QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Ph.D., Business Administration, University of Utah, 1994. Ph.D. dissertation title: "The composition, classification, and creation of new venture formation expertise." Executive, Management Consultant, and Entrepreneur, 1980-1990. CPA, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, 1976-1980. CPA, Utah, 1978. Bachelor of Commerce, University of Calgary, 1976.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Director, International Consortium for Venture Expertise, Faculty of Business, University of Victoria, 1997 to date. Head, Entrepreneurship Program, Faculty of Business, University of Victoria,1995 to date. Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Business, University of Victoria, 1994 to date. Member, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Victoria, 1994 to date.

ACADEMIC AWARDS

Winner of the Academy of Management Heizer Award for Outstanding Research in the Field of Enterprise Development. 1997 Distinguished Educator Award. Board of Advisors, University of Victoria Faculty of Business. Nomination by the University of Victoria Faculty of Business for The Financial Post "Leaders in Management Education" 1998 Award, January, 1998. The Mcleans' Guide to Canadian Universities '97, University of Victoria "Popular Profs" citation, p.147. Recipient, University of Victoria School/Faculty of Business MBA Class of '94 teaching award for "Best Application of Real World Relevance." Nomination for the Coleman Foundation Award for Innovation in Teaching Entrepreneurship, 1995 (declined due to service on Award Committee). University of Utah Doctoral Fellowship, 1990-1994. Nomination, 1993 University of Utah Presidential Teaching Scholar Award. Co-recipient, Management Department Nomination: Outstanding Teaching Award for Doctoral Students, 1993. Graduation With Distinction, University of Calgary, 1976. Award for Outstanding contribution to Faculty of Business in Extracurricular Activities during undergraduate program, June, 1976.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Sloan Foundation Redefining the Corporation Project Grant: "Managerial Determination of Important Stakeholders" (with Bradley R. Agle). 1997-1998, $5,000. Various Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grants.

PUBLICATIONS & WORKS IN PRESS

Essay Forum: Voices from the Scholarly Generations of Business and Society. Business & Society, 37(1): March, 1998 (in press) (Wood, D.J., Mitchell, R.K., et al.) "Untying the financing knot." The Financial Post "Mastering Enterprise" Series, March 25, 1998. International entrepreneurship, NAFTA, and venturing expertise (first author with J. Brock Smith, B., Kristie W. Seawright, & Eric A. Morse. Proceedings of the 12th Annual USASBE Conference, Clearwater, Fla., January, 1998. Toward a theory of stakeholder identification and salience: Defining the Principle of Who or What Really Counts (first author with Bradley R. Agle, and Donna J. Wood). Academy of Management Review, 1997, 22(4): 853-886. (Reprint, Spring, 1997) Oral history and expert scripts: Demystifying the entrepreneurial experience. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 3(2), 122-139.) Stakeholder identification and salience: Dialogue and operationalization (first author with Bradley R. Agle). International Association for Business and Society 1997 Proceedings: 365-370, Destin Florida, March, 1997. Oral history and expert scripts: Demystifying the entrepreneurial experience. Journal of Management History, 1996, 2(3), 50-67. Enhancing entrepreneurial expertise: Experiential pedagogy and the entrepreneurial expert script (first author with Susan A. Chesteen). Simulation & Gaming, 1995, 26(3), 288-306. The implications of multiple cultures and entrepreneurial expertise for international public policy (first author with Kristie W. Seawright). Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 1995, 15: 143-157, London, UK. The transaction cost implications of moving command economies from hierarchy to market. Proceedings of the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management 1994 Annual Meeting: 139-140. Dallas TX, August, 1994. Stakeholder theory and liabilities of newness in new ventures. International Association for Business and Society 1994 Proceedings: 345-350, Hilton Head, S.C., March, 1994; and subsequently presented by invitation at the Second (1994) Conference on Stakeholder Theory, Toronto, Ontario. Where efficiency fails: Ethical implications of governance in the international setting. International Association for Business and Society 1993 Proceedings: 303-308, San Diego, Ca., March, 1993. Entrepreneurs evaluate experiential education (first author with Susan A. Chesteen). Proceedings of the Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning Conference, 20: 82-85, Savannah, Ga., April, 1993. From hierarchy to market: Mitigating societal impacts of governance transition in the macro institutional setting. International Association for Business and Society 1992 Proceedings: 232-240, Leuven, Belgium, June, 1992.

