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Charles Matthews

Professor and Exec. Director UC Center for Entrepreneurship
Professional Summary
Charles Matthews
Dr. Matthews is an internationally recognized scholar and innovative teacher in the field of entrepreneurship. An award winning teacher, he was awarded the title Distinguished Teaching Professor in 2006.
Contact Information
E-mail:
charles.matthews@uc.edu
Office:
510 Carl H. Lindner Hall
Phone:
513-556-7123
Fax:
513-556-5499
Teaching Interest
  • Entrepreneurship; Small Business; Family Business; Strategic Management; Entrepreneurship and E-Business; Global Entrepreneurship; Technology Entrepreneurship.
Research Interest
  • Entrepreneurship, strategic decision-making, corporate venturing, family firm succession, international business, opportunity recognition, and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Organization:
University of Cincinnati
Title:
Distinguished University Teaching Professor
Organization:
College of Business, University of Cincinnati
Title:
Professor of Entrepreneurship & Strategic Management
Organization:
Viaduct Ventures LLC
Title:
Founder
Organization:
Small Business Institute®
Title:
Certified Small Business Counselor (CSBC)
Organization:
U.C. Center for Entrepreneurship Education and Research, CoB
Title:
Executive Director
Organization:
Small Business Institute®, CoB
Title:
Director
Organization:
University of Cincinnati
Title:
Organization:
John Matthews Motors, Inc.
Title:
President
End Date:
2004-12-31
Organization:
College of Business, University of Cincinnati
Title:
Associate Professor of Management
End Date:
2004-12-31
Organization:
College of Business, University of Cincinnati
Title:
Assistant Professor of Management
End Date:
1996-12-31
Organization:
College of Business, University of Cincinnati
Title:
Ph.D. Grad. Asst., Department of Management
End Date:
1990-12-31
Organization:
College of Business, University of Cincinnati
Title:
Instructor in Management
End Date:
1986-12-31
Organization:
College of Business, University of Cincinnati
Title:
Lecturer on Management
End Date:
1986-12-31
Organization:
UC Foundation
Title:
Associate Director, Corporate Development
End Date:
1983-12-31
Organization:
College of Business, University of Cincinnati
Title:
Academic Advisor/Counselor
End Date:
1981-12-31
Organization:
Edgecliff College
Title:
Assistant Director of Admissions
End Date:
1977-12-31
Organization:
Price Hill Camera Company
Title:
End Date:
1975-12-31
Description
Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurship Education & Research; oversee E-Center Programs, SBI and SBDC programs.
Dates:
1997-09-01 - 2009-06-01
Organization:
University of Cincinnati
Name:
Academy of Fellows for Teaching & Learning
Organization:
College of Business Administration, voted by the MBA Student Association, University of Cincinnati
Name:
Best Professor Award
Organization:
Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge
Name:
Nominated for the Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education
Organization:
Department of Management, voted by the MBA Student Association, University of Cincinnati
Name:
Outstanding Professor Award
Organization:
Edgecliff College
Name:
President, Student Government
Name:
PSI CHI, National Honor Society for Students in Psychology.
