Faculty Profile, The University of Utah

 
 

William S Schulze

William S Schulze
  • David Eccles Professor & Chair, The Department of Management, Department of Management
  • Chair Department of Management, Management Department, University of Utah
  • Professor, Management Department, University of Utah
  • EmailWilliam.Schulze@business.utah.edu
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Biography

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts, WILLIAMS COLLEGE
  • Doctor of Philosophy, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOUL
  • Master of Business Admin, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOUL

Honors & Awards

  • David Eccles Professor. David Eccles School of Business, 2009
  • Distinguished Service Award - FERC (For Service to the Family Enterprise Research Center). Family Enterprise Research Center, 2008
  • David Eccles Faculty Fellow. David Eccles School of Business, 2006
  • UCITE Teaching Fellow. Case Western Reserve U, 2005
  • Best Paper Proceedings. Academy of Management, ENTP Division, 2005
  • Doctoral Teaching and Mentoring. Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve U, 2003
  • Junior Faculty Best Paper Award. Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve U, 2001
  • Junior Faculty Best Paper. Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve U, 2000
  • Best Paper Proceedings. Academy of Management, 2000
  • Best Paper Proceedings. Academy of Management, 1999
  • Finalist - Best Paper Award. Strategic Management Society, 1998
  • Best Paper Proceedings. Academy of Management, 1992

Biography

Dr. Schulze is a David Eccles Professor and Chair of the Management Department at the the 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.  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.

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