Robert  Wuebker
  • Adjunct Professor, Design
  • Adjunct Professor, College Of Engineering
  • Associate Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy

Research Keywords

  • Theory of the firm
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurial Finance

Presentations

  • ROBERT J. WUEBKER (2021) Consciousness, entrepreneurship and strategy. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/2021.
  • ROBERT J. WUEBKER (2021) Formative experience and organizational performance: evidence from corporate venture capital. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/2021.
  • ROBERT J. WUEBKER (2019) Strategies for the disrupted . Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2019.
  • ROBERT J. WUEBKER (2019) Social ontology and its implications for management theory. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/2019.
  • ROBERT J. WUEBKER (2019) Strategies for the disrupted. Conference Paper, Presented, 05/2019.
  • ROBERT J. WUEBKER (2018) Management in the age of intelligent machines. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/2018.
  • ROBERT J. WUEBKER (2018) Social ontology: Building a foundation for the social sciences. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/2018.
  • ROBERT J. WUEBKER (2018) Blockchain: Managerial and strategic implications. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/2018.
  • ROBERT J. WUEBKER (2018) Learning about organizational innovation: Evidence from the conglomerate merger wave. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/2018.
  • ROBERT J. WUEBKER (2018) Strategies for the disrupted. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/2018.
  • ROBERT J. WUEBKER (2018) Uncertainty and the entrepreneurial firm. Conference Paper, Presented, 05/2018.
  • ROBERT J. WUEBKER (2018) Strategy in the age of intelligent machines. Conference Paper, Presented, 04/2018.
  • ROBERT J. WUEBKER (2018) How much does a unicorn cost : Evaluating university entrepreneurship programs. Conference Paper, Presented, 03/2018.
  • Robert Wuebker (2017) Rethinking the relationship between corporate diversification and innovation. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2017.
  • Robert Wuebker (2017) Mobility, human capital, and the business cycle. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2017.
  • Robert Wuebker (2017) Pirates, farmers (and scholars). Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 06/2017.
  • Robert Wuebker (2017) Why do managers make poor governance decisions? Evidence from a strategy game. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/2017.
  • Robert Wuebker (2017) Strategies for the disrupted. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/2017.
  • Robert Wuebker (2017) Information and strategy: Or, who moved my B. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/16/2017.
  • Robert Wuebker (2016) The opportunity is the problem: New theories in entrepreneurship. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 09/2016.
  • Robert Wuebker (2016) A theory of entrepreneurial search. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 09/2016.
  • Robert Wuebker (2016) Interactions for innovation: Firms, communities and crowds. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2016.
  • Robert Wuebker (2016) Entrepreneurial theories, entrepreneurial action, and a theory of the (new) firm. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/2016.
  • Robert Wuebker (2016) Uncertainty and management theory. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 08/2016.
  • Robert Wuebker (2016) A theory of entrepreneuring. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2016.
  • Robert Wuebker (2016) Boundaries of strategic theory and implications for entrepreneurship. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2016.
  • Robert Wuebker (2015) On new theory in entrepreneurship. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 11/2015.
  • Robert Wuebker (2015) Problem finding and problem solving: An agent-based modeling approach. Conference Paper, Refereed, Other, 10/2015.
  • Robert Wuebker (2015) Decisions under uncertainty: The case of renewable energy. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2015.
  • Robert Wuebker (2015) Entrepreneurial theories, entrepreneurial action, and a theory of the new firm. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2015.
  • Robert Wuebker (2015) Decisions under uncertainty: Implications for renewable energy startups. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2015.
  • Robert Wuebker (2015) Why strategic theory is not entrepreneurship theory. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2015.
  • Robert Wuebker (2015) Entrepreneurial theories, entrepreneurial action, and a theory of the new firm. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2015.
  • Robert Wuebker (2015) Means and extremes: Reinterpreting the relationship between resources and performance. Conference Paper, Refereed, Accepted, 08/2015.
  • Robert Wuebker (2015) Relationship banking and conflicts of interest: Evidence from Germany. Conference Paper, Refereed, Other, 08/2015.
  • Robert Wuebker (2015) Neuroentrepreneurship: Theoretical and empirical developments. Invited Talk/Keynote, Other, 08/2015.
  • Robert Wuebker (2015) Austrian economics in entrepreneurship and strategy. Panel, Other, 08/2015.
  • Robert Wuebker (2015) Knowledge acquisition and global venture investment: evidence from corporate venturing. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 05/2015.
  • Robert Wuebker (2015) Why theory in strategy is not entrepreneurship theory. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/2015.
  • Robert Wuebker (2015) On the emergence of the entrepreneurial firm. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 04/2015.
  • Robert Wuebker (2015) Social ontology in entrepreneurship and strategy. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/2015.
  • Robert Wuebker (2014) Is more always good thing? The contingent value of new venture resources. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2014.
  • Robert Wuebker (2014) What does it mean to experiment under uncertainty?. Conference Paper, Presented, 10/2014.
  • Robert Wuebker (2014) Information acquisition and the origins of heterogeneous capabilities. Conference Paper, Presented, 09/2014.
  • Robert Wuebker (2014) Wasps and tarantulas: Cooperative agreements in corporate venture capital investment. Conference Paper, Presented, 09/2014.
  • Robert Wuebker (2014) Can you buy competitive advantage? Strategic factor market theory and acquisition strategy. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/2014.
  • Robert Wuebker (2014) Social Ontology in entrepreneurship research. Panel, Presented, 08/2014.
  • Robert Wuebker (2014) Neuroentrepreneurship and entrepreneurial opportunity. Panel, Presented, 08/2014.
  • Robert Wuebker (2014) Toward new theory for strategy’s microfoundations: Understanding social emergence. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/2014.
  • Robert Wuebker (2014) The ontology of entrepreneurial opportunity. Conference Paper, Presented, 02/2014.
  • Robert Wuebker (2014) Where do factor markets come from? Toward a theory of the entrepreneurial firm. Conference Paper, Presented, 02/2014.
  • Robert Wuebker (2014) Entrepreneurial action and the generation of new social institutions. Conference Paper, Presented, 02/2014.
  • Robert Wuebker (2013) Where do factor markets come from?. Invited Talk/Keynote, Submitted, 11/2013.
  • Robert Wuebker (2013) Toward a pecking order theory of strategic resource deployment. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 10/2013.
  • Robert Wuebker (2013) Political conditions and economic organization: Evidence from the informal economy. Conference Paper, Refereed, Submitted, 09/2013.
  • Robert Wuebker (2013) The ontology of entrepreneurial opportunity. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 09/2013.
  • Robert Wuebker (2013) Entrepreneurial opportunity: The state of the debate. Panel, Presented, 09/2013.
  • Robert Wuebker (2013) Creative cities and the endogenous formation of entrepreneurial opportunity. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/2013.
  • Robert Wuebker (2013) Institutions and the rate of formal and informal entrepreneurship across countries. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/2013.
  • Robert Wuebker (2013) The ontology of entrepreneurial opportunity. Conference Paper, Refereed, Submitted, 05/2013.
  • Robert Wuebker (2012) A joint test of status hierarchies and personal ties in venture capital decision making.” Academy of Management. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/01/2012.
  • Robert Wuebker, & Pekka Stenholm, Zoltan Acs. (2011) Exploring country-level institutional arrangements on the rate and type of entrepreneurial activity. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/08/2011.
  • Robert Wuebker, & William Schulze, Roman Kraeussl. (2011) Is venture capital a local business? Investment practice and performance in cross-border venture capital. Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 08/07/2011.