Name:
Recipient, Full Tuition University of Cincinnati Graduate Scholarship
Name:
Small Business Institute District Best Case Awards
Organization:
CBA, University of Cincinnati
Name:
Summer Faculty Research Fellowship
Organization:
Small Business Institute®
Name:
1st Place National Small Business Institute® Case of the Year
Year Received:
2008
Organization:
Acton Foundation
Name:
Acton Foundation Teacher of the Year Award in Entrepreneurship
Year Received:
2007
Name:
University of Cincinnati Distinguished Teaching Professorship
Year Received:
2005
Name:
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE)
Year Received:
2003
Name:
EXCEL Award for exceptional dedication and outstanding contribution to graduate education
Year Received:
2001
Name:
Homer L. Saunders Mentor Award
Year Received:
2001
Name:
Small Business Institute Directors’ Association (SBIDA)
Year Received:
2000
Organization:
42nd Annual Meeting of the International Council for Small Business
Name:
Best Practitioner Entrepreneurship Paper
Year Received:
1997
Name:
Malone Fellowship
Year Received:
1997
Organization:
10th Annual Meeting of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE),
Name:
Best Conceptual Paper/Coleman Foundation Award
Year Received:
1996
Organization:
CBA, University of Cincinnati
Name:
Commencement Speaker, MBA Hooding Ceremony
Year Received:
1996
Organization:
9th Annual Meeting of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE)
Name:
Best Empirical Paper/Coleman Foundation Award
Year Received:
1995
Organization:
College of Business Administration
Name:
Recipient, Grilliot Award for Exemplary Service
Year Received:
1995
Organization:
National Council, Boy Scouts of America
Name:
Recipient, The Silver Beaver Award
Year Received:
1995
Organization:
, Exploring Division, Dan Beard Council, Boy Scouts of America
Name:
Recipient, The Bronze Big Horn Award
Year Received:
1993
Name:
Recipient, Small Business Institute Directors' Association Showcase Award
Year Received:
1992
Organization:
Small Business Institute Directors' Association Annual Meeting
Name:
Second Runner-up, Distinguished Paper Competition
Year Received:
1991
Name:
Recipient, University of Cincinnati Research Council, Summer Research Fellowship
Year Received:
1988
Organization:
Academy of Managemen
Name:
Participant, Doctoral Consortium, Business Policy and Planning Division
Year Received:
1988
Organization:
Dan Beard Council
Name:
Recipient, 1985 Exploring Excellence Award
Year Received:
1985
Organization:
University of Cincinnati
Location:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Major:
Management
Dissertation:
Small Firm Strategic Planning: Strategy, Environment, and Performance
Completed:
1990
Degree:
Ph D
Organization:
Xavier University
Location:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Major:
Management
Completed:
1979
Degree:
MBA
Organization:
Edgecliff College (Xavier University)
Location:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Major:
Psychology
Completed:
1975
Degree:
BA
Published Contributions
Title:
A Comparative Examination of Career and Start-up Expectations in South Korea, Ukraine, and United States
Page(s):
29-46
Author(s):
Human, Sherrie
Clark, Tom
Matthews, Charles
Gunnarsonn, Candace
Stewart, Julie
Publisher:
New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
Publicly available:
Yes
Title:
"Rules of Conduct": Applying Deference and Demeanor to Understand Status Inconsistency and Role Conflict in Family Firms
Author(s):
Hechavarria, Diana
Ingram, Amy
Woods, Jeremy
Barton, Sid
Matthews, Charles
Year Published:
2011
Publisher:
USASBE Conference
Publicly available:
Yes
Title:
Exploring Entrepreneurial Career Interests: A Cross-Cultural Comparison.
Author(s):
Human, S.
Clark, T.
Matthews, Charles
Gunnarson, C.
Stewart, J.
Year Published:
2009
Publisher:
New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
Publicly available:
Yes
Title:
"Making rational use of 'irrationality'? Exploring the role of need for cognitive closure in nascent entrepreneurial activity."
Page(s):
51-76
Author(s):
Schenkel, Mark
Matthews, Charles
Ford, Matthew
Year Published:
2009
Publisher:
Entrepreneurship & Regional Management
Publicly available:
Yes
Title:
Differences in Entreprenerial Opportunities: The Role of Tacitness and Codification in Opportunity Indentification
Page(s):
38-57
Author(s):
Smith, B.
Matthews, Charles
Schenkel, Mark
Year Published:
2009
Publisher:
Journal of Small Business Management
Publicly available:
Yes
Title:
Creating Active and High-Impact Learning
Page(s):
427-434
Author(s):
Heriot, K.
Cook, R.
Matthews, Charles
Simpson, L.
Year Published:
2007
Publisher:
Industry & Higher Education
Publicly available:
Yes
Title:
Importance and Implementation of Baldridge Practices for Small Businesses
Page(s):
21-38
Author(s):
Evans, James
Stephens, P.R.
Matthews, Charles
Year Published:
2005
Publisher:
Quality Management Journal
Title:
Future Expectations for the New Business
Page(s):
386-400
Author(s):
Human, S.
Matthews, Charles
Year Published:
2004
Publisher:
Handbook of Entrepreneurial Dynamic: The Process of Business Creation: Sage Publications
Title:
Individual Problem Solving and the PSED Study
Page(s):
196-204
Author(s):
Ford, M.
Matthews, Charles
Year Published:
2004
Publisher:
Handbook of Entrepreneurial Dynamic: The Process of Business Creation :Sage Publications
Title:
Linking Self-Assessment to the External Environment: An Exploratory Study
Page(s):
1175-1187
Author(s):
Evans, James
Ford, M
Matthews, Charles
Year Published:
2004
Publisher:
International Journal of Operations and Production Management
Title:
The Economic and Community Context for Entrepreneurship: Perceived Environmental Uncertainty Items in the PSED Questionnaire
Page(s):
421-429
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Human, S.
