Laura Black joins MSU College of Business as visiting professor

Laura Black has a one-year appointment as a visiting assistant professor at the Montana State University-Bozeman College of Business. Black’s duties include teaching Business 101 as well as an advanced course.

“I’m glad for the chance to see both the entry and exit points for the College of Business curriculum and students,” Black says. “I’m also looking forward to teaching the Entrepreneurial Experience course, during which students work with start-up companies at TechRanch.”

Black’s research includes processes and behaviors supporting collaborative practices and innovation and learning across organizational boundaries. She has studied (non) collaboration in settings of product development and governmental interagency work and is currently researching collaboration among university, nonprofit and private resources to cultivate start-up ventures and entrepreneurship. Her research will help start-up companies, new venture incubators and universities to recognize and act on opportunities to build collaborative environments in which innovation can thrive.

Black received her undergraduate degree and M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. After working in journalism, information systems, and product development, she received a Ph.D. from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Black is a member of the Academy of Management, the American Society for Public Administration, the System Dynamics Society and the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

"We are extremely fortunate to have a talented and experienced faculty member like Laura," said Rich Semenik, dean of the college. "Not only did she graduate from one of the premier business programs in world, but she studied directly from some of the most important management systems thinkers in the world."

Contact: Jackie Sather (406) 994-6766

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