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The Ph.D. Program in Entrepreneurship

IMAGINE > BELIEVE > CREATE

2013 USASBE National Model Program Nominee

Agenda Purpose, Objectives, Model Admission Process & Entry Standards Program Fabric: Mentoring, Balance, Stepwise Development Basic Program Structure The Curriculum Student Program of Study The School and Faculty Current Students in the Ph.D. Program Student Research Highlights A Comprehensive and Balanced Exposure Measuring Results: Metrics Program Funding and Sustainability Innovative and Unique Program Aspects Transferability

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Program Mission

The doctoral program in entrepreneurship was created to produce thought leaders who can meaningfully advance scholarship, teaching, and community engagement in the dynamic field of entrepreneurship. The program seeks to provide students with the tools needed to effectively absorb, interpret, generate, and communicate knowledge, not only in the classroom but also in other increasingly important settings. The program immerses students in research, teaching, and outreach-oriented experiences to provide a balanced education.


Program Objectives1. Provide graduates with the theory- and methodology-based tools to conduct

high-quality research;

2. Develop graduates who are motivated scholars capable of generating new knowledge and communicating this knowledge to students and other stakeholders;

3. Provide graduates with knowledge of core entrepreneurship research as well as an appreciation for entrepreneurship-related knowledge generated in other disciplines;

4. Produce graduates that can meaningfully advance entrepreneurship education globally;

5. Provide graduates with an understanding of how entrepreneurship scholars can influence and interface with scholars across their university contexts;

6. Serve as model doctoral program in the discipline, fostering ideas for how scholarship can serve to enhance our understanding of entrepreneurial behavior, its requirements, and its individual, organizational & societal impacts.


Ph.D. PROGRAM MODEL

Creating Thought Leaders in

Entrepreneurship

Mentoring and support for

publications

Appreciation for service & engagement

Five dedicated doctoral

seminars

Stepwise process of

development

World class faculty &

sustainable infrastructure

Exposure to best practices in teaching &

pedagogy


Admissions & Entry Requirements Current capacity is eight full-time students; Part-time students not accepted.

Selection criteria: high grades through their academic career, GMAT scores, indication of some initial level of research, fit of students’ research interests with faculty interests, student motivation, other personal attributes.

Average GMAT score of entering students is 660.

All students have Master’s degrees.

Majority have managerial experience.

From the initial pool the most promising individuals invited for interview.

Interviews discern whether the candidates can speak intelligently about research and their nascent interests and how candidates deal with questions to which they do not immediately know the answer.


Program Fabric: Mentoring, BalAnce & StepWise DevelopmentStep 1 - Embed student in a closely-defined and guided relationship with a research faculty member

Step 2 – Expose student to additional faculty member mentoring

Step 3 –Provide student with increasing autonomy in becoming an independent scholar, including initial Research Project

Step 4 – Nurture student teaching by having them support and then teach various entrepreneurship courses, but keep teaching load light

Step 5 – Provide students with controlled exposure and involvement to portfolio of student and community engagement programs

Step 6 – Involve student in service to discipline and expose him/her to top people in the field

Step 6 – Help prepare student to successfully pass comprehensive exams

Step 7 –Support dissertation work that will result in A-level publications


Program Structure… Candidates complete 60 credit hours on full-time basis, including 42 hours of coursework and 18 dissertation hours.

Students take 12 credits in the major field of entrepreneurship, a 6-credit entrepreneurship research project, 9 credits of a minor field, 12 credits of research methods, and a 3-credit elective requirement.

Students with an insufficient academic background in entrepreneurship complete up to 6 hours of Master’s-level coursework.

Students select a minor field that complements or extends their area of entrepreneurship research interest.

Students complete a research methods requirement that includes research design, regression, multivariate seminars, and structural equation modeling.

The elective provides flexibility to enhance one’s knowledge base with an additional course in the major, minor, or research methods area.


The Core Curriculum

EEE 6343 Entrepreneurship Processes: This seminar seeks to examine entrepreneurship as a process. Students discuss and examine readings across key facets of the process, They compare and contrast this model of the entrepreneurship process to other models of entrepreneurship, including bricolage and effectuation.

