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		Rodney Shrader Professor of Managerial Studies PhD Strategic Management, Georgia State University, 1996 BA Ambassador University, Pasadena, CA, 1989 AA Ambassador College, Big Sandy, TX, 1983 Phone: (312) 996-8732 Office:2209 University Hall Email: rshrader@uic.edu 601 S Morgan Street, MC 243 Chicago, IL 60607 Download CV
Research Interests Entrepreneurship, International Entrepreneurship, and Entrepreneurial Teams
Awards and Honors 2007 MBA Team coach, Optimal Vision Corporation, Flow Diagnostics, SanoGene Therapeutics, OrthoAccel Technologies - Various Awards UIC Favorite MBA Professor Honorable Mention, 2006 UIC CBA Service Award Honorable Mention, 2006 Best Workshop Award, USASBE 2006 Conference, Tucson, AZ, 2006
Experience Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2003 - Present Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1997 - 2003 Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, 1996 - 1997 Visiting Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University, 1995 - 1996 Visiting Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994-1995
Recent Publications Shrader, R.C. & Siegel, D. (2007 in press) Assessing the Relationship between Human Capital and Firm Performance: Evidence From Technology-Based New Ventures. Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice In Press. Amason, A.C., Shrader, R.C., & Tompson, G.H. (2006) Newness and Novelty: Relating Top Management Teams to New Venture Performance. Invited to revise and resubmit to Journal of Business Venturing 21(1): 125-148. Shrader, R.C. & Hills G.E. (2003) Successful Entrepreneurs' Insights Into Opportunity Recognition. Journal of Small Business Strategy14(2): 92-108. Shrader, R.C., McDougall, P.P., & Oviatt, B.M. (2003). A Comparison of International and Domestic New Ventures.Journal of International Entrepreneurship1(1): 59-82 Shrader, R.C. (2001). Collaboration and Performance in Foreign Markets: The Case of Young, High-Technology Manufacturing Firms.Academy of Management Journal 44(1): 45-60. Shrader, R.C., Oviatt, B.M. & McDougall, P.P. (2000). How New Ventures Exploit Tradeoffs Among International Risk Factors: Lessons for the Accelerated Internationalization of the 21st Century. Academy of Management Journal. 43(6): 1227-1247