Ugur Uygur

Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, Affiliate Associate Professor of Computer Science at Quinlan School of Business

Schools

  • Quinlan School of Business

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Biography

Quinlan School of Business

About

Uğur Uygur is the Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Quinlan School of Business. His research and teaching revolve around judgment of new ideas. Recently his work has appeared in Journal of Small Business Management, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, and Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. Prior to his academic life, he worked at software start-ups and consulted with entrepreneurial ventures.

Degrees

  • PhD in Strategy and Entrepreneurship, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2009
  • MS in Strategic Management, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2006
  • MBA, Bilkent University, 1998
  • BS in Computer Science, Middle East Technical University, 1996

Research Interests

  • Entrepreneurial cognition
  • Judgment of entrepreneurial opportunities
  • Knowledge-based theory of the firm
  • Philosophy of science

Courses Taught

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