EEE 6213 Entrepreneurship: Cross-Disciplinary Interfaces: The study of entrepreneurship is informed by different disciplines. Students examine entrepreneurship-related research across a number of disciplines, such as accounting, anthropology, economics, finance, marketing, political science, psychology, and sociology.

EEE 6353 Contemporary Research in Entrepreneurship: This seminar provides students with awareness and understanding of emerging research streams in entrepreneurship, such as entrepreneurial orientation, family firms, strategic entrepreneurship, culture and entrepreneurship, race/gender research, social entrepreneurship, institutional entrepreneurship, and entrepreneur cognitions.


Curriculum (cont.) EEE 6263 Theoretical Foundations of Entrepreneurship: An overview of

the major organization-level theories and theoretical extensions in entrepreneurship research. Theoretical perspectives covered include institutional theory, transaction cost economics, agency theory, resource dependency theory, resource-based view, life cycle theory, behavioral decision-making perspectives, and the capabilities perspective.

EEE 6363 Individual Theories in Entrepreneurship Research:. Seeks to enhance students’ understanding of the individual entrepreneur and the associated theories. Students delve into issues related to personality, attitudes, emotions, identity, motivation, creativity, and satisfaction of entrepreneurs as well as organizational culture, work/family conflict, and leadership and team dynamics influence interactions and decisions.

EEE 6200 Entrepreneurship Research Project: A directed, empirical research project undertaken by students during the summer between their first and second years in the program.



Sample Program of StudyCourse Number and Title Semester Credit

hours

EEE 6343: Entrepreneurship ProcessesMGMT 6353: Advanced Methodology in Mgmt. Research SOC 5113: Classical Sociological Theory EEE 6213: Cross-Disciplinary Interfaces in Entrepreneurship REMS 6013: Multiple RegressionSOC 6493: Sociology Of Disaster EEE 6200: Entrepreneurship Research Project: Entrep. Emergence EEE 6263: Theoretical Foundations in EntrepreneurshipREMS 6663: Applied Multivariate Research SOC 6653: Seminar in Social Psychology EEE 6353: Contemporary Research in Entrepreneurship REM 6323: Structural Equation Modeling BADM 6000: Independent Study-Opportunity Exploitation EEE 6200: Entrepreneurship Research Project: Entrep. Deviance BADM 6000: Dissertation Research

Fall 2010 3 Fall 2010 3 Fall 2010 3Spring 2011 3Spring 2011 3Spring 2011 3Summer 2011 3Fall 2011 3Fall 2011 3Fall 2011 3Spring 2012 3Spring 2012 3Spring 2012 3Summer 2012 3Final 2 years 18

School ofEntrepreneurship

Advisory Board

CreativityInstitute

CoreEntrepreneurship

Faculty

InterdisciplinaryEntrepreneurship

Academy

TechnologyEntrepreneurship

Initiative

RiataEntrepreneurship

Center

-Creative campus forums-Imagination central/portal-Creativity curriculum-Creativity certificate-Creativity festival-Campus speaker series-CIE learning community

-Faculty Fellows-CIE Scholars-Arts initiative-Geology initiative-Vet. medicine initiative-Health sciences initiative-Entrepreneurship within Education-Entrepreneurship for psychologists-Military science and entrepreneurship-Entrepreneurship in engineering-Research grants-Faculty resource center

-Technology commercialization intervention model-Faculty bootcamp-Campus incubator-Technology & entrepreneurship coursework

-Cowboy Entrepreneurs Network-Riata interns-Business plan competition-Cowboy bootcamps-Women INSPIRE program-Disabled veterans program-Native American academy-Experiential classroom-Student incubator

…and other outreach programs

-Tenure track faculty-Clinical faculty-Core curriculum-Major, minor, master’s & Ph.D. programs in entrepreneurship-Core research streams-MSE Incubator

.

