Les Palich, PhD
Associate Director of Entrepreneurship Program - Management & Entrepreneurship
Contact Information
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Email:
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Les_Palich@baylor.edu
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Campus Phone:
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(254) 710-6194
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Fax:
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(254) 710-1093
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Mailing Address:
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Baylor University One Bear Place #98006
Waco, TX 76798
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Office Location:
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HSB 303
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Educational Background
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Ph D - Business Administration, ARIZONA STATE UNIV, 1992
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Ph D - Business Administration, ARIZONA STATE UNIV TEMPE, 1992
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MBA - Management, ARIZONA STATE UNIV, 1986
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MBA - Management, ARIZONA STATE UNIV TEMPE, 1986
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BA - Religion, MANHATTAN CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, 1981
Awards and Honors
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Teaching Excellence Award, Hankamer School of Business (April 2011)
Professional Memberships
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Academy of International Business
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Academy of Management
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United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Publications
Discipline-based Scholarship
"Breaking the Cycle of Iteration: Forensic Failures of International Diversification and Firm Performance Research,"
Global Strategy Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, (January 2011), pp. 175-186 (coauthors: Laura B Cardinal, C Chet Miller).
"Economic Freedom and the Motivation to Engage in Entrepreneurial Action,"
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 32, No. 5, (September 2008), pp. 875-895 (coauthors: Jeffery McMullen, D. R. Bagby).
"Trade Trends in Transatlantica: A Profile of SMEs in the United States and Europe,"
, Lester Lloyd Reason & Leigh Sears (eds.), Cheltenham, 2007 (coauthors: D. R. Bagby).
"Ethical Attitudes in Small Businesses and Large Corporations: Theory and Empirical Findings Spanning Three Decades,"
Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 44, No. 2, (2006), pp. 167-183 (coauthors: J. G. Longenecker, C. W. Moore, J. W. Petty, J. A. McKinney).
"The role of paradoxical logic in innovation: The case of Intel,"
Journal of High Technology Management Research, Vol. 15, (2004), pp. 51-71 (coauthors: P. M. Norman, L. P. Livingstone, G. R. Carini).
"Beeintrachtigen korrupte Praktiken dir Entwicklung von KMU? Eine explorative Studie.,"
Zeitschrift fur Klein-und Mittelunternehmen, Vol. 51, (2003), pp. 11-Jan (coauthors: D. R. Bagby, E. M. Umble).
"Improving Research Performance: Teamwork Trumps Solo Endeavors,"
Journal of Contemporary Business Practice, Vol. 6, No. 2, (2003), pp. 6-Jan (coauthors: L. P. Livingstone).
"Comparing American and Chinese Negotiating Styles: The Influence of Logic Paradigms,"
Thunderbird International Business Review, Vol. 44, (2002), pp. 777-798 (coauthors: G. R. Carini, L. P. Livingstone).
"Do Corrupt Practices Affect the Development of SMEs? An Exploratory Study","
, Fugistaller, Pleitner, Volery and Weber (eds.), Univ. of St. Gallea, Switzerland, 2002.
"Do Corrupt Practices Affect the Development of SMEs? An Exploratory Study,"
, U. Fuglistaller, H. Pleitner, T. Volery and W. Weber (eds.), Switzerland, 2002 (coauthors: D. R. Bagby, E. M. Umble).
"Promoting Creativity through the Logic of Contradiction,"
Journal of Organizational Behavior, Vol. 23, (2002), pp. 321-326 (coauthors: L. P. Livingstone, G. R. Carini).
"The Impact of Internationalization on the Diversification-Performance Relationship: A Replication and Extension of Prior Research,"
Journal of Business Research, Vol. 48, No. 1, (2000), pp. 43-54 (coauthors: G. Carini and S. Seaman).
"A Theory of Global Strategy and Firm Efficiencies: Considering the Effects of Cultural Diversity,"
Journal of Management, Vol. 25, No. 4, (1999), pp. 587-606 (coauthors: L. Gomez-Mejia).
