorial board of Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice and he has been a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Management Studies since 2003.

 

 

 

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