Presenting Phillip H. Phan

Entrepreneurship and Microfinance: A Review and Research Agenda

The John Molson School of Business Concordia University Senior Research Chair in Management Michael Carney presents Phillip H. Phan Professor and Vice Dean for Faculty and Research Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University.

Friday March 26, 2010 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
1450 Guy Street, MB 15.254, Montreal (corner of Guy and De Maisonneuve, 15th Floor). Click here to view location on Google maps.

Professor Phan’s presentation will review the research in microfinance, entrepreneurship and economic development spanning a 10 year period between 1998 and 2008. He will also highlight the main research questions, summarize the most common methodological approaches and key findings, and offer observations on gaps in the literature with suggestions for future research questions.

Professor Phillip H. Phan

Phillip H. Phan is Professor and Vice Dean for Faculty and Research at The Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School. Between 2000 and 2007, he was the Warren H. Bruggeman ‘46 and Pauline Urban Bruggeman Distinguished Professor of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He held the 2004 and 2005 Haniel Foundation Visiting Professorship at Humboldt University in Berlin and was the 2006 Robert Bosch Foundation Public Policy Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. He is the holder of the 2008 Tommie Goh Distinguished Visiting Professor of Public Policy and Entrepreneurship at the Singapore Management University and the 2009 Visiting Professor of Engineering Management at the National University of Singapore.

His areas of research and teaching are in Entrepreneurship and Corporate Governance. Professor Phan has published more than 80 peer reviewed research articles in such journals as the Academy of Management Journal, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Corporate Governance, European Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Research Policy, IEEE Transactions Engineering Management and Small Business Economics. His books include, Theoretical Advances in Family Enterprise Research (InfoAge Press), Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Emerging Regions (Edward Elgar), and Taking Back the Boardroom: Thriving as a Director in the 21st Century (Imperial College Press). He served two terms on the editorial review board of the Academy of Management Journal, and is now Associate Editor for the Journal of Business Venturing, the Journal of Financial Stability, and the Journal of Technology Transfer.

Informal Afternoon Session

Professor Phan will be available to meet with interested students and faculty on Friday, March 26, 2010 from 12:00-13:00 pm in MB 12.137.

For more information

Please direct any questions concerning this event to Dr. Michael Carney, Senior Concordia University Research Chair in Management, and Professor of Management, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University.
Tel: 514-848-2424 ext 2937
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