Entrepreneurship — ϲ Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:51:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Meghan Florkowski /faculty-experts/meghan-florkowski/ Sat, 22 Apr 2023 15:58:33 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=169566 Meghan Florkowski is director of the WISE: Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship Women’s Business Center (WBC).

Among her professional experiences, she led a portfolio of entrepreneurship training programs at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at ϲ that reached over 30,000 military service connected individuals. One notable program in this portfolio (V-WISE) was for women veterans, which Florkowski grew into a nationally-recognized program that reached over 2,000 women veterans across 49 states.

During her time with the V-WISE program, her work was highlighted in over 75 media outlets, including Entrepreneur Magazine, MSNBC, the Washington Post and Military Times. The V-WISE program was recognized in 2015 by Harvard’s Kennedy School as a bright idea.

Florkowski also worked in employer relations at Le Moyne College, as an operations manager for the USO, as a military transition career training leader in Europe, and as a captain in the U.S. Army, among other positions.

She earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering psychology from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a master of science in exercise science and health promotion from California University of Pennsylvania.

]]> Cristiano Bellavitis /faculty-experts/cristiano-bellavitis/ Fri, 13 Aug 2021 15:54:26 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=167843 Cristiano Bellavitis is Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School of Management, ϲ. He is also the co-editor of Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance. His research interests cross the traditional boundaries between entrepreneurship, management and finance disciplines. His research focuses on entrepreneurial finance, more precisely venture capital, initial coin offerings and blockchain. He has published in peer-reviewed academic journals including Organization Science, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, British Journal of Management, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Business Venturing Insights, among others.

Research Topics

Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial finance (business angel)
Venture capital
Initial coin offerings

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]]> Elizabeth Wimer /faculty-experts/elizabeth-wimer/ Fri, 13 Aug 2021 15:36:53 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=167838 Elizabeth Wimer is an assistant teaching professor, leading courses on management, marketing, entrepreneurship, sales, and creative problem solving. Her experience in entrepreneurial ventures and her passion for management translates into courses, consulting and speaking engagements in entrepreneurship, ideation, marketing, creative problem solving, personal selling, management and customer service. Her consulting work has taken her throughout the United States and also to Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Kenya and the U.K. and her passion for education has led her most recently to South Sudan to volunteer to teach at an understaffed school in rural Africa. Prior to her career in academia, she served as the director of marketing and public relations for exclusive, independent hotels in Maryland and in upstate New York. She is a graduate of ϲ with an M.A. in Rhetorical Studies/Speech Communication, and Hood College with a B.A. in Communications.

M.A., Rhetorical Studies/Speech Communication, ϲB.A., Communications, Hood College

]]> John Torrens /faculty-experts/john-torrens/ Sun, 01 Aug 2021 19:57:12 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=134434 Dr. Torrens is an award-winning Professor of Entrepreneurial practice and two-time Inc. 5000 entrepreneur. He was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and has experienced both the negative effects as well as the positive effects related to starting and growing a company. He is a healthcare and education entrepreneur with 25 years leading high-growth companies with experience in developing high-performing teams, raising capital, and both buy/sell side M&A. Dr. Torrens is a faculty member of the ϲ Whitman School of Management’s Department of Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises. He is a frequent guest speaker and executive education instructor in the areas of entrepreneurship, strategy, and corporate innovation. Dr. Torrens is a TEDx speaker (ADHD as an Entrepreneur’s Superpower) and is quoted frequently in print media, has written several articles, and has delivered multiple presentations on the business of healthcare. He is an active member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and served in multiple volunteer leadership positions including a term on the International Board of Directors (2013-2015).

]]> Carl Schramm /faculty-experts/carl-schramm/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 01:51:20 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=158576 Carl Schramm is a University Professor in the School of Information Studies at ϲ. He is the 16th person at ϲ history to hold the title of University Professor.

