Faculty Profiles

Sen, S. S., Alexandrov, A., Jha, S., McDowell, W. C., & Babakus, E. (2023). Convenient = competitive? How Brick-And-Mortar Retailers can cope with Online Competition. Review of Managerial Science. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-022-00566-0

Weinzimmer, L., Esken, C. A., Michael, E. J., McDowell, W. C., & Mahto, R. V. (2023). The differential impact of strategic aggressiveness on firm performance: The role of firm size. Journal of Business Research, 158. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113623

Deist, M. K., McDowell, W. C., & Bouncken, R. B. (2023). Digital units and digital innovation: Balancing fluidity and stability for the Creation, Conversion, and Dissemination of sticky knowledge. Journal of Business Research, 161. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113827

Syrdal, H. A., Myers, S., Sen, S., Woodroof, P., & McDowell, W. C. (2023). Influencer Marketing and the Growth of Affiliates: The Effects of Language Features on Engagement Behavior. Journal of Business Research, 163, (Quality indicators: ABDC “A,” CABS “3,” Impact Factor: 11.3, CiteScore: 16). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113875

Blanco-González-Tejero, C., Ribeiro-Navarrete, B., Cano-Marin, E., & McDowell, W. C. (2023). A Systematic Literature Review on the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Entrepreneurial Activity. International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems, 19(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSWIS.318448

Al-Omoush, K., Ribeiro-Navarrete, B., & McDowell, W. C. (2023). The impact of digital corporate social responsibility on social entrepreneurship and organizational resilience. Management Decision. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-11-2022-1613

Burch, G., Burch, J., Batchelor, J., & McDowell, W. C. (2023). Disengagement factors associated with creativity in organisations: a conceptual framework. European Journal of International Management, 20(4), 686–713.

Davis, J. L., Batchelor, J. H., O’Keefe, T., & McDowell, W. C. (2023). Formal but Illegitimate? Examining the Mongrel Economy. In De Gruyter Handbook of SME Entrepreneurship (pp. 41–56). De Gruyter. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=-G_eEAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PA41&ots=iIorG90-Bl&sig=NbtWgBSEMnkFkoKxeb4wdTPvoPM#v=onepage&q&f=false

Cristo-Andrade, S., Ferreira, J. J., Teixeira, A., & McDowell, W. C. (2023). Knowledge spillovers in business intelligence organisations: a strategic entrepreneurship perspective. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-023-00896-9

Muldoon, J., Davis, P. E., Bendickson, J. S., McDowell, W. C., & Liguori, E. W. (2022). Paved with good intentions: Moral disengagement and social entrepreneurship. Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 7(4), 1–9. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2022.100237

Maurer, J. D., Creek, S. A., Bendickson, J. S., McDowell, W. C., & Mahto, R. V. (2022). The three pillars’ impact on entrepreneurial activity and funding: A country-level examination. Journal of Business Research, 142, 808–818. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.12.080

McDowell, W. C. (2022). The Small Business Institute® and Transaction Cost Economics. Small Business Institute Journal, 18(1), 23–27. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.53703/001c.32467

Irwin, K., Gilstrap, C., McDowell, W. C., Drnevich, P., & Gorbett, A. (2022). How knowledge and uncertainty affect strategic international business investment decisions: Implications for cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Journal of Business Research, 139, 831–842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.10.001

McDowell, W. C., & Dewees, C. (2021). Developing a business plan for a midwifery practice. In Administrative Manual for Midwifery Practices (pp. 32–44). American College of Nurse-Midwives.

Maurer, J. D., Creek, S. A., Bendickson, J. S., McDowell, W. C., & Mahto, R. V. (2021). The three pillars’ impact on entrepreneurial activity and funding: A country-level examination (Vol. 142).

