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This Notre Dame Professor Was Named The World’s Leading Entrepreneur Expert
Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business professor Dean Shepherd was recently recognized as the leading scholar in entrepreneurship research, according to a recent study published in Journal of Small Business Management.
“Contributing Forces in Entrepreneurship Research: A Global Citation Analysis“—co-authored by Chang Xu of Renmin University, Yining Chen of Western Kentucky University, Ann Fung of University of Washington and Kam C. Chan of Western Kentucky University—concluded that Shepherd contributed to entrepreneurship research more than any other academic figure.
The study used a sample of more than 2,000 entrepreneurship articles published in leading journals between 2002 and 2013. Shepherd was identified as both the most prolific author with 54 total articles and the most impactful, as measured by a weighted normalized citation count.
Entrepreneurship is a relatively new field of research, and therefore presents “as a unique opportunity for a wider range of institutions and scholars to collaborate and develop expertise and leadership research,” according to the study.
With that being said, Shepherd has had his work published in top entrepreneurship, general management, strategic management, operations management, and psychology journals and has written or edited more than 20 books.
One of his more recent papers is titled “The Surprising Duality of Jugaad: Low Firm Growth and High Inclusive Growth” and explores entrepreneurship in resource-poor environments. According to a press release, “jugaad” is a Hindi word that means finding a low-cost, intelligent solution to a problem by thinking constructively and differently about innovation and strategy. The paper was published in the Journal of Management Studies.
Shepherd is the Ray and Milann Siegfried Professor of Entrepreneurship at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. He received his doctorate and MBA from Bond University in Australia.
Read “Contributing Forces in Entrepreneurship Research: A Global Citation Analysis” from the September edition of the Journal of Small Business Management and check out his 2014 Ted Talk “How Do We Learn From Failure?” below.
CO.STARTERS at Mercer University Shaping New Community of Entrepreneurs
The Mercer University Eugene W. Stetson School of Business & Economics recently launched CO.STARTERS, a new business development program providing the resources and connections necessary for the Middle Georgia community to turn ideas into action.
Since October, CO.STARTERS has been helping small-business owners to develop their businesses by building and testing simple models that receive feedback in real-time. CO.STARTERS is a nine-week long, cohort-based program that also uses community support to help in the process of business leaders developing their models. Instead of approaching startups like large corporations, the programs model encourages the testing of small models before diving into creating a broad model of business. Registration is open to the public and includes a fee of $199.
Although the relationship between CO.STARTERS and the Mercer Innovation Center is fairly new, the CO.STARTERS program has already had a global impact, serving communities throughout the United States, and even all the way to New Zealand and Australia.
“We are excited to be adding CO.STARTERS to the Mercer Innovation Center program offerings,” MIC deputy director Stephanie Howard said. “This hands-on program will be an asset to the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Macon-Bibb community.”
Enoch Elwell, CO.STARTERS founder, commented how many communities across the country are overlooked as business centers but often have a wide range of talented entrepreneurs. These communities need extra support for entrepreneurs to provide them with the tools and resources to thrive.
“CO.STARTERS provides a structure for these communities to achieve their economic growth goals and gives them an easy way to build the connections they are already trying to grow,” Elwell says.
