Department of Management & Entrepreneurship

Research & Teaching Areas
- Determinants & Measurement of New Venture Performance
- Entrepreneurship & New Venture Management
- Strategic Management & Industry Structure

Recent Consulting
- Kauffman Foundation

Academic Positions
- University of Wollongong, Australia
- University of South Carolina

Professional Experience, Leadership & Service
- Epic Homes
- Home Buyers Choice Realty
- Robinson’s Shoes
- Academy of Management
- United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Representative Publications

Robinson, K. C., & McDougall, P. P. (2001). Entry barriers and new venture performance: A comparison of universal and contingency approaches. Strategic Management Journal, 22, 659-685.

Robinson, K. C. (1999). An examination of the influence of industry structure on
eight alternative measures of new venture performance for high potential
independent new ventures. Journal of Business Venturing, 14, 165-187.

Robinson, K. C., & McDougall, P. P. (1998). The impact of alternative operationalizations of industry structural elements on measures of performance for entrepreneurial manufacturing ventures. Strategic Management Journal, 19, 1079-1100