Research Interests

• University technology transfer and the strategic factors that lead to success for startup firms.

• Regional economic clusters and other network structures that form due to the commercialization of radical new technologies.

• The role of individual action in the emergence and evolution of organizational fields and the development of firm capabilities.

Selected Publications

Narayanan, V.K., Colwell, K. & Douglas, F.L. 2009. Building Organizational and Scientific Platforms in the Pharmaceutical Industry: A Process Perspective on the Development of Dynamic Capabilities. British Journal of Management 20(s1): s25 – s40.

Meyer, A., Gaba, V. & Colwell, K. 2005. Organizing Far From Equilibrium: Non-Linear Change in Organizational Fields. Organization Science 16: 456 – 473.

Colwell, K. & Mowday, R. 2002. Escalation of Commitment in Investment Decisions: The Case of Venture Capitalists. Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship 7(3): 3 - 26.

Teaching and Professional Experience

2009 – present: Director of Entrepreneurship Programs, University of Miami School of Business Administration, Coral Gables, FL.

2003 – 2009: Assistant Professor, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.

1999 – 2003: Graduate Teaching Fellow, Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR.

1993 – 1999: Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

Director, 1998-1999: Enterprise Recovery Coordinator responsible for emergency contingency planning for Schwab’s retail enterprise. Senior Project Manager, 1997-1998: Project manager working on a multiyear project to design and implement a five million record DB2 database of Schwab’s security master.

Manager - Fixed Income Operations, 1995 – 1997: Department manager with responsibility for fixed income custodial functions. Managed 15 employees in two self-directed cross-functional teams.

Branch Supervisor, 1993 – 1995: Supervised staff of nine registered brokers and operations personnel in a branch office with assets under management of over $750 million and yearly sales of $4 million.

Degrees

Ph.D. 1999-2003. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (Management. Emphasis in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship)

MBA. 1999. San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California (Management Concentration)

B.Sc. 1987. McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Major: Biology. Concentration in Evolution, Behavior and Ecology)

Specialties

• University-industry technology transfer and the commercialization of university technologies
• Strategic issues impacting entrepreneurial firms and business plan development
• Entrepreneurial cognition, the entrepreneurial process, and development of entrepreneurial beliefs and mindset
• Social networks and network analysis
• Executive, graduate, and undergraduate courses in Entrepreneurship, New Venture Planning, and Strategic Management.