Visiting Scholars Program
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Each semester, the Center for Free Enterprise proudly welcomes visiting scholars to the University of Louisville to share their research and expertise with students and faculty in the College of Business. These scholars present at college-wide research colloquia and collaborate with faculty and students in the college’s entrepreneurship PhD program.
Spring 2025
Claudia Williamson Kramer
Probasco Distinguished Chair of Free Enterprise; Professor of Economics
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
"Do Culture and Law Interact? Evidence from Business Regulation"
Sadek Showkat
Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship
Loyola University Chicago
Spoke to entrepreneurship PhD students about conducting literature review searches
Matt Wood
Michael F. Price Chair of Entrepreneurship; Professor of Entrepreneurship
University of Oklahoma
"Legitimacy Errors: Audience Mistaken Legitimation of Fraudulent Entrepreneurial Ventures"
Presented a conjoint analysis workshop to entrepreneurship PhD students
Fall 2024
Howard Aldrich
Professor of Sociology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Virtual writing workshop for entrepreneurship PhD students
Nigel Ashford
Author and Senior Programs Officer, Institute for Humane Studies
Virtual workshop on academic conference networking for entrepreneurship PhD students
Spring 2024
Boris Nikolaev
Assistant Professor Entrepreneurship – Strategy, Management
Colorado State University
"More Than a Feeling: Subjective Social Status, Entrepreneurial Cognition, and Well-Being"
Fall 2023
Richard Hunt
Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship; Director of Research, Apex Center for Entrepreneurs; Director of Doctoral Studies in Management
Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
David Audretsch
Distinguished Professor; Ameritech Chair of Economic Development; Director, Institute for Development Strategies
Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
"Making a Miracle: Fauda and Entrepreneurial Resilience"
Spring 2023
Patrick A. McLaughlin
Director of Policy Analytics; Senior Research Fellow
Mercatus Center, George Mason University
"Regulation and Economic Growth: Evidence from British Columbia’s Experiment in Regulatory Budgeting"
Fall 2022
Luis Alfonso Dau
Associate Professor of International Business & Strategy / Robert & Denise DiCenso Professor
Northeastern University
Informal institutions and international business strategy
Christopher Boudreaux
Associate Professor of Economics / Phil Smith Center for Free Enterprise Research Fellow
Florida Atlantic University
Intellectual property licensing among incorporated and unincorporated entrepreneurs
Spring 2022
Gary Wagner
Acadiana Business Economist / Endowed Chair
University of Louisiana-Lafayette
"Does state tax reciprocity affect interstate commuting? Evidence from a natural experiment"
Sven-Olov Daunfeldt
Professor of Economics
Dalarna University
"Acqui-hires, acqui-fires, and organo-hires: Human capital formation in scaling new ventures"