Dr. Michael H. Morris holds the N. Malone Mitchell Chair in Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University and is head of the university s School of Entrepreneurship. Dr. Morris formerly held the Chris J. Witting Chair in Entrepreneurship in the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University. In addition, he has led entrepreneurship programs that have been ranked consistently among the top ten by U.S. News and World Report, Fortune Small Business, and the Princeton Review/Entrepreneur Magazine. A widely published author and researcher, Dr. Morris has written seven books and more than 100 peer-reviewed academic articles. Dr. Jeffrey G. Covin is the Samuel and Pauline Glaubinger Professor of Entrepreneurship and Professor of Strategic Management at the Kelley School of Business of Indiana University - Bloomington. In 2005, he was awarded the prestigious Entrepreneurship Mentor Award by the Academy of Management for his exemplary work in developing Ph.D. students and junior-level faculty in the entrepreneurship field. In 2008, Dr. Covin received the USASBE Award for Outstanding Research in Corporate Entrepreneurship and Strategy. Dr. Donald F. Kuratko (known as Dr. K ) is a prominent scholar and national leader in the field of entrepreneurship. He has authored or co-authored over 200 articles on aspects of entrepreneurship and corporate innovation in journals such as Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Management Studies, Small Business Economics, Journal of Business Ethics, Business Horizons, and Family Business Review. Dr. Kuratko has authored 30 books, including one of the leading entrepreneurship books in the world today, Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, Practice (currently in its 11th edition), as well as New Venture Management (2021) and Corporate Innovation (2019). In addition, Dr. Kuratko has been a corporate innovation consultant to a number of major Fortune 500 corporations and he was the co-founder and executive director of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC). Dr. Kuratko was selected as one of the top entrepreneurship professors in the United States by Fortune magazine. He has been named one of the top ten entrepreneurship scholars in the world and was the recipient of the Riata Distinguished Entrepreneurship Scholar Award. In 2011 he was the inaugural recipient of the Karl Vesper Entrepreneurship Pioneer Award for his career dedication to developing the field of entrepreneurship. The Academy of Management honored Professor Kuratko with the Entrepreneurship Advocate Award and the Entrepreneurship Mentor Award for his contributions to the development and advancement of the discipline of entrepreneurship. In addition, he was named the National Outstanding Entrepreneurship Educator by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) and was also honored with the John E. Hughes Entrepreneurial Advocacy Award for his career advocacy in entrepreneurship.
