Daniel ForbesAssistant Professor

Daniel Forbes
CSOM Strategic Mgmt & Org
3-414 CarlSMgmt
321 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN  55455
Phone: 612/625-2989
forbe010@umn.edu


Education
PhD, 2000, management, New York University
BA, 1992, honors, politics and economics, University of Chicago

Research

Expertise
Strategic decision-making
New venture strategy
Corporate governance


Publications

Major Publications

  • "Financing decisions as a source of conflict in venture boards," D. Forbes, M.A. Korsgaard and H. Sapienza; forthcoming in the Journal of Business Venturing.
  • "Reconsidering the strategic implications of decision comprehensiveness," D. Forbes, Academy of Management Review (2007).
  • "Entrepreneurial team formation: An exploration of new member addition," D. Forbes, P. Borchert, M. Zellmer-Bruhn, and H. Sapienza, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (2006).
  • "Managerial determinants of decision speed in new ventures," D. Forbes, Strategic Management Journal (2005).
  • "Are some entrepreneurs more overconfident than others?" D. Forbes, Journal of Business Venturing (2005).
  • "Cognition and corporate governance: Understanding boards of directors as strategic decision-making groups," D. Forbes and F. Milliken, Academy of Management Review (1999).
  • "Measuring the unmeasurable: Empirical studies of nonprofit organization effectiveness from 1977 to 1997," D. Forbes, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly (1998).

Other Publications

  • "The self-determination motive and entrepreneurs' choice of financing," H. Sapienza, M. A. Korsgaard, and D. Forbes, in J.Katz & D. Shepherd, Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence, and Growth (2003).

Instruction

Courses

Fall, 2009
MGMT 3004 Business Strategy Sec.  001
Spring, 2010
BA 0999 Immersion Core Sec.  002
MGMT 3004 Business Strategy Sec.  002
MGMT 4008 Entrepreneurial Management Sec.  001


Service

Current Editorial Appointments

  • Editorial Board, Organization Science
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Business Venturing
  • Editorial Board, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal

Scholarly Service and Honors

  • Outstanding Reviewer Award, Journal of Business Venturing, 2009
  • Best Reviewer Award, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, 2006
  • Taylor & Francis Best Paper Prize, Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurial Research Conference, 2005
  • National Science Foundation grant, with H. Sapienza and M. Zellmer-Bruhn, 2003

Community Relationships

  • Advisory team, Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits, St. Paul, Minnesota