Candida G. Brush is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and holder of the Paul T. Babson Chair in Entrepreneurship at Babson College. She is also Chair of the Entrepreneurship Division and a visiting adjunct Professor to the Norwegian School of Engineering and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway. Formerly, Dr. Brush was an Associate Professor of Strategy and Policy, founder and Director of the Council for Women’s Entrepreneurship and Leadership (CWEL), and Research Director for the Entrepreneurial Management Institute at Boston University. Dr. Brush teaches courses in Entrepreneurship in the undergraduate, MBA, doctoral, and Executive MBA programs. For two years, she was a Research Affiliate to Jonkoping International Business School, Jonkoping, Sweden. She received her DBA from Boston University, an MBA from Boston College and a BA from the University of Colorado.

She is a founding member of the Diana Project International, a research collaborative of scholars from 20 countries studying growth and financing strategies of women entrepreneurs world-wide. With her four co-researchers, she was named the 2007 recipient of the FSF- Swedish Research Foundation International Award for Outstanding Research Contributions in the Field of Entrepreneurship. Prentice Hall- Financial Times published their book, Clearing the Hurdles: Women Building High Growth Businesses (2004). Dr. Brush is the author of seven books, 20 book chapters and 90 articles published in scholarly journals including Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Academy of Management Executive, and Annals of Political and Social Science. She is an Editor for Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and serves on the editorial review boards for Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Business Horizons and the International Journal of Female Entrepreneurship. She has written book chapters for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the International Labor Organization (ILO) on women’s entrepreneurship and economic development.

Dr. Brush was on the founding team for the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED) a national study exploring start-up processes of nascent entrepreneurs, and was a co-recipient of the National Science Foundation Award as part of this research. She is the recipient of the Entrepreneurship Mentor Award, given by the National Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division in recognition for her support and mentorship of doctoral students and new faculty researchers in the Entrepreneurship field. In 2008, she was inducted as a 21st Century Scholar by the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers. She has served on more than 15 PhD dissertation committees and mentored more than 25 doctoral students. Dr. Brush was one of 18 researchers selected to participate in the 1995 White House Conference Research Project: The Future of Small Business and Entrepreneurship into the Year 2010, and was recognized by INC Magazine in 1995 as one of the top 16 researchers in Entrepreneurship in the US. In 1997 she was appointed by the Secretary of Defense to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) and served for 3 years. She is on the Board of Directors of the Center for Women’s Business Research and Children Without Borders (Costa Rica), and serves on the Advisory Board for the Center for Women in Enterprise. She is a member of the Boston Harbor Angels and an active angel investor, serving on several boards of early stage private companies. She has advised hundreds of student businesses and new venture teams over the past 20 years.

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Jeffrey G. Covin Professor of Strategic Management Samuel & Pauline Glaubinger Professor of Entrepreneurship Kelley School of Business Indiana University

Jeffrey G. Covin is the Samuel and Pauline Glaubinger Professor of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Strategic Management at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. He teaches in the fields of entrepreneurship, strategic management, and technology management. Professor Covin’s current research interests include the internal corporate venturing process, strategic processes and competitive strategy among high-technology firms, the management of innovation, and the phenomenon of entrepreneurial orientation.. Please click here to view Jeff Covin's webpage Please click here to view Jeff Covin's CV Back to Top Harry J. Sapienza Curtis L. Carlson Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies CSOM Strategic Mgmt & Org CSOM Holmes Center for Entrepreneurship Carlson School of Management University of Minnesota Harry J. Sapienza is the Curtis L. Carlson Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies at the Carlson School of Management. He holds a PhD from the University of Maryland in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship. Harry’s work has focused on venture capital, interorganizational relations of entrepreneurial firms, and international entrepreneurship. He is currently Associate Editor of the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Business Venturing, Organization Science and Venture Capital. Please click here to view Harry Sapienza's webpage Please click here to view Harry Sapienza's CV Back to Top Dean A. Shepherd Randall L. Tobias Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership Professor of Entrepreneurship Kelley School of Business Indiana University Dean Shepherd is the Randall L. Tobias Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership and Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. Dean received his doctorate and MBA from Bond University (Australia) and a Bachelor of Applied Science from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. His research on entrepreneurial leadership includes the decision making of entrepreneurs, new venture strategy, learning from failure, and pursuit of opportunity. Focusing on these four streams described above Dean has published, or has accepted for publication, over 80 papers primarily in the top general management journals (Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management, Management Science, Organization Science and the Strategic Management Journal), top general operations journals (European Journal of Operational Research) and the top entrepreneurship journals (Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice). Professor Shepherd is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Business Venturing (the top international journal on innovation/entrepreneurship) and on the review board for numerous top management and entrepreneurship journals. He is also a panelist for the National Science Foundation (Innovation and Organizational Science panel). Please click here to view Dean Shepherd's webpage Please click here to view Dean Shepherd's CV Back to Top Mike Wright Professor of Financial Studies Director of Centre for Management Buy-out Research Nottingham University Business School Mike Wright is Professor of Financial Studies at Nottingham University Business School, and Director Centre for Management Buy-out Research, which he founded in 1986. He holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Ghent and is a visiting professor at EMLyon, Erasmus University and University of Ghent. He has published over 50 books and 300 academic papers on private equity, divestment, strategy and entrepreneurship in emerging economies, academic entrepreneurs, habitual entrepreneurs, returnee entrepreneurs and related topics. Mike was recently ranked number 1 worldwide for publications in entrepreneurship and is winner of the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division’s Mentor Award for 2009 and the AMLE Outstanding Editorial Board Reviewer Award for 2009. He is a former editor of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and recently completed seven years as an editor of Journal of Management Studies. He is currently an associate editor of Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and an editor of Journal of Technology Transfer. He is a member of the British Venture Capital Association Research Advisory Board. His latest books include Private Equity Demystified; Management Buyouts and Private Equity; Entrepreneurial Teams and Academic Entrepreneurship in Europe. Mike has contributed extensively to the media and organised the first conference on management buyouts and private equity in 1981. He is a regular presenter at business conferences and teaches highly rated MBA courses on Private Equity and Venture Capital. Please click here to view Mike Wright's webpage Please click here to view Mike Wright's CV Back to Top News Claire R. Leonardi's Four Lessons UConn MIS Student Wins an Information Systems Security Scholarship from ISACA Hall of Fame 2012 + MORE NEWS