Ferreira, J. J., Fernandes, C. I., Kraus, S., & McDowell, W. C. (2021). Moderating influences on the entrepreneurial orientation: Business performance relationship in SME. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 22(4), 240–250. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/14657503211018109

Kraus, S., McDowell, W. C., Ribeiro-Soriano, D., & Rodriguez-Garcia, M. (2021). The role of innovation and knowledge for entrepreneurship and regional development. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 33(3–4), 175–184. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/22797254.2021.1872929

Goduscheit, R. C., Khanin, D., Mahto, R. V., & McDowell, W. C. (2021). Structural holes and social entrepreneurs as altruistic brokers. Journal of Innovation and Knowledge. Journal of Innovation and Knowledge, 6(2). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2020.12.001

Solomon, S. J., Bendickson, J. S., Marvel, M. R., McDowell, W. C., & Mahto, R. V. (2021). Agency theory and entrepreneurship: A cross country analysis. Journal of Business Research, 122, 466–476. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.09.003

Davis, P. E., Bendickson, J. S., Muldoon, J., & McDowell, W. C. (2021). Agency theory utility and social entrepreneurship: Issues of identity and role conflict. Review of Managerial Science, 15, 2299–2318. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-020-00423-y

Slatten, L., Bendickson, J., Diamond, M., & McDowell, W. C. (2021). Staffing of Small Nonprofit Organizations: A Model for Retaining Employees. Journal of Innovation and Knowledge, 6(1), 50–57. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jik.2020.10.003

Bendickson, J., Irwin, J. G., Cowden, B. G., & McDowell, W. C. (2020). Entrepreneurial ecosystem knowledge spillover in the face of institutional voids: groups issues and actions. Knowledge Management Research and Practice, 19(1), 117–126.

Kraus, S., McDowell, W. C., & Ribeiro-Soriano, D. E. (2020). Ribeiro-Soriano, D. E., McDowell, W., & Kraus, S. (2020). Special issue on: innovation and knowledge-based economy for entrepreneurship and regional development. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 32(7), 654–656.

Manley, S. C., Hair, J. F., Williams, R. I., & McDowell, W. C. (2020). Essential new PLS-SEM analysis methods for your entrepreneurship analytical toolbox. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-020-00687-6

Solomon, S. J., Bendickson, J. S., Marvel, M. R., McDowell, W. C., & Mahto, R. V. (2020). Agency theory and entrepreneurship: A cross country analysis.

Mahto, R. V., McDowell, W. C., & Davis, P. (2020). Influence and values: The connection between participation and commitment in family firms. Journal of Business Research, 112, 354–362. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.10.057

Khanin, D., Turel, O., Bart, C., McDowell, W. C., & Hock-Dopgen, M. (2020). The possible pitfalls of boards’ engagement in the strategic management process. Review of Managerial Science, 1071–1093. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-020-00386-0

Gur, F. A., Bendickson, J. S., Madden, L., & McDowell, W. C. (2020). Entrepreneurial opportunity recognition in the face of disasters. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 26(4), 671–693. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-09-2019-0537

Mahto, R. V., Vora, G., McDowell, W. C., & Khanin, D. (2020). Family member commitment, the opportunity costs of staying, and turnover intentions. Journal of Business Research, 108, 9–19.

Khanin, D., Rakshit, A., Mahto, R. V., & McDowell, W. C. (2019). An Ongoing race: family CEOs vs. non-family CEOs. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 16, 1043–1063. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-019-00602-8

Su, zhen, Aaron, J. R., McDowell, W. C., & Lu, D. (2019). Sustainable Synergies between the Cultural and Tourism Industries: An Efficiency Evaluation Perspective. Sustainability, 11(23), 6607.

Williams, R. I., Smith, A., Aaron, J. R., Manley, S. C., & McDowell, W. C. (2019). Small business strategic management practices and performance: A configurational approach. Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 1–19.

Dunne, T. C., Clark, B. B., Berns, J. P., & McDowell, W. C. (2019). The technology bias in entrepreneur-investor negotiations. Journal of Business Research, 105, 258–269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.08.024

Kudlats, J., McDowell, W. C., & Mahto, R. V. (2019). Unrelated but together: Trust and intergroup relations in multi-family businesses. Journal of Business Research, 101, 750–756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.12.073

Kudlats, J., & McDowell, W. C. (2019). Ethics and family commitment: A study of their relationship to family firm performance. Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, 30(2), 1–12.

