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Primary Research
Areas:
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Entrepreneurship/new-venture
growth
- Strategic
decision-making
- Quantitative methods
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Curriculum Vitae
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"Successful Entrepreneurs" Best
Paper Award
Dr. J. Robert Baum is
Associate Professor of
Entrepreneurship in the M&O
Department at the University of
Maryland’s Robert H. Smith
School of Business. Baum is a
Lehigh University engineer and
graduate of Northwestern
University’s MBA program in
Finance and Economics. Dr. Baum
teaches MBA new venture courses,
and he won four university
teaching awards since 2000. His
research interests are
entrepreneurship, quantitative
methods, and strategic
decision-making. He has
published in The Academy of
Management Journal, The Journal
of Business Venturing, The
Journal of Applied Psychology,
Strategic Management Journal,
Frontiers of Entrepreneurship
Research, and he has chapters in
two books. His dissertation, The
Relation of Traits,
Competencies, Vision,
Motivation, and Strategy to
Venture Growth won the 1995
Academy of Management,
Entrepreneurship Division, best
dissertation award. Two of his
publications won best paper
awards at Babson - Kauffman
Entrepreneurship Research
Conferences, and he is editor of
The Psychology of
Entrepreneurship, a Society of
Industrial Organizational
Psychology Frontiers Series
book. Baum is a member of the
Editorial Board of the Journal
of Business Venturing. He founded three new
ventures, and he is a member of
the board of directors of six
businesses.
Selected
Publications
Baum, J.R., Frese, M, Baron, R.A.
(2006). The Psychology of
Entrepreneurship. Mahway,
NJ: Erlbaum.
Baum, J.R. and Wally, S.
"Strategic Decision Speed and
Firm Performance", Strategic
Management Journal, 2003
Baum, J.R. and Locke, E.A.,
"The Relationship of
Entrepreneurial Traits, Skill,
and Motivation to New Venture
Growth", Journal of Applied
Psycholigy, 2004
Baum, J. R., Locke, E. A.,
and Smith, K. G., "A
multi-demensional Model of
Venture Growth" Academy of
Managenemt Journal, 2001
Baum, J. R., Locke, E. A.,
and Kirkpatrick, S. A., "A
Longitudinal Study of the
Relation of Vision and Vision
communication to Venture Growth
in Entrepreneurial Firms"
Journal of Applied Psychology,
83(1): 43-54, 1998
Honors and
Awards
Allen J. Krowe Award for
Innovative Teaching, University
of Maryland, 2005
Best Paper Award,
Babson-Kaufmann Entrepreneurship
Research Conference, 2003
Best Paper Award,
Babson-Kaufmann Entrepreneurship
Research Conference, 2001
Allen J. Krowe Award for
Innovative Teaching, University
of Maryland, 2001
Best Dissertation Award,
Entrepreneurship Division,
Academy of Management, 1996
Consulting Work
- Highmark Blue Cross Blue
Shield
- Millenium Inorganic
Chemicals
- Hanover Lantern, Inc.
- United Concordia
Companies, Inc.
- Highmark Health Ventures
- Lancet Capital Partners
- Say Plastics, Inc
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