Kauffman Foundation Honors Promising Scholars for Ground-Breaking Research in Entrepreneurship
The Kauffman Prize Medal and Kauffman Dissertation Fellowships Inspire Young Researchers to Study Entrepreneurship
(firmenpresse) - KANSAS CITY, MO -- (Marketwire) -- 01/09/12 -- The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation announced today the 2012 recipients of the Kauffman Emerging Scholars Program. This program recognizes the achievements of young scholars who are making significant contributions to research in entrepreneurship. The awards were presented Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Allied Social Science Associations' annual meeting in Chicago, Ill.
"These bright young scholars now join the class of more than 100 researchers who we have honored in recent years for their outstanding work in academic entrepreneurship study," said Robert J. Strom, director of research and policy at the Foundation. "Not only is their work significant, but they represent the best and brightest up-and-coming leaders in the field of entrepreneurship research who will teach and influence our next generation of academics."
The Kauffman Foundation funds a series of programs and initiatives designed to create a substantial body of research on entrepreneurship and innovation. The programs assist promising young scholars in their efforts to earn doctoral degrees, and encourage scholars to conduct research early in their careers and recognize ground-breaking research -- all with a focus on entrepreneurship. The Foundation's Emerging Scholars Program supports and recognizes achievements at each career level of an academic professional. Following are the 2012 recipients of two Emerging Scholars Program awards:
As a tribute to Ewing Marion Kauffman and his entrepreneurial work, the Kauffman Foundation established the Ewing Marion Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship in 2005 to inspire young scholars to contribute new insight into the field of entrepreneurship. The Medal, which includes a $50,000 prize, is awarded annually to recognize scholars under the age of 40 whose research has made a significant contribution to entrepreneurship. This year, the prize is being shared by two outstanding scholars. More information on the Kauffman Prize Medal can be found at .
is the V. Duane Rath Professor of Economics and the John E. Jeuck Faculty Fellow at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. An expert in entrepreneurship, macroeconomic policy and housing markets, Hurst researches barriers to entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial finance, and household consumption and financial behavior.
is the Fama Family Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. An expert in entrepreneurial finance, financial markets and investments, Moskowitz researches the returns to private business ownership, the political economy of financial regulation, corporate finance and financial networks.
The Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program annually recognizes 15 exceptional doctoral students and their universities. Fifteen fellowships in the amount of $20,000 each will be awarded to the students to support their dissertation research in the area of entrepreneurship. Including the current class of fellows, 138 awards have been made since the program was created in 2003. More information on the Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship Program can be found at .
The 2012 fellowship recipients, along with their university affiliations and the titles of their dissertations, are:
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Gendered Networks or Gendered Networking? Sex-Differences in Patterns of Network Activation and Returns to Social Ties for Male and Female Entrepreneurs"
, University of Maryland, College Park
"Patterns and Performance of Entrepreneurship that Crosses Industry Boundaries"
, University of California, Berkeley
"Rights to Valuations in Venture Capital Backed Startups: The Effects of Reputations"
, Boston College
"Does Local Access to Finance Matter?: Evidence from U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Shale Booms"
, Columbia University
"Knowledge Transfer in Venture Capital Networks"
, Columbia University
"An Empirical Investigation of Directed Technical Change and Inter-Industry Spillovers"
, University of California, Los Angeles
"From the Lab to the Shelf: Changes in the Commercialization of Scientific Discoveries in Japan, 1980-2010"
, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Spurring Innovation and Entrepreneurialism within States: Three Studies of State Level R&D Policies"
, University of Maryland, College Park
"Reconfiguration Strategies for Entrepreneurial Entry and Creation of New Industries: Three Essays"
, Georgia Institute of Technology
"Essays on Markets for Technology: The Role of Licensing as a Complementary Strategy to Internal R&D"
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"The Allocation of Talent Over the Business Cycle and the Long-Term Impact on Innovation: Evidence from M.I.T."
, Stanford University
"Creating Value by Coming Home: A Comparative Study of Returnee Entrepreneurship Across the Globe"
, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Structuration of Social Inequality: Explaining Diverging Pathways of Entrepreneurs and their New Ventures"
, University of Michigan
"Impact of Occupational Licensing Regulation on Entrepreneurship"
, University of Michigan
"The Effects of State Innovation Programs on Entrepreneurial Firms: Three Essays"
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is a private nonpartisan foundation that works to harness the power of entrepreneurship and innovation to grow economies and improve human welfare. Through its research and other initiatives, the Kauffman Foundation aims to open young people's eyes to the possibility of entrepreneurship, promote entrepreneurship education, raise awareness of entrepreneurship-friendly policies, and find alternative pathways for the commercialization of new knowledge and technologies. In addition, the Foundation focuses on initiatives in the Kansas City region to advance students' math and science skills, and improve the educational achievement of urban students, including the Ewing Marion Kauffman School, a college preparatory charter school for middle and high school students that opened in 2011. Founded by late entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Marion Kauffman, the Foundation is based in Kansas City, Mo. and has approximately $2 billion in assets. For more information, visit , and follow the Foundation on and .
Barbara Pruitt
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Kauffman Foundation
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