Innovation in Pedagogy Award

Entrepreneurship Pedagogy Award

Innovation in Pedagogy Award 2025: Call for Nominations
 
The Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division and Yeshiva University
present the:
Innovation in Entrepreneurship Pedagogy Award
The Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division and Yeshiva University present an annual award ($1500) to the person(s) who develops and implements an innovation in entrepreneurship pedagogy for either graduate or undergraduate education. The innovation must be a full course that is focused on entrepreneurship. (Although innovations in a program of courses or in individual exercises are valuable, they will not be considered for this award.)
 
The purpose of the award is to encourage not only innovations in pedagogy, but also the dissemination of such innovations. Criteria for evaluation of nominations include (1.) the innovativeness and novelty of the content and pedagogical process; (2.) the demonstrated and potential impact and transferability; and (3.) the course’s relevance (e.g., actionable lessons for entrepreneurs, addresses a social need).

Self-nominated proposals are encouraged!  Nominations should include the following materials:

  • A 100-word abstract of the innovation.
  • A 3-5 page description of the innovation, including why it is novel, impactful/transferable, and relevant.
  • Supporting exhibits, including supporting letters from students or other educators who have experienced or used the new pedagogy. (Please limit this to no more than 5 supporting documents. Lengthy supporting documentation is not encouraged.)
  • If you are resubmitting a course that was nominated in a prior year: Please update/revisit the nomination and make sure to indicate which parts have changed since the last nomination. 
Nominations and supporting exhibits should be submitted electronically to the Award Chair, so they can be shared with the Award Committee. Please submit all materials as a single PDF document.
 
Optional – Submit a short video (max. length 2 minutes, attached to the same email as your PDF nomination) explaining the unique contribution of your course. The video should address why your pedagogical innovation is novel, impactful, and relevant.
 
Submissions must be received by May 5th, 2025. The winner will be notified by June 20th. The award winner should attend the annual Academy of Management Conference to receive the award during the Entrepreneurship Division Business Meeting. The winning nomination will be posted on the Entrepreneurship Division website and a notice will appear in the Division Newsletter.
Please direct nominations and questions to:
Dean Noam Wasserman – Award Chair
Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business
email: noam@yu.edu

Committee Chairs

Noam Wasserman (Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business)
Indu Khurana (Hampden-Sydney College)

Committee Members

  • Diana M. Hechavarria (Texas Tech University)
    Shinwon Noh (St. Thomas University)
    Shirah Foy (TBS Education)
    Eric Arseneau (Texas Christian University)
    Laurel Ofstein (Michigan State University)
    Sandrine Le Pontois (Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne)
    Boris Nikolaev (Colorado State University)

Award Winners

2025 Marco van Gelderen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) for “ Enterprising Skills

2024 Boris Nikolaev (Colorado State University) for “ AI and Strategic Value Creation

2023 Derek Lidow (Princeton University) for the “ History of Entrepreneurship

2022 Deepak Hegde (New York University) for the “ Endless Frontier Labs"

2021 Erin Scott (MIT), Joshua Gans (University of Toronto), and Scott Stern (MIT) for “ Entrepreneurial Strategy

2020 Betsy Campbell (Pennsylvania State University) for “Accelerator Rap”

2019 Derek Lidow (Princeton University) for “Creativity, Innovation, and Design”

2018 Abby Fifer Mandell (University of Southern California) for “Social Innovation Design Lab”

2017 Charlotte R Ren (Temple University) for “The Social Entrepreneurial Approach to Community Reintegration”

2016 Ethan Mollick (University of Pennsylvania) for “Alternate Reality Teaching of Entrepreneurship”

2015 Craig Armstrong (University of Alabama) for “New Venture Development from Opportunity to Crowdfunding Campaign”

2014 Lisa Jones Christensen (U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) for “Sustainability Leadership”

2013 Reginald A. Litz (U. of Manitoba) for “Entrepreneurship as a tool of liberation and oppression”

2012 Linda Sama (St. John’s University) for “’GLOBE’ (Global Loan Opportunities for Budding Entrepreneurs), an undergraduate social entrepreneurship course”

2011 Eric Noyes (Babson College), Heidi Neck (Babson College) & Steve Schiffman (Babson College) for “Social Entrepreneurship by Design”

2010 Noam Wasserman (Harvard University) for “The Founder’s Dilemma”