PhD in Entrepreneurship

[blueguitar322]

Is anyone else interested in this? I joined this board thinking Strategy for a PhD, but Entrepreneurship is really where my heart is. I've worked with some local startups and at a local incubator. I find myself getting much more excited about startups and small businesses than large corporations. The trouble is that I can't find many programs that focus specifically on entrepreneurship.

Here's what I've found so far: Indiana University has a big entrepreneurship center; Stanford also has one. MIT has a "Tech Innovation & Entrepreneurship" major with an associated entrepreneurship center. Louisville has a dedicated Entrepreneurship program, but doesn't have the name recognition / brand that other big universities have. North Carolina has a "Strategy & Entpreneurship" major and Ohio State also has a "Business Adm - Entrepreneurship" concentration.

I know most, if not all, schools would support some sort of entrepreneurship research as a subdivision of management or strategy, but I'd really like to find more specialized programs.

[zshfryoh1]

Here are a few more programs.

Oklahoma State
Syracuse Whitman
Temple Fox SBM (Their MBA entrepeneurship program has a very good rep, but the PhD concentration is a new concentration if I remember correctly)
UMKC

HBS has some good faculty doing entrepeneurship research, but I don't think they actually have a program. CMU Tepper has an entrepeneurship research center.

[ThatGuyOverThere]

HBS does have PhDs in the Entrepreneurship department
MIT has PhDs in Entrepreneurship through TIE (now TIES - strategy and TIE have merged)
Wharton does as well through the Entrepreneurship Group of the Management Department.
...basically, any top school does, though, in addition to those above and Stanford, Yale (Jim Barron), Case Western (Scott Shane), LBS, and Tepper are all particularly strong.

You can pretty much study entrepreneurship through the strategy or OB departments of most schools. Take a look at the Kauffman Foundation Dissertation Fellowship awards to get a sense of which schools have people interested in entrepreneurship.

[Bloomsbury]

Originally Posted by ThatGuyOverThere

You can pretty much study entrepreneurship through the strategy or OB departments of most schools. Take a look at the Kauffman Foundation Dissertation Fellowship awards to get a sense of which schools have people interested in entrepreneurship.

BTW this fellowship is only available for students in the US...it's stupid

[ThatGuyOverThere]

Originally Posted by Bloomsbury

BTW this fellowship is only available for students in the US...it's stupid

That's a little strong, I think. And, for the OP, looking at the list of winners of the Kaufman (KDFP Fellows) will show you where people went for PhDs, and where they went after - as good a placement data source on entrepreneurship as you are likely to get.

[Bloomsbury]

Well, Kauffman contributes to international projects, why do they limit their fellowships to US institutions ?

[NewBoston]

You could always establish your own foundation and make up any rules you want :P On the positive side, this provides a funding outlet for highly qualified scholars. Those who take funds from these guys may not take funds from other outlets, opening up additional funds which would have been unavailable otherwise.

[Bloomsbury]

Originally Posted by NewBoston

On the positive side, this provides a funding outlet for highly qualified scholars. Those who take funds from these guys may not take funds from other outlets, opening up additional funds which would have been unavailable otherwise.

True... But this can't be a fair competition.