The Aspiring Entrepreneurship Scholar [recurso electrónico] : Strategies and Advice for a Successful Academic Career

This book offers helpful insight and advice on how doctoral students and junior faculty can succeed as an entrepreneurship scholar. It invites them to think entrepreneurially to identify research opportunities, manage the publication process, achieve excellence in the classroom, secure a faculty position, and build a research record worthy of promotion and tenure. Drawing from his experience as a research scholar, editor, review board member, mentor, and reviewer of many promotion and tenure cases, author Dean Shepherd offers strategies and other pieces of advice for navigating the obstacles that can prevent a successful scholarly career. This book provides an overview and roadmap to help entrepreneurship scholars achieve success, and stimulates thought and discussion for doctoral students and junior and senior faculty to consider as they look to develop the next generation in academia. Front Matter....Pages i-ix Introduction....Pages 1-5 Thinking Entrepreneurially to Identify Research Opportunities....Pages 7-23 Approaching and Managing the Publication Process....Pages 25-47 Adopting an Entrepreneurial Mindset to Achieve Excellence in Teaching (While Not Sacrificing Research)....Pages 49-62 Securing an Entrepreneurship Faculty Position....Pages 63-81 Building an Entrepreneurship Research Record Worthy of Promotion....Pages 83-112 Conclusion....Pages 113-114 Back Matter....Pages 115-119