David Hansen, Ph.D.

Interim Department Chair and Assistant Professor

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Education

University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
Ph.D., Business Administration, 2007

University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
M.A., Economics, 2002

University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
B.A., Economics, 1999

University of Maryland, University College, Maryland
A.A., Business, 1994

Community College of the Air Force
A.A.S. Food Service and Lodging, 1993

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Research Interests

Dr. Hansen's primary research streams involve modeling and testing process-related models of opportunity, particularly the conception and development of new product and business ideas. Additionally, with colleagues, Dr. Hansen looks at the way opportunity and opportunity-related processes are conceptually and operationally defined. Secondary Research involves the marketing and entrepreneurship interface. Dr. Hansen is also very interested in researching the context of Sustainable Business Venturing or "Ecopreneurship"

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Courses Taught

• Principles of Entrepreneurship
• Ecopreneurship
• Creativity in Business
• Creation of New Business Enterprises
• Management and Organizational Behavior
• Marketing Concepts

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Publications

Hansen, David J., Javier Monllor and Leslie McMurchie (in press), “Opportunity Development: An Exploratory Study of Ecopreneurs Using a Creativity Perspective,” the Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship.  This is an outcome of the work started by Leslie as a Bachelor’s Essay.

Eggers, Fabian, David J. Hansen and Amy E. Davis, "Examining the Relationship between Customer and Entrepreneurial Orientation on Nascent Firms' Marketing Strategy," in press at the International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal.

Hansen, David J., G. Thomas Lumpkin and Gerald E. Hills (2011), “A Multidimensional Examination of a Creativity-Based Opportunity Recognition Model,” International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 17 (5), pp. 515-533.

Hansen, David J., Rodney Shrader and Javier Monllor (2011), "Defragmenting Definitions of Entrepreneurial Opportunity," Journal of Small Business Management, 49 (2), pp. 283-304.

Hansen, David J. and Fabian Eggers (2010), "The Marketing/Entrepreneurship Interface: A Report on the 'Charleston Summit'", Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, 12 (1), pp. 42-53.

Teach, Richard D., Morgan P. Miles and David J. Hansen (2007), "Academic Career Opportunities in Entrepreneurial Marketing: Revisiting Teach & Miles (1997)," Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 10, p. 85-100.

Hills, Gerald E., David J. Hansen and Claes Hultman (2005), "A Value Creation View of Opportunity Recognition Processes," International Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, 2 (4), pp. 404-417.

Hansen, David J. and Gerald E. Hills (2004), "Industry Difference in Opportunity Recognition," Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, 6 (1), pp.18-32.

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