Mike Goldsby, Ph.D., has accepted an offer to join Collins College of Business and will hold the David and Leslie Lawson Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship.
Goldsby’s current research focuses on the recognition and development of opportunities, design, innovation and applied creativity. Goldsby’s 2024 research, published in the Journal of Business Logistics, is titled “Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset in Supply Chain Managers: Exposing a Powerful Potential.” He is a member of many management professional organizations and offers consulting and workshop services to companies, communities and universities. In addition to his numerous refereed journal articles, Goldsby coauthored “Corporate Innovation (2nd Edition)” and “Entrepreneurship the Disney Way”, and his research has been reported by major international media outlets, including CBS, MSNBC, CNN, and the Associated Press. His study on entrepreneurship and fitness was covered by Runner’s World, Prevention magazine, Muscle & Fitness and Health magazine.
Goldsby received his bachelor’s degree in business economics and public policy from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, his master’s degree in economics from Indiana State University, and his doctorate in strategic management and business ethics from the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech. While at Virginia Tech, he was awarded the Jack Hoover Award for Teaching Excellence.