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PhD Candidate 2012
Scott Benjamin (MBA, 2001; BBA, 1991) is a 4th year Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Maryland in Entrepreneurship & Strategic Management. His areas of research include the study of non-market externalities on innovation adoption and social value entrepreneurship. Scott also has extensive experience teaching undergraduate, MBA and executive education programs. Scott was the CEO of HRSI, a medical consulting firm and was a Principal with Signature Properties, a real estate investment and development firm.
Dissertation title
Managing Non-Market Externalities in the Adoption of Social Value Innovation
Dissertation Summary
This dissertation consists of two essays that explore the relationship between a firm’s ability to manage non-market externalities and the adoption of social value innovations. Specifically, the first essay investigates the impact that infomediaries, in particular the media, have on the adoption of wind energy projects in the United States. The second essay extends this research by investigating how individual firms can impact stakeholder impressions about innovation through their influence over infomediaries and regulators.
Dissertation Chair: Rhonda Reger
Dissertation Committee Members
Primary Research Areas
- Innovation Adoption
- Non-Market Externalities
- Social Entrepreneurship
Primary Teaching Interests
- New Venture Creation
- Strategic Management
- Executive Power and Negotiations
Selected Publications, Conference Presentations, and Work- in-Progress
Benjamin,S.N., Reger, R.K., Pfarrer, M.D. & Baum, J.R., 2011 Show Me the Time: The Effects of Media Influence on Innovation Adoption in the US Wind Energy Sector, To be presented at the
Strategic Management Society Conference Panel Session, Miami, FL.
Benjamin,S.N., Reger, R.K., Pfarrer, M.D. & Baum, J.R. 2011 The Effects of Media Influence and Sensemaking on Innovation Adoption in the US Wind, To be presented at the
Academy of Management Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Benjamin,S.N., Reger, R.K., Pfarrer, M.D. & Baum, J.R. 2011 The Effects of Media Influence and Sensemaking on Innovation Adoption in the US Wind,
Atlanta Competitive Advantage Conference Development Session, Atlanta,GA.
Benjamin,S.N., Reger, R.K., Baum, J.R. & Pfarrer, M.D. 2011 The Effects of Media Influence and Sensemaking on Innovation Adoption in the US Wind, Mason Entrepreneurship Research Conference,
Fairfax,VA.
Reger, R.K., Benjamin, S.N., Pfarrer, M.D. 2011 Discourse and Dirty Deeds in the Adoption of US Wind Farms.
Presented at INFORMS, Austin, TX.
Benjamin,S.N., Reger, R.K. & Pfarrer, M.D.2010 The Bradley Effect: When Sensemaking Does not Make Sense Presented at the
Strategic Management Society, Rome, Italy.
Benjamin,S.N., & Reger, R.K. 2009 Social Constructionist Approach to Wind Power Acceptance,
Presented at Social Entrepreneurship Conference, NYU.
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As an entrepreneur, Scott has also enjoyed owning and operating several restaurants in Annapolis, Maryland, and is currently an angel investor in numerous projects.
Scott has been active in his community as a wish grantor with The Make-A-Wish Foundation. He serves as a committee member on both the enrollment and financial committees at Rockbridge Academy and will begin his ninth year as a coach for competitive youth travel soccer in the fall.
Scott lives with his wife and two children in Crofton, Maryland. He enjoys any sport with a ball or puck, boating/fishing and spending time with his family.
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