William Schulze
Management Department Chair, David Eccles Faculty Fellow and Professor
Department of Management
Email: william.schulze@business.utah.edu
Dr. Schulze is a David Eccles Scholar and professor at David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado in 1994. Prior to joining the faculty at Utah he was an associate professor of entrepreneurship and the HR Horvitz Chair of Family Business at Case Western Reserve University, and an assistant professor of management at the University of Connecticut. He has published in a variety of journals, including The Harvard Business Review, Strategic Management Journal, The Academy of Management Journal, The Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Long Range Planning, Managerial and Decision Economics, and The Journal of Business Venturing. In addition, his work has appeared in several books and the proceedings of numerous conferences, including the Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management in 1992, 1999 and 2000. He serves on the editorial review board for Journal of Management Studies, The Journal of International Business Studies and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and is a co-founder of SES; The Society for Entrepreneurship Scholars, which was formed in 2003 to promote and enhance the quality of entrepreneurship research. The SES is hosting its second conference in 2007 and will hold its third conference in Utah in 2009. His research interests focus on the governance of private and closely held firms, the nature of risk, and a variety of topics related to new venture formation and growth. Prof Schulze has also been an innovator in entrepreneurship education. He had a leading role in the development of an MBA concentration in the Biosciences at the Weatherhead School of Management (the third such program in the nation at the time) and in the Science Entrepreneurship program at Case Western Reserve University. This unique award-winning internationally recognized program is tailored to address the specific needs of university scientists. Prior to pursuing a career as an academic, Prof. Schulze was co-founder and vice-president of Small Byte Systems, a PC-based accounting software firm and spent six years in strategic planning and business development for Kaiser Permanente.
Degrees:
1994 PHD University of Colorado at Boulder
1981 MBA University of Colorado
Teaching Areas:
Entrepreneurship
Small Business Management
Strategy & Technolgy
Research Statements:
My research interests lie in three areas; The governance of private and closely held firms, new venture formation and growth, and business strategy.
Recent Awards:
2008 Distinguished Service Award - FERC - Family Enterprise Research Center
2006 David Eccles Faculty Fellow - David Eccles School of Business
2005 UCITE Teaching Fellow - Case Western Reserve U
2005 Best Paper Proceedings - Academy of Management, ENTP Division
2003 Doctoral Teaching and Mentoring - Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve U
Journal Articles
- "Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Corruption: Unpacking the Connections" Elsevier. (2008)
Co-Author(s): Anokhin, Sergey - "Networks and Strategic Entrepreneurship" Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. vol. 1 (1-2) (2008)
- "Plunging into the Sea? A study of serial entrepreneurship in China" Asia Pacific Journal of Management. (2008)
Co-Author(s): Li, Sali & Li, Zhineng
William Schulze
Management Department Chair, David Eccles Faculty Fellow and Professor
Department of Management
Email
Phone numbers:
(office): (801) 585-5588
Office: 106A KDGB
Department of Management
1645 East Campus Center Drive
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-9304
