Duygu Phillips
Biography
Duygu Phillips is an assistant professor of entrepreneurship at the Alfred Lerner College of Business & Economics. She earned her Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship from Oklahoma State University and a MSc in Marketing from the University of Birmingham, UK.
Dr. Phillips’s research focuses on new venture strategy and cultural entrepreneurship integrating institutional theory, specifically legitimacy, and organizational identity theory. She studies how new venture identity is created and communicated in various contexts to achieve legitimacy in the eyes of the stakeholders. She also conducts research on family businesses, innovation, women and minority entrepreneurship, and entrepreneurial finance. Her research has appeared in the Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research Proceedings, and Academy of Management Proceedings. She also has published several book chapters focused on entrepreneurial finance and family business. She has presented her research in various major conferences including the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Babson College Entrepreneurship Conference and Unites States Association for Small Business Conference. She won the Best Conceptual Paper award from the Entrepreneurship Division of the Academy of Management in 2020. She serves as an Editorial Review Board member for Group and Organization Management and as ad-hoc reviewer for other leading peer-reviewed journals in management and entrepreneurship.
Dr. Phillips teaches Creativity and Design Thinking. She has fifteen years of experience in marketing consulting, and founded a branding and naming company. She is passionate about researching and teaching new venture strategy, creativity, and identity development.
Education
- Ph.D. in business administration with a major in Entrepreneurship, Oklahoma State University, 2021
- M.Sc in marketing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK, 2004
- B.A. in communications with a focus on public relations and advertising, Galatasaray University, Turkey, 2003
Select Publications
- Phillips, D., Bylund, P. L., Rutherford, M. W., & Moore, C. (In press). Cryptocurrency Legitimation Through Rhetorical Strategies: An Institutional Entrepreneurship Approach. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development.
- Glosenberg, A., Phillips, D., Schaefer, J., Pollack, J., Kirkman, B., McChesney, J., Noble, S., Ward, M. K., & Foster, L. (In press). The relationship of self-efficacy with entrepreneurial success: A meta-analytic replication and extension. Journal of Business Venturing Insights.
- Tracy, E. M., Billingsley, J., Pollack, J. M., Barber III, D., Beorchia, A., Carr, J. C., Gonzalez, G., Harris, M. L.., Michaelis, T. L., Morrow, G., Phillips, D., Rutherford, M. W., & Sheats, L. (2021). A Behavioral Insights Approach to Recruiting Entrepreneurs for an Academic Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2021.e00287
- Phillips, D., Rutherford, M. W., & Edwards, B. D. (2020). Does Isomorphism –or Identity—Legitimate? The Subtle Power of New Venture Nomenclature. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 40, 360.
- Phillips, D., & Rutherford, M. W. (2020). The Relation Between New Venture Legitimacy and Performance: A Meta-analytic Review. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research Proceedings, 40, 359.
- Grumbles, L., Phillips, D., & Rutherford, M. W. (2020). Opaque Costly Signals and Debt Contracts in Entrepreneurial Ventures. Academy of Management Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.11
- Phillips, D., Rutherford, M. W., & Moore, C. (2019). New Venture Legitimacy Diffusion: The Role of Storytelling and Social Networks. Academy of Management Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2019.19421abstract
- Phillips, D. (2019). Bitcoin or 2000 others? Who will succeed? An institutional approach to cryptocurrency with a focus on Austrian Economics. Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, 22(2), 306-306.
Awards & Honors
- Best Conceptual Paper Award, Annual Meeting of AOM, 2020