Entrepeneurship and Strategy Research and Awards

SELECTED AWARDS

William Gartner

2006 MBA Teaching Award (Second Year Students), College of Business and Behavioral Science, Clemson University

2005 FSF-NUTEK Award -- An International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research. The Award was instituted by the Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research (FSF) and the Swedish Business Development Agency (NUTEK) in 1996. The winner is elected annually by the Award Committee of FSF. “The award is given to a person who has produced scientific work of outstanding quality and importance, thereby giving a significant contribution to theory-building concerning entrepreneurship and small business development, the role and importance of new firm formation and the SME's role in economic development.”

PUBLICATIONS

William B. Gartner (in press). “entrepreneurship – hop.” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.

Green, K.M., Covin, J.G., & Slevin, D.P. Exploring the relationship between strategic reactiveness and entrepreneurial orientation: The role of structure-style fit. Journal of Business Venturing, in press.

William B. Gartner, (2007). “Entrepreneurial narrative and a science of the imagination.” Journal of Business Venturing. 22 (5): 613-627.

Lichtenstein, Benyamin B., Carter, Nancy M., Dooley, Kevin J. and William B. Gartner (2007). “Complexity dynamics of nascent entrepreneurship.” Journal of Business Venturing. 22: 236-261.

Jon Liao and William B. Gartner (2006). “The effects of pre-venture plan timing and perceived environmental uncertainty on the persistence of emerging firms.” Small Business Economics. 27 (1): 23-40.

Gartner, William B., Davidsson, P. and Shaker A. Zahra (2006). “Are you talking to me? The nature of community in entrepreneurship scholarship. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 30 (3): 321-331.

Covin, J.G., Green, K.M., & Slevin, D.P. 2006. Strategic process effects on the entrepreneurial orientation-sales growth rate relationship. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 30(1), 57-81.

Parker, Simon C. and William B. Gartner (2004). “Introduction to the Special Issue on Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation.” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 28 (5): 413-419.

Reynolds, Paul D., Carter, Nancy M., Gartner, William B., and Patricia G. Greene (2004). “The Prevalence of Nascent Entrepreneurs in the United States: Evidence from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics.” Small Business Economics. 23: 263-284.

Brush, Candida, B., Duhaime, Irene M., Gartner, William B., Stewart, Alex, Katz, Jerome, Hitt, Michael, A., Alvarez, Sharon, Meyer, G. Dale, and S. Venkataraman (2003). “Doctoral Education in the Field of Entrepreneurship.” Journal of Management. 29 (3): 309-331.

Delmar, Frederic, Davidsson, Per, and William B. Gartner (2003). “Arriving at the high growth firm.” Journal of Business Venturing. 18 (2): 189-216.

Carter, Nancy M., Gartner, William B., Shaver, Kelly G. and Elizabeth J. Gatewood (2003). “The career reasons of nascent entrepreneurs.” Journal of Business Venturing. 18 (1): 13-39.

Gatewood, Elizabeth J., Shaver, Kelly G., Powers, Joshua B. and William B. Gartner (2002). “Entrepreneurial expectancy, task effort, and performance.” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 27 (2): 187-206.

Markman, Gideon D. and William B. Gartner. (2002). “Is extraordinary growth profitable? A study of Inc. 500 fast growth companies.” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 27 (1): 65-75.

Gartner, William B. and Sue Birley (2002). “Introduction to the special issue on qualitative methods in entrepreneurship research.” Journal of Business Venturing. 17 (5): 387-395.

Shaver, Kelly G., Gartner, William B., Crosby, Elizabeth, Bakalarova, Karolina, and Elizabeth J. Gatewood. (2001). “Attributions about entrepreneurship: A framework and process for analyzing reasons for starting a business.” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 26 (2): 5-32.

GRANTS

2007 Small Business Administration. Support for research on business planning and startup behaviors based on evidence from the PSED.

2006 Hollingsworth Foundation. Support for research and publication of a journal “ACORN – The Journal of Entrepreneurial Narrative and History.”

2006 Small Business Administration. Support for research and publication of a chapter on pre-venture planning based on evidence from the PSED in “The Small Business Economy: Data Book 2007.”

2006 Kauffman Foundation. Support for the Clemson/Kauffman Symposium on the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics and the PSED Web Site (2006 – 2008)

2004 Kauffman Foundation. Support for the Clemson/Kauffman Symposium on the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (November 11 – 14, 2004).

Contact Information:
Clemson University
Department of Management
101 Sirrine Hall
Clemson, SC 29634
(864) 656-2015