Amar Bhidé
Lawrence D. Glaubinger Professor of
Amar Bhidé, has just completed The Venturesome Economy: How Innovation Sustains Prosperity in a More Connected World, scheduled for publication in September 2008 by the Princeton University Press. The author of The Origin and Evolution of New Businesses (Oxford 2000), Bhidé been studying entrepreneurship for about twenty years. His just completed book and related research is supported by a grant from the Kauffman Foundation. A recent study of the climate for entrepreneurship in Bangalore, India was supported by a grant from the Wadhwani Foundation.
Bhidé is a Member of the Center on Capitalism and Society and spearheaded the launch of its eponymous journal, Capitalism and Society (published by the Berkeley Electronic Press) which he now edits (with Prof. Edmund Phelps). He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA).
Bhidé served on the faculties of
Bhidé has several publications in the areas of entrepreneurship, strategy, contracting, and firm governance. His eight Harvard Business Review articles include "Efficient Markets, Deficient Governance," "How entrepreneurs craft strategies that work," "Bootstrap Finance: the Art of Start-ups," and "Hustle as Strategy." His work on governance and contracting includes "The Hidden Costs of Stock Market Liquidity" in the Journal of Financial Economics and articles in the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance. Other publications include Of Politics and Economic Reality (Basic Books: 1984) and numerous articles in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The LA Times.