Andrew Corbett is a
Babson Research Scholar, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship, and the
Faculty Director for John E. & Alice L. Butler Venture Accelerator at
Babson College. He is also the General Editor for the Journal of Management Studies and
co-editor of the Advances in
Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence, and Growth book series.
As an educator
Professor Corbett primarily focuses on graduate courses but he has taught
across the entire curriculum. In
addition to teaching feasibility, business planning, and marketing for
entrepreneurs to Babson MBAs, his extensive, practical experience finds him
consulting and teaching to corporate clients across the globe. Professor Corbett has been recognized for his
excellence in teaching on both the undergraduate and graduate level on numerous
occasions. Nationally, he has also been awarded the McGraw-Hill Innovation in Entrepreneurship Pedagogy Award by the
Academy of Management.
Professor Corbett’s
research examines behavioral aspects of the entrepreneurial process and the
role of individuals within strategic renewal and innovations efforts within
organizations. His research has appeared in scholarly outlets including Harvard Business Review; the Journal of Management Studies, the Journal of Business Venturing; Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice;
and many others. His latest book, Academic Entrepreneurship: Creating an
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem is the fourth book he has
edited.
Professor Corbett serves
the Babson community in numerous ways but most notably in the Butler Venture Accelerator
where he assists with strategic direction and the mentoring of young
entrepreneurs. He has led or been a
member of over a dozen committees or tasks forces for the Entrepreneurship
Division of the Academy of Management where he is currently the co-chair of the
Doctoral Consortium.
Before coming to Babson,
Professor Corbett was MBA Director, Associate Professor, and Faculty Director
of the Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship at the Lally School
of Management & Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He
has also taught at the University of Colorado and Bentley College. Prior to working in academia he spent over a
decade in marketing and strategic management positions within the media and
publishing industries.