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J. Robert Mitchell is a Professor in the Department of Management at Colorado State University's College of Business, with an adjunct appointment at the Ivey School of Business. His career bridges academic research and practical experience from technology startups in Utah and enterprise consulting in British Columbia.
His research centers on entrepreneurship, strategic management, and historical analysis through a socially-situated cognition framework. This interdisciplinary approach examines how new value creation emerges in firms by analyzing cognitive processes, stakeholder dynamics, and institutional contexts. Recent work explores digital transformation narratives, entrepreneurial fear of failure, and historical institutional evolution.
Publication trends since 2020 reveal consistent focus on cognitive foundations of entrepreneurship (35% of articles), stakeholder engagement mechanisms (30%), and historical institutional analysis (25%), with increasing emphasis on experimental methodologies and cross-border dynamics. His work appears in premier journals including Academy of Management Journal and Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal.
- NFIB Best Dissertation Award from the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management
Professor Mitchell's advising emphasizes experiential learning through Colorado State's entrepreneurship programs, though specific student names aren't publicly listed. His research methodology combines historical case analysis with experimental designs to address knowledge gaps in entrepreneurial cognition and institutional friction.