Year Published:
2004
Publisher:
Handbook of Entrepreneurial Dynamic: The Process of Business Creation :Sage Publications
Title:
The Family Background Items in the PSED Questionnaire
Page(s):
94-103
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Human, S.
Year Published:
2004
Publisher:
The Family Background Items in the PSED Questionnaire: Sage Publications
Title:
Weekly Column on Small, Entrepreneurial, and Family Business
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Year Published:
2001
Publisher:
The Cincinnati Post
Publicly available:
Yes
Title:
Founding Family Controlled Firms: Efficiency, Risk, and Value
Author(s):
McConaughy, D.
Matthews, Charles
Fialko, A.
Year Published:
2001
Publisher:
Journal of Small Business Management
Title:
Theoretical Foundations of the Seven Infrastructures Model.
Page(s):
51-75
Author(s):
Ford, M.
Evans, James
Matthews, Charles
Burchill, G.
Year Published:
2001
Publisher:
Center for Quality of Management Journal
Title:
Weekly Column on Small, Entrepreneurial, and Family Business
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Year Published:
2000
Publisher:
The Cincinnati Post
Publicly available:
Yes
Title:
Weekly Column on Small, Entrepreneurial, and Family Business
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Year Published:
1999
Publisher:
The Cincinnati Post
Publicly available:
Yes
Title:
Succession in the Family Firm: A Cognitive Categorization Perspective
Page(s):
159-170
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Moore, T.
Fialko, A.
Year Published:
1999
Publisher:
Family Business Review
Title:
Weekly Column on Small, Entrepreneurial, and Family Business
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Year Published:
1998
Publisher:
The Cincinnati Post
Publicly available:
Yes
Title:
The Small Business Institute Program: High Impact Entrepreneurship Education
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Year Published:
1998
Publisher:
Journal of Small Business Strategy
Title:
Stepping Toward Prosperity: The Development of Entrepreneurial Ventures in China and Russia
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Xiaodong, Q
Franklin, G.
Year Published:
1996
Publisher:
Journal of Small Business Management
Title:
A Longitudinal Investigation of the Impact of Family Background and Gender on Interest in Small Firm Ownership
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Moser, S.
Year Published:
1996
Publisher:
Journal of Small Business Management
Title:
Family Background and Gender: Implications for Interest in Small Firm Ownership
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Moser, S
Year Published:
1995
Publisher:
Entrepreneurship & Regional Development
Title:
Uncertainty and Planning in Small and Entrepreneurial Firms: An Empirical Assessment
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Scott, S.
Year Published:
1995
Publisher:
Journal of Small Business Management
Title:
Capital Structure Decision Making in Privately Held Firms: Beyond the Finance Paradigm
Page(s):
349-368
Author(s):
Barton, Sid
Matthews, Charles
Vasudevan, D
Apana, Ratee
Year Published:
1994
Publisher:
Family Business Review
Title:
SBI Has Impact on Greater Cincinnati Businesses
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Daley, M.
Year Published:
1994
Publisher:
The Goering Center for Family/Private Business
Title:
Investigate SBI Program to Find New Ideas, New Talent
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Year Published:
1991
Publisher:
The Family Business Report
Title:
Small Firm Financing: Implications from the Strategic Management Perspective
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Barton, Sid
Year Published:
1991
Publisher:
Journal of Small Business Management
Title:
Strategic Planning and the Family Firm: An SBI Consulting Perspective
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Year Published:
1991
Publisher:
Journal of Small Business Strategy
Title:
Divide and Rule: How to Segment Your Market
Author(s):
Matthews, Charles
Year Published:
1990
Publisher:
Business Success Handbook
Title:
Small Firm Financing: Implications from the Strategic Management Perspective
Page(s):
1-7
Author(s):
Barton, Sid
Matthews, Charles
Year Published:
1989
Publisher:
Journal of Small Business Management
Title:
“Small and Entrepreneurial Ventures in the Digital Age: Setting New Directions.”
