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Ken  Colwell

Ken Colwell

Director of Entrepreneurship Program, Management

(305) 284-8588
Jenkins 417N
kcolwell@miami.edu


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

  • University of Miami School of Business Administration, Coral Gables, FL, Director of Entrepreneurship Programs, 2009 – present
  • Assistant Professor, LeBow College of Business, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, 2003 – 2009
  • Graduate Teaching Fellow, Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 1999 – 2003
  • Charles Schwab and Co., Inc., 1993 – 1999
  • Director, 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, 1998-1999
  • Manager - Fixed Income Operations, Department manager with responsibility for fixed income custodial functions. Managed 15 employees in two self-directed cross-functional teams, 1995 – 1997
  • Branch Supervisor, 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, 1993 – 1995

Degrees

  • Ph.D., Management. Emphasis in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1999-2003
  • MBA, Management Concentration, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, 1999
  • B.S., Major: Biology. Concentration in Evolution, Behavior and Ecology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1987

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

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