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Academic Background

B.A., economics, Brown University
M.B.A., marketing, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business
Ph.D., organization theory and strategy, University of  Wisconsin-Madison, School of Business

Research Specialties

• Organizational learning
• Contextual and environmental impediments to learning in firms
• Entrepreneurship
• Founding team decisions and performance implications in new (banking) firms

Current Research

• Effects of prior shared experience in new venture founding teams
• Implications of outside consulting assistance on new firm performance
• Entrepreneurial founding team characteristics and new venture launch speed
• Contextual and environmental impediments to organizational learning 

Major Works

•  “Entrepreneurial Team Characteristics that Influence the Successful Launch of a New Venture,” with M. Leary, Management Research News, forthcoming.
• “Consultants to the Rescue? Antecedents and Consequences of Hiring Consultants at Startup,” with M. Leary. In George T. Solomon (Ed.), 2007 Best Paper Proceedings of the Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (CD), ISSN 1543-8643.
• “Mobilizing Knowledge in Interorganizational Alliances,” with H. Fischer, J. Brown, J. Porac, J. Wade and A. Kanfer. In N. Bontis and C. W. Choo (Eds.), The Strategic Management of Intellectual Capital and Organizational Knowledge: A Collection of Readings. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 523-535, 2002.
• “The Magic Beanstalk Vision: Commercializing University Inventions and Research,” with A. Miner, D. Eesley and T. Rura-Polley. In C. Schoonhoven and E. Romanelli (Eds.), The Entrepreneurship Dynamic: Origins of Entrepreneurship and the Evolution of Industries. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, pp. 109-146, 2001.

Significant Scholarly Honors

• Best Paper Award,  Academy of Management, Management Consulting Division  2007.  (Graziadio School  of Business and Management/Pepperdine University Award for Outstanding Paper on the Practice of  Management  Consulting )
• Strategic Management  Society, Entrepreneurship and Strategy Interest Group Junior Faculty Research  Workshop  competitive grant. (underwritten by the Kauffman Foundation), 2005.
• Finalist, INFORMS/Organization Science Best Dissertation Proposal Competition, 2001
• Vilas Fellowship for Doctoral Dissertation Research (University of Wisconsin Graduate School), 2001
• National Black MBA Scholarship (St. Louis Chapter)
• Consortium for Graduate  Study in Management Fellowship