Patricia P. McDougall-Covin

My choice of entrepreneurship was very much influenced by my father. During my high school years I often helped my father in his business. He was a small town entrepreneur and worked hard to support his family of 5 children. By having the experience of working with him, I gained the confidence that I would be able to be successful in business which was still a bit novel for females at that time in history. This led to my interest in entrepreneurship. Becoming an entrepreneurship faculty member was a blending of two interests.– Patricia P. McDougall-Covin.

Education

Patricia McDougall-Covin went to college at the University of South Carolina (USC) and got her bachelor degree in 1969, majoring in Distributive Education. Seven years later, in 1976, she got a master’s degree at USC, concentrating on Education. From 1981 – 1986 Patricia McDougall-Covin worked as a Graduate Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant and Research Associate at the University of South Carolina (McDougall Vita).

Academic Career

In 1987 she received her doctorate with a major in Strategic Management and Business Policy. Her dissertation An Analysis of Strategy, Entry Barriers, and Origin as Factors Explaining New Venture Performance, received the Academy of Management's 1988 Heizer Doctoral Thesis Award as the outstanding dissertation in Entrepreneurship.

Patricia McDougall-Covin left the faculty at USC to become Assistant Professor of Management at Georgia State University in 1986. Five years later, in 1991, she became Professor of Management at Georgia Institute of Technology.

In August 1999, she became Professor of Strategic Management at Kelley School of Business, Indiana University and two years later she also became the William L. Haeberle Professor of Entrepreneurship at Kelley School of Business.

She has been interim Associate Dean of Academics at Kelley School of Business between July 2004 and December 2005, Associate Dean of Faculty and Research from January 2006 to 2009, and since October 2011 she is the director of the Institute for International Business.

Research

In 1994, Patricia P. McDougall-Covin, together with Benjamin M. Oviatt, published a very influential article titled Toward a Theory of International New Ventures. In the article, published in the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), McDougall and Oviatt argued that the prevailing way of understanding multinational enterprises was faulty and that there was a need for a new framework to understand the phenomena of international new ventures i.e. organizations that where international from there very formation (Oviatt & McDougall 1994). In 2004, the article won the Journal of International Business Studies Decade Award for most Influential paper in international business for the past decade.

During her career Patricia P. McDougall-Covin has continued to produce research articles and books, focusing on Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship and International Business. She has also consulted on strategic management for private companies such as Coca-Cola and she is involved in several global engagement activities, projects for entrepreneurial development and Economic empowerment for women in developing countries (Biography).

Influential articles

Oviatt, Benjamin M. & McDougall, Patricia P. (1994) Toward a Theory of International New Ventures. Journal of International Business Studies. 25 (1). p. 45-64.

Oviatt, Benjamin M. & McDougall, Patricia P. (2005) Defining International Entrepreneurship and Modeling the Speed of Internationalization. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 29 (5). p. 537-554.

McDougall, Patricia P. (1989) International vs. Domestic Entrepreneurship: A Comparison of New Venture Strategic Behavior and Industry Structure. Journal of Business Venturing. 4 (6). p. 387-400.

Powers, Joshua B. & McDougall, Patricia P. (2005) University Start-up Formation and Technology Licensing with Firms that Go Public: A Resource View of Academic Entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing. 20 (3). p. 291-311.

Books (co-edited)

Oviatt, Benjamin M. & McDougall, Patricia P. (ed.) (2007) International Entrepreneurship. Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar Publishing.

Hisrich, Robert, McDougall, Patricia P. & Oviatt, Benjamin M. (ed.) (1997) Cases in International Entrepreneurship. Irwin.

Education (Short)

  • PhD, University of South Carolina, 1987
  • MEd, University of South Carolina, 1976
  • BS, University of South Carolina, 1969

Career (Short)

  • Georgia State University, Assistant Professor of Management, (1986-1991)
  • Georgia Institute of Technology, Professor of Management, (1991-1999)
  • Chair, Academy of Management-Entrepreneurship Division, (1996-1997)
  • Chair, Management Department, Kelley School of Business, (2000-2003)
  • Interim Associate Dean of Academics, Kelley School of Business, (2004-2005)
  • Associate Dean of Faculty and Research, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, (2006-2009)
  • Editor, Entrepreneurship & Management Journal, Social Science Research Network (SSRN), 2009-present
  • Vice President-Program, Academy of International Business (2012-2014)

References

Kelly School of business (2015) Faculty & Research. [Online] Available from: http://kelley.iu.edu/facultyglobal/directory/FacultyProfile.cfm?netid=mcdougal [Accessed: April 10, 2015].

Email interview with Patricia P. McDougall-Covin, conducted by Sten K. Johanson Center for Entrepreneurship, Lund University.

Curriculum Vitae (CV): Patricia P. McDougall-Covin, revised September 2013. [Online] Available from: http://kelley.iu.edu/facultyglobal/directory/FacultyProfile.cfm?netid=mcdougal [Accessed: April 14, 2015].

Kelly School of Business (2015) Biography: Patricia P.McDougall-Covin. [Online] Available from: http://kelley.iu.edu/facultyglobal/directory/FacultyProfile.cfm?netid=mcdougal [Accessed: April 14, 2015].

Oviatt, Benjamin M. & McDougall, Patricia P. (1994) Toward a Theory of International New Ventures. Journal of International Business Studies. 25 (1). p. 45-64.

Palgrace Macmillan (2015) The Journal of International Business Studies Decade award. [Online] Available from: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jibs/decade_award.html [Accessed: April 10, 2015].