The Faculty ‘E’ Team Core Faculty:

Dr. Michael H. Morris, N. Malone Mitchell Jr. Chair Nola Miyasaki, Norman C. Stevenson Chair, Director of the Riata Center Dr. Robert Baron, William S. Spears Chair Dr. Bruce Barringer, Johnny D. Pope Chair and Interim School Head Dr. Vance Fried, Riata Professor of Entrepreneurship Dr. Craig Watters, Thoma Distinguished Clinical Professor Dr. Rubin Pillay, Daniel White Jordan Clinical Professor Dr. Justin Webb, Assistant Professor Dr. Thomas Westbrook, Clinical Professor of Creativity Mr. Jon Wiese, Riata Distinguished Professor of Entrepreneurial Practice Col. Kevin Kriner, Clinical Faculty in Technology Entrepreneurship Dr. Brandon Mueller, Assistant Professor (Fall 2011) Mr. Richard Gajan , Thoma Family Distinguished Clinical Professor Dr. Melanie Page, Director Institute of Creativity and Innovation, Faculty Fellow

Faculty Fellows: Eighteen faculty from across the campusAdjunct Faculty: James George, Dr. Steven Griggs, William Paiva, Liz Payne, Derrick Wallace


Current Ph.d. Students Rebecca Franklin: 4th year doctoral student. Her research has focused on entrepreneurship within the nonprofit and Native American contexts.

Chris Pryor: a 3rd-year doctoral student with research interests in institutional entrepreneurship and the emergence of entrepreneurial phenomena.

Eric Arseneau: a 2nd-year doctoral student. His research interests examine the influence of job design on entrepreneurial performance.

Blakley Davis: a 2nd-year doctoral student. His research focuses on entrepreneurs’ signaling and impression management in the crowd-funding context.

Jun Fu: a 2nd-year doctoral student. Her research examines competencies as a foundation for entrepreneurship education and thresholds of legitimacy.

Yana Ezhova: a 1st-year doctoral student with research interests in venture change and comparing women versus men entrepreneurs’ behaviors.

Sohrab Soleimanof : a 1st-year doctoral student. His research concerns the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance.

Imran Syed: a 1st-year doctoral student. His research examines the self-regulatory processes of entrepreneurs.

Student Research Highlights

Morris, M., Webb, J., & Franklin, R. (2011). Understanding the manifestation of entrepreneurial orientation in the nonprofit context. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 35(5): 947-971.

Morris, M., Franklin, R., & Webb, J. (2011). Benchmarking entrepreneurial activity in an American Indian nation. Best Paper Proceedings, 2011 Academy of Management Meeting: San Antonio, TX.

Franklin, R. (2012). Entrepreneurs in Entertainment. In M. R. Marvel (Ed.), Encyclopedia of New Venture Management. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publishing.

Franklin, R. (2012). Bricolage, resource dependence, and the creative destruction of the music industry. 72nd Academy of Management Annual Meeting: Boston, Massachusetts.

Franklin, R. & Baron, R. (2012). Do entrepreneurs really experience ultra-high levels of stress? Or do self-selection and moderating factors help them cope? 2012 Babson Research Conference.

Franklin, R. (2012). Musicians as entrepreneurs: Bricolage, resource (in)dependence, and the creative destruction of the recording industry. 2012 Babson Entrepreneurship Research Conference.


More Research Highlights…

Morris, M., Pryor, C., & Schindehutte, M. 2012. Entrepreneurship as experience: How events create ventures and ventures create entrepreneurs. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.

Pryor, C. & Webb, J. 2012. Institutional entrepreneurship: Conceptualizing opportunity, innovation and risk. Paper presented at Academy of Management meetings: Boston, MA. Best Student Paper.

Pryor, C., Morris, M., & Schindehutte, M. 2012. Entrepreneurship as meaning making: An experience- based perspective of intuition, effectuation, and passion. Paper presented at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship: New Orleans, LA.

Davis, B. & Webb, J. 2012. Crowd-funding on entrepreneurial ventures: Getting the right combination of signals. Formally accepted at Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research.

Shirokova, G. & Ezhova, Y. 2012. The influence of organizational design on the development of corporate entrepreneurship in SMEs. Paper presented at USASBE conference, New Orleans, LA.

Syed, I. (2008). Wowability: How to achieve it & why it matters. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons.


