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The Babson Conference and Doctoral Consortium have been essential parts of my career since my first BCERC in South Carolina in 1999. While most of the presentations were squarely grounded in strategy and finance perspectives at that time, Robert Baron instead presented on the importance of studying the psychological aspects of entrepreneurs; at last, I finally felt like what I wanted to study “mattered.” That conference was also where Tom Lumpkin and Alan Amason noticed my discomfort standing in the lunch line since I knew no one, said hello, and asked me to join them at their table. From that moment on, I knew this was a community of people who welcome newcomers and take an honest interest in one another, regardless of anyone’s years of experience or academic rank. I agree with Carina Lomberg that this conference is like a family reunion, and, like her, I eagerly look forward to it every year. The DC, in particular, is where we meet and welcome our newest family members to the fold.

Jönköping International Business School, Sweden 2 0 0 1

Ruta Aidis, Fernando Alberti, Jay A. Azriel, Sheena Bell, Patricia S. Borchet, Mark Brendle, Andrew C. Corbett, Violeta Damasiene, Carolyn D. Davis, Dirk DeClercq, Dawn DeTienne, Juan Carlos Diaz, Mateja Drnovsek, Jonas Gabreilsson, Navid Ghannad, Elissa Grossman, Manuela N. Hoehn, Anurag Jain, Andrea Japsen, Jodyanne Kirkwood, Holger Kollmer, Michele Landsdowne, Laurie Levesque, Paloma Lopez-Garcia, Paul C. Maden, Barbara K. Mistick, Anna Moehle, Nathalie Moray, Nicos Nicolaou, Bill O'Gorman, Hamieda Parker, Diamanto Politis, Timothy Quey, Robert Smith, Lance Stringer, Susanne G. Svendsen, Ayman Tarabishy, Paivi Tyrvainen, Ivan P. Vaghely, Iris Vanaelst, Marijke vanderVeen, Ingrid Wakkee, Isabell Welpe, Neil Wolff

Ghent University, Belgium 1 9 9 8

Sharon Alvarez, Pia Arenius, Esmail Bharwani, Ethel Brundin, Juliet Cox, Siddhartha S. Dash, Richard Ferguson, Cecile Fonrouge, Johann W. Franke, Jari Handelberg, Paula D. Harveston, Helen M. Haugh, Julie M. Hite, Pia Hokkanen, Asun Ibanez, Amadeo Istocescu, Shaheena Janjuha, Henk Jooste, Amy L. Kennedy, Pankaj Kohli, Joe LaCugna, Gideon D. Markman, Peham Matthews, Yuet-Ha Mo, Isabella Nittka, Annaleena Parhankangas, Joseph Pistrui, Violina Ratcheva, Denis Robichaud, Julila S. Rubin, Neil Sackett, Carlo Salvato, Patrick Saparito, Geoffrey H. Smart, Simon N. Stockley, Julian C. Sulej, Stewart Thornhill, Craig A. Turner, Kathryn M. Watson, Pamela M. Williams, Pontus Willquist, Charlene Zietsma

Babson College, Wellesley, MA, USA 1 9 9 7

Jacques Baronet, Balddandorji Batjargal, Robert Beattie, Sara Briscoe, Jean-Jacques Degroof, Emmeline de Pillie, Linda F. Edelman, Truls Erikson, Maw-Der Foo, Mark S. Freel, Peter B. Freier, Ing Josef Hajkr, Afreen Huq, Christophe Y. Kadji, Ritta Katila, Susanna Khavul, Vipan Kumar, Masaki Kuroki, Annaretta Lumme, Sharon F. Matusik, Leann J. Mishcel, Corinne Moreld'rleux, Bill Norton, David Obstfeld, Tim Pollock, Anna Putnova, Charles Ramangalahy, Etienne Roy, Robert Singh, Carole Singleton, Cheryl A. Smith, Emeric Solymossy, Jonathan E. Svenden, Su-Lee Tsai, Mark van Osnabrugge, Helena Yli-Renko, Monica A. Zimmerman

1 9 9 6

Magnus Aronsson, Jagdeep Bachher, Bart Balocki, Charles E. R. Bamford, James M. Bloodgood, Stephen B. Braun, Tifenn Caudron, Joseph Coombs, Aftab Ahmed Dean, Milos Drdla, Tracy Y. Epps, Jaume Franquesa, Sarah L. Jack, Fouday S. Kamara, Donna J. Kelley, Gregory N. Konz, Vojtech Korab, Barbara A. Kuhns, Catherine E. Levitt, Benyamin Lichenstein, Annette A. Moore, Teresa Nelson, Atul Nerkar, John M. Oesch, Donath R. Olomi, Dean Shepherd, Dara Szykiowicz, Jan P. Warhaus, Johan Wiklund, Sarah Williams, Nicholas M. Young

