Charles H. Matthews, PhD

Brainstormer, Business mentor, Change Agent, Connector, Educator/Teacher, Entrepreneur, Idea generator, Parent, Photographer, Scientist, World traveler, Writer/Editor

Charles H. Matthews, PhD, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management, Founder Center for Entrepreneurship Education & Research (Executive Director 1997-2013; Director; Small Business Institute® 1982-2013), Lindner College of Business, U. of Cincinnati. 2017-18 J. William Fulbright U.S. Scholar Dr. Matthews is an internationally recognized scholar and innovative teacher in the field of entrepreneurship. His teaching and research interests include: strategy, entrepreneurship, leadership and decision making. His research is published in Small Business Economics, the Journal of Small Business Management; the Journal of Small Business Strategy; Entrepreneurship & Regional Development; Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research; Family Business Review; The International Journal of Operations & Production Management; The Center for the Quality of Management Journal; Quality Management Journal; Industry & Higher Education; and New England Journal of Entrepreneurship. He has been quoted in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, Industry Week, Forbes, Business Week, and Inc. He is a former columnist on entrepreneurship for The Cincinnati Post (1998-2001) and The Cincinnati Enquirer (2011-15). He is the co-author of Innovation & Entrepreneurship: A Competency Framework , with Ralph Brueggmann (Routledge, 2015). An award winning teacher, Dr. Matthews has taught over 5,000 students ranging from freshmen to doctoral students to executives, from individual instruction to classes of 540. He has facilitated over 500 faculty-guided, student-based field case studies; served as a consultant to numerous organizations; and has entrepreneurial and family business experience in the automotive, photographic, and real estate industries. He has traveled, lectured, and studied in over 40 countries on six of the seven continents and recently completed a 2017-18 J. William Fulbright Fellowship in Lithuanaia.

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