Greg Fisher

Larry and Barbara Sharpf ProfessorshipAssociate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Kelley School of Business

at GIBS Business School

Schools

  • GIBS Business School
  • Kelley School of Business

Expertise

Links

Biography

Kelley School of Business

Areas of Expertise

Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Corporate Entrepreneurship and Turnaround Management

Academic Degrees

  • PhD, University of Washington, 2012
  • MBA, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, 2004
  • BComm (Hons), University of Johannesburg, 2002
  • BAcct, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 1997

Professional Experience

  • Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa
  • Expert Contributor and Advisor, Entrepreneur Magazine, South Africa
  • Cofounder and Director, Learninglab Inc.
  • Senior Manager, Deloitte

Awards, Honors & Certificates

  • 2018 Emerging Scholars Award from Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division
  • 2018 MBA Teaching Excellence Award at Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
  • 2018 Eyster Teaching Award at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
  • 2017 Developmental Reviewer of the Year Award for Academy of Management Review
  • 2017 Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) Conference Outstanding Paper Award
  • 2017 Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award
  • 2016 – 2021 John and Donna Shoemaker Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship
  • 2016 Outstanding Reviewer Award for Academy of Management Review
  • 2016 Named among the “Favorite Business School Professor Teaching MBAs” by Poets and Quants website.
  • 2015, 2014 & 2013 Nominated for the Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award.
  • 2014 Named among the “40 Most Outstanding B-School Profs under 40 in the World” by the Poets and Quants website
  • 2013 MBA Teaching Excellence Award at Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
  • 2013 Best Paper Award at the Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship Conference, Denver, CO.
  • 2011 MBA Teaching Award for best instructor in the full time MBA program at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa
  • 2011 Outstanding Instructor for the Business Fundamentals program at the University of Washington, Foster School of Business.
  • 2011 Best Doctoral Student Paper Award at the Western Academy of Management meeting.
  • 2011 Best Paper Award in the Ethics/Diversity track of the Southern Management Association Meeting.
  • 2010 MBA Teaching Award for best instructor in the full time MBA program at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
  • 2010 Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division IDEA Award in the Research Promise Category.
  • 2010 Kenneth E. Clark Student Research Award from International Leadership Association.
  • 2009 Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice Award for the Best Conceptual Paper for the Annual Meeting of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management.
  • 2009 Doctoral Student Paper award at the Southern Management Association meeting (Entrepreneurship/Innovation Track).

Selected Publications

  • Fisher, G. (2018), "Online Communities and Firm Advantages," Academy of Management Review. In press.
  • Liu, D., Fisher, G. & Chen, G. (2018), "CEO Attributes and Firm Performance: A Sequential Mediation Process Model". Academy of Management Annals. In press.
  • Zhao, Eric Yanfei, Greg Fisher, Michael Lounsbury and Danny Miller (2017), "Optimal distinctiveness: Broadening the interface between institutional theory and strategic management," Strategic Management Journal, 38(1): 93-113.
  • Fisher, G., Kuratko, D.F., Bloodgood, J., & Hornsby, J.S. (2017), “Legitimate to Whom? Audience Diversity and Individual-Level New Venture Legitimacy Judgments,” Journal of Business Venturing 32 (1): 52-71.
  • Fisher, G. & Aguinus, H. (2017), "Using Theory Elaboration to Make Theoretical Advancements," Organizational Research Methods, 20(3): 438-464.
  • Kuratko, D.F., Fisher, G . , Bloodgood, J. & Hornsby, J. (2017), "The Paradox of New Venture Legitimation within an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem," Small Business Economics Journal, 49(1): 119-140.
  • Li, J., Chen, X., Kotha, S. & Fisher, G. (2017), "Catch Fire and Spread It: A Glimpse into Entrepreneurial Passion in Crowdfunding Campaigns," Journal of Applied Psychology, 102(7): 1075-1090.
  • Fisher, G., Kotha, S. & Lahiri, A. (2016), "Changing with the Times: An Integrated View of Identity, Legitimacy and New Venture Life Cycles," Academy of Management Review, 41: 383-409.
  • Waldron, T., Fisher, G., & Pfarrar, M. (2016), "How Social Entrepreneurs Facilitate the Adoption of New Industry Practices," Journal of Management Studies, 53: 821-845.  
  • Fisher, G. & Kotha, S. (2015), "Entrepreneurial Identity and Resource Acquisition: The Role of Venture Identification," Oxford Handbook on Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. Eds Hitt, M., Zhou, J. & Shally, C. Oxford University Press, New York.
  • Waldron, T., Fisher, G. & Navis, C. (2015), "Institutional Entrepreneurs'' Social Mobility in Organizational Fields .,"  Journal of Business Venturing, 30: 131-149.
  • Waldron, T., Navis, C. & Fisher, G.   (2013), "Explaining Differences in Firms'' Responses to Activism," Academy of Management Review, 38: 397-415.
  • Fisher, G. (2012), "Effectuation, Causation and Entrepreneurial Bricolage: A Behavioral Comparison of Emerging Theories in Entrepreneurship Research," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 36: 1019-1051.

GIBS Business School

Profile

Greg Fisher is an assistant professor in the management and entrepreneurship department at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. He holds a PhD in entrepreneurship and strategy from the University of Washington in Seattle. While completing his PhD, he taught corporate entrepreneurship on executive MBA programme at the University of Washington and was a visiting lecturer at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, where he taught entrepreneurship and corporate entrepreneurship on GIBS MBA and Executive Education programmes. Greg was a full-time faculty member at GIBS for three years prior to moving to the USA to do his PhD. Before joining GIBS he founded and sold a training products company called Learninglab and prior to that he worked for four years at Deloitte as a senior manager in the learning and development department.

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Responsibilities

  • Adjunct ​faculty member a​t GIBS where he teaches an MBA elective on strategic renewal.​
  • Facilitates a research workshop for doctoral students

Consulting Involvement

  • Strategy consulting for Smart Business Solutions (holding company for Entrepreneur Magazine and Think Sales Corporation)
  • Learning and development consulting for Deloitte
  • ​Advisor to three start-up firms in USA

Significant Achievements

  • MBA Teaching Excellence Award at Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, 2013
  • Best Paper Award at the Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship Conference, 2013
  • Named among the “40 Most Outstanding B-School Profs under 40 in the World” by the Poets and Quants website
  • MBA Teaching Award, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2011
  • Outstanding Instructor Award, University of Washington, Professional and Continuing Education Business Fundamentals Program, 2011
  • Doctoral Student Paper Award, Western Academy of Management meeting, 2011
  • Best Paper Award, Southern Management Association Meeting, Ethics/Diversity Track, 2011
  • MBA Teaching Award, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2010
  • Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division IDEA Award for Research Promise, 2010
  • Kenneth E. Clark Student Research Award from International Leadership Association, 2010
  • Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice Award for the Best Conceptual Paper for the Annual Meeting of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management, 2009
  • Doctoral Student Paper Award, Southern Management Association Meeting, Entrepreneurship/Innovation Track, 2009

Qualifications

  • BAcct (UKZN)
  • BCom (Hons) (UJ)
  • CA (SA)
  • MBA cum laude (GIBS)

Fields of Interest

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Turnaround management
  • Strategy

Professional Memberships

  • Academy of Management (entrepreneurship division, organisation and management theory division and business policy and strategy division)
  • Strategic management society

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