Our faculty seek to be thought leaders in the areas of entrepreneurship and innovation by producing scientific research that is of value to academics and practitioners alike. To that end, we endeavor to explore cutting-edge issues, analyze them with rigorous methods, and propose actionable guidance for entrepreneurs and innovators. To support these efforts, we have sought to create a robust research culture consisting of the initiatives below.
Our faculty and PhD students regularly publish their research in the world’s leading entrepreneurship, innovation, and management journals, including but not limited to Academy of Management Journal, Management Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Research Policy, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, and Journal of Business Ethics. Below are recent examples of their work:
- Scott Newbert (with Florencio Portocarrero, Maia Young, and Lily Zhu). 2025. The affective revolution in entrepreneurship: An integrative conceptual review and guidelines for future investigation. Journal of Management, forthcoming.
- Scott Newbert (with Hans Rawhouser, Chris Sutter, Natalie Holzaepfel, and Michael Conger). 2025. Knowledge-related resourcefulness for growth in weak entrepreneurial ecosystems. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 49(1): 159-195.
- Tanurima Dutta* (with Mark Packard). 2024. The needle of charisma and the threads of trust: Advancing effectuation theory’s crazy quilt principle. Journal of Business Venturing, 39(4): 106409.
- Hua Fang Liu (with Jean-Etienne de Bettignies, David Robinson, and Bulat Gainullin). 2023. Competition and innovation in markets for technology. Management Science, 69(8): 4753-4773.
- Scott Newbert (with Lei Xu, Shu Yang, Yu Liu, and Kimberly Boal). 2023. Seeing the forest and the trees: Exploring the effects of inter- and intra-entrepreneurial ecosystem factors on new venture creation. Academy of Management Journal, 66(6): 1954-1982.
- Scott Newbert (with Jeffery McMullen). 2023. Investing in yourself by investing in the field: The long-term benefits of reviewing. Journal of Business Venturing, 38(2): 106284.
- Valeria Cavotta (with Sébastien Mena). 2023. Prosocial organizing and the distance between core and community work. Organization Studies, 44(4): 637-657.
- Abhisekh Ghosh Moulick (with Christian Linder and Christian Lechner). 2022. Necessary conditions and theory-method compatibility in quantitative entrepreneurship research. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 47(5): 1971-1994.
- Scott Newbert and Romi Kher (with Shu Yang). 2022. Now that’s interesting and important! Moving beyond averages to increase the inferential value of empirical findings in entrepreneurship research. Journal of Business Venturing, 37(2): 106135.
- Valeria Cavotta (with Elena Dalpiaz). 2022. Good apples in spoiled barrels: A temporal model of firm formalization in a field characterized by widespread informality. Journal of Business Venturing, 37(2): 106188.
- Maria Halbinger (with Jörg Claussen). 2021. The role of pre-innovation platform activity for diffusion success: Evidence from consumer innovations on a 3D printing platform. Research Policy, 50(8): 103943.
- Valeria Cavotta (with Guido Palazzo and Antonino Vaccaro). 2021. Mobilizing after corporate environmental irresponsibility in a community of place: A framing microprocess perspective. Journal of Business Ethics, 182(4): 1155-1169.
- Abhisekh Ghosh Moulick (with Kostas Alexiou, Elena Dowin Kennedy, and Denise Parris). 2020. A total eclipse of the heart: compensation strategies in entrepreneurial nonprofits. Journal of Business Venturing, 35(4): 105950.
- Shu Yang*, Romi Kher, and Scott Newbert. 2020. What signals matter for social startups? It depends: The influence of gender role congruity on social impact accelerator selection decisions. Journal of Business Venturing, 35(2): 105932.
- Scott Newbert (with Hans Rawhouser and Michael Cummings). 2019. Social impact measurement: Current approaches and future directions for social entrepreneurship research. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 43(1): 82-115.
- Maria Halbinger. 2018. The role of makerspaces in supporting consumer innovation and diffusion: An empirical analysis. Research Policy, 47(10): 2028-2036.
- Scott Newbert. 2018. Achieving social and economic equality by unifying business and ethics: Adam Smith as the cause of and cure for the separation thesis. Journal of Management Studies, 55(3): 517-544.