Research Groups

  • Utah Social Ontology Research Group, Research Professor. 01/01/2014 - present.

Publications

  • Smith, N. & Thiel, J. & Wuebker, R. (2022). Entrepreneurial teams and individual well-being. Revue de l’Entrepreneuriat. Published, 11/2022.
  • Smith, N. & Peters, D., Jay, C., Sandal, G., Barrett, E. & Wuebker. R. (2022). Offworld mental health: Considerations for the design of wellbeing supportive technologies for deep space exploration. JMIR Formative Research. Accepted, 01/2022.
  • McBride, R. & Wuebker R. (2022). Social objectivity and entrepreneurial opportunity: Implications for entrepreneurship and management. Academy of Management Review. Published, 01/2022.
  • Anhokin, S. & Morgan, T., Schulze, W . , & Wuebker, R. (2022). Is a reputation for misconduct harmful? Evidence from corporate venture capital. Journal of Business Research. Published, 01/2022.
  • Smith, N. & Wuebker, R. (2022). Basic psychological needs on expedition. Exploration Revealed. Accepted, 01/2022.
  • Knudsen, E. & Lien, L., Timmermans, B., Wuebker, R. (2021). The more things change, the more they stay the same: Firm demand - side responses to economic shocks. Managerial and Decision Economics. Published, 09/2021.
  • Klein, P. & Chen, M., & Wuebker, R. (2021). Evaluating an organizational innovation: Evidence from the conglomerate merger wave. Industrial and Corporate Change. Published, 06/2021.
  • Wuebker, R. & Westgren, R. (2019). An Economic Model of Strategic Entrepreneurship. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. Vol. 13:4, 21. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 01/01/2019.
  • Mauer, R. & Wuebker, R. (2018). Prediction and control: An agent- based simulation of the entrepreneurial problem space. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. 40. Discipline based - refereed, Accepted, 06/01/2018.
  • Wuebker, R, Wang, H. & Ensley, M. (2012). The role of strategic alliances in venture-backed startups: An empirical examination. Small Business Economics. Discipline based - refereed, Published, 02/2012.