Paul D. Reynolds

Paul D. Reynolds

Paul D. Reynolds was a Professor of Entrepreneurial Studies at Babson College (Wellesley,
Massachusetts) and a Research Professor of Entrepreneurship at the London Business School (UK) from 1999 to 2004. He served as the director of the annual Babson-Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference (1996-2000) and was the Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies at Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 1990-1995).

Dr. Reynolds was part of the team that created the Entrepreneurial Research Consortium (ERC) and has served as the Coordinating Principal Investigator through the life of the project, 1995-2003. He also served as the Coordinating Principal Investigator of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor [GEM] program since its inception in 1998 until 2004. Reynolds has been the principal investigator on more than two dozen funded research projects.

Educational background includes degrees in engineering (BS, U. of Kansas), business (MBA, Stanford U.), psychology (MA, Stanford U.), and sociology (Ph.D., Stanford U.). Paul Reynolds has been on the faculty or staff of the U. of California, Riverside; U. of Minnesota; Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania; Nanyang Technical University, Singapore; INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France); and the U. of Michigan Institute for Social Research. He is the author or co-author of five conference proceedings; four books; four data sets in the U. of Michigan ICPSR public archives; over 30 project reports and research monographs; over 60 peer review journal articles, chapters, or refereed conference proceeding reports; and several hundred professional conference presentations. He is the recipient of the 2004 International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research provided by Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research and the Swedish Business Development Agency (the “Swedish Prize”).