Shweta Gaonkar
Assistant Professor (Management & Organization) at Carey Business School
Biography
Carey Business School
Areas of Interest: , Business Policy and Strategy,, Entrepreneurship
Biography
Shweta Gaonkar, PhD (University of Maryland) is an Assistant Professor on the research track at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School from 2014. Her research interests lie in the areas of strategy and entrepreneurship, with a focus on origin of entrepreneurs and its impact on firm behavior or performance. Her dissertation examines the impact of heterogeneity in the founders’ background and how it shapes the startups’ network and performance.
Honors & Distinctions
- 2014 William H Newman Award for best Sole Authored Paper from Dissertation, Nominee
- 2014 Best Student Paper Award Finalist, TIM, Academy of Management
- 2013 Ewing Marion Kauffman Dissertation Fellowship
- 2013 All S.T.A.R Fellowship, FY 2013-14
- 2013 GRID (Graduate Research Interaction Day) Award, First Place
- 2013 FIA Seed Grant Award, Semi finalist, Spring 2013 (Project coauthored with Robert Vesco, Dr. David Kirsch and Nick Laurenzano)
- 2011 Dingman Entrepreneurship Award for Research in Progress, Third Place
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