Dr. Marcus Wolfe
University of North Texas
Management
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Education

PhD, Indiana University, 2012.
Major: Business
Degree Specialization: Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management
MBA, Indiana University, 2010.
Major: Entrepreneurship
MBA, Indiana University, 2005.
Major: Finance
MS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2002.
Major: Biochemistry
BS, Indiana University, 2000.
Major: Biochemistry

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma. (June 1, 2016 – May 28, 2022).
Assistant Professor, Ball State University. (June 1, 2012 – May 27, 2016).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
BUSI 4940, Business Policy, 3 courses.
BUSI 5190, Administrative Strategy, 3 courses.
MGMT 4220, Entrepreneurial Growth and Strategy, 2 courses.
MGMT 5300, Entrepreneurship and Venture Management, 1 course.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter
Escudero, S. B., Short, J. C., Wolfe, M. T., Chandler, J. A. (2023). Reviewing key concepts in recent social entrepreneurship research: A topic modeling approach. De Gruyter Handbook of Social Entrepreneurship.
Wolfe, M. T. Entrepreneurial Grit: Insights and Applications for New Ventures.
Shepherd, D. A., Williams, T. A., Wolfe, M. T., Patzelt, H. Learning from entrepreneurial failure: Emotions, cognitions, and actions.
Shepherd, D. A., Wolfe, M. T. Entrepreneurial Grief.
Journal Article
Chandler, J. A., Waddingham, J., Wolfe, M. (2024). Virtue signaling in the sharing economy: The effect of entrepreneurs’ virtue language on Airbnb price premiums. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 1(1), 1. Amsterdam: Sage. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/etp
Escudero, S. B., Jestratijevic, I., Short, J. C., Wolfe, M. (2023). B Corp certification in the age of fast fashion: Using hierarchical clustering and correspondence factor analysis to highlight social entrepreneurial advancement in the fashion industry. Journal of Business Venturing Insights. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352673423000410
Kincaid, P. A., Short, J. C., Wolfe, M. (2022). Got ink, get paid? Exploring the impact of tattoo visibility on crowdfunding performance.. Journal of Business Venturing Insights.
Allison, T., Anglin, A., Davis, B., Oo, P., Seyb, S., Short, J. C., Wolfe, M. (2022). Standing out in a crowd of victim entrepreneurs: How entrepreneurs’ language-based cues of personality traits affect public support.. Journal of Small Business Management.
Short, J., Wolfe, M., Cooper, D. (2022). Pursuing Crowdfunding Success: A Practical Guide and Checklist.. Business Horizons.
Patel, P. C., Wolfe, M. (2022). Public administration and new venture startups: The association between economic development and the role of bureaucracy in startup activity. Journal of Small Business Management.
Devaraj, S., Patel, P. C., Wolfe, M. T. Creative destruction and regional health: Evidence from the United States.
Patel, P. C., Rietvald, C. A., Wolfe, M. T., Wiklund, J. he polygenic risk score of subjective well-being, self-employment, and earnings among older individuals.
Patel, P. C., Wolfe, M. T. In the eye of the beholder? The returns of beauty and IQ for the self-employed.
Patel, P. C., Wolfe, M. T., Manikas, A. C. Logic is (somewhat) overrated: Image-based versus concept-based rhetoric in crowdfunding narratives.
Wolfe, M. T., Patel, P. C. Same difference? The impact of low-, medium-, and high-tech industries on venture performance and survival.
Wolfe, M. T., Patel, P. C., Manikas, A. S. Shock and awe: Loudness and unpredictability in Twitter messages and crowdfunding campaign success.
Patel, P. C., Wolfe, M. T., Manikas, A. C. Talk is cheap?! The value of a ban on product simulations and renderings on a crowdfunding platform.
Patzelt, H., Gartzia, L., Wolfe, M. T., Shepherd, D. A. The function of leadership in project failure: Transforming employee negative emotions into performance.
Patel, P. C., Wolfe, M. T. Under pressure: The effect of antioxidants on health consequences related to oxidative stress.
Wolfe, M. T., Patel, P. C. I will sleep when I’m dead? Sleep and self-employment.
Patzelt, H., Behrens, J., Wolfe, M. T., Shepherd, D. A. Perceived project transition support and employees' assessments of entrepreneurial project performance.
Patel, P. C., Reid, S. H., Wolfe, M. T. Self-employment, depression, and older individuals: A cross-country study.
Wolfe, M. T., Patel, P. C., Drover, A. W. The influence of hypomania symptoms on income in self-employment.
Li, M., Patel, P. C., Wolfe, M. T. A penny saved is a penny earned? Differences in male and female savings and consumption tradeoffs on online retail platforms.
Marvel, M. R., Sullivan, D. M., Wolfe, M. T. Accelerating sales in startups: A domain planning, network reliance, and resource complementary perspective.
Wolfe, M. T., Patel, P. C. Labor of love? The influence of work conditions among self-employed and work stress.
Patel, P. C., Wolfe, M. T., Williams, T. A. Self-employment and allostatic load.
Wolfe, M. T., Patel, P. C. To your health: Health insurance, self-employment exit, and older entrepreneurs.
Anglin, A. H., Wolfe, M. T., Short, J. C., McKenny, A. F., Pidduck, R. J. Narcissistic rhetoric and crowdfunding performance: A social role theory perspective.
Wolfe, M. T., Patel, P. C. Racing to get self-employed: Life history models and self-employment.
Wolfe, M. T., Patel, P. C. Satisfaction guaranteed? Life satisfaction, institutional factors, and self-employment.
Patel, P. C., Reid, S. J., Wolfe, M. T. The struggle is real: Self-employment and short-term psychological distress.
Wolfe, M. T., Patel, P. C. Grit and self-employment: A multi-country study.
Wolfe, M. T., Patel, P. C. Instant gratification: Temporal discounting and self-employment.
Mueller, B. A., Wolfe, M. T., Syed, I. Passion and grit: An exploration of the pathways leading to venture success.
Wolfe, M. T., Patel, P. C. Persistent and repetitive: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder and self-employment.
Nicolaou, N., Patel, P. C., Wolfe, M. T. Testosterone and tendency to engage in self-employment.
Wolfe, M. T., Patel, P. C. Two are better than one: Cortisol as a contingency in the association between epinephrine and self-employment.
Baron, R. A., Mueller, B. A., Wolfe, M. T. Self-efficacy and entrepreneurs' adoption of unattainable goals: The restraining effects of self-control.
Wolfe, M. T., Shepherd, D. . Bouncing back" from a loss: Entrepreneurial orientation, emotions, and failure narratives.
Marvel, M. R., Lee, I. H., Wolfe, M. T. Entrepreneur gender and firm innovation activity: A multilevel perspective.
Wolfe, M. T., Shepherd, D. A. What do you have to say about that? Performance events and narratives’ positive and negative emotional content.
Shepherd, D. A., Patzelt, H., Wolfe, M. T. Moving forward from project failure: Negative emotions, affective commitment and learning from the experience.
Heo, J., Wolfe, M. T., Staples, C. S., Ludden, P. W. Converting the NiFeS carbon monoxide dehydrogenase to a hydrogenase and a hydroxylamine reductase.
Wolfe, M. T., Heo, J., Garavelli, J. S., Ludden, P. W. Hydroxylamine reductase activity of the hybrid cluster protein from Escherichia coli”.

