Michael Howard
Academic Director, McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship
Associate Professor
Biography
Michael Howard is the Academic Director of the McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship and an Associate Professor in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in Technology Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management from the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington. He completed an MBA with a concentration in Finance and a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign. His industry experience includes eight years in corporate finance with Intel, during which he worked as a senior finance manager in the Desktop Products Group, managing product cost forecasts and financial strategy for Intel’s long-term microprocessor product roadmap. His research interests include technology and innovation management, organizational genealogy, entrepreneurship, and social network analysis. His work has been accepted for publication in the Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Business Venturing, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Management Studies, and Social Networks.
Research Interests
Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Social Network AnalysisResearch
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The Spawning of Ecosystems: How Cohort Effects Benefit New Ventures Academy of Management Journal |
2019 | Article |
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Knowledge Dependence and the Formation of Director Interlocks Academy of Management Journal |
2017 | Article |
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Strategic Management Journal |
2016 | Article |
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Strategic Management Journal |
2016 | Article |
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Understanding Network Formation in Strategy Research: Exponential Random Graph Models Strategic Management Journal |
2016 | Article |
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Journal of Business Venturing |
2015 | Article |
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Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal |
2012 | Article |