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Matthew Allen is the John L. Ward Clinical Professor of Family Enterprises and Executive Director of the Ward Center for Family Enterprises at Babson College. He holds a B.A. in Accounting from the University of Utah, an M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, and a Ph.D. from Cornell University. Fluent in Spanish, he teaches entrepreneurship at undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels, focusing on family enterprises. His research explores family learning processes, next-generation development, and cross-cultural business strategies.
- Educations:
- B.A. Accounting, University of Utah
- M.B.A., University of Notre Dame
- Ph.D., Cornell University
Research focuses on how families prepare for leadership transitions and entrepreneurial innovation across global markets (Middle East, Asia, Latin America). His work appears in Harvard Business Review, Personnel Psychology, and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. He founded Babson's Institute for Family Entrepreneurship and led the Global STEP Project.
Awards include recognition as one of the top undergraduate business professors by Poets & Quants (2020). Combines academic rigor with executive consulting for family businesses worldwide, leveraging prior experience as a financial analyst at IBM and Hewlett-Packard.
- Labs/Teams:
- Ward Center for Family Enterprises
- Global STEP Project