StudentS As Teachers

Students are exposed to comprehensive undergraduate and master’s curriculum

Students attend the Experiential Classroom

Students work as assistants on a course and then teach an average of 1 course per year

Students have a selection from over 30 courses to teach

Student evaluations are carefully monitored and sessions held to help doctoral students improve

Top student doctoral teaching is recognized


Exposure to Student ENGAGEMENT

Cowboy Idea Hatchery Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Scholars Business Plan Laboratory Cowboy Entrepreneurial Mentors The ‘E’ Club Riata Entrepreneurial Internship Program National Competitions Entrepreneurship Dormitory Entrepreneurship Empowerment in South Africa


Exposure to University – Wide ENGAGEMENT

21 Interdisciplinary Initiatives Riata Faculty Fellows Technology Entrepreneurship Initiative Riata Business Plan Competition ($40,000) Elevator Pitch Competition Institute for Creativity and Innovation


Exposure to Community Engagement Cowboy Entrepreneurs Network

Over 2500 entrepreneurs connected to the OSU Entrepreneurship Program

Cowboy Entrepreneur's BootcampsA series of modules tailored to assist both entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs fromOklahoma; We hold one urban and one rural bootcamp each year

Disabled Veterans Entrepreneurship ProgramForty-five disabled vets from across the nation attend three stage program at no cost

East Central High School Partnership Program to help challenged inner city school become an entrepreneurship magnet school

Women Entrepreneurs Inspire SymposiuimProgram to foster the pursuit of entrepreneurial opportunities by women

Native American Entrepreneurship AcademyA portfolio of programs to serve Oklahoma’s 50+ tribal nations


Responsibility to Serve the Discipline Serve as paper reviewers and discussants

Attend USASBE, Babson and AOM doctoral consortia

Support faculty efforts in serving on professional committees, review boards and organizational boards

Annual Health Entrepreneurship Conference: international conference hosted by OSU with USASBE as a partner

The Experiential Classroom: highly successful faculty development initiative that attracts 75 faculty delegates from around the country each Fall

Dynamic Classroom Russia: version of our highly successful Experiential Classroom taught in Russia


Measuring Results: Annual Metrics Annual student publications: - paper submissions: 8

- journal articles: 1 (3 R&Rs)- conference papers: 6- book chapters: 3- books: 1

Student presentations at conferences and forums: 5 Student presentations on campus: 6 Number of courses taught per doctoral student per year: 1.3 Faculty members’ publications with students: 5 Entrepreneurship doctoral seminars offered per year: 4 Doctoral student conference trips annually: 6 Journal/conference papers reviewed by students: 8 Doctoral student involvement in student and community

engagement: no more than 3 hours per week


SUSTAINABILITY: InfrastructureRiata Center for

EntrepreneurshipSchool of

Entrepreneurship

Campus Outreach

Community Outreach

NationalOutreach

Intn’l Outreach

Core & Cross-Campus

Curriculum

ExperientialLearning

Student Mentoring

Service toSchool &Discipline

Research

Operating budget of $175,000 for doctoral program 5 doctoral seminars permanently in the catalog 44 course curriculum, with ample opportunity for doctoral programs to teach and

learn both pedagogy and curricular structure Physical space for doctoral student offices 11 full-time faculty, 9 chairs and professorships CIE Scholars to work with Administrative and research support from School of Entrepreneurship Administrative support from Riata Entrepreneurship Center Support for at least one conference trip per student per year Support to send students to doctoral consortia Riata Distinguished Scholar


Summary of Our Innovations The most comprehensive set of doctoral-level seminars in entrepreneurship

available;

Stepwise process aimed at facilitating student development as scholars and thought leaders;

A rigorous exposure to core entrepreneurship research that is balanced by an in-depth introduction to research from other disciplines that is informed by and informs entrepreneurship research

Mentoring and development of our students as educators by exposing them to a range of creative teaching opportunities;

Involvement of our students in high impact outreach activities, thereby developing their understanding of how entrepreneurship programs can impact the entrepreneurial community, and how this engagement informs the classroom;


TransferabilityI. Sharing our program structure with schools across the globe

II. Syllabi for our doctoral seminar are available online

III. Existing doctoral programs in management or strategy can readily adapt our approach and modify their programs to support entrepreneurship students

IV. Our faculty regularly visit other schools to assist them with program development

V. Faculty members give research presentations to faculty and doctoral students at other universities

VI. We organize the USASBE Doctoral Consortium, where key aspects of our program are shared


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