Schulze Awards

Schulze Distinguished Professorships

To support emerging thought leaders in the field of entrepreneurship, the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation designates distinguished scholars and educators as Schulze Professors. Research stipends are provided to Schulze Distinguished Professors to assist their efforts to advance thought leadership in entrepreneurship.

Inaugural

David Deeds, Schulze School of Entrepreneurship, University of St. Thomas  

James Wetherbe, Rawls College of Business, Texas Tech University  

2015

Jonathan Eckhardt, Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship, School of Business, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Kimberly Eddleston, D’Amore-McKim School Business, Northeastern University

Daniel Forbes, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

2016

Charles Eesley, College of Engineering, Stanford University

2017

Ethan Mollick, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Brent Goldfarb, Robert H Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

2018

Ramana Nanda, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Emily Pahnke, Foster School of Business, University of Washington

2019

Mahka Moeen, University of North Carolina

Publication Awards

Since 2014, Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange has recognized authors whose submissions have exceptional merit through its Schulze Publication Awards. In 2018 our awards eligibility was expanded to also consider authors who have published articles on familybusiness.org.

Published submissions are given visibility through the EIX, familybusiness.org and Schulze Family Foundation sites, and are eligible via crowdsourcing feedback for ultimate recognition through a Schulze Award. 

Schulze Awards are a significant achievement, exhibiting quality of thought and workmanship as they pass through the EIX and familybusiness.org review communities. Award winners by years are as follows:

 

2023-2024

 

EIX

Commentary

The ABCs of Creating an Innovative Company, Steve Wunker

Entrepreneurship in the Era of Disinformation and AI and ChatGPT Will Revolutionize Customer Discovery, Steve Blank

Leveraging Generative AI Tools Like ChatGPT for Startups and Small Business Growth,David Townsend 

How to Know When You Need a Lawyer (and How to Find the Right One), Dustin Slade

 'I’ll See You in Court?' There’s a Better Way for Businesses, Chandima Weerakondabaduge

Research Insights

Micro Venture Capital: A Growing Source of Startup Funding, Mario Daniele Amore, Annamaria Conti, and Valerio Pelucco

Authenticity Lessons From the Craft Beer Industry, Stanislav Dobrev and Cameron Verhaal 

Entrepreneurs Need an Agile Mindset and Agile Slack and Simple Rules Can Power Up Your Global Strategy, Yoel Asseraf

When Can Fintech Do the Most Good?, Arzi Adbi, Siddharth Natarajan

Applied and Practice

Startups With Onsite Employees Grow 3 1/2 Times Faster, Steve Blank

Sensemaking and Purpose Drive Innovation and Transformation, Kevin Fee 

A Crash Course in Hiring Your Startup's First Employees, Gavin Williamson

Features

Cashless Businesses Make Change, Hanna Horvath

Should Gas Stations Become Charging Stations? John Wasik

How to Turn a Hobby Into a Business, Chris Farrell

Unexpected Career Pivots Can Lead to Job Satisfaction, Patricia Corrigan

 Creating a Succession Plan for Your Business, Richard Eisenberg

Interviews

Dick Schulze Reflects on a Decade of Impact: More Than 15 Million Annual Views, Catherine Buday, James C. Wetherbe, Dick Schulze 

Education and Teaching

SNL Humor Can Illustrate [Un]Viable Business Models, Danielle Ailts Campeau and Michelle Somes-Booher

Bisociation Teaching Exercise Spurs Business Model Innovation, Dante Di Gregorio, Joel Ryman, and Jennifer Kuan

How Educators Can Recognize and Support Entrepreneurial Personas, Chuck Sacco

FamilyBusiness.org

Research Insights

How to Encourage Devotion Among Nonfamily Employees, Josep Llach, Valeriano Sanchez-Famoso, Dr. Sharon M. Danes 

When the Family Leaves the Business, Can Their Values Remain?, Roy Suddaby, Wilson Ng, Natalia Vershinina, Gideon Markman, Matthew Cadbury

