Rodney D'Souza
Published Papers
Peer Reviewed Journal Publications
White, R. J., D'Souza, R. R., & McIlwraith, J. 2007. "Leadership in Venture Backed Companies: Going the Distance," Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 13(4), pp. 121-132.
White, R. J., Hertz, G. T., D'Souza, R. R. 2004. "Applying the Stewarts of Place Model: Integrating Teaching, Research and Service through Entrepreneurship Education," Journal of Entrepreneurship Education,7, pp. 95-105. (Winner of the Distinguished Research Award)
Conference Presentations
D'Souza, R. R., & White, R. J. 2008. "Forcing a Square Peg in a Round Hole: An Evaluation of How CEOs with Different Personality Sets Fit into Different Stages of a Firm's Growth," accepted for presentation at BABSON conference on Entrepreneurship
D'Souza, R. R., Kemelgor, B. H., & Conklin, B. J. 2008. "Entrepreneurial Experience: Differential Effects of Start-up Specific Knowledge vs. Industry-specific Knowledge," accepted for presentation at BABSON conference on Entrepreneurship
D'Souza, R. R., & Patel, P. C. 2008. "How Family Involvement Controls the Affect of Altruism and Entrenchment within Family Firms," accepted for presentation at United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE)
Patel, P. C., & D'Souza, R. R. 2008. "Uncovering Knowledge Structures of Venture Capital Investment Decision Making," accepted for presentation at United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Winner of the SBA Best Doctoral Student Paper Award)
Dos Santos, B. L., Patel, P. C., & D'Souza, R. R. 2008 "Obtaining Venture Capital Funding for IT Businesses," International Symposium on Information Systems (ISIS)
D'Souza, R. R, & White, R. J., 2007. "Learning Dynamics and its Impact on Opportunity Recognition and Exploitation" United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE)
D'Souza, R. R., & Kemelgor, B. H., 2006. "Non-Technology Knowledge Spillover" BABSON Conference on Entrepreneurship
White, R. J., D'Souza. R. R., & Hertz, G. T., 2006. "Safety in Numbers or Hunting in Packs? The Impact of Angel Networks on Venture Financing" Academy of Management Conference (AOM)
Kemelgor, B. H., Henley, G. & D'Souza, R. R., 2005. "How Prior Knowledge Affects Entrepreneurial Entry of First Career and Second Career Entrepreneurs" BABSON Conference on Entrepreneurship
White, R. J, Hertz, G. T., & D'Souza. R. R., 2005. "Who’s the Boss? A Look at How Stakeholders Influence the Investment Decisions of Bankers, Venture Capitalists and Angels," International Council for Small Business (ICSB)
White, R. J, Hertz, G. T., & D'Souza. R. R., 2004. "Applying the Stewarts of Place Model: Integrating Teaching, Research and Service through Entrepreneurship Education," Allied Academies International Conference
Dato-on, M. C., & D'Souza, R. R. 2003. "Pinoy Trading Inc.," North American Case Research Association (NACRA)
Dato-on, M. C., & D'Souza, R. R. 2003. "SAMA SAMA Enterprises," North American Case Research Association (NACRA)
Working Papers
D'Souza, R. R. & Patel, P. C. "A Tree is known by its Fruit: How Family Involvement Controls the Affect of Altruism within Family Firms". Journal of Business Venturing (JBV)
D'Souza, R. R., White, R. J., & Baron, R. "An Examination of Situational Awareness, and its Effect on Opportunity Recognition"
D'Souza, R. R., Kemelgor B. H., & Conklin, B. J., "Does Expertise Matter in an Ever Changing and Uncertain Environment? A Study of the Entrepreneurial Process of Serial and Novice Entrepreneurs," submitted for possible publication to Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
D'Souza, R. R., White, R. J., Patel, P. C., & Hertz, G. T. "Investment Decisions of Venture Capitalists: Understanding the Role and Impact of Type of Prior Knowledge," submitted for possible submission to The Journal of Experimental Education
D'Souza, R. R., Patel, P. C., & Kemelgor, B. H. "Moderating role of familiness in explaining conflicting evidence on altruism vs. entrenchment" submitted for possible submission to Family Business Review
Patel, P. C., & D'Souza, R. R. Uncovering knowledge structures of Venture Capital investment decision making," submitted for possible publication to Management Science
Patel, P. C., & D'Souza, R. R. "A Cognitive Anthropological Approach to Understanding Industry Culture in the Venture Capital Industry" submitted for possible publication to Academy of Management Journal (AMJ)
Dos Santos, B. L., Patel, P. C., & D'Souza, R. R. "Obtaining Venture Capital Funding for IT Businesses," submitted for possible publication to Management Information Science Quarterly (MISQ)
Patel, P. C., & D'Souza, R. R. "Expertise transfer under non-real time Natural Decision Making," submitted for possible publication to Journal of Behavioral Decision Making