Dr. Bill McDowell

  • Professor at Department of Management, McCoy College of Business

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Editorial Review Board Member, Sustainable Technology and Entrepreneurship. 2022 - Present.
  • Organizer, Family Business Institute. October 2022 - Present.
  • Recruiter, Bobcat Days. September 2022 - Present.
  • Chair, Management Advisory Council. September 2022 - Present.
  • Member, Star Park Executive Director Search Committee. September 1, 2022 - Present.
  • Chair, Management. August 2022 - Present.
  • Chair, United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Annual Conference. May 2022 - Present.
  • Member, Central Illinois Angel Investors. May 2020 - Present.
  • Editor, International Journal of Entrerpreneurial Behavior and Research. July 2019 - Present.
  • Other, University of Pittsburgh Nursing Program. July 2019 - Present.
  • Special Issue Editor, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development Journal. February 2019 - Present.
  • Editor, Journal of Business Research. 2018 - Present.
  • Special Issue Editor, Technological Forecasting and Change Journal. October 2018 - Present.
  • Editor, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. February 2018 - Present.
  • Board of Governors, Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy. 2015 - Present.
  • Editor, Journal of Small Business Strategy. 2015 - Present.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Innovation and Knowledge. 2015 - Present.

2022

  • Member, Peoria Innovation Hub / Distillery Labs. March 2020 - 2022.
  • Member, Peoria Public Schools - Reimagnining Education Action Team. February 2020 - 2022.
  • Member, Passage to India. January 2020 - 2022.
  • Member, Peoria Area Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Committee. May 2018 - 2022.
  • Member, Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Symposium Development. 2017 - 2022.

2020

  • Special Issue Editor, Management Decision Journal. July 2019 - 2020.

2018

  • Chair, Small Business Institute® Annual Conference. 2017 - 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy. 2015 - 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Small Business Institute® Annual Conference. 2011 - 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, USASBE Annual Conference. 2011 - 2018.

2017

  • Guest Speaker/Entrepreneurship Judge, Dunlap High School. 2017.
  • Immediate Past President, Small Business Institute. 2016 - 2017.
  • Plenary Speaker, Global Innovation and Knowledge Academy Annual Conference. 2015 - 2017.

2016

  • Conference Presiding Officer, Small Business Institute® Annual Conference. 2016.
  • Member, Entrepreneurship Leadership Academy, Rutherford County. 2016.
  • President, Small Business Institute. 2015 - 2016.

2015

  • Panel Facilitator, Public Policy and Entrepreneurship Outreach Pillar Session, United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Annual Conference. 2015.

2014

  • Conference Program Coordinator, Small Business Institute® Annual Conference. 2014.
  • President-Elect, Small Business Institute. 2014.
  • Vice President for Programs, Small Business Institute. 2013 - 2014.
  • Editor, Small Business Institute Journal. 2011 - 2014.

2013

  • Chair, Small Business Institute® Annual Conference. 2011 - 2013.
  • Vice President for Research and Publications, Small Business Institute. 2011 - 2013.

2012

  • Congressional Testimony, US House of Representatives Committee on Small Business. 2012.
  • Other, Small Business Institute® Annual Conference. 2012.
  • Workshop Coordinator, Small Business Special Interest Group Workshop, USASBE Annual Conference. 2012.

2010

  • Editorial Review Board Member, Educational and Psychological Measurement Journal. 2006 - 2010.

2009

  • Reviewer / Referee, SE INFORMS. 2008 - 2009.
  • Reviewer / Referee, SE DSI. 2007 - 2009.

2008

  • Reviewer / Referee, Southern Management Association Annual Conference. 2007 - 2008.

2007

  • Reviewer / Referee, Academy of Management Annual Conference. 2006 - 2007.