Page West
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Page West is Professor of Strategy, Emeritus, at Wake Forest University. He earned his B.A. in Economics at Hamilton College, an MBA at The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College, and a Ph.D. in Strategic Management at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Prior to earning his Ph.D. he held positions in new business development at consumer packaged goods companies including General Mills and Celestial Seasonings, and consulted with Westinghouse and other technology companies. He also started up a food manufacturing company, raised venture capital, and expanded the business to a national level.
At Wake Forest he has taught undergraduate and graduate classes in Strategic Management, Entrepreneurship, International Entrepreneurship, Global Capitalism, and Shakespeare on Management. He has won awards for innovative teaching three times, and has twice been named as the most influential professor by Wake Forest business school alumni. He has also taught internationally in London UK, Vienna AT, Venice IT, and Bordeaux FR. His research focuses on strategy and strategic resource evolution in new ventures. He has published articles in Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Journal of Technology Transfer, Journal of Small Business Management, Management Research Review, Strategic Direction, and International Journal of Organizational Analysis. He has also co-authored or co-edited books on entrepreneurial leadership, on business education, and on management and institutional challenges presented by financial crises. Dr. West's book Strategic Management: Value Creation, Sustainaibility, and Performance (7th edition, 2022) is the fastest growing strategy textbook in the United States since 2019, and is now in use at roughly 100 colleges and universities. It is the leading strategy textbook on the world's leading digital textbook hosting and distribution platform. Strategic Management: Value Creation, Sustainability, and Performance George Washington: Innovative Farmer & Businessman The Economic Crisis in Retrospect |