Organization:
Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand
Location:
Sydney, Australia
Year:
2008
Title:
Fostering New Venture Growth: Reassessing the Role of Resource Utilization in Small and Entrepreneurial Ventures
Location:
Turku, Finland
Year:
2007
Title:
Pathways in the Development of Entrepreneurial Intent: Exploring the Roles of Prior Startup Experience, Sex, and Family Business Background
Location:
Turku, Finland
Year:
2007
Title:
Antecedents of Planning in Small and Entrepreneurial Ventures
Location:
Melbourne, Australia
Year:
2006
Title:
Antecedents of Planning in Small and Entrepreneurial Ventures
Location:
Melbourne, Australia
Year:
2006
Title:
The Entrepreneurial Journey Begins: The Role of Cognitive Styles Among Nascent Entrepreneurs
Location:
Tucson, AZ
Year:
2006
Title:
Remembering Professors Max S. Wortman, Jr. and Justin G. Longenecker and Their Contributions to Entrepreneurship, Scholarship, Teaching, Organizations, and Careers
Location:
Tucson, AZ
Year:
2006
Title:
The Search for and Discovery of Different Types of Entrepreneurial Opportunities: The Effects of Tacitness and Codification
Location:
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Year:
2005
Title:
Small Business View of the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence
Location:
Boston
Year:
2004
Title:
Cross-University Collaboration: Creating an Entrepreneurial Collaboration
Location:
Portland, OR
Year:
2004
Title:
Going International
Location:
Portland, OR
Year:
2004
Title:
Strategic Cognitions of the Entrepreneur and Planning Formality in Nascent Firms: An Empirical Study
Location:
New Orleans, LA
Year:
2004
Title:
Measuring the Impact of Social Networks on Entrepreneurial Success: The Master Mind Principle.
Location:
Glasgow, Scotland
Year:
2004
Title:
Recognizing Entrepreneurial Opportunity: The Need for Closure
Location:
Presented at the 2004 Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference
Year:
2004
Title:
Fundraising for Small Business Institute® Programs and Entrepreneurship Centers
Location:
Clearwater, FL
Year:
2004
Title:
Show Me the Money! How to Use Entrepreneurial Concepts to Fund Your Programs
Location:
Dallas, TX
Year:
2004
Title:
Leveraging External Resources by Urban Entrepreneurs: Starbucks as the New Entrepreneurial Office
Location:
Babson College, Boston, MA
Year:
2003
Title:
To Plan or Not to Plan: Is that Really the Question?
Location:
Babson College, Boston, MA
Year:
2003
Title:
Uncertainty, Planning, and Growth Expectations of Nascent Entrepreneurs
Organization:
Proceedings of the 2002 5th Annual CBE Conference, College of Business and Economics
Location:
United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, UAE
Year:
2002
Title:
From Credit Cards to Venture Capital: Financing Complexity and Planning Sophistication in Nascent Ventures
Location:
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Year:
2002
Title:
Designing Intercollaborative Cross-Campus E-Models
Organization:
Designing Intercollaborative Cross-Campus E-Models
Location:
Reno, NV
Year:
2002
Title:
The Context of New Venture Initiation: Comparing Growth Expectation of Nascent Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs
Organization:
Proceedings of the 2001 Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference
Location:
Jönköping, Sweden
Year:
2001
Title:
The Little Engine that Could: Uncertainty and Growth Expectations of Nascent Entrepreneurs
Organization:
Proceedings of the 2000 Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference
Location:
Boston
Year:
2000
Title:
An Introduction to the Field of Entrepreneurship
Location:
San Antonio, TX
Year:
2000
Title:
Trends, Perspectives, Issues, and Implementation in Entrepreneurship Education: A Discussion with Experts in the Field
Location:
San Antonio, TX
Year:
2000
Title:
Marketing the SBI Program: Issues and Opportunities
Location:
San Antonio, TX
Year:
2000
Title:
Internal and External Network Persistence: Differentiating Network Demise from Network Failure
Organization:
Frontiers in Entrepreneurship Research
Location:
Columbia, SC
Year:
1999
Title:
The Small Business Institute Program in Colleges of Business: A 1970’s Innovation in 2000 and Beyond.
Location:
Minneapolis, MN
Year:
1999
Title:
Antecedents and Consequences of Strategic Planning in Small Business: An Empirical Study
Location:
Naples, Italy
Year:
1999
Title:
Business School Service-Learning Programs: Comparing the SBI and ICIC Models
Location:
Lincoln, NE
Year:
1999
Title:
High Impact Entrepreneurship Education: The Role of Faculty-Guided, Student-Based Field Case Consultations
Location:
Singapore
Year:
1998
Title:
An Assessment of Cognitive Determinants of Top Team Decision Making on Organizational Performance and Team Processes
Location:
Kansas City, MO.
