Susan Cohen

Susan Cohen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business. Cohen earned her PhD in Strategy and Entrepreneurship from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, her B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan and her MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. Her research interests rest at the intersection of organizational theory, entrepreneurship and innovation. Her work has been published in the Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, Research Policy and Academy of Management Journal.

Research Interests and Areas of Expertise:

I study innovation and organizational learning across several contexts - from entrepreneurs in accelerator programs to large corporations making technological transitions.

• Innovation
• Entrepreneurship
• Venture finance and acceleration
• Industry evolution
• Corporate strategy

Education

• MBA Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School (2008 — 2013)
• BA University of Michigan

Companies

• Assistant Professor The University of Georgia (2018)
• Co-Director Seed Accelerator Rankings (2013)
• Fellow University of Virginia Darden School of Business (2012)
• Assistant Professor University of Richmond (2013 — 2018)
• Lecturer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2013 — 2014)
• PHD Candidate Kenan-Flagler Business School (2008 — 2013)
• Founder Alley Marketing (2000 — 2007)
• Vice President Yoyodyne Entertainment - bought by Yahoo! (1998 — 1999)
• Director of Marketing Priceline.com (1997 — 1998)

Awards, Honors and Recognitions:

• University of Georgia Innovation, Creativity, and Design Thinking Research Community Seed Grant, 2021
• Kauffman Junior Faculty Fellowship, The Kauffman Foundation, 2018
• Robins School MBA Professor of the Year, The University of Richmond’s Robin’s School, 2016
• Kauffman Foundation Grant, The Kauffman Foundation, 2014
• Best Paper Award, Academy of Management, Technology & Innovation Management, 2014
• Batten Fellow, Darden School of Business, University of Virginia, 2012
• Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2012

Selected Publications:

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• Hallen BL, Cohen SL, Bingham C. 2020. Do Accelerators Work? If So, How? Organization Science.
• Cohen SL, Bingham BB, Hallen BL. 2019. Mitigating the Bounded Rationality of New Ventures: The Role of Accelerator Designs. Administrative Science Quarterly. An earlier version published in the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings.
• Cohen S, Fehder DC, Hochberg YV, Murray F. 2019. The Design of Startup Accelerators. Research Policy.
• Cohen SL, Tripsas M. 2018. Managing Technological Transitions by Building Bridges. Academy of Management Journal.
• Cohen SL 2016. What do Accelerators do? Insights from Incubators and Angels. Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, 8(3-4):19-25.