Faculty Profile

Marcus Wolfe

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Management
College
College of Business

    

    

      


                          

            
Curriculum Vitae

            

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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





          

        
                

          
Current Scheduled Teaching*


          
BUSI 5190.403, Administrative Strategy, Summer 2024 
BUSI 5190.040, Administrative Strategy, Spring 2024 
MGMT 4220.001, Entrepreneurial Growth and Strategy, Spring 2024 Syllabus


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
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Previous Scheduled Teaching*


            
                    

                    MGMT 4220.001, Entrepreneurial Growth and Strategy, Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BUSI 5190.040, Administrative Strategy, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BUSI 4940.002, Business Policy, Spring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BUSI 4940.005, Business Policy, Fall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    BUSI 4940.003, Business Policy, Summer 5W2 2022 Syllabus SPOT
                    

                    MGMT 5300.001, Entrepreneurship and Venture Management, Summer 5W1 2022 Syllabus SPOT

          


          
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  Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of
  higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for
  undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
  

        

      

    

  

  
  	

	

	  

		

		   
Published Publications



  

  
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”. 



	
		
		
	  

	

	

  
    
	

	

	  

		

		   	
		
		
	  

	

	

	
	

  
  
  

  	

		

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