EDUCATION

Jared Shaw Allen

Texas Tech University Rawls College of Business

Department of Management

703 Flint Ave, Lubbock, TX 79406

ENTREPRENEURSHIP BACKGROUND:

Owner/Manager

Research areas of interest include entrepreneurial pivoting, personal characteristics in entrepreneurial

responses to failure, the role of cognition/affect in strategic and entrepreneurial judgment, and the role of

family dynamics in family businesses.

PUBLICATIONS:

Stevenson, R.M., Allen, J., Wang., T. (2022) Failed but validated: The effect of market validation on

persistence and performance after a crowdfunding failure. Journal of Business Venturing.

Combs, J., Shanine, K , Burrows, S., Allen, J. Pounds, T. (2020). What do we know about business families?

Setting the stage for programmatically leveraging family science theories to advance family business

research. Family Business Review.

RESEARCH UNDER REVIEW:

Skandera, D., Allen, J., Wang., T. Fail often, fail late: Learning from failure via managerial attention.

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Round R&R Academy of Management Journal.

Skandera, D., Wang., T., Allen, J., Waldron, T., Sganzerla, C. Social media exposure and innovation after

project failure: The role of managerial attention diffusion. Strategic Management Journal.

Glosenberg, A., Allen, J., O’Boyle, E. A meta-analysis of the gendered nature of the relationship between

entrepreneurial self-efficacy and success: Illuminating crucial methodological implications. Entrepreneurship

Theory and Practice.

Ahmed, S., Zahra, S., Allen, J. Pati, R. Intangible resource deployment: Learning from market performance

Stevenson, R.M., & Allen, J., Wang., T. (2023) Failing forward: Unsuccessful crowdfunding campaigns can

strengthen your venture. Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange.

Stevenson, R.M., & Allen, J. (2023) What matters more for entrepreneurs: Book smarts or street smarts?

Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange.

PRESENTATIONS:

Sewaid, A., Zahra, S., Allen, J.. Pati, R.. (2023) Intangible resource deployment: Learning from market

quality: Is managerial attention the missing link?. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference,

Knoxville, Tennessee

Allen, J., Skandera, D., Wang., T, Waldron, T. (2023) Social media and learning from failure: Is managerial

attention the missing link? USASBE, Tallahassee, Florida.

Sganzerla, C., Mitchell, R., Allen, J. (2022) Why entrepreneurial processes enable value creation in

entrepreneurial ecosystems. Academy of Management, Seattle, Washington.

Allen, J. (2022) Entrepreneurial emotional regulation, well-being and success. Academy of Management,

Allen, J., Combs, J., Carr, J., Michaelis, T., Joseph, D. (2022) Pivoting away from danger versus toward

opportunity: The case for survival pivots. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Waco,

Texas.

and affect in pivoting decisions. Southern Management Association Annual Meeting. St. Pete, Florida.

Allen, J., Stevenson, R.M., Wang., T. (2020) The role of human, social, and psychological capital on creative

entrepreneurs pivoting decisions and the speed of pivoting. Symposium on Arts, Entrepreneurship, and

Innovation at Indiana SPEA, Bloomington Indiana. Conference attended virtually due to Coronavirus.

Allen, J., Stevenson, R.M, O’Boyle, E., & Seibert, S. (2020) Contrasting the effects of general mental ability

and emotional intelligence on firm performance: A meta-analysis. Accepted for presentation at 2020 Babson

College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee. Conference canceled due to

Coronavirus.

Allen, J., Stevenson, R.M., Wang, T. (2019) What does it take to pivot? Leveraging intangible resources for

pivoting. Southern Management Association Annual Meeting. Norfolk, Virginia.

Allen, J. (2018) Entrepreneurial pivoting in response to failure. Presented at the University of Central Florida,

Department of Management, Orlando, Florida.

Allen, J., Stevenson, R.M., Wang, T. (2017) Is project failure permanent? Entrepreneurial responses to

crowdfunding failure. Babson College Entrepreneurship Conference. Norman, Oklahoma.

PAPERS IN PROCESS:

of entrepreneurial passion and persistence in various stages of business venturing. Journal of Management.

Allen, J., Joseph, D.L., Carr, J.C., Michaelis, T.L. I think I feel like pivoting? The role of cognition and affect

in pivoting decisions. Pilot study, study 1, and study 2 complete. Manuscript in progress. Target – Journal of

Applied Psychology.

Schaefer J., Allen J., Pollack J., & O’Boyle E. Promoting venture success or preventing disaster: A meta-

Nittrouer C., Neubert E., & Allen J. Feeling special: Investigating the role of hiring special needs employees

impacts venture success. Data collection in progress. Target – Academy of Management Journal.

Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy. Coding in progress. Target – Journal of Business Venturing.

Neubert E., Allen J., Sganzerla C., & Pandy, P. Hyping up ventures: The role of self-fulfilling prophecies and

hustle in entrepreneurial hype. Conceptual stage. Target – Journal of Business Venturing.

MEDIA COVERING:

Inc. Magazine (2021)

Ladders (2021)

US Chamber of Commerce (2020) Eurek News (2020)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Fall 2017 Instructor, Strategy Capstone Lab (MAN 4720), University of Central Florida

Spring 2017 Instructor, Strategy Capstone Lab (MAN 4720), University of Central Florida

Spring 2022 Instructor, Strategic Management (MGT 4380), Texas Tech University

Spring 2023 Instructor, New Value Creation (MGT 3375), Texas Tech University

Southern Management Association. Norfolk, Virginia.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Strategy Division

Southern Management Association (SMA)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & VOLUNTEERISM:

Academy of Management Reviewer

Big XII Case Competition Judge – Rawls College (2023)

Rawls College of Business Assessment Day Volunteer (2021, 2022)

Guest Speaker Rawls College of Business Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Course (2022): Dealing with the

difficulties of entrepreneurship

Guest Speaker Rawls College of Business MBA Course on Change and Innovation (2022): Individual and

firm level resiliency.

Guest Speaker Carlson School of Management Entrepreneurship Ph.D Seminar (2021)

Guest Speaker CARMA (2021): My research journey. Guest Speaker CARMA (2021): Working with macro

data.

Judge, 2018, 2019 Capstone Competition

COMMITTEE SERVICE:

Undergraduate Student Experience Committee (Texas Tech)

EMPLOYEMENT HISTORY:

Texas Tech University: Assistant Professor, 2021-Present