Schramm is an internationally recognized leader in entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth, and he comes to ϲ following a decade as president of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Under his leadership, the Kauffman Foundation grew into a global institution, becoming the largest private funder of economic research related to growth and innovation. Schramm initiated many efforts in education, spearheading the Kauffman Campus Program at 17 universities and establishing the first charter school in the United States to be owned by a grant-making foundation.

An entrepreneur himself, as well as economist and lawyer, Schramm founded and co-founded several successful companies in the health care, finance and information technology industries, including HCIA, Inc., Patient Choice Health Care and Greenspring Advisors. In 2007, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez tapped Schramm to chair the Department of Commerce’s Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economic Advisory Committee.

Among Schramm’s books are “Health Care and Its Costs” (W.W. Norton for the American Assembly, 1987); “The Entrepreneurial Imperative” (Harper Collins, 2006); “Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism” (Yale, 2007), with the economists William Baumol and Robert Litan, and now published in 10 languages; and “Inside Real Innovation” (World Scientific, 2010). “The Entrepreneurial Imperative” and “Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism” illustrate how less-developed nations can accelerate growth through entrepreneurship, while urging the United States itself to reinvigorate its own commitment to small business as the force that made it the world’s leading economy.

Schramm holds a doctorate in labor economics and industrial relations from the University of Wisconsin, where he was both a Ford Foundation doctoral fellow and a New York State Regents Graduate fellow. He also holds a law degree from Georgetown University.

]]> David Park /faculty-experts/david-park/ Thu, 14 Jun 2018 16:32:04 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=134132 Professor David Park studies the intersection between corporate strategy and entrepreneurship, and has published papers in academic journals such as Strategic Management Journal. Prior to his academic career, he was a co-founder of a high-tech company and Marine Corps officer. David Park received his Ph.D. from Foster School of Business, University of Washington, M.S. in International Business from Seoul National University and his bachelor’s degree from University of Seoul.

Research Topics

  • Corporate Strategy
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurial finance
  • Sociology of financial markets
  • Behavioral process of strategic decision making
]]> Johan Wiklund /faculty-experts/johan-wiklund/ Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:52:41 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=114017 Johan Wiklund is the Al Berg Endowed Chair and Professor of Entrepreneurship at Whitman School of Management, ϲ, USA and professor at Lund University, Sweden, and Nordland University, Norway. His research interests include entrepreneurship and mental health as well as the performance, growth, exit, and failure of entrepreneurial firms. He is considered a leading authority in entrepreneurship research with over 50 articles appearing in leading entrepreneurship and management journals. He is editor for Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and previously editor for Journal of Business Venturing and Small Business Economics. Wiklund has conducted research for European governments and the OECD and was a board member of the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth. A prolific advisor of Ph.D. students, he received the Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division Mentor Award in 2011.

]]> John Petosa /faculty-experts/john-petosa-cpa-jd/ Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:48:01 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=114013 John J. Petosa, ’95 JD, is a licensed CPA and attorney who currently serves as the CFO and general counsel of a food distributor in ϲ. He has a private accounting and legal practice that focuses on tax preparation, tax representation before the IRS and New York state, real estate law, business law and estates and trusts. Petosa is also a member of the board of directors of Geddes Federal Savings and Loan Association, a local bank.

Petosa’s emphasis is on teaching accounting, however he also instructs various entrepreneurial classes which leverage his diverse and varied professional experiences. He is a member of numerous local and national professional associations and has been active on various local community boards. Petosa graduated with bachelor’s degrees in both accounting and economics from Boston College in 1983.

]]> Maria Minniti /faculty-experts/maria-minniti/ Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:44:19 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=114009 Minniti is the Bantle Chair in Entrepreneurship and Public Policy and serves as director of the Institute for an Entrepreneurial Society.

Her primary research interests include entrepreneurship and economic growth, institutions, government and organizational emergence.

Prior to joining the Whitman School, Minniti was professor and Bobby B. Lyle Chair of Entrepreneurship in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. Minniti has previously taught at Babson College, Skidmore College and New York University, and has held visiting positions at the London Business School, the Max Planck Institute, Humboldt University, and the Copenhagen Business School.

