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Dr. Marcus Wolfe

Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Management

Email: Marcus.Wolfe@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Indiana University, 2012
    Major: Business
    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. University of Oklahoma. (2016 - 2022).
  • Assistant Professor, Ball State University. Ball State University. (2012 - 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, 4 courses.
  • MGMT 5300 - Entrepreneurship and Venture Management, 1 course.
  • MGMT 6880 - Seminar in Entrepreneurship, 1 course.

Awards and Honors

  • Top Cited Paper 2021-2022, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. (February 21, 2023).
  • Best Reviewer Award - Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management. (November 1, 2022).

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.A. 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).
  • Keynote/Plenary Address

  • Wolfe, M. (Presenter), Health and Entrepreneurship Conference, Prescriptive research in entrepreneurial health and well-being: Translating findings into practice, France. (2024 - 2024).
  • 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).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, Assistant Professor Search Committee. (October 15, 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Department Chair/Professor Search Committee. (October 15, 2024 - Present).
  • Co-Director, Murphy Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. (June 2, 2022 - Present).
  • Chairperson, Review, Promotion, and Tenure Committee. (August 1, 2024 - May 5, 2025).

Professional Service

  • Chairperson, Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division - Early Scholar Consortium. (August 12, 2024 - Present).
  • 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).
  • Other (Early Career Development Consortium - Co-Chair), Academy of Management - Entrepreneurship Division. (January 15, 2024 - August 12, 2024).