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Griffin Cottle

faculty

Griffin Cottle, PhD

Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship

Management & Marketing

Contact

508-999-8940

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Charlton College of Business 229

Education

2020University of Missouri-Kansas CityPhD
2009Syracuse UniversityMPA
2004University of Northern ColoradoBA

Teaching

Programs

Teaching

Courses

Fundamentals of starting and operating a successful small business. This course traces the development of a business from the entrepreneurial concept to the profitable operating stage. It examines small business issues in such areas as marketing, personnel, finance, operations, and managing the family business.

Fundamentals of starting and operating a successful small business. This course traces the development of a business from the entrepreneurial concept to the profitable operating stage. It examines small business issues in such areas as marketing, personnel, finance, operations, and managing the family business.

Fundamentals of starting and operating a successful small business. This course traces the development of a business from the entrepreneurial concept to the profitable operating stage. It examines small business issues in such areas as marketing, personnel, finance, operations, and managing the family business.

Examination of the role of the entrepreneur in the conception, start-up, and development of new independent businesses. New venture problems to be studied include identification of possible new products and services, evaluation of practical commercial potential, and development of a business plan, with attention to financing, operating, and marketing.

Examination of the role of the entrepreneur in the conception, start-up, and development of new independent businesses. New venture problems to be studied include identification of possible new products and services, evaluation of practical commercial potential, and development of a business plan, with attention to financing, operating, and marketing.

Teaching

Online and Continuing Education Courses

Fundamentals of starting and operating a successful small business. This course traces the development of a business from the entrepreneurial concept to the profitable operating stage. It examines small business issues in such areas as marketing, personnel, finance, operations, and managing the family business.

Examination of the role of the entrepreneur in the conception, start-up, and development of new independent businesses. New venture problems to be studied include identification of possible new products and services, evaluation of practical commercial potential, and development of a business plan, with attention to financing, operating, and marketing.

Research

Research interests

  • Entrepreneurial behavior
  • New venture strategy
  • Entrepreneurship in developing countries

Prof. Cottle’s research focuses on understanding the strategic behavior that entrepreneurs engage in during the early stages of the new venture creation process, and the outcomes associated with one of the most prevalent forms of entrepreneurship in the developing world, the forced or involuntary nature of necessity entrepreneurship. His recent publications have looked at how pivoting effects new venture teams, and how subsistence-level entrepreneurs transition out of poverty. His work has appeared in Small Business Economics, the Journal of Business Ethics, and Academy of Management Review. He is a recipient of the Thomas J. Higginson Award for Excellence in Teaching.