Reimagining Entrepreneurship Design Culture Exposure as a Positive Mediator for Entrepreneurial Capacity
Authors: Robert Anthony Edgell, Firas Khasawneh, and James C. Moustafellos.
Issue: 2018, Vol. 4
Abstract
A diverse body of literature confirms the need to better understand the antecedents of entrepreneurial capacity, especially for developing nations or similar de-industrializing rust belt regions within developed nations. The research intention was to test our theory that exposure to design culture and design processes would induce heightened levels of individual attributes associated with entrepreneurship capacity. Results confirmed positive mediating effects of design culture treatment (DCT) exposure on the dependent variables collaboration self-efficacy (CSE), entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE), and perceptions of opportunity (PO). The effects of DCT on propensity to remain (PR) and affect geopolitical (AG) were not supported.
Keywords: collaboration, design, economic development, entrepreneurship, self-efficacy, vision.
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Authors: Robert Anthony Edgell, Firas Khasawneh, and James C. Moustafellos.
Issue: 2018, Vol. 4
Abstract
A diverse body of literature confirms the need to better understand the antecedents of entrepreneurial capacity, especially for developing nations or similar de-industrializing rust belt regions within developed nations. The research intention was to test our theory that exposure to design culture and design processes would induce heightened levels of individual attributes associated with entrepreneurship capacity. Results confirmed positive mediating effects of design culture treatment (DCT) exposure on the dependent variables collaboration self-efficacy (CSE), entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE), and perceptions of opportunity (PO). The effects of DCT on propensity to remain (PR) and affect geopolitical (AG) were not supported.
Keywords: collaboration, design, economic development, entrepreneurship, self-efficacy, vision.
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| Reimagining Entrepreneurship Design Culture Exposure as a Positive Mediator for Entrepreneurial Capacity by Robert Anthony Edgell, Firas Khasawneh, and James C. Moustafellos |
About the Author:
Dr. Edgell is currently a Professor of Technology Management, Co-Director of the Joint Center for Creativity, Design, and Venturing, and had volunteered for one year to be the Interim Dean of the College of Business Management at SUNY Polytechnic Institute. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Swiss Business School in Zurich and has delivered research papers and lectures at Stanford University’s Law School, the University of California San Francisco’s School of Dentistry, the California College of the Arts, and the University of St. Gallen. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at American University’s Kogod School of Business where he was named Outstanding Faculty. Also, he has taught at San Francisco State University’s College of Business.
Dr. Edgell’s scholarship agenda expands upon his deep commitment to exploring the intersections among economics, human behavior, the humanities, art, and design. He is currently researching institutional change micro-processes, design culture, collective ideation techniques, and entrepreneurial capacity development. He has collaborated with scholars from Temple University, Stanford University, and other institutions. He has published several scholarly research articles and presented multiple conference papers. Many of his research projects have been featured on National Public Radio’s Academic Minute. Recently he was a co-PI recipient, along with Dr. Daryl Lee, of a prestigious $100,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Humanities Connections grant (9.5% acceptance rate) for Reimagining Entrepreneurship: An Integrated Pathway for Creative and Ethical Venturing. In addition, NYSTEC recently donated $25,000 for supporting his entrepreneurial Initiatives and related research at the College of Business Management. Shortly after arriving at SUNY Poly, he launched an integrated community-based experiential learning, research, and service program that brings InnovationChallenge New York (ICNY) events to the Upstate New York region. Since then, he has organized a total of six ICNY iterations with varied topics, students, and locations. In October of 2017, he presented his co-authored empirical quantitative research paper, Reimagining entrepreneurship: Design culture exposure as a positive mediator for entrepreneurial capacity, at the International Atlantic Economics Society’s Montreal Conference (paper accepted for publication). He was awarded “Campus Connector” designation by Upstate Venture Ecosystems Awards in 2016. Recently during August of 2018, he was again nominated by Upstate Venture Connect as a Campus Connector. Lastly, Dr. Edgell and the NEH grant team through the new Joint Center for Creativity, Design, and Venturing (JCCDV) are currently planning the first-ever “Visioneers and Venturers” scholarly conference and publication for Fall 2019. Dr. Edgell and Dr. Lee’s NEH grant project work was included for featuring in an AAC&U panel for Spring 2019. In 2017, the SUNY System awarded Dr. Edgell and Dr. Lee a $40,000 Performance Improvement Funds (PIF) grant to support the JCCDV’s development and activities.
