Ray Bagby

Associate Professor and The Robert M. and Louise Rogers Professor of Entrepreneurship - Management & Entrepreneurship

Contact Information

Email:	Ray_Bagby@baylor.edu
Campus Phone:	(254) 710-4156
Fax:	(254) 710-1093
Mailing Address:	Baylor University, One Bear Place #98011 Waco, TX  76798
Office Location:	HSB 306

Educational Background

• Ph D - Management, UNIV SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA, 1983
• MBA - Basic Business, UNIV SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA, 1981
• MBA - Business Administration, UNIV SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA, 1981
• BS - Engineering, UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY, 1963

Work Experience

• Commissioned Officer, 2LT-MAJ, Department of the Army (June 1963 - February 1978)

Awards and Honors

• Wilford L. White Fellow, International Council for Small Business (2005)

Publications

Discipline-based Scholarship

"Economic Freedom and the Motivation to Engage in Entrepreneurial Action," Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, Vol. 32, No. 5, (September 2008), pp. 875-895 (coauthors: Jeffery McMullen, Leslie E. Palich).

"Enhancing succession research in the family firm: A commentary on "Toward an integrative model of effective FOB succession"," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Vol. 28, No. 4, (July 2004), pp. 329-333.

"Do Corrupt Practices Affect the Development of SMEs?," Internationales Gewerbearchiv, Vol. 51, No. 1, (2003), pp. 1-11 (coauthors: E. Umble, L. E. Palich).

Contributions to Practice

"Editor - Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice."

Presentations and Proceedings

"The impact of government policy on SME performance in the United Kingdom," presented at the Rencontres de St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2006 (coauthors: S. Carter).

"The Impact of Corruption on Entrepreneurial and Economic Activity: An Expanded View," presented at the Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, 2003 (coauthors: Elisabeth M. Umble, Leslie E. Palich).

Discipline-based Scholarship

"Economic Freedom, GDP, and Entrepreneurial Action: An Institutional Theory Perspective," presented at the International Council for Small Business Conference, June 2005 (coauthors: Jeffery McMullen, Leslie E. Palich).

"The relationship between entrepreneurial activity and economic freedom," presented at the Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurial Research Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, June 2004 (coauthors: L. E. Palich, J. S. McMullen).

"Commentary on Matching Owner-Managers' Cognitive Style and Organizational Demands in Family Firms," presented at the Theories of the Family Enterprise: Search for a Paradigm, Calgary, Canada, December 2003.

"The Impact of Corruption on Entrepreneurial and Economic Activity: An Expanded View," presented at the Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Conference, Babson Park, MA, June 2003 (coauthors: W. D. Bygrave, L. E. Palich, E. Umble).

"Enhancing Succession Research in the Family Firm," presented at the Theories of the Family Enterprise Conference, Philadelphia, PA, December 2002.

"Corruption and Entrepreneurial Activity: An Empirical Study of Data from 29 Nations," presented at the Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Boulder, CO, June 2002 (coauthors: L. E. Palich).

"Do Corrupt Practices Affect the Development of SMEs?," Proceedings of the Rencontres de St. Gallen, Hergiswil, Switzerland, 2002 (coauthors: Elisabeth Umble and Les Palich).