EDUCATION

Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA

2025 (exp)    Ph.D. (Entrepreneurship) – proposal defended on 17 June, 2024

 

McCombs College of Business, University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA

2003               Master of Business Administration

 

Department of ECE, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA

1998               Master of Science (Major: Electrical Engineering, Minor: Computer Science)

 

Department of Instrumentation and Control, Government College of Engineering, University of Pune, MH, India

1997               Bachelor of Engineering (Instrumentation & Control)

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

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

 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

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).

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., 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., & 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).

 

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.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University, Ames, USA

2024 (Spring) Entrepreneurship & Innovation (Undergraduate)

MGMT/ENTSP 310, 68 students, in person

2023 (Fall)      Entrepreneurship & Innovation (Undergraduate)

MGMT/ENTSP 310, 60 students, in person

 

WEB PRESENCE

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

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaushikgala/

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

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

 

Last updated: September 2024