PETER G. KLEIN
McQuinn Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211 Phone: +1-573-***-****
Fax: +1-573-***-****
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web.missouri.edu/~kleinp
Present positions
Associate Professor, Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri, 2008 to
present
.
Director, McQuinn Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, 2010 to present
.
Associate Professor (by courtesy), Truman School of Public Affairs University of
Missouri, 2010 to present
.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Strategy and Management, Norwegian School of Economics
and Business Administration, 2009 to present
.
Senior Faculty Fellow, Contracting and Organizations Research Institute, 2003 to present
.
Previous positions
Visiting Professor, Center for Strategic Management and Globalization, Copenhagen
Business School, June-July 2009
.
Visiting Professor, Faculte de Droit, d'Economie, et de Gestion, Universite d'Angers,
France, March 2009
.
Adjunct Professor, Olin School of Business, Washington University, 2008
.
Visiting Professor, Universite de Paris XI, April 2006.
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy, Copenhagen
Business School, 2001.
Senior Economist, Council of Economic Advisers, 2000-01
.
Assistant Professor, Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri, 2002-
08
.
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Georgia, 1995-2002
.
Instructor, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1989-94
.
Education Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 1995. Major fields:
industrial economics, economics of institutions. Dissertation title: "Conglomerate
Organization and Economic Performance: Evidence from the 1960s." Dissertation committee:
Oliver E. Williamson (chair), Bronwyn H. Hall, David J. Teece.
B.A. (Honors), Economics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1988.
Research areas Economics of organizations, entrepreneurship, corporate strategy,
financial institutions, law and economics, corporate governance, innovation, history of
economic thought.
Books
Association, 2008 09; Executive Committee, 2007-10.
Treasurer, International Society for New Institutional Economics, 2008 to present.
Research Committee, Business Policy and Strategy Division, Academy of Management, 2008-
10.
Nominating Committee, Board of Directors, International Society for New Institutional
Economics, 2003 to present, and Program Committee, 2008.
Program Committee Chair, McCEL/DASS conference on Frameworks for Entrepreneurship
Research in Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development, 2007.
Board of Advisors, Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation, Independent Institute, 2005 to
present.
Board of Advisors, Institutions and Political Economy Group, University of the
Witwatersrand, South Africa, 2010 to present.
Board of Advisors, Center on Culture and Civil Society, 2006 to present.
Board of Advisors, C. S. Lewis Society of California, 2006 to present.
TIAA-CREF Outstanding Paper Award, Corporate Finance, Eastern Finance Association, 2000
G. P. Swift Award for Outstanding Teaching in Undergraduate Economics, Terry College of
Business, University of Georgia, 1997
Charles B. Knapp Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Instruction, Economics Club,
University of Georgia, 1997
John M. Olin Award in Law and Economics, 1993
Banking," Sanford-Terry Research Grant, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia,
2001
Hayek Fund for Scholars, Institute for Humane Studies
"Understanding LBO Associations," Center for New Institutional Social Science, Washington
University, St. Louis, 2000
"Understanding LBO Associations," Sanford-Terry Research Grant, Terry College of
Business, University of Georgia, 2000
"Economic Institutions and Productivity," University of Georgia Research Foundation, 2000
"Organizing the Firm for Innovation: Evidence from Diversified Conglomerates," Sanford-
Terry Research Grant, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, 1999
"The Sources of Private-Sector Innovation: An Empirical Analysis," University of Georgia
Research Foundation, 1998
"Diversification, Organization, and Economic Efficiency: Evidence from Bank Holding
Companies," University of Georgia Research Foundation, 1996
Teaching
At the University of Missouri
Economics of Institutions and Organizations (Ph.D. level)
Economics of Entrepreneurship: Theory, Applications, Debate (Ph.D. level)
Economics of the Agribusiness Firm (Ph.D. level) (instructor and course coordinator)
Economics of Agribusiness Markets (Ph.D. level) (instructor and course coordinator)
Economics of Managerial Decision Making
Capstone Senior Seminar
At the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
Entrepreneurship: Theory and Evidence (Ph.D. level)
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Competitive Advantage (executive MBA level)
At the Olin School of Business
Business Strategy
At the Copenhagen Business School
The Theory of the Firm and Its Applications in Management Research (Ph.D. level)
Networks, Information, and the New Economy (M.Sc. level)
At the University of Georgia
Industrial Organization (Ph.D. level)
Business Economics (MBA and executive MBA level)
Economics of Organization and Management
Economic Analysis of Law
Principles of Microeconomics (regular and honors)
Intermediate Microeconomics
At the University of California, Berkeley
As Instructor: Intermediate Microeconomics
As Graduate Assistant: Microeconomic Theory II (Ph.D. level)