Faculty Profile: Patricia McDougall |
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Dr. Patricia McDougall is the Associate Dean of Faculty and Research and the William L. Haeberle Professor of Entrepreneurship at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. She is a past recipient of Indiana University's Teaching Excellence Recognition Award and the Kelley School's Full Professor Research Excellence Award. She helped pioneer the growing field of international entrepreneurship. She and her co-author, Benjamin Oviatt, were presented the JIBS Decade Award for their 1994 article on the early internationalization of new ventures. The award is given to the article that has had the most significant impact on international business research during the past decade. Her major research interests include accelerated internationalization and new venture strategies. She has co-edited three books and published in a variety of journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, and Academy of Management Executive. Her business cases appear in more than twenty-five books, and her research has also been presented in the business press, including Inc. magazine, USA Today, and The Wall Street Journal.
She is a 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow, the co-developer and co-director of the Velocity Conference, and is a member of the Board of Advisors of CEO (Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization). She is the former Chair of the Academy of Management's Entrepreneurship Division and is a current or former member of nine editorial boards. In a survey published in the Journal of Management she was identified as the third most published author in entrepreneurship.
Formerly, she was a Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology where she served on the President's Executive Committee and on the Board of Trustees of the Athletic Association. While at Georgia Tech, she served as the co-principal investigator of two major National Science Foundation grants with the Electrical and Computer Engineering School and the Engineering Research Center. She received her Ph.D. in strategy from the University of South Carolina.
Dr. McDougall has been an active developer and presenter of executive programs for companies such as AppleSouth, Arrow Electronics, Boston Scientific, Crane Federal Credit Union, The Coca-Cola Company, BellSouth, Delta AirLines, Kimball International, Lockheed Martin, Scientific Atlanta and Western Union. She has consulted on strategy with units of The Coca-Cola Company in Germany, the Netherlands, Indonesia, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina, Guatemala, Costa Rica and the United States. In addition, she has assisted numerous entrepreneurial firms and several not-for-profit organizations such as The Carter Presidential Center in their strategic planning process.