Since 2015, Minniti is also Visiting Distinguished Professor in the Department of Management at Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from New York University.

]]> Alexander McKelvie /faculty-experts/alexander-mckelvie/ Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:13:38 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=110669 Alex McKelvie is Interim Dean at the Whitman School of Management. Prior to that appointment, he was Associate Dean for Undergraduate and Master’s Education for four years. In that role, he led Whitman’s efforts to create new partnerships with other schools across the ϲ campus, offer innovative and impactful learning experiences for students, diversify the student body and grow new programs. These efforts led to record high rankings for Whitman’s undergraduate and MBA programs, among other positive outcomes.
Prior to his role as associate dean, he was the Chair of the Department of Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises (EEE). During his term as Chair, the EEE program experienced a period of growth and innovation. The program received national and international recognition for excellence in research and educational programming as well.

Since his arrival at ϲ in 2007, McKelvie has taught a broad array of courses dealing with different aspects of entrepreneurship, including strategic planning, growth, new venture development, family business, and corporate entrepreneurship. He has also taken a leading role in developing and teaching world-class programs, including designing new courses and training programs for ϲ’s Institute for Veteran and Military Families.

McKelvie has received teaching awards from ϲ, the Whitman School of Management, the EEE department, and his former university in Sweden. In 2020, he was named a Justin Longenecker Fellow from USASBE, the highest honor they provide for contributions to support SMEs. He has worked with many entrepreneurial startups across the US, Sweden, and other places around the world.

His research deals with questions regarding two main areas: how and why do firms grow and how do entrepreneurs make decisions with an emphasis on factors such as opportunities, dealing with uncertainty, effectuation, failure, and addiction. McKelvie’s research has received a number of major international awards, including the best doctoral dissertation in entrepreneurship from the National Federation of Independent Businesses and multiple awards at leading entrepreneurship conferences. McKelvie has published his work in the most influential entrepreneurship journals and he is on the editorial review boards of multiple journals such as Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, and Family Business Review. His work has also been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, and Inc. Magazine, among other outlets. He is a Fortune Insider and on the CNBC Disruptor Advisory Council.

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]]> J. Michael Haynie /faculty-experts/mike-haynie/ Thu, 08 Sep 2016 21:32:49 +0000 http://sunews.leibowitz.co/?post_type=faculty-experts&p=103940 As Vice Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation, Dr. Haynie leads a diverse portfolio of responsibility centers and innovation initiatives, to include cross-campus efforts to develop and enhance academic offerings for online and nontraditional students. Haynie also directs the University’s defense- and veteran-connected programs, government and community engagement strategy, as well as a portfolio of campus-wide innovation programs. In 2018, Haynie was named a University Professor, the most senior rank conferred to faculty at ϲ.

Haynie is the founder of ϲ’s Institute for Veterans & Military Families (IVMF), the nation’s first interdisciplinary institute created to inform and advance the policy, economic, and wellness concerns of the America’s veterans and families. Today the IVMF is widely acknowledged as the nation’s leading academic voice related to issues affecting veterans and military-connected families. In 2013, Dr. Haynie’s efforts on behalf of veterans were the subject of a feature story on the CBS News program 60 Minutes, titled “Succeeding as Civilians.”

Haynie is a sought after advisor and speaker related to business strategy, veterans issues, innovation, and entrepreneurship. He has served on multiple federal advisory committees, and is frequently called to testify before Congress. His work has been featured on ABC Evening News, CBS News, CNBC, CNN, and Fox, and in outlets including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, INC Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the Chronicle of Higher-Education, Fortune, Entrepreneur Magazine, and The Hill.

Haynie serves on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Business Venturing, the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, the Journal of Management Studies, and is an associate editor for the Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health. Dr. Haynie also serves on the CNBC Disruptor 50 Council – a group of world’s leading thinkers in the field of innovation and entrepreneurship, who each year identify the 50 new ventures most likely to disrupt established industries and markets. Before beginning his academic career at ϲ, Haynie served for 14 years as an officer in the United States Air Force.

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