Sean Dwyer
PhD Student - Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation
Ph.D. Candidate - Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation
Contact Information
Educational Background
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BS, Tulane University
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MACC, Tulane University
Awards and Honors
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Outstanding Graduate Research Award, Baylor University Graduate School (October 2022)
Licensures and Certifications
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Certified Public Accountant, State Board of CPAs of Louisiana (January 2017 - December 2018)
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Certified Public Accountant, Georgia Society of CPAs (April 2015 - January 2017)
Professional Memberships
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Strategic Management Society (February 2021 - Present)
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Academy of Management (January 2021 - Present)
Biography
Sean M. Dwyer is a third-year doctoral candidate in entrepreneurship in the Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation department. His business experience as a CPA, management consultant, and entrepreneur informs his entrepreneurship research. Sean is passionate about understanding how entrepreneurs use business to contribute to various societal needs and equipping the next generation of business leaders to make a difference in the world. He has been grateful for the opportunity to work alongside more than ten co-authors to produce a collection of research resulting in multiple conference presentations/proceedings, one journal publication, and a paper that is currently under review at an entrepreneurship journal. Sean is currently working on his dissertation, research projects, and teaching at the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University. He plans to be on the job market this fall as he enters his final year of the doctoral program.
Research Interests:
Sean's primary interests in research broadly involve (a) the notion of "purpose" in entrepreneurship and (b) "resilience" at both the individual and organizational level of analysis. He has published in academic journals and contributed to conference proceedings/presentations at the Annual Meeting of Academy of Management, Babson College Entrepreneurial Research Conference, Strategic Management Society Conference, and the Social Entrepreneurship Conference.
Teaching Interests:
Sean has taught Social Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management. He is currently teaching Strategic Management during the Spring 2024 semester.
Publications
Basic or Discovery Scholarship
Dwyer, Sean and Koch, Hope. “How Entrepreneurial Leaders Drive Digital Transformation: Exploring the Role of Digital Resilience Strategies,”
Babson College Entrepreneurial Research Conference, Waco, TX, June 1-4, 2022.
"Fake It Till You Make It: Hazards of a Cultural Norm in Entrepreneurship,"
Business Horizons, (December 2021) (coauthors: Matthew S Wood, David Scheaf).
"Crisis Driven Digital Transformation," (coauthors: Hope W. Koch, Yasamin Hadavi, Ramona Ionescu, Qing Li).
Presentations and Proceedings
"Personal Mission Drift: Exploring Purpose in Life in Entrepreneurial Venturing,"
Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference, July 2022, Vol. 2022, No. 1 (coauthors: Kendall W Artz).
"When the River Runs Dry: Entrepreneurial Imprinting as a Source of Missed Exit Opportunities,"
Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference, July 2022, Vol. 2022, No. 1 (coauthors: Matthew S Wood).
"When the Going Gets Tough…: Stressors and Purpose in Life Among Social and Commercial Entrepreneurs," presented at the Social Entrepreneurship Conference, November 2021 (coauthors: David Gras, Michael Lerman).
"Multiple Paths to Venture Social and Environmental Performance: A Configurational Examination of Institutional Antecedents," presented at the Strategic Management Conference, September 2021 (coauthors: Paul Sanchez-Ruiz, Kendall Artz).
"Building Organizational Resilience: How Digital Transformation Creates Value in a Crisis,"
Proceedings of the Academy of Management Conference, July 2021, Vol. 2021, No. 1 (coauthors: Yasamin Hadavi, Hope Koch, Russell E Browder).
"Institutional Antecedents Of Hybrid Organizations’ Impact Areas: A Configurational Analysis," presented at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, June 2021 (coauthors: Paul Ruiz-Sanchez, Kendall Artz).
Basic or Discovery Scholarship
"Crisis Driven Digital Transformation,"
Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Information Systems TREO Talk, Atlanta, GA, October 2020 (coauthors: Hope W. Koch, Yasamin Hadavi, Ramona Ionescu, Qing Li, Alexis Gonzalez, Jaime Suarez, Russell Browder).