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Faculty Profile
Dr. J. Robert Baum is
Associate Professor of
Entrepreneurship in the M&O
Department at the University of
Maryland's Robert H. Smith
School of Business. Baum is a
Lehigh University engineer and
graduate of Northwestern
University's MBA program in
Finance and Economics. Dr. Baum
teaches MBA new venture courses,
and he won five university
teaching awards since 2000. His
research interests are
entrepreneurship, quantitative
methods, and strategic
decision-making. He has
published in The Academy of
Management Journal, The Journal
of Business Venturing, The
Journal of Applied Psychology,
Strategic Management Journal,
Organizational Science,
Frontiers of Entrepreneurship
Research, and he has
chapters in two books. His
dissertation, The Relation of
Traits, Competencies, Vision,
Motivation, and Strategy to
Venture Growth won the 1995
Academy of Management,
Entrepreneurship Division, best
dissertation award. Two of his
publications won best paper
awards at Babson - Kauffman
Entrepreneurship Research
Conferences, and he is editor of
The Psychology of
Entrepreneurship, a Society
of Industrial Organizational
Psychology Frontiers Series
book. Baum is a member of the
Editorial Board of the
Journal of Business Venturing.
He founded three new ventures,
and he is a member of the board
of directors of four businesses.
Primary Research
Areas:
-
Entrepreneurship/new-venture
growth
- Strategic
decision-making
- Quantitative methods
Selected
Publications
Baum, J.R., Frese, M, Baron,
R.A. (2006). The
Psychology of Entrepreneurship.
Mahway, NJ: Erlbaum.
Baum, J.R. and Wally, S.
"Strategic Decision Speed and
Firm Performance", Strategic
Management Journal, 2003
Baum, J.R. and Locke, E.A.,
"The Relationship of
Entrepreneurial Traits, Skill,
and Motivation to New Venture
Growth", Journal of Applied
Psychology, 2004
Baum, J. R., Locke, E. A.,
and Smith, K. G., "A
multi-dimensional Model of
Venture Growth" Academy of
Management Journal, 2001
Baum, J. R., Locke, E. A.,
and Kirkpatrick, S. A., "A
Longitudinal Study of the
Relation of Vision and Vision
communication to Venture Growth
in Entrepreneurial Firms"
Journal of Applied Psychology,
83(1): 43-54, 1998
Honors and
Awards
Allen J. Krowe Award for
Innovative Teaching, University
of Maryland, 2005
Best Paper Award,
Babson-Kaufmann Entrepreneurship
Research Conference, 2003
Best Paper Award,
Babson-Kaufmann Entrepreneurship
Research Conference, 2001
Allen J. Krowe Award for
Innovative Teaching, University
of Maryland, 2001
Best Dissertation Award,
Entrepreneurship Division,
Academy of Management, 1996
Consulting Work
- Highmark Blue Cross Blue
Shield
- Millennium Inorganic
Chemicals
- Hanover Lantern, Inc.
- United Concordia
Companies, Inc.
- Highmark Health Ventures
- Lancet Capital Partners
- Say Plastics, Inc
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