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Research
Highlights
►J. Robert Baum,
Associate Professor, is co-editor/author
of the book The Psychology of
Entrepreneurship (Erlbaum, 2006).
This is the first book written about the
psychology of entrepreneurs. It includes
60 research questions to guide
industrial organizational psychology
researchers, organization behavior
researchers, and entrepreneurship
researchers. It seeks to answer
questions such as, "how and why do some
people, but not others, recognize
opportunities, decide to start new
ventures, and organize successful,
rapidly growing companies."
►Ken G. Smith,
Dean's Chaired Professor of Strategy, is
co-author of
Strategy as Action: Competitive Dynamics
and Competitive Advantage
(Oxford Press, 2005).
Smith has been studying the successes
and failures of corporations for more
than 20 years, and recommends that firms
not only move faster, but engage in a
continual evaluation of their actions,
in effect developing a strategy as they
go by seeing which actions bring about
the best results.
►Anil K. Gupta, Ralph
J. Tyser
Professor of Strategy and
Organization, is
co-author of
The
Quest for Global Dominance
(Jossey-Bass, 2001), a comprehensive
guide for
executives leading organizations
in today’s highly
competitive, global
marketplace.
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►Ken G. Smith,
Dean's Chaired Professor of Strategy, is
co-author of Great Minds in
Management Theory, Oxford Press,
2005. He and Michael A. Hitt have
brought together some of the most
influential and original thinkers in
management. Their contributions to this
volume not only outline their landmark
contributions to management theory, but
also reflect on the process of theory
development, presenting their own
personal accounts of the gestation of
these theories.
►David Kirsch,
assistant professor
of entrepreneurship,
is directing a
research project that collects
dot-com
business-planning documents
and interviews
participants
in the Internet boom and bust.
Funded by the Alfred
P. Sloan
Foundation, the overarching goal of
the project is to
understand how
people learn from failure. (www.businessplanarchive.org)
►The Smith School
established the
Center for Human
Capital,
Innovation, and Technology (HCIT)
in 2001 to explore
the interface of
human capital,
innovation, and
technology, and how
these resources
can be managed to
create and sustain
organizational
competitive
advantage.
►Visit the
Social Sciences Research Network for
the latest working papers from Smith
School faculty members.
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