The 2024 Entrepreneurship Division Doctoral Consortium (DC) was held on August 9th, 2024, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Chicago. A total of 32 Ph.D. students from different parts of the world (Asia, Europe, North America, Australia) participated in the DC. Will Drover (Texas Christian University) and Gabriella Cacciotti (Baylor University) served as DC co-chairs.
The DC program included the following segments: (1) Networking Sessions where participants had the opportunity to introduce themselves and get to know one another; (2) Q&A with Howard Aldrich on “How to Write (After Graduate School)”; (3) Q&A with Dean Shepherd on “How to Be a Productive Scholar”; (4) “Meet-the-Editors” session followed by “Lunch with Editors” with panel members Reddy Kotha (Academy of Management Journal), Jeff McMullen (Journal of Business Venturing), Paul Tracey (Academy of Management Review) and Peter Klein (Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal); (5) Q&A with Matt Wood (University of Oklahoma), Melissa Cardon (University of Tennessee), Trenton Williams (Brigham Young University), Sophie Bacq (IMD Business School) on “Finding Meaning, Achieving Work-Life Balance and Prioritizing Mental Health”; (6) Q&A with Elisa Alt (King’s College London) and Greg Fisher (Indiana University) on “Things I Wish I Knew as PhD student”. The DC program concluded with a session on “Ethics” with Kathy Lund Dean (7).
Participants also had their respective paper development and feedback sessions where each participant was matched with a senior scholar and another student participant. During the session, mentors provided developmental feedback on the student’s work-in-progress paper. Students also had the opportunity to read each other’s papers and offer feedback. The following scholars generously volunteered their time to serve as mentors: Dimo Dimov, Keith Hmieleski, Kimberly Eddleston, Alex Kier, Yuval Engel, Jessica Jones, Erin Powell, Phill Kim, Aaron Anglin, Thomas Allison, Emily Neubert, Maija Renko, David Townsend, Blake Mathias, David Scheaf, Stella Seyb and Ben Warnick.
Prior to the in-person session in August, a Job Market Panel was organized in June. This was a virtual session to facilitate greater participation. Panelists included Devin Burnell (TCU), Elizabeth Embry (University of Kansas School of Business), and Sai Kalvapalle (Nova School of Business and Economics). Approximately 60 doctoral students attended this virtual event.
Participants enjoyed the Consortium and found the sessions valuable. Some representative comments are listed below:
- I want to thank you for organizing such a wonderful consortium - I truly learned a lot and made meaningful connections there.
- Thanks a lot for organizing this wonderful event!!! I have benefited greatly. Thanks for your time and work!
- Thank you and Will for this year Doctoral Consortium. It was an insightful and incredible opportunity!
Contributors, panelists, and mentors also enjoyed the Consortium and found the event very important for the division. Some representative comments are listed below:
- Just wanted to say thanks for running the consortium so well and for including me. From what I saw and from I what I heard from the students, it was a tremendous success. I really appreciate both of you and all you do to support our field.
- Thank you, Gabri and Will. The doctoral consortium is one of the most important things that the AOM does.