Michael Morris

Michael Morris holds the Witting Chair in Entrepreneurship at Syracuse University and serves as Chairman of the Department of Entrepreneurship & Emerging Enterprises. During his tenure, Syracuse has been recognized as the National Model Program in Entrepreneurship by the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He has also held endowed chairs at the University of Cape Town, University of Hawaii, Miami University and the University of the Pacific. In addition, he has been a principal in three entrepreneurial start-ups.
Professor Morris received his Ph.D. in marketing from Virginia Tech in 1983. His dissertation won top honors that year from the Academy of Marketing Science. He also holds an M.S. in economics and an MBA. Dr. Morris has published four books: Corporate Entrepreneurship (Harcourt, 2002), Business to Business Marketing (3nd edition, Sage, 2001), Entrepreneurial Intensity (Quorum Books, 1998) and Market-Oriented Pricing (Quorum Books, 1991). He has also authored or co-authored over one hundred research articles in such academic journals as the Journal of Management, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Small Business Management, Small Business Economics, Journal of Business Research, Long Range Planning, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of International Business Studies, European Journal of Marketing, and Industrial Marketing Management. From 1998-2004, he was the editor of the Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. He has also served as Chair of the American Marketing Association's Task Force on the Marketing and Entrepreneurship Interface. Dr. Morris has received recognition for his teaching and research, and was twice honored by Pi Sigma Epsilon as their national Faculty Advisor of the Year. He has been inducted by the NCEC as a 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellow, was recognized by Ernst and Young as an Entrepreneur of the Year in the supporter category, and received the Appel Prize for contributions to the field of entrepreneurship. Dr. Morris is a former Fulbright Scholar (South Africa, 1993). In 2004, he was recognized by the Syracuse MBA Class as the Outstanding Professor and has also received the Oberwager Prize, for impacting students beyond the classroom.