Eleven scholars won the inaugural Research Promise Awards.

Filipe M. Santos	Kathleen M. Eisenhardt
Winners of 2008 Research Promise Award
Filipe M. Santos Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship; INSEAD Kathleen M. Eisenhardt Professor of Strategy and Organization; Professor of Management Science and Engineering; Warren Ascherman Professor in the School of Engineering; Research Director; Stanford University, Stanford Technology Ventures Program Constructing markets and organizing boundaries: Entrepreneurial agency in nascent fields
Charlotte R. Ren	Chao Guo
Winners of 2008 Research Promise Award
Charlotte R. Ren Assistant Professor of Strategic Management; Purdue University, Krannert School of Management Chao Guo Assistant Professor of Non-Profit Management; University of Georgia, Department of Public Administration & Policy The rise and fall of entrepreneurial opportunities inside organizations: A process model for corporate entrepreneurship
Alexander McKelvie Veronica Gustafsson J. Michael Haynie
Winners of 2008 Research Promise Award
Alexander McKelvie Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, Program in Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises; Syracuse University Veronica Gustafsson Assistant Professor Business Administration, EMM-Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Management; Research Fellow; Jönköping International Business School, CISEG - Centre for Innovation Systems, Entrepreneurship and Growth J. Michael Haynie Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship; Syracuse University Entrepreneurial action: Exploitation decisions under conditions of uncertainty
Wenhong Chen Justin Tan
Winners of 2008 Research Promise Award
Wenhong Chen Postdoctoral Researcher; Department of Sociology, Duke University Justin Tan Professor of Management; Newmont Endowed Chair in Business Strategy; York University, Schulich School of Business Roots and wings: Glocalized networks and transnational entrepreneurship
Karl Wennberg Johan Wiklund Dawn R. DeTienne Melissa S. Cardon
Winners of 2008 Research Promise Award
Karl Wennberg PhD student; Stockholm School of Economics, Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Creation Johan Wiklund e-Professor eProfessor in Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises, Syracuse University Dawn R. DeTienne Assistant Professor; Colorado State University, School of Business Melissa S. Cardon Assistant Professor of Management; Pace University, Lubin School of Business Reconceptualizing entrepreneurial exit: Divergent exit routes and their drivers