Franz T. Lohrke

Brock Family Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship

Chair, Department of Entrepreneurship, Management, and Marketing

Brock School of Business

Samford University

800 Lakeshore Drive

Birmingham, AL 35229

Office: 301 Dwight M. Beeson Hall

Tele: 205.726.2373

Fax: 205.726.2464

ftlohrke@samford.edu

Specialty Areas Entrepreneurship Strategic management International business Education Flagler College (B.A.) University of Iowa (M.B.A.) Louisiana State University (Ph.D.) Full Vita Research Interests Organizational slack Liabilities of newness Organizational decline and turnaround Social entrepreneurship Strategic alliances New venture and small business internationalization Top management and new venture teams Management history Courses Taught (Fall 2006-Summer 2013) BUSA 100, World of Business (Freshman Entrepreneurship Experience, team-taught) ENTR 407, Opportunity Recognition (Summer 2013, on-line) ENTR 485, Entrepreneurship ENTR 486, Social Entrepreneurship (team-taught) MNGT 406, Topics in MNGT: International Strategic Issues MNGT 481, Business Strategy BUSA (MBA) 590L, Economic Development of Britain (in London) ENTR (MBA) 555, Entrepreneurship MNGT (MBA) 561, Strategic Management MNGT (MBA) 590, International Management MNGT (MBA) 598, Topics in MNGT: Issues in Strategy and Technology Implementation Courses Taught Previously MGT 624, Ph.D. Seminar, Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship (University of Alabama) Syllabus MGT 591, Ph.D. Seminar, Entrepreneurship: Theoretical Perspectives (University of Alabama) Syllabus GBA 490, Strategic Management (University of Alabama) EMBA 6607, Global Organizational Issues (Florida Gulf Coast University) Recent Awards and Research Grants Selected as Best Case Reviewer, Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 2011  Awarded a $25,000 grant from the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago to study liability of newness and strategic alliance processes (with Professor Barbara Bird), 2008. Received the 2012 and 2008 Award for Outstanding Faculty Scholarship, Brock School of Business Recent Journal Publications Nagy, B. D., Blair, E. S., & Lohrke, F. T.  In press. Developing a scale to measure liabilities and assets of newness after start-up. Forthcoming in International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal.  Nagy, B. D., Pollack, J. M., Rutherford, M. W.,  & Lohrke, F. T. 2012. Entrepreneurs' credentials and impression management behaviors influence on investors' perceptions of new venture legitimacy. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 36: 941-965. Lohrke, F. T., Ahlstrom, D., & Bruton, G. D.  2012. Extending turnaround process research: Important lessons from the U.S. Civil War. Journal of Management Inquiry, 21: 217-234. Lohrke, F. T., Holloway, B. B., & Woolley, T. W. 2010. Conjoint analysis in entrepreneurship research: A review and research agenda. Organizational Research Methods, 13: 16-30. Marino, L.D., Lohrke, F. T., Hill, J. S., Weaver, K. M., & Tambunan, T. 2008. Environmental shocks and SME alliance formation intentions in an emerging economy: Evidence from the Asian Financial Crisis. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 32: 157-183. Tang, J., Zhi, T., & Lohrke, F. T. 2008. Developing an entrepreneurial typology: The roles of entrepreneurial alertness and attributional style. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 4: 273-294. Smith, D. A., & Lohrke, F. T. 2008. Entrepreneurial network development: Trusting in the process. Journal of Business Research, 61: 315-322. Lohrke, F. T., Simpson, G. W., & Hunt, D. M. 2007. Extending the bargaining power model: Eighteenth century lessons from Panton, Leslie and Company in managing political risk. Journal of Management History 13: 153-171. Lohrke, F. T., Franklin, G. M., & Frownfelter-Lohrke, C. 2006. The Internet as an information conduit: A transaction cost analysis model of U.S. SME Internet use. International Small Business Journal, 24: 159-178. Lohrke, F. T., Kreiser, P. M., & Weaver, K. M. 2006. The influence of current firm performance on future SME alliance formation intentions: A six-country study. Journal of Business Research, 59: 19-27.   Other Selected Journal Publications Lohrke, F. T., Bedeian, A. G., & Palmer, T. B. 2004. The role of top management teams in formulating and implementing turnaround strategies: A review and research agenda.  International Journal of Management Reviews, 5/6: 63-90. Bruton, G. B., Lohrke, F. T., & Lu, J. W. 2004. The evolving definition of what comprises international strategic management research.  