Research Interests
Professor McKelvie’s research concerns how and why new firms grow, including studying how new firms acquire and use new knowledge in developing new products, looking at different types and patterns of growth, and examining the effects of industry characteristics on growth. He teaches courses in entrepreneurship and corporate entrepreneurship and is also interested in strategic management of new firms.
Selected Publications:
“Causation and Effectuation Processes: A Validation Study,” (forthcoming) Journal of Business Venturing, with Chandler, G.N., DeTienne, D. and Mumford, T.
“Unpacking the Uncertainty Construct: Implications for Entrepreneurial Action” (forthcoming), Journal of Business Venturing, with Haynie, J.M. and Gustafsson, V. "Firm and Industry Effects on Firm Performance: A Generalization and Extension for New Ventures" - Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 3(1): 47-65, 2009, with Short J., Ketchen D., and Chandler G.N.
"Entrepreneurial Action: Exploitation Decisions Under Conditions of Uncertainty," Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings, with Gustafsson, V., and Haynie, M.
"Asset Specificity and Behavioral Uncertainty as Moderators of the Sales Growth – Employment Growth Relationship in Emerging Ventures," Journal of Business Venturing 24(4): 373-387, 2009, with Chandler, G.N., and Davidsson, P.
"From Resource Base to Dynamic Capabilities: An Investigation of New Firms," British Journal of Management, 20(S1): 63-80, 2009, with Davidsson, P.
"Understanding Innovation in New and Young Media Firms." In C. Dal Zotto and H. van Kranenburg (Eds.), Strategic Management in the Media Industry: Reflections on Innovation. 2009, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, with Wiklund, J.
"The Growth and Development of New and Young Media Firms" (2008). Journal of Media Business Studies 5(1): 1-8, with Picard, R.
"The New Venture Innovation Process: Examining the Role of Absorptive Capacity" (2007). In Lumpkin, T. and J. Katz (Eds.), Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence, and Growth, Vol. 10. Entrepreneurial Strategic Processes (p. 159-186). Amsterdam: Elsevier. with Wiklund, J., and Short, J.
"A Resource-Based View of Organic and Acquired Growth" (2006). In J. Wiklund, D. Dimov, J. Katz and D. Shepherd (Eds.), Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence, and Growth, Vol. 9. Entrepreneurship: Frameworks and Empirical Investigations from Forthcoming Leaders in European Research (p. 179-199). Amsterdam: Elsevier, with Wiklund, J., and Davidsson, P.
"How Knowledge Affects Opportunity Discovery and Exploitation Among New Ventures in Dynamic Markets" (2004). In J. Butler (Ed.). Research in Entrepreneurship and Management, vol. 4: Opportunity Identification and Entrepreneurial Behavior (p. 219-240). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, with Wiklund, J.
