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Primary Research
Areas:
- Entrepreneurship
- The development and use
of social networks
- Venture Capital
Ben Hallen is an Assistant
Professor of Strategy. Professor
Hallen’s research focuses on how
entrepreneurs may form network
ties with potential resource
providers and partners. He
studies this question in the
context of entrepreneurs raising
equity investments from venture
capital and corporate investors.
His research has a particular
focus on identifying strategies
that entrepreneurs may use when
they are unknown within an
industry and lack prior network
ties to investors. This research
builds on several intellectual
traditions, including
organizational theory, economic
sociology, and psychology, while
involving a combination of
inductive field-based methods
and statistical, quantitative
methods. For his dissertation
research, he received a
Dissertation Fellowship from the
Ewing Marion Kauffman
Foundation.
Professor Hallen received his
PhD in Strategy, Organizations,
and Entrepreneurship from
Stanford University. Prior to
his doctoral studies, Professor
Hallen was a co-founder and CTO
of Topik Solutions, an email
relationship firm that grew out
of the Batten Incubator at the
Darden School of Business at the
University of Virginia. In
addition to his experience at
Topik Solutions, he also worked
at Electronic Arts with their
executive development program.
He holds a B.S. in Electrical
Engineering (with highest
distinction) and a Master's of
Computer Science from the
University of Virginia.
Selected
Publications
Hallen, Benjamin (2007) “The
Origin of the Network Positions
of New Organizations: From Whom
are Entrepreneurs Likely to
Receive their First Investments”
(Revise and resubmit,
Administrative Science
Quarterly)
Hallen, Benjamin with
Kathleen Eisenhardt (2007) “A
Psychological Perspective on the
Formation of
Inter-Organizational
Relationships by New
Organizations: How Entrepreneurs
Quickly and Successfully Receive
Investments from Venture
Capitalists and Corporate
Investors” (Working Paper)
Honors and
Awards
Distinguished Student Paper
Award from the Business Policy
and Strategy Division at the
Academy of Management Annual
Meeting, 2007.
Finalist in Organization Science
Dissertation Proposal
Competition, 2006.
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Dissertation Fellowship, 2006.
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