Michael Morris

author of Entrepreneurship as Experience

February 4, 2013

Michael Morris holds the N. Malone Mitchell Chair and founded the School of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University. In addition to starting three ventures, he has built top-ranked entrepreneurship programs at three major universities. A pioneer in curricular innovation and experiential learning, his entrepreneurial outreach efforts have facilitated the startup and growth of hundreds of ventures. Dr. Morris has published 10 books and more than 130 articles in peer-reviewed academic journals. He is co-editor of the Prentice-Hall Entrepreneurship Series and editor emeritus of the Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. In addition, he is a past president of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and has served as chair of the American Marketing Association's Entrepreneurship and Marketing Taskforce. Dr. Morris was awarded the Edwin and Gloria Appel Prize for contributions to the field of entrepreneurship. He is a regional Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award winner. A former Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Morris was selected as one of the top 20 entrepreneurship professors in the United States by Fortune Small Business, and received the Leavey Award from the Freedoms Foundation for his impact on private enterprise education.

Entrepreneurship as Experience is an examination of entrepreneurship as it is experienced by individuals. It explores psychological, sociological and anthropological perspectives on experiencing. The book introduces an integrative model of how venture creation is experiences. Attention is devoted to the processing of experiences, and the affective nature of experiences. Outcomes both in terms of the emergence of the entrepreneur and the venture are investigated. Implications are drawn for theory and practice in entrepreneurship.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2013-honorees/michael-morris

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