William Worthington, IV, PhD
Assistant Professor - Management & Entrepreneurship
Contact Information
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Email:
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Bill_Worthington@baylor.edu
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Campus Phone:
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(254) 710-6203
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Fax:
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(254) 710-1093
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Mailing Address:
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One Bear Place #98006
Waco, TX 76798-8006
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Office Location:
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313 HSB
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Office Hours
Monday 1:30 pm-4pm
Tuesday 1:30 pm-4pm
Thursday 1:30 pm-4pm
By Appointment
Course Schedule
| Semester | Course | Name | Time | Location |
| 2013 - Spring |
BUS
4385.06
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Strategic Management
| TR 0930AM - 1045AM | CASHN 308 |
| 2013 - Spring |
BUS
4385.02
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Strategic Management
| TR 0800AM - 0915AM | CASHN 308 |
| 2013 - Spring |
ENT
4320.01
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Managing the Family Bus
| TR 0330PM - 0445PM | CASHN 111 |
Educational Background
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Ph D - Business Management, TEXAS A&M UNIV COLLEGE STA, 2007
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MBA - Entrepreneurship, PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, 2001
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BS - Ocean Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1990
Work Experience
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Assistant Professor, Baylor University (August 2007 - Present)
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Lecturer / Research Assistant, Texas A&M University (August 2002 - August 2007)
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Owner, WREALCO (February 1997 - August 2002)
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Engineering Project Manager, Brown & Root, Inc (Halliburton) (January 1991 - February 1997)
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Staff Sergeant, 924 Tactical Fighter Wing - USAFR (March 1986 - 1994)
Awards and Honors
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Best Presenter, Family Firm Institute Annual Conference (September 2010)
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Outstanding Reviewer, Academy of Management - Business Policy Strategy division (August 2008)
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Finalist - Best Student Paper, Western Academy of Management (March 2007)
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Dean’s Award for Outstanding Teaching, Texas A&M University (2006)
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Outstanding Reviewer, Academy of Management - Business Policy Strategy division (August 2004)
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Summer Research Fellowship: 2003 thru 2006, Mays Business School (2003)
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Board of Regents Research Fellowship: 2002 thru 2005, Texas A&M University (2002)
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OGS / Dean's Scholarship: 2002 thru 2005, Texas A&M University (2002)
Professional Memberships
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Academy of International Business
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Academy of Management
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Family Firm Institute
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International Student Committee, Rotary International
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Strategic Management Society
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United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Biography
William J. Worthington is an Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship in the Hankamer School of Business. He received his Ph.D. in Strategic Management from Texas A&M University, Mays Business School where he was honored as the 2005-2006 recipient of the “Outstanding Teaching by a Doctoral Student” award. With a minor in International Security from the George H.W. Bush School of Government and Public Service, his research interests converge at the interaction of business and government.
Prior to entering academia, Dr. Worthington earned a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering from Texas A&M University then worked as an engineering project manager for Halliburton - Brown & Root on several international projects based out of Houston, Texas. Later, he started his own small business serving the development and sales needs of family-owned businesses in the Philadelphia area while earning an M.B.A. in Entrepreneurship from Penn State.
Dr. Worthington has presented his research at annual conferences including the Academy of Management where he was awarded 2008 Best Reviewer by the Business Policy and Strategy division, Western Academy of Management where he was a finalist for Best Student Paper in 2006, the Academy of International Business, and the Disaster Recovery Conference. He has also presented before the Board of Advisors at the Texas A&M Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) and has published his work in several management journals including Business Horizons, Management and Organization Review, and Decision Science Journal of Innovative Education.
Publications
Discipline-based Scholarship
"FrameEx: Classroom exercise to demonstrate strategic framework value,"
Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, (2011) (coauthors: Jamie Collins, Christopher R. Reutzel).
"Knowledge Management, Supply Chain Technology Investments and Overall Firm Performance: Developing a Competitive Advantage,"
Management Research Review, Vol. 33, No. 10, (2010), pp. 947-960 (coauthors: Jamie Collins, Pedro M. Reyes, Marisabel Romero).
"Beyond risk mitigation: Enhancing corporate innovation with scenario planning,"
Business Horizons, Vol. 52, (2009) (coauthors: Jamie Collins, Michael A Hitt).