PAPERS UNDER REVIEW

International entrepreneurship and venturing expertise: The NAFTA case (first author with J. Brock Smith, Kristie W. Seawright, and Eric A. Morse). Academy of Management Journal, under review (revise and resubmit). The role of venture arrangements in building Russian entrepreneurial expertise (with Kristie W. Seawright). Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, under review. Feudal institutions and small business governance: An exploration and comparison (first author with Stephen A. OâNeil). Small Business and Enterprise Development, under review.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

"New venture evaluation: Is there a standard method on the horizon?" Symposium for the introduction of "Venture Analysis Standards 2000," An initiative of the International Consortium for Venture Expertise (Panel: Eric A. Morse, Bradley Bertoch, Timothy S. Vasko, and Ronald K. Mitchell). 12th Annual USASBE Conference, Clearwater, Fla., January, 1998. "Possible standards for the comparison of business ventures." Presented in the Symposium for the introduction of "Venture Analysis Standards 2000," 12th Annual USASBE Conference, Clearwater, Fla., January, 1998. Symposium designer and facilitator, "Overcoming data obscurity in entrepreneurship research: Idiosyncratic milieus + 5 years = ?" with Jerome A. Katz and Connie Marie Gaglio. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August, 1997. "Electronic data gathering and data obscurity," Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, August, 1997. "Moving command economies toward the market: A transaction cost model," The Ukrainian-Polish Symposium on the Problems of Transformation in the Humanities, Social, Economic and Scientific-Educational Spheres, Ternopil State Technical University (June 16-20, 1997), submitted by invitation for the Proceedings, September, 1997. "Analyzing, managing, and researching stakeholders: Development of a new computer tool," (with Brad Agle). International Association for Business and Society 1997 Annual Meeting, Destin, Florida, March, 1997. "A systems approach to entrepreneurial financing," Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management 1995 Annual Meeting, Doctoral Consortium, Vancouver B.C., August, 1995. "Stakeholder attributes and firm responsibilities and responses," (first author with Bradley R. Agle, and Donna J. Wood). Social Issues in Management Division of the Academy of Management 1995 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., August, 1995. "Oral histories and expert scripts in entrepreneurship," part of Symposium on management history as management science, Management History Division of the Academy of Management 1995 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., August, 1995. "Oral history, mentors, and entrepreneurial expertise: Using oral history as an educational tool," Symposium, Academy of Management 1994 Annual Meeting, management History Division, Dallas, August, 1994. "Assessing readiness to venture: Modeling the boundary between novice and expert in the new venture setting." Academy of Management 1993 Annual Meeting, Entrepreneurship Division, Atlanta, August, 1993. "The resource-based view of firm boundaries: Learning and redeployment v. opportunism," (with William S. Hesterly) Western Academy of Management, San Jose, Ca., March, 1993.

EDITORIAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Editor, Entrepreneurship Division Newsletter (quarterly), Academy of Management, August, 1997 to date. Reviewer, Academy of Management Journal, Business & Society, Journal of Economic Psychology, Management Science, journals. Also, Academy of Management Annual Meetings, Entrepreneurship Division: 1995, 1996, and 1997; Social Issues in Management Division, 1997; International Association for Business and Society Annual Meetings, 1995, 1997, 1998; International Council for Small Business 42nd World Conference, 1997. Session Chair, "Entrepreneurship, Family Business, and Women" session, Academy of Management, Entrepreneurship Division, 1996 Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, August, 1996. Invited panel member, "The role of the corporation: An international colloquy," March, 1996, Sante Fe, NM. Member, Coleman Foundation Innovation in Teaching Award Committee, 1995, of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management. Session Chair, "New Ventures" session, Academy of Management, Entrepreneurship Division, 1995 Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., August, 1995. Scheduled presenter, Doctoral Consortium, Academy of Management, Entrepreneurship Division, 1995 Annual Meeting. Teaching committee, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management, 1994, 1995. Ad hoc reviewer, International Association of Business and Society, 1993 Conference. Co-contributor to Entrepreneurship Tracks - David Eccles School of Business, a proposal to create MBA and undergraduate elective tracks in the business school curriculum, March, 1993.

COURSES TAUGHT

MBA and undergraduate courses in Entrepreneurship, and in Strategy. Undergraduate courses in Business and Society.

CONSULTING

Consultant to many public and private sector organizations on issues of growth, and the pursuit of opportunity.