Year:
1998
Title:
Setting-Up and Evaluating a Field Study Program
Organization:
National Business School Network (NBSN), Initiative for a Competitive Inner City
Location:
Cambridge, MA
Year:
1998
Title:
Integrating Family Business Courses into the Entrepreneurship Curriculum
Organization:
Council for Entrepreneurship Awareness and Education (CEAE) program
Location:
Clearwater, FL
Year:
1998
Title:
Teaching Entrepreneurial Skills Through the Small Business Institute Program
Location:
Clearwater, FL
Year:
1998
Title:
Sunrise Graphics, Inc
Location:
Cincinnati, OH
Year:
1997
Title:
Founding Family Controlled Firms: Efficiency, Risk, and Value
Location:
San Francisco, CA
Year:
1997
Title:
SBI Contributions to Entrepreneurship Education
Location:
San Francisco, CA
Year:
1997
Title:
Learning from Unusual Events: The Entrepreneurial Perspective
Location:
Cincinnati, O
Year:
1996
Title:
A Theory of Leadership Succession in the Family Firm
Location:
Atlanta, GA
Year:
1996
Title:
an Expanded Model of Framing: The Role of Gender, Academic Standing, and Image Compatibility in Understanding the Effects of a Glass Half Full.
Organization:
Transforming Work and Organizations for the 21st Century
Location:
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Year:
1995
Title:
The Impact of Family Background and Gender on Interest in Small Firm Ownership: A Longitudinal Study
Organization:
Skills for Success in Small and Medium Enterprises,
Location:
Sydney, Australia
Year:
1995
Title:
Strategic Decision Making Teams: Composition, Context, and Competition.
Location:
St. Louis, MO.
Year:
1995
Title:
Writing for Small Business/Entrepreneurship Journals: The Author's View
Location:
Nashville, TN
Year:
1995
Title:
Stretching the Envelope: Creating an SBI Program to Serve Your Community Effectively
Location:
Nashville, TN
Year:
1995
Title:
Uncertainty and Planning in Small and Entrepreneurial Firms: An Empirical Assessment
Organization:
Entrepreneurship and Small Business in a Changing Competitive Environment: Coping with Fluid Rules of Competition
Location:
Boulder, CO
Year:
1995
Title:
Theory of Reasoned Action: Implications for Capital Structure Decisions
Location:
Indianapolis, IN
Year:
1993
Title:
Small Business and Entrepreneurial Development in Russia and the Baltics: Economic, Social, and Political Issues
Location:
San Diego, CA
Year:
1993
Title:
Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurial Career Choice
Location:
Cincinnati, OH
Year:
1992
Title:
Counseling the Family-Owned Business
Organization:
Counseling Issues for Family, Women, and Minority Owned Businesses
Year:
1991
Title:
Strategic Decision Making: The Key to Entrepreneurial Success
Location:
Management Development Center, Univ. of Cincinnati
Year:
1991
Title:
Planning Sophistication and Uncertainty: Assessing Financial Performance in Small and Entrepreneurial Firms
Organization:
Small Business and Partnership
Location:
Vienna, Austria
Year:
1991
Title:
Family Business Success: The Importance of Planning
Organization:
Small Business Education Committee of the Clermont Chamber of Commerce and Clermont Small Business Development Center
Location:
Cincinnati, OH
Year:
1991
Title:
The Role of Family Background and Gender on Interest in Small Firm Ownership
Location:
Cincinnati, OH
Year:
1991
Title:
Emerging Directions in Entrepreneurship Research
Location:
Chicago, IL
Year:
1991
Title:
Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Family Business: Linking Education, Business and Government
Organization:
United States Information Agency (USIA), the Academy for Educational Development (AED)), and the Cincinnati International Visitors Center.
Location:
The University of Cincinnati,
Year:
1991
Title:
Small Business Consultation: Issues for the SBI Case Experience
Organization:
Changing Profiles: Challenges and Opportunities for Non-Traditional Small Business Owners, Employees, and Markets
Location:
Houston, TX
Year:
1990
Title:
A Strategic Decision Making Process for the Small, Entrepreneurial Firm
Organization:
International Council for Small Business
Location:
Boston, MA
Year:
1988
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