Mahto, R. V., McDowell, W. C., & Davis, P. (2019). Influence and values: The connection between participation and commitment in family firms.

Mahto, R. V., Chen, J. S., McDowell, W. C., & Ahluwalia, S. (2019). Shared identity, family influence, and the transgenerational intentions in family firms, 11(4). https://doi.org/10.3390/su11041130

Liguori, E., Bendickson, J., Solomon, S., & McDowell, W. C. (2019). Development of a multi-dimensional measure for assessing entrepreneurial ecosystems. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 31(1–2), 7–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2018.1537144

McDowell, W. C., Matthews, L. M., Matthews, R. L., Aaron, J. R., Edmondson, D. R., & Ward, C. B. (2019). The price of success: balancing the effects of entrepreneurial commitment, work-family conflict and emotional exhaustion on job satisfaction. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 15, 1179–1192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-019-00581-w

Mahto, R. V., & McDowell, W. C. (2018). Internet of things (IoT) and entrepreneurship education: Opportunities and challenges. (pp. 162–186). Edgar Elgar Publishing.

Peake, W. O., McDowell, W. C., Harris, M. L., & Davis, P. E. (2018). Can Women Entrepreneurs Plan to Prosper? Exploring the Role of Gender as a Moderator of the Planning-Performance Relationship, 121–134.

Irwin, K. C., Landay, K. M., Aaron, J. R., McDowell, W. C., Marino, L. D., & Geho, P. R. (2018). Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and human resources outsourcing (HRO): A “HERO” combination for SME performance, 90, 134–140. Retrieved from https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85047219280

McDowell, W. C., Peake, W. O., Coder, L. A., & Harris, M. L. (2018). Building small firm performance through intellectual capital development: Exploring innovation as the “black box,” 88, 321–327. Retrieved from https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85041583174

Mahto, R. V., McDowell, W. C., Kudlats, J., & Dunne, T. C. (2018). Learning Orientation and Performance Satisfaction as Predictors of Small Firm Innovation: The Moderating Role of Gender, 27(3), 375–391. Retrieved from https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85042610752

Mahto, R. V., & McDowell, W. C. (2018). Entrepreneurial motivation: a non-entrepreneur’s journey to become an entrepreneur. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 14(3), 513–526. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-018-0513-8

Liguori, E. W., Bendickson, J. S., & McDowell, W. C. (2018). Revisiting entrepreneurial intentions: a social cognitive career theory approach, 14(1), 67–78. Retrieved from https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85023160966

McDowell, W. C., Peake, W. O., Harris, M. L., & Davis, P. E. (2018). Can Women Entrepreneurs Plan to Prosper? Exploring the Role of Gender as a Moderator of the Planning-Performance Relationship (pp. 121–133). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

McDowell, W. C., & Dewees, C. (2016). Developing a Business Plan for a Midwifery Practice (4th Ed. Chapter 2, pp. 27–36). American College of Nurse-Midwives.

McDowell, W. C., Wilson, R., & Kile, C. O. (2016). An Examination of Retail Website Design and Conversion Rate. Valencia, Spain.

Dickins, D., Gibson, S. G., Harris, M. L., & McDowell, W. C. (2016). Financial literacy in family firms: An exploratory examination and opportunity for business owners and student learning, 21(3), 57–72.

McDowell, W. C., Harris, M. L., & Geho, P. R. (2016). Longevity in small business: The effect of maturity on strategic focus and business performance, 69(5), 1904–1908.

Gibson, S. G., Harris, M. L., Aaron, J. R., & McDowell, W. C. (2016). The halo of social entrepreneurship, 6(2), 85–103.

Dunne, T. C., Aaron, J. R., McDowell, W. C., Urban, D. J., & Geho, P. R. (2016). The impact of leadership on small business innovativeness, 69(11), 4876–4881.

Jesse, D. E., Dewees, C., & McDowell, W. C. (2015). A Mini-Midwifery Business Institute in a Midwifery Professional Roles Course: An Innovative Teaching Strategy for Successful Career Planning and Business Management of Practice, 60(1), 75–82.