Journal of International Management, 10: 413-429. Daniel, F., Lohrke, F. T., Fornaciari, C. J., & Turner, R. A. 2004.  Organizational slack and firm performance: A meta-analysis.  Journal of Business Research, 57: 565-574.   Lohrke, F. T., & Bruton, G. D. 1997. Contributions and gaps in international strategic management literature. Journal of International Management, 3: 25-57. (pdf) Ketchen, D. J., Jr., Combs, J. G., Russell, C. J., Shook, C., Dean, M. A., Runge, J., Lohrke, F. T., Naumann, S. E., Haptonstahl, D., Baker, R., Beckstein, B., Handler, C., Honig, H., & Lamoureux, S. 1997. Organizational configurations and performance: A meta-analysis. Academy of Management Journal, 40: 223-240. Lohrke, F. T. 1993. Motion study for the blinded: A review of the Gilbreths' work with the visually handicapped. International Journal of Public Administration, 16: 667-682.   Edited Volumes Landström, H., & Lohrke, F.T. (Eds.). 2012. Intellectual Roots of Entrepreneurship Research, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishers. Landström, H., & Lohrke, F.T. (Eds.). 2010. The Historical Foundations of Entrepreneurship Research, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishers.   Other Publications Lohrke, F. T., Baucus, M. S., & Carson, C. M. In press. Publishing cases in entrepreneurship journals. In M. Wright & A. Fayolle (Eds.), How to Publish in Entrepreneurship Journals. Forthcoming from Edward Elgar Publishers. Lohrke, F. T., & Landström, H. 2012. Examining the intellectual roots of entrepreneurship research. In H. Landström & F. T. Lohrke (Eds.), Intellectual Roots of Entrepreneurship Research: xiii-xxvi. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishers. Lists the top 100 articles in the Entrepreneurship field as chosen by the editors. Lohrke, F. T., & Frownfelter-Lohrke, C.  2011. Book Review: Handbook of research on electronic surveys and measurements.  Organizational Research Methods, 14: 389-393. Lohrke, F. T., & Landström, H. 2010. History matters in entrepreneurship research.  In H. Landström & F. T. Lohrke (Eds.), The Historical Foundations of Entrepreneurship Research: 1-11. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishers. Nagy, B. G., & Lohrke, F. T. 2010.  Only the good die young? A review of liability of newness and related organizational mortality research.  In H. Landström & F. T. Lohrke (Eds.), The Historical Foundations of Entrepreneurship Research: 185-204. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishers. Lohrke, F. T. 2008. Book Review: Research Methodology in Strategy and Management (volume 3).  Organizational Research Methods, 11: 860-864. Marino, L. D., Lohrke, F. T., Zhi, T., Dickson, P. H., & Weaver, K. M. 2005. Entrepreneurial acuity: The relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and the convergence of archival and perceptual measures of environmental uncertainty. In Zahra et al. (eds), Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, pp. 1-15. Wellesley, MA: Babson College.   Selected Presentations Thornton, J. P., Gonas, J., & Lohrke, F. T. 2012. The social entrepreneur as trailblazer: A non-normative role for social enterprise in a market economy. Presented at the NYU-Stern Social Entrepreneurship Conference, New York. http://ssrn.com/abstract=2172807 Lohrke, F.T., & Bird, B. 2011. Make versus sell: Examining new venture commercialization and licensing decisions.  Paper presented at the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Melbourne, Australia. Lohrke, F.T., Bird, B., & Gordon, R. 2010. Commercializing new technologies: The impact of liability of newness, liability of smallness, and technological innovation. Paper presented at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland. Lohrke, F. T., & Nagy, B. G. 2009.  Only the good die young? A review of liability of newness and related organizational mortality research. Paper presented at the Academy of Management meeting, Chicago, Illinois. Lohrke, F. T., Nagy, B. G., Bird, B., Fischer, E., & Reuber, R. 2009.  Are new ventures illegitimate, disreputable, untrustworthy, or routineless? A liability of newness review and research agenda. Paper presented at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Lohrke, F. T., & Bird. B. 2009. Breaking up is hard to do: Examining the role of partner changes on strategic alliance outcomes.Paper presented at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Wellesley, Massachusetts. Landström, H., Lohrke, F. T., Kreiser, P, Marino, L. D., Nagy, B., Moss, T., Short, J., Lumpkin, G. T., Foss, N. J., Klein, P. G., Ahlstrom, D., Wang, L. C., & Wadhwani, R. D. 2008.   