John A. Pearce, II,
Villanova University Richard B. Robinson, Jr.,
University of South Carolina
ISBN: 0073054224 Copyright year: 2007
About the Authors
John A. Pearce II
John A. Pearce II, Ph.D., holds the Endowed Chair in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship
at Villanova University. In 2004, he was the Distinguished Visiting Professor
at ITAM in Mexico City. Previously, Professor Pearce was the Eakin Endowed Chair in
Strategic Management at George Mason University and a State of Virginia Eminent
Scholar. He received the 1994 Fulbright U.S. Professional Award, which he served at INTAN
in Malaysia. Dr. Pearce has taught at Penn State University, West Virginia University,
the University of Malta as the Fulbright Senior Professor in International Management, and
at the University of South Carolina where he was Director of Ph.D. Programs in Strategic
Management. He received a Ph.D. degree in Business Administration and Strategic Management
from the Pennsylvania State University.
Professor Pearce is coauthor of 36 books and has authored more than 250 articles and
refereed professional papers. The articles have appeared in journals that include Academy
of Management Executive, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review,
Business Horizons, California Management Review, Journal of Applied Psychology,
Journal of Business Venturing, Long-Range Planning, Organizational Dynamics, Sloan
Management Review, and Strategic Management Journal. Several of these publications
have resulted from Professor Pearce's work as a principal on research projects funded for
more than $2 million. He is a widely recognized expert in the field of strategic management,
with special accomplishments in the areas of strategic planning and management, including
strategy formulation, implementation, and control, mission statement development, environmental
assessment, industry analysis, and tools for strategy evaluation and selection.
Professor Pearce is the recipient of several awards in recognition of his accomplishments
in teaching, research, scholarship, and professional service, including three Outstanding
Paper Awards from the Academy of Management and the 2003 Villanova University Outstanding
Faculty Research Award. A frequent leader of executive development programs
and an active consultant to business and industry, Dr. Pearce's client list includes domestic
and multinational firms engaged in manufacturing and service industries.
Richard B. Robinson, Jr.
Richard B. Robinson, Jr., Ph.D., is the Business Partnership Foundation Fellow in Strategic
Management and Entrepreneurship in the Moore School of Business, University of South
Carolina. He also serves as Director of the Faber Entrepreneurship Center at USC and Assistant
Director of the Center for Manufacturing and Technology in USC's College of Engineering
and Information Technology. Dr. Robinson received his Ph.D. in Business Administration
from the University of Georgia. He graduated from Georgia Tech in Industrial Management.
Professor Robinson has coauthored over 30 books addressing strategic management and entrepreneurship
issues that students and managers use worldwide. He has authored over 300 articles,
professional papers, and case studies that have been published in major journals including
the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management
Journal, Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal, and the Journal of Business Venturing.
Dr. Robinson has previously held executive positions with companies in the pulp and paper,
hazardous waste, building products, lodging, and restaurant industries. He currently
serves as a director or adviser to entrepreneurial companies that are global leaders in niche
markets in the log home, building products, animation, and computer-chip thermal management
industries. Dr. Robinson also supervises more than 50 student teams each year that undertake
field consulting projects and internships with entrepreneurial companies worldwide.
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