Articles and Cases (Peer-reviewed)

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A 2x2 conceptual foundation for entrepreneurial discovery theory., Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2011)

Theories about entrepreneurial discovery are important to entrepreneurship. However, the dominant conceptual foundation underlying such...

 

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Prior knowledge and new product and service introductions by entrepreneurial firms: the mediating role of technological innovation. (with Jintong Tang), Journal of Small Business Management (2011)

Most research on new product and service development by entrepreneurial firms takes an individual-level, pre-launch...

 

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Using historic mutinies to understand defiance in modern organizations. (with Ray W. Coye and Patricia Spencer), Journal of Management History (2010)

Purpose: Guided by voice and leadership theory, we articulate the underpinnings of upward defiance (competence...

 

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A model of social entrepreneurial discovery. (with Susan M. Coombes), Journal of Business Ethics (2009)

Social entrepreneurship activity continues to surge tremendously in market and economic systems around the world....

 

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Entrepreneurial alertness, technological innovation, and new product development [article published in Chinese]. (with Ren Hong Zhu and Jin Tong Tang), Contemporary Finance and Economics (2009)

Alertness is a key precondition for opportunity recognition. However, models of alertness are still immature...

 

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Entrepreneurship theory and the poverty of historicism., Journal of Management History (2009)

Purpose – The author applies methodological concepts from The Poverty of Historicism to contemporary research...

 

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Attacking the roots: Shiraishi Garments Company and an evolving thicket of business ethics in China. (with Bin Jiang), Journal of Business Ethics in Education (2008)

This case examines management underpinnings of conducting socially purposeful business in contexts where the labor...

 

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Dealer Trade Group: High-tech venturing in a low-tech industry. (with C. Crockett), Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. (2007)
 

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Do business school professors make good executive managers? (with B. Jiang), Academy of Management Perspectives (2007)

Despite suggestions that business school professors do not understand what actually accounts for the performance...

 

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Expert capital and perceived legitimacy: Female-run entrepreneurial venture signaling and performance. (with J. Kickul, S. D. Barbosa, and L. Titus), International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (2007)

Research has shown that female entrepreneurs face unique barriers to entrepreneurial success, such as procuring...

 

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If the shoe fits: Wenzhou Aike Shoes Company, Ltd. (with B. Jiang), Journal of International Business Education. (2007)

This case study addresses critical aspects of the strategic management decision to be made by...

 

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Southeast Asian Culture, Human Development, and Business (with H. Lavan), Journal of Asia Business Studies (2007)

Competition and entrepreneurship are driving forces in the development of economic systems. They create jobs,...

 

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The golden age: Service management on transatlantic ocean liners (with R. W. Coye), Journal of Management Histor (2007)

Purpose – The paper seeks to explore lessons in service delivery from an industry that...

 

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A conceptual history of entrepreneurial thought. (with J. Liao and H. P. Welsch), Journal of Management History, (2006)

Purpose – To interpret and explain evolution in entrepreneurial thought, using the application of history...

 

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Developing and validating a construct of entrepreneurial intensity. (with J. Liao and H. P. Welsch), New England Journal of Entrepreneurship (2005)

I n this article we define, validate, and propose a construct of entrepreneurial intensity, or...

 

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Personality and situations in co-worker preference: Similarity and complementarity in worker compatibility. (with R. P. Tett), Journal of Business and Psychology (2002)

Guided by fit-oriented personality theories, we asked with whom people prefer to work, given their...

 

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Development and content validation of a hyperdimensional taxonomy of managerial competence. (with R. P. Tett, H. A. Guterman, and A. Bleier), Human Performance (2000)
 

Book Chapters

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A model of the discovery, assembly, and viability of entrepreneurial opportunities., Entrepreneurship: values and responsibility. (2009)
 

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The opportunity-based approach to entrepreneurial discovery research (with M. R. Marvel), Current Topics in Management (2007)
 

Conference Proceedings

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Disease epidemics and entrepreneurial tipping points: Models of venture viability from customer and financier perspectives. (with T. Long), Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research. (2007)

Whereas discovery is fundamental to entrepreneurship, there is low understanding of how and why some...

 

Book Reviews

Dissertation

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A logic for entrepreneurial discovery., UMI/ProQuest Learning and Information Company. (2004)

This dissertation employs an epistemological approach to integrate several branches of social science (i.e., economics,...