Greg Fisher

Areas of Expertise

Entrepreneurship, Business Strategy, Corporate Entrepreneurship and Turnaround Management

Academic Degrees

• PhD, University of Washington, 2012
• MBA, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, 2004
• BComm (Hons), University of Johannesburg, 2002
• BAcct, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 1997

Professional Experience

• Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa
• Expert Contributor and Advisor, Entrepreneur Magazine, South Africa
• Cofounder and Director, Learninglab Inc.
• Senior Manager, Deloitte

Awards, Honors & Certificates

• 2018 Emerging Scholars Award from Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division
• 2018 MBA Teaching Excellence Award at Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
• 2018 Eyster Teaching Award at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
• 2017 Developmental Reviewer of the Year Award for Academy of Management Review
• 2017 Alliance for Research on Corporate Sustainability (ARCS) Conference Outstanding Paper Award
• 2017 Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award
• 2016 – 2021 John and Donna Shoemaker Faculty Fellowship in Entrepreneurship
• 2016 Outstanding Reviewer Award for Academy of Management Review
• 2016 Named among the “Favorite Business School Professor Teaching MBAs” by Poets and Quants website.
• 2015, 2014 & 2013 Nominated for the Indiana University Trustees Teaching Award.
• 2014 Named among the “40 Most Outstanding B-School Profs under 40 in the World” by the Poets and Quants website
• 2013 MBA Teaching Excellence Award at Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
• 2013 Best Paper Award at the Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship Conference, Denver, CO.
• 2011 MBA Teaching Award for best instructor in the full time MBA program at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa
• 2011 Outstanding Instructor for the Business Fundamentals program at the University of Washington, Foster School of Business.
• 2011 Best Doctoral Student Paper Award at the Western Academy of Management meeting.
• 2011 Best Paper Award in the Ethics/Diversity track of the Southern Management Association Meeting.
• 2010 MBA Teaching Award for best instructor in the full time MBA program at the Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
• 2010 Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division IDEA Award in the Research Promise Category.
• 2010 Kenneth E. Clark Student Research Award from International Leadership Association.
• 2009 Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice Award for the Best Conceptual Paper for the Annual Meeting of the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management.
• 2009 Doctoral Student Paper award at the Southern Management Association meeting (Entrepreneurship/Innovation Track).

Selected Publications

• Fisher, G. (2018), "Online Communities and Firm Advantages," Academy of Management Review. In press.
• Liu, D., Fisher, G. & Chen, G. (2018), "CEO Attributes and Firm Performance: A Sequential Mediation Process Model". Academy of Management Annals. In press.
• Zhao, Eric Yanfei, Greg Fisher, Michael Lounsbury and Danny Miller (2017), "Optimal distinctiveness: Broadening the interface between institutional theory and strategic management," Strategic Management Journal, 38(1): 93-113.
• Fisher, G., Kuratko, D.F., Bloodgood, J., & Hornsby, J.S. (2017), “Legitimate to Whom? Audience Diversity and Individual-Level New Venture Legitimacy Judgments,” Journal of Business Venturing 32 (1): 52-71.
• Fisher, G. & Aguinus, H. (2017), "Using Theory Elaboration to Make Theoretical Advancements," Organizational Research Methods, 20(3): 438-464.
• Kuratko, D.F., Fisher, G . , Bloodgood, J. & Hornsby, J. (2017), "The Paradox of New Venture Legitimation within an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem," Small Business Economics Journal, 49(1): 119-140.
• Li, J., Chen, X., Kotha, S. & Fisher, G. (2017), "Catch Fire and Spread It: A Glimpse into Entrepreneurial Passion in Crowdfunding Campaigns," Journal of Applied Psychology, 102(7): 1075-1090.
• Fisher, G., Kotha, S. & Lahiri, A. (2016), "Changing with the Times: An Integrated View of Identity, Legitimacy and New Venture Life Cycles," Academy of Management Review, 41: 383-409.
• Waldron, T., Fisher, G., & Pfarrar, M. (2016), "How Social Entrepreneurs Facilitate the Adoption of New Industry Practices," Journal of Management Studies, 53: 821-845.  
• Fisher, G. & Kotha, S. (2015), "Entrepreneurial Identity and Resource Acquisition: The Role of Venture Identification," Oxford Handbook on Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. Eds Hitt, M., Zhou, J. & Shally, C. Oxford University Press, New York.
• Waldron, T., Fisher, G. & Navis, C. (2015), "Institutional Entrepreneurs'' Social Mobility in Organizational Fields .,"  Journal of Business Venturing, 30: 131-149.
• Waldron, T., Navis, C. & Fisher, G.   (2013), "Explaining Differences in Firms'' Responses to Activism," Academy of Management Review, 38: 397-415.
• Fisher, G. (2012), "Effectuation, Causation and Entrepreneurial Bricolage: A Behavioral Comparison of Emerging Theories in Entrepreneurship Research," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 36: 1019-1051.