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Academic Background

B.A., English, Miami University (Ohio)
M.B.A., University of Virginia
Ph.D., University of Virginia

Research Specialties

• Early stage ventures
• Effect of organizational values on employee creativity
• Ethics and entrepreneurship
• Opportunity recognition
• Resource acquisition in entrepreneurship

Current Research

• Entrepreneurship and innovation
• Launching entrepreneurial ventures

Major Works

• “Strategic Ethics – Wisdom, Environment and Creativity," Handbook Of Organizational Wisdom, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, forthcoming.
• "Enhancing Stakeholder Practice: A Particularized Exploration of Community," Business Ethics Quarterly, January, 2006.
• “Entrepreneurial Wisdom: Incorporating the Ethical and Strategic Dimensions of Entrepreneurial Decision-Making,” Carlson Ethics and Entrepreneurship Conference, 2006.
• “The Ethical Dimensions of Creative Market Action: A Framework for Identifying Issues and Implications of Entrepreneurial Ethics,” Carlson Ethics and Entrepreneurship Conference, 2006.
• “From Rational to Creative Action: Recasting our Theories of Entrepreneurship,” with S. Venkataraman, Darden School Working Paper, DSWP-02-06, 2002.
• “There is Business Like Show Business: Leadership Learnings from the Theater,” with R.E. Freeman, Organizational Dynamics, Vol. 29, pp. 108-122, 2000.