"Emerging markets as learning laboratories: Learning behaviors of local firms and foreign entrants in different institutional contexts,"
Management and Organization Review, Vol. 1, No. 3, (November 2005), pp. 353-380 (coauthors: Michael A. Hitt, Haiyang Li).
Contributions to Practice
"Succession Plan Scenario," (June 2010) (coauthors: Jamie Collins, John E. Schoen).
"Succession Plan Scenario," (June 2010) (coauthors: Jamie Collins, John E. Schoen).
"Succession Plan Scenario," (May 2010) (coauthors: Jamie Collins, John E. Schoen).
"Succession Plan Scenario," (May 2010) (coauthors: Jamie Collins, John E. Schoen).
"Succession Plan Scenario," (May 2010) (coauthors: Jamie Collins, John E. Schoen).
"How to Choose a Successor," (February 2010) (coauthors: Jamie Collins, John E. Schoen).
"Research With Impact," (Spring 2010) (coauthors: Jamie Collins, John E. Schoen).
"Passing the Torch: Family Business Succession Planning," (Winter 2009) (coauthors: Jamie Collins, John E. Schoen).
Learning and Pedagogical Research
"Strategic Allliance Poker: Resources and Trust Within the Classroom,"
Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, Vol. In Press, (May 2011) (coauthors: Christopher Reutzel, Jamie Collins).
Presentations and Proceedings
"Retirement well-being expectation," presented at the Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, September 2012.
Discipline-based Scholarship
"Proton Therapy: John Styles & Sons," presented at the Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, May 2012.
"The Styles Company: Proton Cancer Therapy Center," presented at the Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2012.
"Indian incumbent well-being expectation,"
Proceedings of the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, New Orleans, LA, January 2012.
"Venn system interaction: Classifications and conversations," presented at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, New Orleans, LA, January 2012.
"Unbundling the Bundling Process: SME Response to Environmental Context," presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Strategic Management Society, Miami, FL, November 2011.
"Knowledge Management Systems: Adoption to Performance," presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, San Antonio, Texas, August 2011.
"Retirement Well Being of Family Firm CEOs: Incumbent Expectations," presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, San Antonio, Texas, August 2011.
"Interaction Dyads Between Members of a Closed Family Business System," presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Family Enterprise Research Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, May 2011.
"Retirement Well-Being Expectation," presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Family Enterprise Research Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, May 2011.
"Trust and Relax? Keys to Retiring Well for Family Firm Founders," presented at the Family Enterprise Research Conference, Cancun, Mexico, April 2010.
"FrameEx: Demonstrating the Value of Strategic Frameworks," presented at the Strategic Management Society 29th Annual International conference, Washington, D.C., October 2009.
"Eternal Beliefs: Impact on Satisfaction and Performance," presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, August 2009.
"Impact of Belief Salience on Work,"
Proceedings of the Academy of International Business Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, June 2009.
"Strategic Alliance Poker: Demonstrating the Importance of Complementary Resources and Trust in Strategic Alliance Management,"
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of the American Institute of Higher Education, Nashville, TN, May 2009.
"Standard Operating Philosophy: Path to comprehensive knowledge management and decision speed," presented at the 28th Annual Meeting of the Strategic Management Society, Cologne, Germany, October 2008.
Contributions to Practice
"Retirement Well Being: Insights From Research," presented at the Baylor Family Business Forum, Waco, Texas, November 2010.
"Family Business Retirement Perspectives Vary, Services Should Too,"
Proceedings of the Family Firm Institute 2010 Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, September 2010.
"Entrepreneurship at Baylor," presented at the 1000 Friends of Waco, Waco, Texas, November 2009.
"Entrepreneurship at Baylor," presented at the Downtown Rotary, Waco, TX, May 2009.
"Entrepreneurship at Baylor," presented at the Hewitt Chamber of Commerce, Waco, TX, May 2009.
"Leadership Succession and Ownership Transfer: Managing the Risks via Scenario Planning,"
Proceedings of the Family Firm Institute 2009 Annual Conference, New York, New York, 2009.
Learning and Pedagogical Research
"Strategic Alliance Poker: Demonstrating Resource Complimentarity and Trust in Strategic Alliances," presented at the Academy of Management conference, Chicago, IL, August 2009.