Entrepreneurship
Specialization Areas
- Corporate Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial Financing
- Entrepreneurial Solutions to Social Problems
- Entrepreneurship and Well-being
- Firm Growth and Innovation
- Social and Sustainable Entrepreneurship
Recent Graduates Placements:
- University of Alabama (Devin Stein)
- University of Louisville (Fabian Parada Diaz)
- Tilburg School of Economics (Kurian Geroge)
- EM Lyon, France (Almantas Palubinskas)
- University of Missouri-Columbia (James Bort)
- the National University of Singapore NUS, Singapore (Wei Yu)
- Texas Christian University (David Gras)
- Concordia University, Canada (Rob Nason)
Entrepreneurship Faculty & Ph.D. Directory
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Gish, Jeff
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises -
Haynie, Michael
Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship | Whitman School of Management Vice Chancellor | Strategic Initiatives & Innovation | Syracuse University Executive Director | Institute for Veterans and Military Families Entrepreneurship and Emerging EnterprisesContact Me 315-443-0149 -
Jeong, Hyoju
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises -
Kostakis, Alexandra
Professor of Entrepreneurial Practice Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises Online ProgramsContact Me 315-443-3970 -
McKelvie, Alexander
Interim Dean Professor of Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises Online Programs Whitman Dean's OfficeContact Me 315-443-7252 -
Minniti, Maria
Bantle Chair in Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Entrepreneurship and Emerging EnterprisesContact Me 315-443-4096 -
Momtaz, Paul
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises -
Newman, Arielle
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship and Emerging EnterprisesContact Me 315-443-3359 -
Park, David
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship and Emerging EnterprisesContact Me 315-443-8221 -
Petosa, John
Professor of Practice Accounting Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises Online ProgramsContact Me 315-443-8216 -
Schindehutte, Minet
Associate Professor Emeritus, Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises -
Torrens, John
Professor of Entrepreneurial Practice Deputy Department Chair of EEE Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises Online ProgramsContact Me 315-443-3486 -
Walsleben, Ken
Professor of Entrepreneurial Practice Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises Online ProgramsContact Me 315-443-8317 -
Wiklund, Johan
Professor of Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship and Emerging EnterprisesContact Me 315-559-2144
PhD Students
Research Highlights
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Gish, Jeff
- A values-complementarity model of social movement influence on entrepreneurship
- Women’s and men’s authorship experiences: A prospective meta-analysis
- Presumed patriarchy: How a CEO’s masculine appearance affects perceptions of sexual harassment in organizations
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Haynie, Michael
- Habitual entrepreneurs? Possible cases of addiction to entrepreneurship?
- Habitual entrepreneurs: Possible cases of entrepreneurship addiction?
- Making it personal: Opportunity individuation and the shaping of opportunity beliefs.
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McKelvie, Alexander
- I’ll prove you wrong! The underdog effect as an antecedent to entrepreneurial action and venture persistence
- The Emergence and Impact of the Military Veteran Entrepreneurship Industry
- Entrepreneurial responsibility: A conceptual framework to understand ethical dualism throughout the entrepreneurial process
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Minniti, Maria
- Resilience within constraints: An event-oriented approach to crisis response.
- Distributed Knowledge and the Creation of Public Value: Wildfire Management in Northern California.
- On the importance of “thresholds” in strategic management research
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Momtaz, Paul
- Market Reactions to Cryptocurrency Regulation: Risk, Return and the Role of Enforcement Quality
- Voting governance and value creation in decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs)
- Cybercrime on the Ethereum Blockchain
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Newman, Arielle
- Entrepreneurship and Suicide
- How should we study heterogeneity in entrepreneurship? Moving the field to an inclusive approach
- Emancipatory entrepreneurship in postcolonial economies: The clash of institutional systems in the Kejetia marketplace
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Park, David
- An Image of Industry: Exploring the Effects of Knowledge Sources in the Medical Imaging Industry
- The Nature and Origins of Social Venture Mission: An Exploratory Study of Political Ideology and Moral Foundations
- A Cloud’s Silver Lining? The Impact of Policy Interventions on New and Maturing Technology Ventures’ Online Recruitment
Honors and Leadership
View recent acknowledgments for our faculty research and teaching achievements. Many of our leading-edge faculty play prominent roles in shaping perspectives on relevant professional issues.
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Gish, Jeff
- Research Incentive Award (RIA)
- Schulze Publication Award
- Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research – Top 40 of 556 submissions to BCERC
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Haynie, Michael
- The Chancellor’s Medal
- Outstanding Entrepreneurship Scholar Award
- Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence Award for Engaging the World
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Jeong, Hyoju
- Finalist, STR Division Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award
- Nominee, Best Conference Paper Prize
- Winner, Best Conference PhD Paper Prize
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McKelvie, Alexander
- CNBC Disruptor Advisory Council (2016-current)
- George R. Burman Award for Entrepreneurial Leadership
- Justin G. Longenecker Fellow
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Minniti, Maria
- 2024 Carolyn B. Dexter Paper Award
- Top 2% most impactful researchers in the world across all sciences
- 2023 Dedication to Entrepreneurship Award
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Newman, Arielle
- Racial Wealth Gap Internal Grant
- Teaching Mini-Grant USM
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Park, David
- Best Reviewer Award Nomination, Competitive Strategy Interest Group
- Guttag Junior Faculty Research Award
- Faculty Member of the Year Award
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Petosa, John
- Whitman Teacher of the Year
- Masters Student Teacher of the Year
- Masters Student Teacher of the Year
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Schindehutte, Minet
- Gerry Hills Best Paper Award
- Entrepreneurial Innovator
- Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice Award or the Best Conceptual Paper
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Walsleben, Ken
- Faculty Fellow
- Faculty Sponsor
- 2023-2024 Whitman Faculty of the Year (Undergrad and Grad)
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Wiklund, Johan
- Named the 3rd most published Entrepreneurship and Family Business scholar in the world
- Listed among the top 100 Best Business and Management Scientists
- Named among the top 2% most impactful researchers globally across all sciences

