Gerald Hills Award
Introduction
The 's Entrepreneurial Marketing SIG invites nominations for the 2022 Gerald E. Hills Best Paper Award; Deadline 1 Jun 2022
INTEREST CATEGORY: ENTREPRENEURIAL
POSTING TYPE: Awards
Author: Susan Wei
Entrepreneurial Marketing SIG invites nominations for
The 2022 Gerald E. Hills Best Paper Award
Gerald (Gerry) E. Hills is widely recognized for his research and expertise in entrepreneurial marketing, especially for his work on opportunity recognition. In addition, Gerry initiated and continues to organize an annual research symposium on Marketing and Entrepreneurship (see ) since the eighties. Gerry was one of the leaders who initiated the Special Interest Group concept. The Entrepreneurial Marketing SIG is pleased to continue to present the best paper award in recognition of Gerry’s lifetime contributions to the field.
Award Criteria:
The Gerald E. Hills Award Best Paper on Entrepreneurial Marketing award is presented annually (usually during the GRCME symposium preceding the Summer conference) to the author(s) of the “best paper” who have made a significant impact on the marketing/entrepreneurship interface research. The domain of nominated articles would be papers published in the previous 10 years in any refereed publication.
Previous Award winners:
2021: Christian Homburg (University of Mannheim), Alexander Hahn (Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm), Torsten Bornemann (Goethe University Frankfurt), Philipp Sandner (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management), “The Role of Chief Marketing Officers for Venture Capital Funding: Endowing New Ventures with Marketing Legitimacy,” Journal of Marketing Research, 2014, 51(5), 625-644
2020: Rosalind Jones (University of Birmingham) and Jennifer Rowley (Manchester Metropolitan U) for “Entrepreneurial Marketing in Small Businesses: A Conceptual Exploration,” International Small Business Journal, 2011, 29(1), 25-36.
2019: Nicole E. Coviello (Wilfrid Laurier University) and Richard M. Joseph (ASB Bank) for “Creating Major Innovations with Customers: Insights from Small and Young Technology Firms”, Journal of Marketing, 2012, 76(6), 87-104.
2018: Raghunath Singh Rao (the University of Texas at Austin), Rajesh K. Chandy (London Business School), and Jaideep C. Prabhu (University of Cambridge) for “The Fruits of Legitimacy: Why Some New Ventures Gain More from Innovation than Others,” Journal of Marketing, 2008, 72 (4), 58-75.
2017: Justin W Webb (the University of North Carolina at Charlotte), R Duane Ireland (Texas A&M University), Michael A Hitt (Texas Christian University), Geoffrey M Kistruck (York University), Laszlo Tihanyi (Texas A&M University) for “Where is the Opportunity without the Customer? An Integration of Marketing Activities, the Entrepreneurship Process, and Institutional Theory,” Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2011, 39 (4), 537-554.
2016: Diane M. Martin (Aalto University) and John Schouten (Aalto University) for “Consumption-Driven Market Emergence”, Journal of Consumer Research in 2014, 40 (5), 855-870.
2015: Stuart Read (IMD Lausanne), Nicholas Dew (Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey), Saras Sarasvathy (University of Virginia), Michael Song (University of Missouri), and Robert Wiltbank (Willamette University) for “Marketing Under Uncertainty – The Logic of an Effectual Approach,” Journal of Marketing, 2009, 73 (3), 1-18.
2014: Marc Gruber (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Ian C. MacMillan (University of Pennsylvania) and James D. Thompson (University of Pennsylvania) for “Look before You Leap: Market Opportunity Identification in Emerging Technology Firms,” Management Science, 2008, 54 (9), 1652-1664.
2013: Nicole E. Coviello (Wilfrid Laurier University) for “Network Dynamics in the International New Venture,” Journal of International Business Studies, 2006, 37 (5), 713-731.
2012: Michael H. Morris (Oklahoma State University), Minet Schindehutte (Syracuse University), and Raymond W. Laforge (University of Louisville) for “Entrepreneurial Marketing: A Construct for Integrating Emerging Entrepreneurship and Marketing Perspectives,” Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, 2002, 10 (4), 1-18.
2011: Ken Matsuno (Babson College), Tom Mentzer (University of Tennessee), and Aysegul Ozsomer (Koc University) for “The Effects of Entrepreneurial Proclivity and Market Orientation on Business Performance,” Journal of Marketing, 2002, 66 (3), 18-33.
2010: Helena Yli-Renko (University of Southern California), Erkko Autio (Imperial College), and Harry J. Sapienza (University of Minnesota) for “Social Capital, Knowledge Acquisition, and Knowledge Exploitation in Young Technology-Based Firms,” Strategic Management Journal, 2001, 22(6-7), 587-613.
Inaugural 2009 award: Saras Sarasvathy (University of Virginia) for “Causation and Effectuation: Toward a Theoretical Shift from Economic Inevitability to Entrepreneurial Contingency,” Academy of Management Review, 2001, 26 (2), 243-263.
2022 Nomination Deadline:
Please email your nomination with a one-page statement of endorsement to both Todd Morgan ( EM SIG Chair) and Susan Wei (VC Research) by Jun 1, 2022. Self-nominations (for up to two articles) are also acceptable.