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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." |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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| 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
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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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