Dr. Edgell received his PhD in international multicultural management (magna cum laude) from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. He holds an MBA from Columbia University Business School in the City of New York and a five-year Bachelor of Architecture from Kent State University, College of Architecture and Environmental Design. Through Columbia's Chazen Institute of International Business, he studied at Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management in The Netherlands. He is a registered Architect and has studied at Harvard University, Graduate School of Design.
Dr. Edgell is currently a Professor of Technology Management, Co-Director of the Joint Center for Creativity, Design, and Venturing, and had volunteered for one year to be the Interim Dean of the College of Business Management at SUNY Polytechnic Institute. He has been a Visiting Professor at the Swiss Business School in Zurich and has delivered research papers and lectures at Stanford University’s Law School, the University of California San Francisco’s School of Dentistry, the California College of the Arts, and the University of St. Gallen. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor at American University’s Kogod School of Business where he was named Outstanding Faculty. Also, he has taught at San Francisco State University’s College of Business.
Dr. Edgell’s scholarship agenda expands upon his deep commitment to exploring the intersections among economics, human behavior, the humanities, art, and design. He is currently researching institutional change micro-processes, design culture, collective ideation techniques, and entrepreneurial capacity development. He has collaborated with scholars from Temple University, Stanford University, and other institutions. He has published several scholarly research articles and presented multiple conference papers. Many of his research projects have been featured on National Public Radio’s Academic Minute. Recently he was a co-PI recipient, along with Dr. Daryl Lee, of a prestigious $100,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Humanities Connections grant (9.5% acceptance rate) for Reimagining Entrepreneurship: An Integrated Pathway for Creative and Ethical Venturing. In addition, NYSTEC recently donated $25,000 for supporting his entrepreneurial Initiatives and related research at the College of Business Management. Shortly after arriving at SUNY Poly, he launched an integrated community-based experiential learning, research, and service program that brings InnovationChallenge New York (ICNY) events to the Upstate New York region. Since then, he has organized a total of six ICNY iterations with varied topics, students, and locations. In October of 2017, he presented his co-authored empirical quantitative research paper, Reimagining entrepreneurship: Design culture exposure as a positive mediator for entrepreneurial capacity, at the International Atlantic Economics Society’s Montreal Conference (paper accepted for publication). He was awarded “Campus Connector” designation by Upstate Venture Ecosystems Awards in 2016. Recently during August of 2018, he was again nominated by Upstate Venture Connect as a Campus Connector. Lastly, Dr. Edgell and the NEH grant team through the new Joint Center for Creativity, Design, and Venturing (JCCDV) are currently planning the first-ever “Visioneers and Venturers” scholarly conference and publication for Fall 2019. Dr. Edgell and Dr. Lee’s NEH grant project work was included for featuring in an AAC&U panel for Spring 2019. In 2017, the SUNY System awarded Dr. Edgell and Dr. Lee a $40,000 Performance Improvement Funds (PIF) grant to support the JCCDV’s development and activities.
Dr. Edgell received his PhD in international multicultural management (magna cum laude) from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. He holds an MBA from Columbia University Business School in the City of New York and a five-year Bachelor of Architecture from Kent State University, College of Architecture and Environmental Design. Through Columbia's Chazen Institute of International Business, he studied at Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management in The Netherlands. He is a registered Architect and has studied at Harvard University, Graduate School of Design.
