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Academic Background

B.S., industrial engineering, Marquette University
M.B.A., entrepreneurship, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D., entrepreneurship, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Research Specialties

• Small business/new venture strategy
• Small business/new venture financing
• Bootstrapping strategies

Current Research

• Bootstrapping methods small firms
• Small business strategy and performance
• Financial indicators of performance of privately held firms

Major Works

• "Efficiency, Flexibility, or Both? Evidence Linking Strategy to Performance in Small Firms," with A. Johnson, Strategic Management Journal, December 2005.
• "Bootstrapping in Small Firms: An Empirical Analysis of Change Over Time," with A. Johnson, Journal of Business Venturing. Forthcoming.
• “Entrepreneurship and the Development of Platform Technologies,” Asian Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, pp. 141-148, February 2000.