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Aron S. Spencer
aspencer@njit.edu |
School of Management New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ 07102 (973) 596-5634 http://web.njit.edu/~aspencer |
CURRENT POSITION
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR School of Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology (August 2003)
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Graduate School of Management, University of California, Irvine (September 2003)
Dissertation: "Strategy, Technology, and Power: An Analysis of Corporate Strategy, New Technologies, and Uncertainty"
Committee: Peter Navarro, Chair; Brad Killaly, Reynold Byers
B.A. Claremont McKenna College, Claremont CA (May 1993)
Major: Economics Minor: Engineering (at Harvey Mudd College)
Thesis: "An Investigation of the History and Application of Wordprinting Technology, with Specific Analysis of the Use of Hilton and Morton's Methodology to Attempt to Solve the Shakespeare Authorship Question"
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technological Change, and Economics
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Journal Publications
Spencer, Aron S., Rögnvaldur J. Saemundsson and Bruce A. Kirchhoff, "Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Wealth Distribution: The Impact of Creative Destruction on Income Inequality", accepted at International Small Business Journal.
Spencer, Aron S. and Bruce A. Kirchhoff, "Schumpeter and New Technology Based Firms: Towards a Framework for How NTBFs Help Cause Creative Destruction", being revised for International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal
Navarro, Peter and Aron S. Spencer, "September 11, 2001: Assessing the Costs of Terrorism" Milken Institute Review, Fourth Quarter 2001, pp. 16-32.
Elliott, Ward E. Y. and Robert J. Valenza, "And Then There Were None: Winnowing the Shakespeare Claimants," Computers and the Humanities 30:191 (April 1996) (article based on the following:)
Elliott, Ward E. Y., et al., "Matching Shakespeare, 1995: Computer Testing of Elizabethan Texts for Common Authorship with Shakespeare. Final report of 1992-94 Shakespeare Clinics," CMC Practicum Program, 1995 (Member of 1992-93 Shakespeare Clinic).
Current Working Papers
"Public Policy and University Patenting Activity", Working Paper, Target Journal IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
"Legal Infrastructure, and Entrepreneurship: An International Comparison", Working Paper, target journal: Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
"Entrepreneurship: Re-mapping the Winds of Creative Destruction", Working Paper, target journal: Research Policy
"A Reexamination of Zipf's Law: Evidence from Current and Historical Data", Working Paper
"Economic Fallout of the Y2K Bug: The Impact of Time-shifted IT Spending", Working Paper
Other Publications
Navarro, Peter and Aron Spencer, "Looking ahead: the Gloom, the Doom and the Boom," Puget Sound Business Journal, 4-10 January 2002, p. 23.
Navarro, Peter and Aron Spencer, "Energy Crisis: Economic Catastrophe Ahead," OC Metro, 31 May 2001, pp. 40-45.
Spencer, Aron, "Seven Habits of Internet Savvy Companies," Triangle Report, June 1996, pp. 8-9.
Academic Conference Presentations
"Entrepreneurship: A Link Between Economic Freedom and Economic Growth?" submitted to BCERC, Bloomington, IN, June 2006
"Legal Infrastructure, and Entrepreneurship: An International Comparison" accepted for presentation at USASBE/SBI Conference, Tucson, AZ, January 2006
"Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Wealth Distribution: the Impact of Creative Destruction on Income Inequality" presented at International Conference on Small Business, Washington, D.C. June 2005
"Entrepreneurship: Re-mapping the Winds of Creative Destruction", presented at International Conference on Small Business, Washington, D.C. June 2005
"Economic Development, Technological Innovation and Opportunity Creation", presented at USASBE/SBI Conference, Indian Wells, CA, January 2005
"From Schumpeter to Christensen: Establishing a Framework for Creative Destruction", presented at CORS/INFORMS conference, Banff, AB, May 2004
"A Day in the Life of Novosibirsk," web design for online Sociology course, presented at American Sociological Association (ASA), August 2000.
"Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the State: Corporate Strategies Under Uncertain Power," presented at, International Business and Economic Research Conference, Reno, NV, October 2001.
