David Hansen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies
Office Hours: Contact for appointment
Phone: 843.953.6447
E-mail: hansend@cofc.edu (best way to contact Dr. Hansen is via email)
Curriculum Vitae: Download
David J. Hansen is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship. His primary research focus is aimed at better understanding the process of how ideas are conceived and developed into new products and new businesses through a theoretical lens of creativity. Additionally, he has examined how opportunity has been defined and operationalized in the literature. His research has been published in entrepreneurship journals including Journal of Small Business Management, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, and International Entrepreneurship Management Journal. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship and a board member for the Global Research Symposium on Marketing and Entrepreneurship. He primarily teaches Entrepreneurship courses including New Venture Modeling, Ecopreneurship (a course he created) and Social Entrepreneurship. In addition, he regularly works with undergrad and graduate students on thesis projects related to sustainable business and/or entrepreneurship.
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
A.A.S. Food Service and Lodging, 1993
Research Interests
- Entrepreneurial Opportunity Processes
- Creativity
- Marketing/Entrepreneurship Interface
Courses Taught
- Principles of Entrepreneurship
- Ecopreneurship
- New Venture Modeling
- Social Entrepreneurship
- Creativity in Business
- Creation of New Business Enterprises
- Management and Organizational Behavior
- Marketing Concepts
Honors and Awards
2017 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Entrepreneurship Division, one of only 25 out of over 900 reviewers
2017 College of Charleston School of Business - Distinguished Faculty Service Award
2016 Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Entrepreneurship Division, one of only 30 out of over 900 reviewers
2013 Emerald Literati Network Outstanding Reviewer Award – as a reviewer for the Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship
2012 Emerald Literati Network Outstanding Reviewer Award – as a reviewer for the Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship
2010 Recipient of College of Charleston School of Business Summer Research Award – one of only seven to receive award
2009 Recipient of College of Charleston School of Business and Economics Summer Research Award
2005 Front End of Innovation Conference Doctoral Travel Scholarship winner
2005 American Marketing Association Doctoral Consortium fellow
2005 Academy of Management, Entrepreneurship Division Doctoral Consortium fellow and scholarship winner
2004 Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference Doctoral Consortium fellow and scholarship winner
Publications
Hansen, David J., and David Wyman (2021) “Beyond Making a Profit: Using the UNSDGs in Entrepreneurship Programs to Help Nurture Sustainable Entrepreneur.” Accepted for publication at the Journal of the International Council for Small Business. 2 (2), pp. 125-133. The paper is based on two case studies of students that have started businesses from our classes.
David J. Hansen, Deacon, Jonathan, Vince Pascal and Zubin Sethna (2020) “The Future is in the Past: A Framework for the Marketing-Entrepreneurship Interface (MEI),” Journal of Business Research, 113 (May), pp. 198-208.
Hansen, David J., Javier Monllor and Rodney Shrader (2016), “Identifying What Scholars are Really Examining: An Integrated Model of Entrepreneurial Opportunity,” International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 17 (4), pp. 240-255. This is an outcome of work partially conducted during my sabbatical.
Whalen, Peter, Can Uslay, Vincent Pascal, Glenn Omura, Chick Kasouf, Rosalind Jones, Claes Hultman, Gerald E. Hills, David J. Hansen, Audrey Gilmore, Joseph Giglierano, Fabian Eggers, and Jonathan Deacon (2016) “The Anatomy of Competitive Advantage: Towards a Contingency Theory of Entrepreneurial Marketing,” Journal of Strategic Marketing. 24 (1), pp. 5-19.
Other Publications
Hansen, David J., Joe Giglierano and Peter Whalen (2018) “Introduction to the Special Issue: The Business Model Canvas and Customer Development,” Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship.
Conference Presentations
Hansen, David J., Zubin Sethna and Rachel McKinnon “A Transatlantic Exploration into Transgender Entrepreneurship,” presented at the 2018 Global Research Symposium on Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Boston, MA, August 9, 2018.
Hansen, David J., Vince Pascal and Jonathan Deacon, “You Asked for It: Beginning of the Natural Selection Process for Marketing-Entrepreneurship Interface Frameworks,” presented at the 2017 Global Research Symposium on Marketing and Entrepreneurship, San Francisco, CA, August 9, 2017.
For a comprehensive list of Dr. Hansen's research, please see his CV.