Peake, W. O., Harris, M. L., McDowell, W. C., & Davis, P. E. (2015). Get What You Give? An Examination of Enlightened Self-Interest, Philanthropic Intent, and Engagement in Philanthropy for Small Firm Owners, 25(2), 77–93.

Aaron, J. R., Gibson, S. G., McDowell, W. C., Harris, M. L., & Jobe, M. E. (2015). Structuring Executive Compensation Contracts: The Impact of Industry Technological Intensity, 16(3), 11–26.

McDowell, W. C., Grubb, III, W. L., & Geho, P. R. (2015). The impact of self-efficacy and perceived organizational support on the imposter phenomenon, 15(3), 23–29.

Michael, H. L., Gibson, S. G., & McDowell, W. C. (2015). The Impact of Strategic Focus and Previous Business Experience on Small Business Performance, 24(1), 29–44.

Kudlats, J., & McDowell, W. C. (2015). The Relationship of Board Composition to Company Performance in Small and Medium Sized Family Firms: A Theoretical Model, 11(2), 41–47.

Geho, P. R., & McDowell, W. C. (2015). The Small Business Institute® and Small Business Development Center Network Collaboration: Student Experiential Learning Opportunities, 11(1), 1–6.

Furner, C. P., Zinko, R. A., Zhu, Z., McDowell, W. C., & Dalton, A. (2014). Online Word-Of-Mouth and Mobile Product Reviews: An Experimental Investigation of the Mediating Role of Mobile Self Efficacy. (p. 66).

McDowell, W. C., Aaron, J., Lester, D. L., Gibson, S. G., & Harris, M. L. (2014). Analyzing the Link between Strategy and Performance: Comparing Small Business Owners and Professional Managers, 26(2), 45–64.

Gibson, S. G., Harris, M. L., Walker, P. D., & McDowell, W. C. (2014). Investigating the entrepreneurial attitudes of African Americans: A study of young adults, 19(2), 107–125.

Aaron, J. R., Harris, M. L., McDowell, W. C., & Cline, B. N. (2014). Optimal CEO incentive contracts: A prospect theory explanation, 31(2), 337–375.

Gibson, S. G., McDowell, W. C., & Harris, M. L. (2014). Small business owner satisfaction with financial performance: A longitudinal study, 17(1), 1–6.

Aaron, J. R., McDowell, W. C., & Herdman, A. O. (2014). The effects of a team charter on student team behaviors, 89(2), 90–97.

Harris, M. L., Gibson, S. G., & McDowell, W. C. (2014). The impact of strategic focus and previous business experience on small business performance, 24(1), 29–44.

Stanley, L. J., & McDowell, W. C. (2014). The role of interorganizational trust and organizational efficacy in family and nonfamily firms, 5(3), 264–275.

Voelker, T. A., McDowell, W. C., & Harris, M. L. (2013). Collaborative preference: The role of homophily, multiplexity, and advantageous network position across small and medium-sized organizations, 3(2), 90–101.

Aaron, J., McDowell, W. C., Harris, M. L., & Cline, B. N. (2013). Incentive-Based Compensation for CEOs in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Does Pay for Performance Matter?, 25(1), 1–19.

Furner, C. P., McDowell, W. C., & Zinko, R. (2013). Media Selection and the Imposter Phenomenon: A Multinational Investigation., 13(4), 17–33.

McDowell, W. C. (2013). The impact of organizational efficacy and flexibility on small business performance, 12(1), 1–19.

McDowell, W. C., Harris, M. L., & Gibson, S. G. (2013). The influence of communication and information quality on trust in the small business supply chain, 18(2), 21–38.

Gibson, S., McDowell, W. C., Harris, M., & Voelker, T. (2012). Examining minority business enterprises as government contractors, 24(1), 87–103.

Grubb, W., & McDowell, W. C. (2012). The imposter phenomenon’s impact on citizenship behavior and employee commitment: flying under the radar, 1, 1–10.

McDowell, W. C., Herdman, A. O., & Aaron, J. (2011). Charting the course: The effects of team charters on emergent behavioral norms, 29(1), 79–89.