University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

London Business School, UK 1 9 9 5

James Almeida, Martin J. Almond, Michele A. Armitage, Amy V. Beekman, Stefan P. Bornheim, Samuel C. K. Buame, Iris L. Cross, Alice DeKoning, B. Elango, Michael D. Ensley, Betty Hoge, Francisco P. Iniesta, Dale W. Jasinski, Ralph D. Kidder, Saras Krishnamurthy, Comac Lankford, Zbigniew Macura, William M. Mayfield, Rocco Moliterni, A. F. M. Abdul Moyeen, Gregory R. Murphy, Barbara Orser, Bjornar Reitan, Hubert Staudt, Elisabeth J. Teal, Marian E. Tye, Markku Virtanen

Babson College, Wellesley, MA, USA 1 9 9 4

Saugata Banerjee, Reginald M. Beal, Terrence E. Brown, Sherry M. Burlingame, Sean Butler, Marlow A. Christensen, Thomas M. Cooney, Alexandra R. Englebrecht, Jennifer Griffin, Michael B. Heeley, Tony E. Johnson, S. P. Kallurkur, Mary Ellen Kelly, Peter S. Kelly, Carol M. Leitch, Maureen McGuigan, Richard Morfopoulos, G. S. Namusonge, George Nash, Catherine W. Ngahu, Charles Nichols Jr., Howard S. Rasheed, Kenneth C. Robinson, Leif Sanner, Jahangir H. Sarder, Gerald J. Segal, Rodney C. Shrader, Mark Simon, Barbara Yetkow

University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA 1 9 9 3

J. Benjamin Arbaugh, Jean-Pierre Bechard, Robert A. Berg, Carolyn J. Faunsnaugh, Charles W. Ginn, Sherrie E. Human, Andreas M. Laiding, Kevin McNally, Steven C. Michael, Lauren Read, Jasmer S. Saini, Anja Schwerk, Stephen Spinelli, Mohan Subramaniam, Jeff Trailer, Page West, Andrew Zacharakis

INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France 1 9 9 2

Haider Ali, Alistair Anderson, Erlend Bullvag, Priscilla Chu, Seamus Davin, Patricia Fleming, Gary G. Gorman, Patricia G. Greene, Myra A. Hart, Sibylle Helbrunn, Benoit F. Leleux, Jonathan Levie, David Molian, Margaret Ombok, Toby Philpott, Mark Rice, William Sara, Jane Schauer, Kai Thierboff, Elana A. Yang

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA 1 9 9 1

Jose R. F. Alonso, Marc B. Bremann, S. Michael Camp, Devi Ram Gnyawali, Alan J. Grant, Dennis J. Hanlon, W. Graham Irwin, David A. Krueger, Kevin E. Learned, Sophie Manigart, Rita D. McGrath, Sumarie Mohan-Neill, Tone Ostgaard, Marko Seppa, Joette M. Wisnieski

Babson College, Wellesley, MA, USA 1 9 9 0

Kathleen R. Allen, Jose Luis Alvarez, Lowell W. Busenitz, Thomas J. Dean, Jim Fiet, Sandra Haftel, Debora Humphreys, Richard James, Dylan Jones-Evans, Anne M. McCarthy, Thomas G. Monroy, Ian Moore, Julio C. Sanchez

Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA 1 9 8 9

Rune Andersson, Victoria F. Binner, Garry D. Bruton, Kenneth E. Coulter, Garth Daniels, Friedrich Driescher, Paola Dubini, Connie M. Gaglio, Robert D. Gulbro, MaryAnn Koen, Karen L. Kramer, Gregg A. Lichenstein, Murray Low, Morgan P. Miles, Timothy S. Schoendecker, Terry H. Wagar, Lior Yahalomi

The University of Calgary, Canada 1 9 8 8

Pam Autrey, Louise Brinkman, Monte Brough, Flynn Bucy, Brian Chambers, Joan Marie Clay, Timothy Grainey, Kevin Hindle, Robyn W. Johnson, Pia Lindell, Harry Sapienza, Elisabeth Sundin

Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, USA 1 9 8 7

Mahesh Bhave, William Boulton, Candida Brush, Christina Castro, Lyn Coleman, Lisa Ehid, Elizabeth Gatewood, Magnus Klofsten, Norris Krueger

Babson College, Wellesley, MA, USA 1 9 8 6

Robert Blunden, Joyce Brothers, Rob Dainow, Janice Gallik, M. Joseph Nosiri, Sari Steinberg, Louis Stevenson, Alex Stewart

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA 1 9 8 5

Van G. H. Clouse, Lawrence S. Cooley, Bradley R. Johnson, Isabel A. Jones, Jean L. Macdonald, Steward C. Malone, Joseph Nosiri, J. Douglas Orton, Patricia Peacock, Juan B. Roure, Bradley Rush, David L. Russell, Robert W. Small, Robert W. Stuart