Benjamin Hallen

Education

• PhD Stanford University (2007)
• MS University of Virginia (2002)
• BS University of Virginia (2000)

Academic Expertise

• accelerators
• e-business
• entrepreneurship
• technology and innovation strategy
• venture capital

Positions Held

• At the University of Washington since 2014
• Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School, 2011-2014
• Assistant Professor of Management and Organization, Robert H. Smith School, University of Maryland, 2007-2011
• Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer, and Interim CEO, Topik Solutions, 2000-2002

Honors and Awards

• Technology Management MBA Teaching in Excellence Award (i.e., Professor of the Program), Co-winner 2016 (Monday section)
• Technology Management MBA Professor of the Quarter, Winter 2016 (Both sections)
• Technology Management MBA Teaching in Excellence Award (i.e., Professor of the Program), Co-winner 2015 (Both sections)
• Technology Management MBA Professor of the Quarter, Winter 2015 (Both sections)
• Winner of Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division''s Best Paper Award for 2014 Academy of Management Conference for “Do Accelerators Accelerate?”, 2014
• Best Teacher Award, Masters in Management Programme (as voted on by students), London Business School, 2013
• Kauffman Firm Survey Grant for studying “Regional Variance in Entrepreneur Approaches to Venture Building,” Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 2010
• Teaching Award for Top 15% Teaching Performance (based on student evaluations), R. H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, for teaching undergraduate strategy, 2009
• Winner of Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division''s Best Dissertation Competition, 2008
• Finalist in Business Policy and Strategy (BPS) Division’s Dissertation Competition, 2008
• Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship Research Competition, University of Maryland, Best Published Paper, 2008