The Singapore Management University (SMU) is a publicly-funded private university in Singapore. Founded in 2000,SMU is the third oldest autonomous university in the country,modelling its education after the Wharton School. The university is triple accredited by AACSB,EQUIS and AMBA. In 2024,SMU was ranked 44th in the world for Business and Management Studies,while also placing in the top 100 for Economics and Finance by QS.
Imperial College Business School is the business school of Imperial College London. The business school was established in 2003 and opened by Queen Elizabeth II. The school is known for its entrepreneurial culture,which merges business disciplines with a science-based curriculum.
The Lee Kong Chian School of Business is the business school of the Singapore Management University (SMU). Established in 2000,the school was the first to be established under the Singapore Management University's charter. It is a research-driven school,with a blend of education that focuses on academic research and industrial relevance. Faculty are hired on the basis of research or on perceived expertise in their field of study or practice. The current dean is Professor Bert De Reyck.
Zoltan J. Acs is an American economist. He is Professor of Management at The London School of Economics (LSE),and a professor at George Mason University,where he teaches in the Schar School of Policy and Government and is the Director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy. He is also a visiting professor at Imperial College Business School in London and affiliated with the University of Pecs in Hungary. He is co-editor and founder of Small Business Economics.
Nirmalya Kumar is Professor of Marketing of the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University. He has served on the Boards of ACC Limited,Ambuja Cements,Bata India,BP Ergo,Defaqto,Tata Capital,Tata Chemicals,Tata Industries,Tata Limited (UK),Tata Unistore,Ultratech,and Zensar Technologies. He received the 2021 Mahajan Award for Lifetime Contributions to Marketing Strategy by the Marketing Strategy SIG of the American Marketing Association (AMA).
Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk,and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones.
Frank T. Rothaermel is a professor in the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology and an Alfred P. Sloan Industry Studies Fellow. He holds the Russell and Nancy McDonough Chair of Business.
Georg von Krogh is a Norwegian organizational theorist and Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and holds the Chair of Strategic Management and Innovation. He also serves on Strategy Commission at ETH Zurich.
Steve C. Currall is an American psychological scientist and academic administrator,and served as the seventh president of the University of South Florida. He previously served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Southern Methodist University from January 1,2016. From 2009 to 2014,Currall served as Dean of the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. He has also held leadership roles at University College London and Rice University. On March 22,2019,Currall was named to succeed Judy Genshaft as president of the University of South Florida,and took office July 1,2019. He announced his resignation due to health and family reasons on July 19,2021.
Georges Romme is a Dutch organizational theorist,academic and author. He is a full professor of Entrepreneurship &Innovation at the Eindhoven University of Technology.
Howard E. Aldrich is an American sociologist who is Kenan Professor of Sociology and Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Jay B. Barney is an American professor in strategic management at the University of Utah.
Johan Wiklund is a Swedish scholar of entrepreneurship and is currently the Al Berg Chair and Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University,Professor Two at Nord University,Norway,visiting professor at Lund University,Sweden,and inaugural RMIT Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Australia. His research interests include entrepreneurship and mental health as well as the entry,performance,and exit of entrepreneurial firms. He is considered a leading authority in entrepreneurship research,with over 60 articles appearing in leading entrepreneurship and management journals.
Phillip Phan is Alonzo and Virginia Decker Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at the Carey Business School,Johns Hopkins University,with expertise in the areas of strategy and entrepreneurship. Phan's research examines corporate governance,entrepreneurship and technology transfer,regional economic development,and innovation management in healthcare. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of Academy of Management Perspectives.
Dame Fiona Elizabeth Murray is the Associate Dean for Innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She is a member of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom's Council for Science and Technology and Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the NATO Innovation Fund.
Marc Gruber is a management scholar and researcher specializing in technology commercialization. He is a professor at EPFL,and holds the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Technology Commercialization at EPFL's College of Management of Technology. In 2022,he was made Chief Editor of the Academy of Management Journal. In 2016,he has been named among the five most influential researchers worldwide in entrepreneurship research.
Kimberly Ann Eddleston is the Schulze Distinguished Professorof Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Entrepreneurship &Innovation at D’Amore-McKim School of Business,Northeastern University. Her expertise on subjects related to family business management and small business management is quoted in US sources. She has received many academic awards by US institutions and is a leading editor of several academic journals.
Vinayshil Gautam FRAS is currently the Vice Chairman of Fore School of Management in New Delhi. Gautam previously served as the Founder Director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode and led the consulting team at IIM Shillong.
Michael A. Hitt is an American business management scholar,consultant,academic and author. He is a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Texas A&M University and a Distinguished Visiting Research Scholar at Texas Tech University.
Christian Busch is a management scientist,author and public speaker recognized for his work on serendipity,innovation,and purpose-driven leadership. He is a business professor at the University of Southern California (USC) Marshall School of Business and an affiliate researcher at the London School of Economics.
