Dr. Paul Reynolds, Director of the Entrepreneurship Research Institute

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The Entrepreneurship Research Institute serves as the Center’s research and program evaluation arm. Its mission is to foster better understanding of the
various aspects of the entrepreneurial venture’s life cycle by using quantitative methods, tools, and techniques, as well as qualitative case studies that model, analyze, evaluate, and diagnose an entrepreneurial venture at various stages. Such studies help both academics and entrepreneurs to better understand the uniqueness of the entrepreneurial venture, family firm, or new not-forprofit enterprise.

Dr. Reynolds served as the Coordinating Principal Investigator of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor research program from 1998 to 2004, integrating the contributions of 39 national teams. He is now focusing on two efforts. One is an annual assessment of the participation in entrepreneurship among US adults that can be utilized as a time-series portrayal, beginning with the year 2000. He is also serving as the co-principal investigator of the 4 years US Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics. This project, sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation and completed with the University of Michigan , will identify a cohort of those active in the business creation process in 2005 and track their success for two additional years.

Each year the Institute hosts Senior Scholars in one or more areas of entrepreneurship as part of its International Research Scholars Program, initially funded by grants from the European Union and the Academy of Finland. This program enables Center faculty and FIU students to benefit from a global perspective of entrepreneurship on an ongoing basis.

The Institute is currently collaborating with the Institute for Family Business in producing the Family Business Case Series under a grant from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The Institute also works with FIU professors participating in the Kauffman Entrepreneurial Professors Program to facilitate their research efforts.

Cases Studies and research conducted or sponsored by the Institute is made available on the Center’s web site at www.entrepreneurship.fiu.edu.