Historical foundations of entrepreneurship research.  Symposium presented at the Academy of Management meeting, Anaheim, California. Nagy, B. G., & Lohrke, F.T. 2008. Attaining new venture legitimacy: A review and research agenda.  Paper presented at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Lohrke, F. T., Marino, L. D., & Tyler, B. B. 2004. Alliance formation in response to three types of environmental uncertainty: Longitudinal evidence from the collections industry.  Paper presented at the Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurial Research Conference, Glasgow, Scotland. Lohrke, F. T. 2003. Remembering two Strategic Management pioneers: Igor Ansoff and William Newman.  Symposium organized for the Management History and Business Policy and Strategy Divisions of the Academy of Management, Seattle, Washington. Lohrke, F. T., & Franklin, G. M. 2002. The Internet as an information conduit: A transaction cost analysis of small business Internet use.  Paper presented at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, Reno, Nevada. Selected as Best Conference Paper: Technological Applications for Entrepreneurship.   Recent Service Secretary for the Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management, August 2010-present Established social networking sites for the Division on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn in January 2012 Faculty participant, USASBE Doctoral Consortium, January 2012 Outstanding Reviewer, Social/Non-profit/Public Policy Entrepreneurship Division, United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, Anaheim, California, January 2009 Division Chair for the Management History Division, Academy of Management Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 2006 Track Chair for the International Management/Management Education/ Management History Track, Southern Management Association, Charleston, South Carolina, November 2005 Program Chair for the Management History Division, Academy of Management Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 2004 Editorial Review Board Member: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (case review board) , Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship, Journal of Management History, and Journal of Small Business Management. Ad-hoc Reviewer: Academy of Management Perspectives, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, European Management Journal, International Journal of Management Reviews, International Small Business Journal, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Organizational Research Methods, and Small Business Economics. As Chair of the Entrepreneurship, Management, and Marketing Department, Brock School of Business, Samford University: Coordinated efforts in building an Entrepreneurship program (beginning in Fall 2006) that was recognized by USASBE as the Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Program in the U.S.in 2010 Developed initiatives (listed below) that helped grow enrollment in the Entrepreneurship program from 2007 to present Helped redesign the freshman-level BUSA 100, World of Business, course in 2007 into a introductory course in Entrepreneurship, including developing outlines and grading rubrics for students' preliminary business plans.  The course was selected as a finalist for USASBE's 2011 Special Recognition in Entrepreneurship Education. Wrote the proposal for the Regions New Venture Challenge Business Plan Competition, which was funded for $20,000 by Regions Financial Corporation from 2009 to the present and included two divisions, Freshman (for BUSA 100 students) and Open.  Also administered the competition annually as well as developed the competition rules and wrote guidelines for preparing a business plan Wrote the proposal, which was funded for $10,000 by a donor, to support student micro-business formation in 2009     Microbusiness Resources Led departmental efforts contributing to successful Brock School of Business' reaccreditation by AACSB International in 2010, including developing and administering rubrics for several departmental learning goals Designed, championed, and implemented MBA concentrations in Entrepreneurship and International Business in 2011 Served on a two-person team to develop and deliver an Entrepreneurship curriculum for the Alabama Governor's School in 2012. This program is for gifted, rising high school seniors from across the state of Alabama. Designed, championed, and implemented an undergraduate Entrepreneurship minor for non-business students in 2013 to increase the number of science and arts students in the program   Increased national exposure of Entrepreneurship Program by writing and submitting material to different websites (e.g., EntrepreneurEdu.org) and social media outlets (e.g., Twitter).  