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Michael Conger
Associate Professor & Affiliate In The Institute For The Environment And Sustainability & Endres Associate Professor Fellow & Director Of Center For Social Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Contact Information
- Campus: Oxford
- Office: 2074
- Phone: 513.529.2991
- Email: congermj@miamioh.edu
Office Hours
- Tue and Thur 12:00-2:00pm
Links
- [PDF]*
* Accessible version of PDF available upon request.
Profile
Academic Background
- Ph.D. in Management & Entrepreneurship - University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
- Master of Business Administration - Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance - Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
Academic & Professional Experience
- Director, 兔子先生 University Center for Social Entrepreneurship, 兔子先生 University (2023鈥揚resent)
- Endres Associate Professor Fellow, 兔子先生 University (2023鈥揚resent)
- Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, 兔子先生 University (2020鈥揚resent)
- David F. Herche Endowed Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, 兔子先生 University (2019鈥2020)
- Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship, 兔子先生 University (2014鈥2020)
- Ph.D. Candidate - Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado (2010-2014)
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- Senior Business Analyst/Project Manager - ITA Group, Inc., Des Moines, IA
- Team Lead/Senior Developer - FBL Financial - Emerging Business & Technology Group, Des Moines, IA
- Team Lead/Senior Developer - Datatel, Inc., Fairfax, VA
- Lead Developer/Software Architect - BankOne Corp (now JP Morgan), Columbus, OH
- Director of Internet Services - Revolutions, Inc., Columbus, OH
- Co-Founder/CTO - Student-2-Student.com, Columbus, OH
- Web Developer/Designer - Ohio State University - Dept. of Agricultural Economics., Columbus, OH
Recent Publications
- Rawhouser, Hans, Chris Sutter, Natalie Holzaepfel, Michael Conger, Scott Newbert. 鈥淜nowledge-Related Resourcefulness for Growth in Weak Entrepreneurial Ecosystems鈥 forthcoming at Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice
- Vedula, Siddharth, Jeffrey G. York, Michael Conger, Elizabeth Embry. 2022. 鈥淕reen to Gone? Regional Institutional Logics and Firm Survival in Moral Markets.鈥漁rganization Science, 33(6), 2274-2299
- Gras, David, Michael Conger, Anna Jenkins, Michael Gras. 2020. 鈥淲icked Problems, Reductive Tendency, and the Formation of (Non-)Opportunity Beliefs鈥 Journal of Business Venturing, 35(3)
- Dinger, Jennifer, Michael Conger, David R. Hekman, Carla Bustamante. 2020. 鈥淪omebody That I Used To Know: The Immediate and Long-Term Effects of Social Identity in Post-Disaster Business Communities.鈥 Journal of Business Ethics, 166, 115-141
- Jones, Jessica, Jeffrey G. York, Siddharth Vedula, Michael Conger, Michael J. Lenox. 2019. 鈥淭he Collective Construction of Green Building: Industry Transition Toward Environmentally Beneficial Practices鈥 Academy of Management Perspectives, 33(4), 425-449
- Smith, Brett, Michael Conger, Jeffery S. McMullen, Mitchell Neubert. 2019. 鈥淲hy Believe? The Promise of Research on the Role of Religion in Entrepreneurship.鈥 Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 11:e00119
- Conger, Michael, Jeffery S. McMullen, Brian J. Bergman Jr., Jeffrey G. York. 2018. 鈥淐ategory Membership, Identity Control, and the Reevaluation of Prosocial Opportunities.鈥 Journal of Business Venturing, 33(2), 179-206
- Young, Susan, Chris Welter, Michael Conger. 2017. 鈥淪tability vs. Flexibility: The Effect of Regulatory Institutions on Opportunity Type.鈥 Journal of International Business Studies, 49(4), 407-441
Honors & Awards
- Recipient 鈥 2023 Richard K. Smucker Teaching Excellence Award Fellow 鈥 2023 Endres Associate Professor Fellowship Recipient 鈥 2022 兔子先生 University Prodesse Quam Conspici Award Recipient 鈥 2021-22 兔子先生 University Top 100 Most Commended Faculty Nominee 鈥 2021 E. Phillips Knox Distinguished Teaching Award Recipient 鈥 2021 兔子先生 University Student Recognition of Teaching Excellence Award Recipient 鈥 2020 Journal of Business Venturing Best Reviewer Award Recipient 鈥 2020 兔子先生 University Top 100 Most Commended Faculty Recipient 鈥 2020 James Robeson Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award Recipient 鈥 2020 兔子先生 University Student Recognition of Teaching Excellence Award Nominee 鈥 2019 兔子先生 University Associated Student Government Outstanding Professor Award
Biography
Michael Conger is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Director of the Center for Social Entrepreneurship at 兔子先生 University (OH). His research and teaching focus on how entrepreneurial action can contribute to solving social and environmental problems and the ways in which social enterprises are changing the role of business and organizations in society. The research context of his work includes rural and small town entrepreneurship, benefit corporations, green building, religious organizations, post-disaster rebuilding, developing economies, and craft/artisan industries. Michael received his Ph.D. in Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His dissertation work at CU focused on the emergence of social/sustainable enterprise and the Benefit Corporation in the United States. His recent publications include articles in the Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of International Business Studies, Academy of Management Perspectives, Journal of Business Ethics, Long Range Planning, and Journal of Business Venturing Insights. Prior to entering academia, Michael worked for 12 years as a software engineer, business analyst, project manager, and director in the consulting, insurance, investment banking, medical supply, and software industries. He also co-founded two technology startups and has served on the board of several non-profit organizations.
Courses
- FALL 2023
ESP 102 NA |F|S|U |4:00PM-11:00PM|8:00AM-11:00PM|8:00AM-3:00PM |FSB
ESP 201 F TR 1:15PM-2:35PM FSB 0039
ESP 331 A F 10:05AM-1:00PM FSB 0039