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"Entrepreneurship has been welcomed as a new field in the academic world much as entrepreneurs are welcomed in the business world by established firms that regard them as competitors."

 

 

 

 
Karl Vesper
Professor Emeritus of Business Administration

PhD, Stanford University, 1969
MSME, Stanford University, 1966
MBA, Harvard University, 1960
BSME, Stanford University, 1955

Phone:   
 206-543-6737 Mailing Address:
Fax:
 206-685-9392 University of Washington Business School
Office:
Email:
 314 Mackenzie Hall
kvesper@u.washington.edu
 Management and Organization Department
Box 353200
Seattle, WA 98195-3200
     

Specialties

    Venture development, entrepreneurship, strategic management.

Positions Held

    At the University of Washington since 1969
    Visiting professor at Trinity College (1989)
    Endowed professorships at
    the University of Calgary (1987)
    Babson College (1981)and
    Baylor University (1980)

Selected Publications

  • "University Entrepreneurship Programs Worldwide," with W. Gartner, Los Angeles, the University of Southern California, 1998.

  • "Internal Ventures," Handbook of Technology Management, Dorf, Richard (ed.), CRC Press, 1998.

  • New Venture Experience: Cases, Text and Exercises, revised edition, Vector Books, 1996.

  • "Innovations in Entrepreneurship Education: Successes and Failures," with W. Gartner, Journal of Business Venturing, May 1994.

  • The Washington Entrepreneur's Guide, with P. Larson, University Press, 1993.

  • New Venture Mechanics, Prentice-Hall, 1993.

Current Research

    Tracking and study of entrepreneurship research and education programs worldwide, design and evaluation of entrepreneurship cultivation programs, origins of corporate growth and profit elements.

Honors and Awards

    Lifetime Entrepreneur Research Conference Award (1996)
    Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer (1989)

Selected Consulting Experience

  • U.S. Congress, testimony on entrepreneurship and national policy.

  • Westinghouse Electric, intrapreneurship program.

  • University of Illinois, entrepreneurship program, and Babson College, developed an entrepreneurship program and research conference.

Academic Service

    Chairman of the Management and Organization Department (1981-84)
    Founded the entrepreneurship division of the Academy of Management