Also, wrote several press releases and newsletters about student and faculty accomplishments. Taught course overloads for two years until additional faculty could be hired to support the Entrepreneurship major As Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator at Samford University, developed the Entrepreneurship and Social/Not-for-Profit Entrepreneurship concentrations, 2006-2007 Programs of Study in Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship  Also served as part of the faculty team at the University of Alabama that redesigned the Entrepreneurship program, which Entrepreneur magazine ranked in the top 25 nationally 2006-2010.   Contributions included publishing in Entrepreneurship journals, developing and teaching two PhD seminars in Entrepreneurship, helping redesign the undergraduate curriculum to include two Entrepreneurship concentrations, and serving as an ex officio member of the Culverhouse Entrepreneurship and Family Business Advisory Board Judge for the state-wide Alabama Launchpad Governor's Business Plan Competition, the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce's Small Business Awards, and the Birmingham Business Journal Best in Business Awards Counselor, Service Corps of Retired Excutives, 2010-present ProStart Academy: Developed and delivered personal and business finance lectures to inner-city high school student-athletes attending a football camp at Miles College on Saturdays, May 2008-2010.   Also serve on the organization's Board of Advisors Fourth and fifth grade Sunday School teacher, Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church  Selected Recent News Media Contributions 2011 May 5: Wrote an article for the Birmingham News about Alabama's future economic viability  http://blog.al.com/businessnews/2011/05/memorandum_samfords_franz_lohr_1.html  2010 November 4: Wrote an article for the Birmingham News about potential small business economic recovery http://blog.al.com/businessnews/2010/11/memorandum_samfords_franz_lohr.html February 14: Interviewed by Michael Tomberlin of the Birmingham News about a new venture starting during a recession http://ado.alabama.gov/content/media/press/BN.aspx?ID=2819 2009 June 19: Interviewed by Cindy Riley of the Birmingham Business Journal regarding private firm and small business challenges during a recession  http://www.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2009/06/22/focus2.html 2008 October 1: Appeared on Talk of Alabama on ABC 33/40 to discuss starting a business during an economic downturn August 22: Interviewed by Jena Hippensteel of the Birmingham Business Journal about Entrepreneurship education http://www.samford.edu/business/resources/news/20080822.php. June 25: Interviewed by Roy Williams of the Birmingham News about the Brock School of Business' Entrepreneurship program http://www.al.com/birminghamnews/stories/index.ssf?/base/business/1216987305176780.xml&coll=2   Selected Speeches Birmingham Breakfast Club. “University entrepreneurship programs: Can we really teach this stuff?” September 2012 Birmingham Business Leaders Roundtable. “Entrepreneurship in 2012,” September  2012 McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Samford University. “Business plan writing fundamentals,” September 2012 Navigating Our New Reality 2010 Nonprofit Summit hosted by the Alabama Association of Nonprofits.   Expert presentation: “Social Enterprise: Transforming Nonprofits and Mission,” March 2010. Birmingham Junior League Non-profit Roundtable.  Keynote speaker for the Junior League’s Summit on Non-profits.   Presented "The current economic recession and non-profit management," April 2009. SCORE Annual Luncheon Speaker. Presented "The important role of university entrepreneurship programs," December 2008. Homewood Rotary, Luncheon speaker at the October Homewood Rotary luncheon. Discussed "Current trends in Social Entrepreneurship" including initiatives at the Brock School of Business as well as the potential impact of the Financial Crisis on socially entrepreneurial organizations, November 2008. American Marketing Association - Birmingham Chapter, Keynote speaker (with Professor Betsy Holloway) discussing Social Entrepreneurship, including recent developments at the Brock School of Business, May 2008.