Emily Cox Pahnke

Associate Professor of Management and Organization at Foster School of Business

Biography

Foster School of Business

Emily Cox Pahnke is an Associate Professor of Management and Organization at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. Her research, at the intersection of innovation, entrepreneurship, and finance, focuses on understanding the resources that make ventures successful; specifically, the effects of entrepreneurs’ identification and acquisition of resources on venture founding, innovation, and IPOs. To study these questions, she uses novel, hand-collected longitudinal datasets and conducts extensive interviews and fieldwork to aid in interpreting the quantitative results. Professor Pahnke’s research contributes by highlighting the boundary conditions under which resources that are typically considered beneficial to ventures—such as venture capital, well-connected partners, or star employees—can be less helpful, or even harmful. Her research has been published in Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, and Strategic Management Journal.

Professors Pahnke's research has been funded by the receipt of a Schulze Entrepreneurship Professorship and by the Kauffman Foundation and the National Science Foundation. She was the recipient of the Emerging Scholar Award from the Technology and Innovation Management Division of the Academy of Management, the Industry Study Association’s Best Dissertation Award and was a finalist for the Technology and Innovation Management division of the Academy of Management’s Best Dissertation Award. Professor Pahnke holds a Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering and a M.A. in Sociology from Stanford University, and M.B.A (Finance) and B.S. (Botany) degrees from Brigham Young University.

Education

  • PhD Stanford University
  • MA Stanford University
  • MBA Brigham Young University
  • BS Brigham Young University

Academic Expertise

  • entrepreneurship
  • innovation
  • technology and innovation strategy
  • venture capital

Honors and Awards

  • Ideas Worth Teaching Award from the Aspen Institute
  • Lex N. Gamble Award for Excellence in Curriculum Innovation and Case Development 2021
  • Master of Entrepreneurship Faculty of the Quarter, 2018, 2020 & 2021
  • Emerging Scholar Award, Technology and Innovation Management Division of the Academy of Management
  • Schulze Distinguished Professorship in Entrepreneurship
  • National Foundation EAGER Grant for Entrepreneurship Game and Simulation Development
  • University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award
  • Industry Studies Association Best Dissertation Award
  • Best Dissertation Finalist, Technology & Innovation Management Division, Academy of Management
  • Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship
  • NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant

Courses Taught

  • Grand Challenges for Entrepreneurs (ENTRE 579; ENTRE 372; Honors 231)
  • Opportunity Recognition and Validation (ENTRE 563)
  • Sociological Foundations of Entrepreneurship (ENTRE 581)
  • Innovation and Organizations (ENTRE 590)
  • Entrepreneurial Strategy (ENTRE 510)
  • Introduction to Entrepreneurship (ENTRE 370)

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