* PhD student
Our doctoral workshops are designed to prepare and support PhD students for life as academics by helping them develop meaningful research projects, build research skills, and gain insight into the research process. Previous workshops include:
- Hitting the job market, Tom Lumpkin, University of Oklahoma
- Navigating the US immigration maze, Abhisekh Ghosh Moulick, Baruch College
- Structuring a dissertation, Tom Lumpkin, University of Oklahoma
- Delivering conference presentations, Jeffery McMullen, Indiana University
- Econometrics bootcamp, Toke Reichstein, Copenhagen Business School
- Statistics refresher, Romi Kher, Baruch College
- Submitting to the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Andrew Corbett, Babson College
We aim to host high-profile events on campus that bring together thought leaders in entrepreneurship and innovation. These events are intended to foster thoughtful discussion and debate on relevant issues faced by scholars with the aim of charting new directions for research within the discipline. Recent events include:
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation as Forces for Good, Research Symposium, Fall 2024
- Lauren Goodlad, Rutgers University
- Eduardo Gustale, United Nations Development Programme
- Janelle Kerlin, Georgia State University
- Tom Lumpkin, University of Oklahoma
- Journal of Business Venturing Annual Editor’s Meeting, Fall 2022
From left to right: Regan Stevenson (Indiana University), Phil Kim (Babson College), Nicola Breugst (Technical University Munich), Simon Parker (Ivey Business School), Charlene Zietsma (University of Michigan), Bill Forster (Willamette University), Veroniek Collewaert (Vlerick Business School), Dennis Park (University of Texas at Dallas), Nicole Coviello (Wilfrid Laurier University), Scott Newbert (Baruch College), Stephanie Fernhaber (Butler University), Maija Renko (DePaul University), Alex Kier (Washington State University), Aaron Anglin (Texas Christian University), Brian Anderson (University of Kansas), Mirjam Knockaert (Ghent University), Jeffery McMullen (Indiana University), Ted Waldron (Texas Tech University)
In an effort to bridge the gap between theory and practice, our faculty regularly publish in leading online media outlets targeting practicing entrepreneurs and innovators. Below are recent examples of their work:
- Chris Meyer (with David Cohen and Sudhir Nair). 2024. Does your service business need AI? Here are 4 rules to help you decide. The Conversation, May 30.
- Chris Meyer and Scott Newbert. 2022. How less can be more: Simplicity and complexity in product design. Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange, March 23.
- Chris Meyer (with Ken Wilcox). 2022. Unlocking growth in professional services by saying ‘No’. California Management Review Insights, March 22.
- Scott Newbert (with Hans Rawhouser and Michael Cummings). 2022. Measuring your social impact: What the research says. Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange, January 19. Received Schulze Publication Award for impact.
- Scott Newbert. 2021. Old wine in new bottles: Post-pandemic lessons for entrepreneurs from Adam Smith. Entrepreneur.com, December 20.
- Scott Newbert. 2021. 5 ways to prepare your business now for the next major disruption. Entrepreneur.com, June 8.
- Chris Meyer (with Gina O’Connor). 2021. Here’s what AI will never be able to do. Entrepreneur.com, April 5.
- Scott Newbert. 2021. 4 things to consider before involving customers in the startup process. Entrepreneur.com, February 8.
- Hua Fang Liu (with Jean-Etienne de Bettignies and David Robinson). 2021. Corporate social responsibility and imperfect regulatory oversight: Theory and evidence from greenhouse gas emissions disclosures. Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, February 2.
The research seminar series is a professional development program for faculty and PhD students to enhance their academic research skills. Previous seminars include:
- Publishing non-mainstream research in mainstream journals, Tom Lumpkin, University of Oklahoma
- Artificial intelligence in the research process, Steven Randazzo, Harvard University
- Artificial intelligence in academic writing, Andrew Torrance, University of Kansas
- Artificial intelligence and cognition, Shannon Heald, University Chicago
- The journal review process, Jeffery McMullen, Indiana University
- Endogeneity, Toke Reichstein, Copenhagen Business School
- Qualitative comparative analysis, Peer Fiss, University of Southern California
- Conducting experiments, Orsola Garofalo, Copenhagen Business School
- Formal modeling, Richard Makadok, Purdue University
- How to use storytelling in academic writing, Tim Pollock, University of Tennessee
- What makes a theoretical contribution, Andrew Corbett, Babson College
- Field studies, Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, New York University
- Natural language processing, Roman Jurowetzki, Aalborg University
- Machine learning, Shane Wang, Western University
- Regression discontinuity design, Caroline Flammer, Boston University
- Data crawling, Jörg Claussen, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
The Larry and Eris Field Family Visiting Scholar program brings thought leaders from around the world to Baruch College in order to better integrate our faculty and PhD students within the global community of entrepreneurship and innovation scholars. In so doing, our visiting scholars support our research culture in a variety of ways, such as by presenting research, delivering workshops, providing peer feedback and mentorship, and/or collaborating with faculty and PhD students. Past visiting scholars (pictured with Scott Newbert) include:
Oana Branzei, Ivey Business School, 2019-2020
Andrew Corbett, Babson College, 2021-2022
Jeff McMullen, Indiana University, 2022-2023
Tom Lumpkin, University of Oklahoma, 2024-2025
Current faculty and PhD students, click here for research resources