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Ugur Uygur
Title/s: Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Affiliate Associate Professor of Computer Science
Office #: Schreiber 825
Phone: 312.915.6077
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About
Uğur Uygur is the Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Quinlan School of Business. His research and teaching revolve around judgment of new ideas. Recently his work has appeared in Journal of Small Business Management, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, and Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. Prior to his academic life, he worked at software start-ups and consulted with entrepreneurial ventures.
Degrees
- PhD in Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2009
- MS in Strategic Management, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2006
- MBA, Bilkent University, 1998
- BS in Computer Science, Middle East Technical University, 1996
Research Interests
- Entrepreneurial cognition
- Judgment of entrepreneurial opportunities
- Knowledge-based theory of the firm
- Philosophy of science
Courses Taught
- MGMT 480. Recognizing Entrepreneurial Opportunities
- MGMT 481. Entrepreneurship
- MGMT 482. Entrepreneurial Marketing
- MGMT 483. Strategic Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management
Selected Publications
Refereed Articles
Uygur, U. & Kim, S.M. “Evolution of Entrepreneurial Judgment with Venture-Specific Experience,” Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 10(2): 169-193, 2016
Uygur, U. “A Cognitive Explanation of Entrepreneurial Judgment: Opportunity as Analogy,” Journal of Small Business Management, in press
Varma, A., Aycan, Z., Budhwar, P., Pichler, S., Uygur, U., & Paluch, R. “Host country national willingness to support expatriates: An investigation in Turkey,” European Journal of International Management, 10(6): 605-623, 2016
Harris, D., Derdak, T., Lash N., Uygur U., Welch, M. & Tuncay Zayer, L. “Alliance for Social Enterprise: A Framework to Develop Social Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies,” Journal of Strategic Management Education, 9(4): 113-132, 2013
Uygur, U. “Determinants of Causal Ambiguity and Difficulty of Knowledge Transfer within the Firm,” Journal of Management & Organization, 19(6): 742-755, 2013
Uygur, U., A.M. Marcoux. "The Added Complexity of Social Entrepreneurship: A Knowledge-Based Approach." Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. 4.2 (2013). 132-152.