As professor of strategic management and organization and Curtis L. Carlson Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies, Harry Sapienza researches strategic decision-making, venture capital, and international entrepreneurship. He focuses on the creation of value in entrepreneurial ventures.

Currently, Sapienza is studying University spin-outs and boards of venture capital-backed firms. “The creation of new ventures is the economic engine that drives regional and international economies,” says Sapienza. “Because of the difficulty in conducting research in this area, scholarship on nascent organizations is still in its infancy.”

Sapienza is academic director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and the Carlson Ventures Enterprise. He has co-authored articles on a wide range of subjects, including the return on venture capital investments, social capital and knowledge acquisition in young technology-based firms, and decision-making of top management teams.

In addition to leading the Carlson Ventures Enterprise, Sapienza teaches courses in venture capital management and entrepreneurship.

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