MURRAY B. LOW. Curriculum Vita

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1 MURRAY B. LOW Curriculum Vita 319 Uris Hall Columbia University New York, N.Y (212) (tel) (212) (fax) 52 Heather Drive Stamford, CT (203) (tel) (203) (fax) Education Ph.D., 1991 Department of Management The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania M.B.A., 1985 Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. B.A. (Sociology), 1976 Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C. Professional Experience 2013 present Director of Entrepreneurship Education 1997 present President, Low and Associates, Inc. Management Consultants 1

2 Founding Director, The Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurship Center Associate Professor of Management Management of Organizations Division Assistant Professor of Management and Management of Organizations Division Consultant Major client: Steel Service Center Institute Partner Low and Associates, Vancouver, B.C. Marketing research and strategic planning President Alder Bay Industries Inc., Vancouver, B.C. Real estate development Director Ecofab Plastics Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. Manufacturer of rail-car covers Co-founder and General Manager Ecofab Plastics Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. Manufacturer of rail-car covers Partner Hagiea Construction, Vancouver, B.C. Residential construction. Publications 2010 Roberts, B., & Low, M.B. Life After An Exit: How Entrepreneurs Transition to the Next Stage. White Paper prepared for Credit Suisse. November Low, M.B. Older is Wiser, but Entrepreneurial Experience is 2

3 What Matters Most: Why We Should Encourage Our Students to Start Businesses Early. Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center Publication 2004 Brockner, J, Higgins, E.T. and Low, M.B. Regulatory focus theory and the entrepreneurial process. Journal of Business Venturing. 19: Low, M. B. The Adolescence of Entrepreneurship Research: The Specification of Purpose. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice. 25: (Special Edition: Low and MacMillan Ten Years On: Achievements and Future Directions for Entrepreneurship Research) 1997 Low, M. B. and Abrahamson, E. Movements, Bandwagons and Clones: Industry Evolution and the Entrepreneurial Process. Journal of Business Venturing, 12: 6, Shultz, C., Low, M. B. and Ardrey, W. Enterprise Management in Transition Economies with a Special Reference to Small and Medium Enterprises. United Nations Department for Development Support and Management Service Low, M. B. & Srivatsan, V. What Does It Mean to Trust an Entrepreneur? in I. C. MacMillan & S. Birley (eds.), International Entrepreneurship, Routledge, NY Low, M. B., Venkataraman, S. & Srivatsan, V. Developing an Entrepreneurship Game for Teaching and Research. Simulation & Gaming, 25: 3, Venkataraman, S. & Low, M. B. The Effects of Liabilities of Age and Size on Autonomous Sub-Units of Established Firms in the Steel Distribution Industry. Journal of Business Venturing, 9: 3, Low, M. B. Stockholder versus Stakeholder: How Managerial Attitudes Affect Goal Consensus Between Groups. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, Low, M. B. Performance and Between-Group Goal Consensus: An Empirical Exploration of the Multiple 3

4 Constituency Model of Organizations. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, Venkataraman, S. & Low, M. B. On the Nature of Critical Relationships: A Test of the Liabilities of Age and Size Hypotheses. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research Tsai, W.M., MacMillan, I. C. & Low, M. B. Effects of Strategy and Environment on Corporate Venture Success in Industrial Markets. Journal of Business Venturing, 6: Low, M. B. & MacMillan, I. C. Entrepreneurship: Past Research and Future Challenges. Journal of Management, 14: Low, M. B. Farsighted Corporations Focus on Long-Term Gains. Business and Society Review, 66. Teaching Experience, present Private Equity and Entrepreneurship in Africa (average course rating 4.5/5; professor rating 4.6/5) present Introduction to Venturing (average course rating 4.4/5; professor rating 4.6/5) Master Class in Entrepreneurship: What does it take to raise venture capital? Entrepreneurship and Private Equity in Emerging Markets Entrepreneurial Greenhouse Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in the Inner City Launching New Ventures Strategic Management of the Global Enterprise International Development Lead team of 12 faculty in s African Initiative. Involved capacity development with the 4

5 United States International University in Nairobi, Kenya and University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. Included workshops on research, case writing and co-teaching with African faculty. Helped launch a Global EMBA with UISU and deliver entrepreneurship workshops to underserved women. Project funded by Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Program Three-day workshops for Indian faculty, members of the National Entrepreneurship Network, on teaching entrepreneurship. Bangalore. Taught over 500 faculty Various projects with the International Finance Corporation, the Global Business School Network and the African Association of Business Schools. Executive Education Consulting Executive Education: Numerous programs including: Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness in Latin America, Columbia Senior Executive Program, Reinventing Innovation, The Institute for Not-for-Profit Management, and various custom programs for clients such as GKN, Schroders, Sony, Roche, CGNU, Brambles and Ericsson. Clients include: Goldman Sachs, Institut for Selskabsledelse (Copenhagen), Alcatel Lucent Bell Labs, American Express, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, New York State Housing Finance Agency, Universidad de la Sabana (Colombia), Panorama Software, Teacher s College, Glaxo Smith-Kline, Learning Concepts (Dubai), Robin Hood, AT&T, Thomas Publishing, Shell Oil, Con Edison, and Brooklyn Union Gas. Media Quotes, Public Appearances and Professional Presentations Frequent interviews with Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Crains, Newsday, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC. Frequent appearances as a panelist, interviewer or moderator at events such as: The Sir Gordon Wu Distinguished Speaker Forum (NY), Annual Conference of the Global Business School Network (DC), Raising Captial for 5

6 NonProfit Ventures hosted by Goldman Sachs (NY), All African Case Teaching Workshop (Johannesburg), The State of Entrepreneurship Education (Dubai, UAE), Entrepreneurship: The State of the Art (Nairobi, Kenya), Entrepreneurship Directors Conference (LA), Advancing Empirical Research on Entrepreneurship and Growth in SMEs (Jonkoping, Sweden), Current Issues in Entrepreneurship Research and Education (Dusseldorf, Germany), National Business School Network Inner-City Leadership Conference (Boston), Academy of Management National Meeting, (Boston, Cincinnati, Vancouver). Award and Honors Recognized as one of the Top Entrepreneurship Professors, Fortune, Small Business, 2007 Enterprising Educator Award, 2004 National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship Center of Entrepreneurial Excellence Award, 2001 NASDAQ Management Institute Research Grants Columbia University Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Research Fellowship Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Center, The Wharton School First-Place Winner NCR 1988 National Essay Competition: Creating Value for Stakeholders Board and Committee Memberships Chairman, Trupanion a venture capital-backed pet insurance company present. Adivsor, Julia B, a manufacturer of luxury embroidered bed 6

7 and table linens present. Member, Advisory Board, Resimodel, a start-up software company in the multi-family residential real estate industry, 2011 present. Member, Advisory Board, Editorial Mapas, a Latin American publishing and digital media company based in Mexico City, 2013 present. Member, Faculty Advisory Board of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information present. Member, Roundtable on Sustainable Mobility, The Earth Institute, Columbia University Director, I-Many, Inc., a NASDAQ listed contract management software company (IMNY). Member of Audit committee and head of Governance committee Chairman, Director, Tripology, a venture capital-backed Internet travel site Advisor to numerous start-up companies to present. 7