Better Let Your Brother Do It: Men Are Still Preferred in CEO Successions,  Jan-Philipp Ahrens, Melania Riefolo, Annegret Hauer, Katharina Siegert

A Family's Non-Financial Values Shape Its Sustainability Strategy, Josh Hsueh, Alfredo De Massis, Luis Gomez-Mejia

Managing Emotional Minefields Within Family Businesses,  Dr. Ayoosha Saleem, Francesco Barbera, Simon de Jong, Arvid Hoffmann

Why Prominent Business Families Dive Into Politics, Marcelo Ortiz M.,

Commentary

A Charismatic Family Business Founder Can Be a Tough Act to Follow, Kimberly Eddleston, Meghan Lynch

Women on Family Business Boards Shun Layoffs, Jessenia Davila, Luis Gomez-Mejia, Fernando Muñoz-Bullon, Maria J. Sanchez-Bueno

Family Business Succession, Innovation, and Compensation: What You Need to Know, Mat Hughes, R. Adam Smith

Interviews

Dick Schulze Reflects on Our Growing Impact: More Than 15 Million Annual Views, Catherine Buday, James C. Wetherbe, Dick Schulze

An Innovation Challenge Can Help Employees Feel More Connected, Kimberly Eddleston, Emmie Strommen, Ian Strommen, 

Here's Why Family Businesses Need Branding, Kimberly Eddleston, Meghan Lynch

A Secret to Success: Family Business Centers, Kimberly Eddleston, Jon Keimig, Angela Warner

How to Defuse and Recover From Family Business Conflict. Kimberly Eddleston, Heidi Vermeer-Quist

Why Do We Treat Strangers Better Than Family Members?, Kimberly Eddleston, Ruschelle Khanna

Family Business Patriarchs and Matriarchs: When Is It Time to Move On?, Kimberly Eddleston, Tony Wood

Applied and Practice

Attitudes Towards Money Can Cloud Family Business Decisions and Punishment, Reward, Control: How Money Shows Up in the Business Family, Claudia Binz Astrachan, Anneleen Michiels, 

Using AI to Grow Your Family Business, Mat Hughes, David Townsend

How to Transform an Outdated Board, Joseph Giglio, John Friar

Master Three Perilous Stages of Family Business Transition, Ryan Renteria

Keep the Founder's Entrepreneurial Spirit Alive in Future Generations, David Werdiger

Do You Treat In-Laws Like the Family Business Outlaws?, Claudia Binz Astrachan, Joseph Astrachan, Torsten Pieper

Education and Teaching

Helping Next-Gens Envision Their Family Firm’s Future Success, Nadine Kammerlander, Friedrich Kammerlander

Practice Insight

Self-Interest Can Skew Budgets at Family Businesses, Joseph Astrachan

 

2022

EIX

Applied and Practice

Education and Teaching

Features

Practice Insight

Research Insight

 

FAMIILY BUSINESS

Applied and Practice

Commentary

Interviews

Practice Insight

Research Insight

2021

EIX

Applied/Practice

Commentary

Education and Teaching

Interviews

Practice Insight

Research Insight

Student Feature

Family Business

Applied/Practice

Commentary

Interviews

Practice Insight 

Research Insight

Theory and Resarch

 

2020

EIX

Applied/Practice

Commentary

Education and Teaching

Interviews

Research Insight

 

Family Business

Applied/Practice

Commentary

Education and Teaching

Interviews

Research Insight

2019

EIX

Theory/Research

Applied/Practice

Commentary

Education and Teaching

Interviews

 

Family Business

Theory and Research

Applied/Practice

Commentary

Education and Teaching

2018

Theory and Research

Applied and Practice

Teaching and Education

Commentaries

2017

Theory and Research

Applied and Practice

Teaching and Education

Commentaries

Interviews

2016

Theory and Research

Applied and Practice

Teaching and Education

Commentaries

2015

Theory and Research

Applied and Practice

Teaching and Education

Commentaries

2014

Theory and Research

Applied and Practice

Teaching and Education

Commentaries