Seemantini Madhukar Pathak

Encouraging Development of a Global Mindset Among Students in Online International Management Courses

ABSTRACT This research explores how a multiple intelligences approach can be used to build a global mindset among students in online international management courses. It draws upon research in the areas of global mindset, education, cognition and learning, and neuroscience to discuss how pedagogical tools and strategies relevant to each specific intelligence can contribute to cognitive complexity and cosmopolitanism. Suggestions are offered for online teaching methods that can incorporate the multiple intelligences in international management courses.

All in Good Time? Founders' Age, Gender, and Patenting in New Technology Ventures

Prior research has documented demographic differences in patenting within scientific and academic sectors, but limited scholarship has explored how founders’ age and gender composition affect patenting in the context of technology entrepreneurship, a setting where the formation and protection of intellectual property is of critical strategic importance. In this study, we investigate the age-related and gender mechanisms that underpin differences in patenting for technology entrepreneurs. We theorize that there is a curvilinear association between founders’ age and patenting, with distinct generational effects based on gender composition of the founding team. Leveraging a global sample of 2851 new technology ventures across several industries, our analysis supports our hypotheses and provides empirical evidence of the powerful role of gender heterogeneity in understanding the complex relationship between new venture team characteristics and innovation.

Board Directors and Firm Reputation: The Effect of Who They Are, What They Know, and Who They Know

We use arguments based on upper echelons and signaling research to derive hypotheses about how the board’s human capital, social capital, and demographic diversity impact firm reputation. Our results show that the board’s social connections enhance the benefits to the firm’s reputation of having strong board human capital. We also detected a tradeoff in the case of diversity, with board social connections augmenting the impact of board gender diversity but weakening that of board age diversity on organizational reputation. Our results provide a more nuanced picture of how boards of directors serve firms and have important implications for director selection.