Education
University of Virginia, Darden School of Business
Phd - Business Administration: Entrepreneurship, Strategy, and Business Ethics
University of Colorado
Master of Business Administration, Technology Management and Finance
Air Force Institute of Technology
Master of Science, Cost Analysis
United States Air Force Academy
Bachelor of Science, Management
Academic Appointments
Willamette University, Atkinson Graduate School of Management
Associate Professor of Strategic Management (with tenure), 2018-Present
Lehigh University, College of Business and Economics
Associate Professor of Management (with tenure), 2016-2018
Assistant Professor of Management, 2009-2016
United States Air Force Academy, Management Department
Instructor of Management, 2003-2005
Publications
Brown, J.A., Forster, W.R., & Wicks, A. (in-press). The Fork in the Road for Social Enterprises: Leveraging Moral Imagination for Long-Term Stakeholder Support. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice.
Forster, W. & Sarasvathy, S. (in-press). An Error Based Theory of Entrepreneurial Confidence. Edward Elgar Research Agenda Book Series – The Future of Research on Entrepreneurial Decision Making. Awarded the 2022 Best Published Paper Award from the International
Association for Business and Society.
Dean, T.J., & Forster, W.R. 2020. The Lighthouse-Keeper in Economics: Property Rights Entrepreneurship and the Externality Problem. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings 2020 (1) 10025.
Sarasvathy, S.D., Forster, W.R., and Ramesh, A. 2020. From Goldilocks to Gump: Entrepreneurial Mechanisms for Everyday Entrepreneurs. Iberoamerican Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 9 (1).
Smit, W., Mauer, R., Forster, W.R., York, J.G., & Jones, J. 2018. Time to Emergence: The Dynamics of Effectuation in Nascent Ventures. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings 2018. (1)
Cardon, M., Post, C.A., & Forster, W.R. (2017). The Emergence and Influence of Team Entrepreneurial Passion in New Venture Teams. Academy of Management Review.
Pollack, J.M., Forster, W.R., Johnson, P.D., A. Coy, & Molden, D. A. 2015. Promotion- and Prevention-Focused Networking and its Consequences for Entrepreneurial Success. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 6(1): 3-12.
Forster, W.R. & Ramesh, A. (2013) From Goldilocks to Gump: A Research Agenda for Entrepreneurial Mechanisms Design. Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings. Winner of the 2014 Best Conceptual Paper Award, Entrepreneurship Division.
Venkataraman, S., Sarasvathy, S.D., Dew, N. & Forster, W.R. (2013) Dialogue: Of Narratives and Artifacts. Academy of Management Review, 38(1).
Brown, J.A. & Forster, W. R. (2013) CSR and Stakeholder Theory: A Tale of Adam Smith.Journal of Business Ethics, 112(2).
Venkataraman, S., Sarasvathy, S.D., Dew, N. & Forster, W.R. (2012) Reflections on the 2010 AMR decade award: Whither the promise? Moving forward with entrepreneurship as a science of the artificial. Academy of Management Review, 37(1).
Forster, W.R. & Jansen K.J. (2010) Co-Creating New Ventures: Attraction, Search, and Uncertainty in Founding Partnership Formation. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 30(10).
Hayward, M. L., Forster, W.R., Sarasvathy, S.D., & Fredrickson B. L. (2010) Beyond Hubris: How Highly Confident Entrepreneurs Rebound to Venture Again. Journal of Business Venturing, 25(6). *Selected by the Academy of Management’s Entrepreneurship Division as a 2009 research exemplar paper.
Ferrante, C. J., Green, S. J. & Forster, W. R. (2006) Getting More out of Team Projects: Incentivizing Leadership to Enhance Performance. Journal of Management Education, 30(6).
Honors, Awards and Editorial Activities
IABS Best Published Paper Award for 2022, International Association for Business & Society 2022
Faculty Member of the Year, Atkinson Graduate School Management, 2022
Research Fellow, NASDAQ Entrepreneurial Center, 2018 to present
Appointed to CNBC Disruptor 50 Advisory Council, CNBC, 2018
Class of 2018 Excellence in Teaching Award, MBA Program, Lehigh University,
2018
Frank L. Magee Distinguished Professor, Lehigh University, 2017
Field Editor (Psychology & Entrepreneurship), Journal of Business Venturing, 2022 to present
Editorial Review Board, Journal of Business Venturing, 2017-2022
Editorial Review Board, Academy of Management Review, 2011-2020
Class of 2015 Excellence in MBA Teaching Award, Lehigh University 2015
Best Conceptual Paper Award, Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division 2013
Entrepreneurship Research Exemplar, Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division 2009
Ph.D. Fellowship, United States Air Force 2005-2007
Meritorious Service Medal, United States Air Force 2005