Harris, M. L., Gibson, S. G., McDowell, W. C., & Simpson, L. R. (2011). Organizational efficacy of small and medium-sized suppliers: The role of information quality and continuous quality improvement, 22(2), 1–19.

Voelker, T. A., & McDowell, W. C. (2011). Resource, Relational and Institutional Antecedents to Renewal in Public-Private Partnerships, 7(1), 127–157.

Harris, M. L., McDowell, W. C., & Gibson, S. G. (2011). Strategic Relationships in a Small Business Context: The Impact of Information Quality and Continuous Quality Improvement, 14(2), 19–28.

Gibson, S. G., McDowell, W. C., & Harris, M. L. (2011). The impact of strategic orientation and ethnicity on small business performance, 11(1), 9–18.

McDowell, W. C., Harris, M. L., & Gibson, S. G. (2010). THE ROLE OF TRUST AND DEPENDENCE IN SMALL BUSINESS PERFORMANCE: DOES SIZE MATTER? (p. 937).

Zhang, L., McDowell, W. C., & Shultz, T. (2010). INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ON INTENTIONS TO USE STRONG PASSWORDS, 11(1), 553–558.

Voelker, T. A., & McDowell, W. C. (2010). Performance of Historically Underrepresented Firms in the Public-Private Sector, 21(1), 18–38.

McDowell, W. C., Harris, M. L., & Gibson, S. G. (2010). The Impact of trust and dependency on business performance: A study of SME suppliers, 6(1), 41–62.

Harris, M., McDowell, W. C., Gibson, S., & Mick, T. (2010). Understanding Strategic Relationships in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: The Importance of Information Quality and Continuous Quality Improvement, 89.

Zhang, L., & McDowell, W. C. (2009). Modeling Online Passwords Protection Intention (p. 339). AMCIS 2009 Proceedings.

Zhang, L., & McDowell, W. C. (2009). Am I really at risk? Determinants of online users’ intentions to use strong passwords, 8(3–4), 180–197.

Zhang, L., Smith, W. W., & McDowell, W. C. (2009). Examining digital piracy: self-control, punishment, and self-efficacy, 22(1), 24–44.

McDowell, W. C., & Zhang, L. (2009). Mediating effects of potency on team cohesiveness and team innovation, 1(1), 1–11.

McDowell, W. C., Harris, M. L., & Zhang, L. (2009). Relational orientation and performance in micro businesses and small and medium-sized enterprises: an examination of interorganizational relationships, 21(2), 1–10.

McDowell, W. C., & Karriker, J. H. (2009). The Role of Information Quality as a Mediator of the Trust-Performance Relationship, (1), 33.

McDowell, W. C., & Aaron, J. (2009). The Role of Legitimacy in IPO Success: An Institutional Theory Perspective, 1, 20–29.

McDowell, W. C., Grubb, W. L., & Herdman, A. O. (2009). Uncertainty and the Impostor Phenomenon: Toward a Reactor Organizational Form, 1.

Grubb, III, W. L., McMillan-Capehart, A., & McDowell, W. C. (2009). Why Didn’t I Get The Job? White Nonbeneficiaries’ Reactions To Affirmative Action And Diversity Programs, 4(2), 25–34.

Zhang, L., Amos, C., & McDowell, W. C. (2008). A comparative study of Internet addiction between the United States and China, 11(6), 727–729.

Davis, M. A., Miles, G., & McDowell, W. C. (2008). Environmental scanning as a moderator of strategy–performance relationships: an empirical analysis of physical therapy facilities, 21(2), 81–92.

McDowell, W. C., & Voelker, T. A. (2008). Information, resources and transaction cost economics: The effects of informal network centrality on teams and team performance, 9(2), 134–147.

McDowell, W. C., Boyd, N. G., & Bowler, W. M. (2007). Overreward and the impostor phenomenon, 19(1), 95–110.

McDowell, W. C. (2006). Interorganizational Relationships: The Effects of Organizational Efficacy on Member Firm Performance. University of North Texas.