USASBE 2010National Model Ph.D.

Entrepreneurship Program

University of Louisville

PhD Entrepreneurship Faculty

Manju Ahuja Professor of CIS

Sherry Thatcher Associate Professor of Mgmt & Entrepreneurship

Bruce Kemelgor Associate Professor of Mgmt & Entrepreneurship

Richard Germain Professor of Marketing

James Fiet Brown - Forman Chair in Entrepreneurship

Melissa Baucus Associate Professor of Mgmt & Entrepreneurship

Robert Carter Assistant Professor of Marketing

David Dubofsky Professor of Finance

External PhD Faculty: 2008-2009• Howard Aldrich (Sociology)

– University of North Carolina• Jay Barney (Strategy)

– Ohio State University• Per Davidsson (Quantitative Methods)

– Queensland University of Technology• Simon Parker (Economics)

– University of Western Ontario• Scott Shane (Theory)

– Case Western Reserve University• Dean Shepherd (Psychology)

– Indiana University

1st Year Curriculum• FALL I• New PhD Seminar in Strategy (Melissa Baucus)• ENTR 761: Research Design (Manju Ahuja)• New PhD Seminar in Economic Theory of the Firm (an economist)• ENTR 725: Linear Statistics (Rich Germain)• SPRING I• ELFH 703: Multivariate Statistics (Joe Petrosko, School of Education)• ENTR 753: Venture Capital (Jim Fiet and David Dubofsky)• ENTR 740: Entrepreneurship from an Organizational Behavior Perspective (Bruce Kemelgor and Sherry Thatcher)• New PhD Seminar in Discovery (1.5 credits) (Jim Fiet)• New PhD Seminar in New Product Strategy (1.5 credits) (Robert Carter)• SUMMER I• ENTR 789: Survey of Entrepreneurship• ENTR 750: Issues and Developments in the Quantitative Approach to

Entrepreneurship Research (Per Davidsson)• Qualifying Exam• First year paper due

2nd Year Curriculum• FALL II• ENTR 745: Structural Equation Modeling (Rich Germain)• ENTR 733: Psychological Foundations of Entrepreneurship (Dean

Shepherd)• ENTR 720: Economic Foundations in Research in Entrepreneurship (Simon

Parker)• Elective #1*• SPRING II• ENTR 710: Sociological Foundations of Entrepreneurship (Howard Aldrich)• ENTR 700: Current Topics in Entrepreneurship Research (Scott Shane)• ENTR 730: Entrepreneurship from a Strategic Perspective (Jay Barney)• Elective #2*• SUMMER II• ENTR 785: Entrepreneurship Pedagogy and Practicum (Melissa Baucus)• Required paper must be completed and defended in order to progress into

candidacy.

* = One of the two electives must be in methods or statistics

Innovative and Unique

• Courses taught by external faculty provide different perspectives of entrepreneurship

• Courses taught by our faculty – Methods and statistics– Business disciplines as they relate to

entrepreneurship– Other issues dealing with entrepreneurship

• Pedagogy of Entrepreneurship course• $1500 per student per year to attend

academic meetings

High Quality and Effective• See the syllabi• In less than 5 ½ years, our 13 PhD students have

– Published 16 academic articles– Made 81 presentations at academic conferences

• Placement– Pankaj Patel: Ball State University– Cheryl Mitteness: Northeastern University– Rodney D’Souza: Northern Kentucky University– Bill Meek: University of Dayton– Rob Sinclair*: Governors State University

* = ABD

Complete and Comprehensive

• Courses taught by UoL faculty:– Statistics and methods– Links to business disciplines

• Finance (venture financing, capital structure, IPOs, etc.)

• Marketing (new products)• Strategy• Organizational behavior and human resources• Economics• Entrepreneurial discovery

Complete and Comprehensive

• Courses taught by our external faculty link entrepreneurship to adjacent disciplines, providing many different perspectives of entrepreneurship:– Psychology– Sociology– Economics– Strategy– Theory– Quantitative Methods

Sustainability

• Forcht Center

• The College of Business at the University of Louisville is committed to entrepreneurship education at all levels– Undergraduate– Masters– PhD

Transferability

• We have presented …. – Curriculum– Syllabi– Faculty– Promotional materials– Letters of praise and support