Presentations Given

Exhibit

Wolfe, M. (Discussant), Academy of Management Annual Conference, Health in entrepreneurship research: Putting "entrepreneurial workers" front and center, Academy of Management, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Invited Talk

Wolfe, M. (Presenter), Health in Entrepreneurship Conference, The good, the bad, and the ugly: Biological and clinical perspectives in entrepreneurship research, University of Northern Illinois, DePaul University, North Carolina State University, Chicago, IL, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Panel Presentation

Patel, P. C. (Author), Wolfe, M. (Author & Presenter), Lerner, D. (Author), Fitza, M. (Author), Academy of Management Annual Conference, Mental health, well-being, and entrepreneurship: Putting "entrepreneurial workers" front and center, Academy of Management, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Allison, T. (Coordinator/Organizer), Anglin, A. H. (Panelist), Davis, B. (Presenter), Wolfe, M. (Panelist), Parhankangas, A. (Panelist), McLarty, B. (Panelist), Southern Management Association Annual Meeting, Crowdfunding research workshop and panel symposium, Southern Management Association, Little Rock, AR, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Wolfe, M. (Other), Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Fusing disparate research streams: Mental health, well-being, and entrepreneurship, Academy of Management, Seattle, WA, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Paper

Zho, H. (Author & Presenter), Lerner, D. (Author), Wolfe, M. (Author), Xiao, X. (Author), Academy of Management Annual Conference, Down but not out: Underdog entrepreneurship and depression symptoms, Academy of Management, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Escudaro, S. B. (Author & Presenter), Short, J. C. (Author), Wolfe, M. (Author), Chandler, J. A. (Author), Academy of Management Annual Conference, Reviewing key concepts in social entrepreneurship research: A topic modeling approach, Academy of Management, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Chandler, J. A. (Author & Presenter), Waddingham, J. (Author), Wolfe, M. (Author), Academy of Management Annual Conference, The effect of entrepreneurs' virtue language on Airbnb price premiums, Academy of Management, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Wolfe, M. (Author & Presenter), Patel, P. C. (Author), Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Don't worry, be happy! The temporal nature of well-being among the self-employed, Babson College, Waco, TX, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Matthews, M. J. (Author & Presenter), Drover, W. (Author), Anglin, A. H. (Author), Wolfe, M. (Author), Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Exploring founder age bias in new venture financing, Babson College, Waco, TX, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Professional Meeting Contribution

Wolfe, M. (Presenter), McCary, J. (Presenter), Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Annual Meeting, The elephant in the room: Confronting and coping with entrepreneurial failure, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, United States of America. (2022 – 2022).

Scholarly Meeting Contribution

Patel, P. C. (Author), Wolfe, M. (Author & Presenter), Lerner, D. (Author), Fitza, M. (Author), Health in Entrepreneurship, Age is just a number: Self-employment, ageism, and stress among older and elderly adults, Chicago, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Awards and Honors

Top Cited Paper 2021-2022, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. (February 21, 2023 – Present).

Service

University Service

Co-Director, Murphy Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. (June 2, 2022 – Present).

Professional Service

Committee Member, Academy of Management. (June 2023 – Present).

Editorial Review Board Member, Small Business Economics. (2023 – Present).

Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Business Venturing Insights. (2022 – Present).

Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Management. (2020 – Present).

Editorial Review Board Member, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. (2019 – Present).

Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Business Venturing. (2016 – Present).

Awards and Honors

Best Reviewer Award - Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management. (November 1, 2022 – Present).