 Dr. Matthews is an internationally recognized scholar and innovative teacher in the field of entrepreneurship and was honored to be named an University Distinguished Teaching Professor in 2006. His teaching and research interests include: strategic management; small, entrepreneurial, and family-owned ventures; and leadership succession in family/privately held firms. His research has been published in the Journal of Small Business Management; the Journal of Small Business Strategy; Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Family Business Review, The Center for the Quality of Management Journal, and the International Journal of Operations & Production Managment. He has been quoted in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, Industry Week, Business Week, and Inc. He was a regular columnist on small business and entrepreneurship for The Cincinnati Post from 1998-2001.
An award winning teacher, Dr. Matthews has taught over 5,000 students ranging from freshmen to doctoral students to executives, from individual instruction to classes of 540. He has facilitated over 400 faculty-guided, student-based field case studies and has served as a consultant to numerous organizations including many family businesses. In addition to his consulting practice, Dr. Matthews has entrepreneurial and family business experience in the automotive, photographic, and real estate industries. An educational entrepreneur as well, he is the founder of the UC Center for Entrepreneurship Education & Research in 1997, which was named one of the top 50 Entrepreneurship programs in the U.S. in 2001 (Success Magazine); a top tier and top 100 nationally recognized program in 2003, 2004, and 2005 (Entrepreneur Magazine); and ranked 21 in the country by Princeton Review and Entrepreneurship Magazine in 2008.
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- Human, S., Clark, T., Matthews, C., Gunnarsson, C., & Stewart, J., (in-press). “A Comparative Examination of Career and Start-up Expectations in South Korea, Ukraine, and United States.” New England Journal of Entrepreneurship.
- Matthews, C., Schenkel, M., Ford, M., and Human, S. (2009). “Comparing Nascent Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs and Expectations of Firm Growth.” Journal of Small Business Strategy, 20:1, 53-80.
- Schenkel, Mark T., Matthews, Charles H., & Ford, Matthew W. (2009). “Making rational use of ‘irrationality'? Exploring the role of need for cognitive closure in nascent entrepreneurial activity.” Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 21:1, 51-76.
- Smith, B.R., Matthews, C. H., & Schenkel, M. T. (2009). “Differences in Entrepreneurial Opportunities: The Role of Tacitness and Codification in Opportunity Identification.” Journal of Small Business Management, 47:1, 38-57.
- Heriot, K., Cook, R., Matthews, C., & Simpson, L., 2007. “Creating Active and High-Impact Learning.” Industry & Higher Education, December, 427-434.
- Smith, B., Matthews, C., & Schenkel, M., 2005. “The Search for and Discovery of Different Types of Entrepreneurial Opportunities: The Effects of Tacitness and Codification.” Frontiers in Entrepreneurship Research, 2005 Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Welles
- Stephens, Paul R.; Evans, James R.; Matthews, Charles H., 2005. “Importance and Implementation of Baldrige Practices for Small Businesses.” Quality Management Journal, Vol. 12, Issue 3, 21-38.
- Ford, M., Evans, J., and Matthews, C., 2004. “Linking Self-Assessment to the External Environment: An Exploratory Study.” International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 24:11, 1175-1187.
- McConaughy, D., Matthews, C., & Fialko, A., 2001. 'Founding Family Controlled Firms: Efficiency, Risk, and Value.' Journal of Small Business Management, 39:1, January.
- Ford, M., Evans, J., Matthews, C., & Burchill, G., 2001. “Theoretical Foundations of the Seven Infrastructures Model.” Center for Quality of Management Journal, 10:2, 51-75.
- Matthews, C. Ford, M. & Human, S., 2001. “The Context of New Venture Initiation: Comparing Growth Expectation of Nascent Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs.” Frontiers in Entrepreneurship Research, 2001 Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Jönköping, Sweden.
- Matthews, C. & Human, S. 2000. “The Little Engine that Could: Uncertainty and Growth Expectations of Nascent Entrepreneurs,” Frontiers in Entrepreneurship Research, 2000 Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, June 7-9, Boston.
- Matthews, C., Moore, T., Fialko, A., 1999. 'Succession in the Family Firm: A Cognitive Categorization Perspective.' Family Business Review, 12:2, June, 159-170.
- Matthews, C., 1998. “The Small Business Institute Program: High Impact Entrepreneurship Education.” Journal of Small Business Strategy, 9:2, Fall/Winter.
- Matthews, C., Xiaodong, Q., & Franklin, G., 1996. "Stepping Toward Prosperity: The Development of Entrepreneurial Ventures in China and Russia." Journal of Small Business Management, 34:3, July.
- Matthews, C. & Moser, S., 1996. "A Longitudinal Investigation of the Impact of Family Background and Gender on Interest in Small Firm Ownership." Journal of Small Business Management, 34:2, April.
- Matthews, C. & Scott, S., 1995. "Uncertainty and Planning in Small and Entrepreneurial Firms: An Empirical Assessment." Journal of Small Business Management, 33:4, October.
- Matthews, C., Vasudevan, D., Barton, S., & Apana, R., 1994. "Capital Structure Decision Making in Privately Held Firms: Beyond the Finance Paradigm." Family Business Review, 7:4, Dec.
- Matthews, C. H., 1991. "Strategic Planning and the Family Firm: An SBI Consulting Perspective." Journal of Small Business Strategy, 2:1, February.
- Barton, S. & Matthews, C., 1989. "Small Firm Financing: Implications from the Strategic Management Perspective." Journal of Small Business Management, 27:1, January.
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