| Charles H. Matthews, PhD |
| Professor and Exec. Director UC Center for Entrepreneurship |
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 Dr. Matthews is an internationally recognized scholar and innovative teacher in the field of entrepreneurship. 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)and a top tier and top 100 nationally recognized program in 2003, 2004, and 2005 (Entrepreneur Magazine).
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| Contact Information |
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| E-mail: |
charles.matthews@uc.edu |
Phone: |
(513) 556-7123 |
| Office/Address: |
510 Carl H. Lindner Hall
PO Box 210165
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0165 |
Fax: |
(513) 556-5499 |
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| Areas of Expertise |
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| General Expertise: |
Globalization, Management, Technology, Venture Creation |
| Specific Expertise: |
E-Commerce, Entrepreneurship/Venture Creation, Strategic Management, Technology & Innovation Management, Technology & Innovation Management |
| Research Interests: |
New Venture Creation, Small Business, Strategy, Decision Making |
| Teaching Interests: |
Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Technology, Family Business, Decision Making |
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| Working Papers |
- Matthews, C., Schenkel, M., Ford, M., and Human, S. “Comparing Nascent Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs and Expectations of Firm Growth.”
- Schenkel, M., Matthews, C., & Ford, M., 2006. “Nascent Entrepreneurial Opportunity: Exploring the Role of Need for Closure.”
- Matthews, C., Ford, M., and Baucus, M., 2006. “Strategic Cognitions of the Entrepreneur and Planning Formality in Nascent Firms: An Empirical Study.”
- Matthews, C. & Schenkel, M., 2004. “Recognizing Entrepreneurial Opportunity: The Need for Closure.” Presented at the 2004 Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, June.
- Lonier, T. & Matthews, C., 2004. “Measuring the Impact of Social Networks on Entrepreneurial Success: The Master Mind Principle.” Presented at the 2004 Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, June.
- Lonier, T. & Matthews, C., 2003. “Leveraging External Resources by Urban Entrepreneurs: Starbucks as the New Entrepreneurial Office.”
- Matthews, C., Ford, M., and Human, S. 2002. “From Credit Cards to Venture Capital: Financing Complexity and Planning Sophistication in Nascent Ventures.”
- Matthews, C., Ford, M., and Baucus, M. “To Plan or Not to Plan: Is That Really the Question?”
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| Publications |
- 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., Matthews, C., & Burchill, G., 2001. “Theoretical Foundations of the Seven Infrastructures Model.” Center for Quality of Management Journal, 10:2, 51-75.
- Ford, M., Evans, J., and Matthews, C., 2004. “Linking Self-Assessment to the External Environment: An Exploratory Study.” International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Forthcoming.
- McConaughy, D., Matthews, C., & Fialko, A., 2001. 'Founding Family Controlled Firms: Efficiency, Risk, and Value.' Journal of Small Business Management, 39:1, January.
- 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.
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| Affiliations |
- United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE)
- Academy of Management (AoM)
- International Council for Small Business (ICSB)
- Small Business Institute Directors' Association (SBIDA)
- North American Case Research Association (NACRA)
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| Honors & Achievements |
- University Distinguished Teaching Professor
- Fellow United States Association for Small Business and EntrepreneurshipFellow Small Business Institute
- EXCEL Award for Excellence in Graduate Education 2001Outstanding MBA Faculty Department of Management 1993 and 1994Best Professor Overall MBA 1993
- Malone Fellow
- Fellow Small Business Institute
- Outstanding MBA Faculty Department of Management 1993 and 1994
- Best MBA Professor Overall 1993
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| Education |
- PhD University of Cincinnati
- MBA Xavier University
- BA Edgecliff College
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