Dr. Donald F. Kuratko (known as “Dr. K”) is a prominent scholar and national leader in the field of entrepreneurship. He has authored or co-authored over 200 articles on aspects of entrepreneurship and corporate innovation in journals such as Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Management Studies, Small Business Economics, Journal of Business Ethics, Business Horizons, and Family Business Review. Dr. Kuratko has authored 30 books, including one of the leading entrepreneurship books in the world today, Entrepreneurship: Theory, Process, Practice (currently in its 11th edition), as well as New Venture Management (2021) and Corporate Innovation (2019). In addition, Dr. Kuratko has been a corporate innovation consultant to a number of major Fortune 500 corporations and he was the co-founder and executive director of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC). Dr. Kuratko was selected as one of the top entrepreneurship professors in the United States by Fortune magazine. He has been named one of the top ten entrepreneurship scholars in the world and was the recipient of the Riata Distinguished Entrepreneurship Scholar Award. In 2011 he was the inaugural recipient of the Karl Vesper Entrepreneurship Pioneer Award for his career dedication to developing the field of entrepreneurship. The Academy of Management honored Professor Kuratko with the Entrepreneurship Advocate Award and the Entrepreneurship Mentor Award for his contributions to the development and advancement of the discipline of entrepreneurship. In addition, he was named the National Outstanding Entrepreneurship Educator by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) and was also honored with the John E. Hughes Entrepreneurial Advocacy Award for his career advocacy in entrepreneurship.