"Revising Met Expectations as a Reason Why Realistic Job Previews Work,"
Personnel Psychology, Vol. 52, No. 1, (1999), pp. 97-112 (coauthors: J. S. Bracker, R. W. Griffeth and P. W. Hom).
"An Explanatory Investigation into Theoretical Mechanisms Underlying Realistic Job Previews,"
Personnel Psychology, Vol. 51, No. 2, (1998), pp. 421-451 (coauthors: J. S. Bracker, R. W. Griffeth and P. W. Hom).
"East vs. West: Strategic Management Perspectives from Formal Logic and the Logic of Contradiction,"
Long Range Planning, Vol. 31, No. 2, (1998), pp. 315-318 (coauthors: G. Carini and L. Livingstone).
"Viewing Strategic Innovation Through the Logic of Contradiction,"
Competitiveness Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, (1998), pp. 46-54 (coauthors: G. Carini and L. Livingstone).
Contributions to Practice
"Paradoxical logic and innovation: The experience of Intel,"
Journal of High Technology Management Research, The, (October 2003) (coauthors: P. Norman, L. Livingstone and G. Carini).
"Managing Operations,"
(coauthors: Brad Norris).
Learning and Pedagogical Research
Small Business Management: An Entrepreneurial Approach, 16e, 2012 (coauthors: J. W. Petty, Justin G. Longenecker Carlos W. Moore Leslie Palich, Carlos Moore).
Small Business Management: Launching & Growing Entrepreneurial Ventures, 15e, 2010 (coauthors: J. W. Petty, Justin G. Longenecker Carlos W. Moore Leslie Palich, Carlos Moore).
Small Business Management: An Entrepreneurial Emphasis, 14e, December 2008 (coauthors: J. W. Petty, Justin G. Longenecker Carlos W. Moore Leslie Palich, Carlos Moore).
"Instructors Resource Manual for the 7th edition of Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization," (2007).
Small Business Management: An Entrepreneurial Emphasis, Mason, Ohio, 2006 (coauthors: J. G. Longenecker, C. W. Moore, J. W. Petty).
Instructors Resource Manual for the 6th edition of Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization, Mason, OH, 2005 (coauthors: M. A. Hitt, R. D. Ireland, R. E. Hoskisson).
"Global Opportunities,"
, J. Calhoun (eds.), Mason, OH, 2003, pp. 88-116.
Instructor's Resource Manual for 5th edition of Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization, 2003.
"Selecting the Management Team and Form of Organization,"
, J. Calhoun (eds.), Mason, OH, 2003, pp. 240-269.
"Strategies That Capture Opportunities,"
, J. Calhoun (eds.), Mason, OH, 2003, pp. 28-55.
Strategic Management in the Successful Company, Atlanta, GA, 2002 (coauthors: T. A. Culling).
Test Bank for Strategic Management: Competitiveness and Globalization, St. Paul, MN, 2001 (coauthors: M. Hitt, R. Hoskisson and R. D. Ireland).
Small Business Management (coauthors: Carlos Moore, J. W. Petty, Jim Roberts).
Presentations and Proceedings
Discipline-based Scholarship
"Cross-Cultural Comparison of Ethical Attitudes of Business Professionals," presented at the Tenth AIMS International Conference on Management, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, January 2013.
Learning and Pedagogical Research
"START-UPS ON STEROIDS: BAYLOR UNIVERSITY’S ACCELERATED VENTURES PROGRAM AND AN EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING MODEL FOR," presented at the United States Assoc. for Small Busienss and Entrepreneurship, San Francisco, January 2013.
"21st Century Education: Baylor's Accelerated Ventures Program," presented at the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers, Georgetown University, October 2012.
"Involving Students in Case Writing as Reseaarch," presented at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Nashville, January 2010.
"Providing a Global Entrepreneurship Education through Innovative International Education," presented at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Nashville, Tenn, January 2010.
""Best Practices in the Small Business Class"," presented at the USASBE, Anaheim, California, January 2009.