Other Speaking Engagements
"Terrorism and Air Security: The Economic Impacts," at National Air Disaster Alliance and Foundation Conference, Washington, D.C., September 2002.
"The Economics of 9-11 and Beyond," with Peter Navarro, at UCLA Anderson Forecast, Los Angeles, CA, December 2001.
"The Economic Fallout of September 11th", at the Rotary Club of Mission Viejo, CA, December 2002.
"Brown Outs and Black Outs: The Energy Crisis," at California Association of School Boards, San Diego, CA, November 2001.
"The Economic Costs of Terrorism: A High-Tech Angle," at Net-Tech Orange County, Newport Beach, CA, October 2001.
"World Trade Center Attacks: The Economic Fallout" at Orange County Executive Council of AeA, Costa Mesa, CA, September 2001
"Wholesale Electrical Price Caps: the Economic Basis," at Orange County Business Council, June 2001.
Other Papers
"Impacts of Policies Promoting High-Temperatures Superconducting Applications in the California Electricity Market," UC Irvine 2002
"Technology v. Terror: Economic Impacts of Productive-Protective Shift in Technology Investment Priorities," UC Irvine 2002
"Monopoly Pricing Without Monopoly: The Electricity Market," UC Irvine 2002
"The Last Mile: Technology and the Dissolution of Natural Monopoly," UC Irvine 2001
"Success and Failure in Early Stage Internet Startups," Doctoral Phase Paper, UC Irvine, 2001.
"Applied Utility Theory: A critique of gambles as an analytical tool of IT decision making," Doctoral Phase Paper, UC Irvine, 1999.
TEACHING INTERESTS
Entrepreneurship, Management of Technology, Strategy, Macroeconomics
TEACHING
Courses Taught
Management of Technology, senior undergraduate course at NJIT, Fall 2003 – present, average teaching evaluation score 3.2 out of 4.0.
Courses Prepared
Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation, MBA Core course.
Financial and Economic Environment, MBA elective course.
New Venture Management, MBA concentration course.
Other Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, Macroeconomics for Managers, MBA course, UC Irvine Graduate School of Management, 2000 – 2002
Teaching Assistant, eCommerce Strategy, MBA course, UC Irvine Graduate School of Management, 2001
Teaching Assistant, Information Technology for Managers, MBA core course, UC Irvine, Graduate School of Management,1998 – 1999
"Application of Information Technology in Modern Business," guest lecture to business students of Vladimir Gerchikov, Novosibirsk State University, November 1999.
SERVICE
Faculty Committees
Working Group on Technology Entrepreneurship Program, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2005 – present
Curriculum Development for Technology Entrepreneurship Concentration, MBA program, School of Management, NJIT, 2005
University Library Committee, New Jersey
Institute of Technology, 2004 – present
Instrumental
in expanding faculty borrowing privileges.
Faculty Resources and Development Committee, School of Management, NJIT, 2003 – present
Reviewing
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Journal of Small Business Management
International Journal of Technology Management
Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division
Academy of Management Technology and Innovation Management Division
USASBE/SBI Technology Entrepreneurship Track
ICSB
HONORS AND AWARDS
2004 Academy of Management TIM Junior Faculty Consortium
2002 La Verne Noyes Scholarship
2002 Academy of Management TIM Doctoral Consortium
2001 Academy of Management TIM Doctoral Consortium
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Academy of Management
American Economic Association
American Society for Engineering Education
Association for Computing Machinery
International Council on Small Business
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
REFERENCES
Mark Somers
Professor
School of Management
New Jersey Institute of Technology
University Heights
Newark, NJ 07102-1982
(973) 596-3279
Bruce A. Kirchhoff, Ph.D.
Director, Small Business Institute and Technological Entrepreneurship Program
Distinguished Professor
School of Management
New Jersey Institute of Technology
University Heights
Newark, NJ 07102-1982
(973) 596-5658
Brad Killaly
Assistant Professor, Organization & Strategy
Paul Merage School of Business
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92612-3125
(949) 824-8782