RESEARCH INTERESTS

Star performers, Distributions of entrepreneurial performance, Digital platform entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial cognition, Corporate venturing.

 

RESEARCH PROFILES

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jrq86vsAAAAJ

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kaushik-Gala

ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7849-2349

 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

Gala, K., Schwab, A., & Mueller, B. A. (2024). Star entrepreneurs on digital platforms: Heavy-tailed performance distributions and their generative mechanisms. Journal of Business Venturing, 39(1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2023.106347. (PDF).

Gala, K., & Schwab, A. (2024). Stars everywhere: Revealing the presence of star performers using empirical data published in entrepreneurship research. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 22, e00492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00492. (PDF).

Gala, K., Valladares, D. C., & Mueller, B. A. (2023). Students’ assumptions of entrepreneurs’ performance: The paradox of excess entry and missed opportunity. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 20, e00425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2023.e00425. (PDF).

Gala, K., & Mueller, B. A. (2024). Acquihires by SMEs as a strategic response to industry digitalization. Journal of Small Business Management, 1-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/00472778.2022.2140161. (PDF).

Gala, K., & Mueller, B. A. (2024). Religion and entrepreneurial exits: Divine attributions and eternal time-frames. Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion, 21(2), 156-183. https://doi.org/10.51327/ZDIN5682. (PDF).

Gala, K. (2024). Digital Davids, global Goliaths, and the Web3 sling. Business Horizons, 67(1), 5-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2023.06.002. (PDF).

 

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Gala, K., & Schwab, A. (August 2024). A distributional perspective of exceptional entrepreneurial performance. 84th Annual AOM Meeting, Chicago, USA. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2024.10134abstract.

Park, H. D., Gala, K., & Howard, M. D. (August 2023) Social and knowledge brokerage of venture capitalists and co-patenting by portfolio startups, 83rd Annual AOM Meeting, Boston, USA. https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMPROC.2023.13538abstract.

Gala, K., & Mueller, B. A. (August 2023) The influence of religion on entrepreneurial exits, 83rd Annual AOM Meeting, Boston, USA. https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMPROC.2023.10043abstract.

Gala, K., Schwab, A., & Mueller, B. A. (June 2023) Star entrepreneurs: Non-normal performance outcomes in the digital economy, 2023 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC). University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.

Schwab, A., Gala, K., Sutter, M., & Starbuck, W. (September 2022) How replications can strengthen doctoral-student education, Strategic Management Society (SMS) Conference. London, UK. https://www.strategicmanagement.net/london/tools/session-details?sessionId=2470.

Gala, K., & Mueller, B. A. (August 2022) Entrepreneurial passion and entrepreneurial orientation: The role of regulatory focus, 82nd Annual AOM Meeting, Seattle, USA. https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.18105abstract.

Mueller, B. A., Gala, K., & Sapru, A. (June 2022) Examining the pathways of entrepreneurial passion: Exploring ties to entrepreneurial orientation, 2022 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC). Baylor University, Waco, USA.