College of Business Administration Associate Professor Awarded Kent State Scholar of the Month

KENT, Ohio - April 8, 2015 - PRLog -- College of Business Administration’s Interim Director for the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (CEBI) and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship Sergey Anokhin, Ph.D. was named April’s Kent State University Scholar of the Month by the Division of Research and Sponsored Programs.

"I am honored to receive this award,” said Anokhin. “This recognizes our continued efforts to build a robust entrepreneurship research program at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation.”

Anokhin’s research focuses on entrepreneurship and the interaction of firms in the global landscape, as well as firm-level and macroeconomics factors driving corporate innovation. His pioneering work on capturing arbitrage opportunities has provided novel insights into new venture creation as well as entrepreneurial migration. He also researches social entrepreneurship and works on developing metrics for social innovation.

Anokhin was recently awarded (http://www.prlog.org/12436910-kent-state-college-of-business-administration-professor-wins-paper-award.html)“Paper of Distinction” at the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Conference (ACERE). He has published many articles in top tier academic journals including: Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Organizational Research Methods and Small Business Economics.

Prior to joining the College of Business Administration in 2006, Anokhin was the deputy executive of Valmi, a Russian bankruptcy and takeover consultancy, and an auditor at Audit Elektronika, a provider of financial auditing and consulting.

Past College of Business Administration Scholar of the Month winners include:

·         Deepraj Mukherjee, assistant professor of economics

·         Pratim Datta, associate professor of management and information systems

·         Ran R. Barniv, retired professor of accounting

“I’m thrilled that one of our faculty members in the field of entrepreneurship has been recognized for his outstanding research and hard work,” said Robert Hisrich, Ph.D., associate dean for graduate and international programs and Bridgestone chair of international marketing. “Dr. Anokhin’s recognition builds credibility within CEBI and the college, helping us to move toward our goal of becoming a leader in entrepreneurial education.”

Kent State’s Scholar of the Month recognizes faculty researchers and scholars whose recent work has had an important impact on their professional fields and has brought exposure to the university. Each month, a different college will have the opportunity to nominate a researcher/scholar for this recognition.

For more information on past Scholar of the Month winners, visit http://www.kent.edu/tags/scholar-month.

For more information on the College of Business Administration’s entrepreneurship department, visit http://business.kent.edu/departments/marketing-and-entrepreneurship.

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Kent State University’s College of Business Administration is one of only 180 colleges or schools of business worldwide to achieve dual accreditation in both business and accounting from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International, the global accrediting body providing specialized accreditation at the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral levels. The College of Business Administration is home to 4,502 students; the second largest college of business in Ohio. The college boasts a satellite office at Kent State University’s Career Services Center dedicated to business students, and operates the Global Management Center, the Center for Information Systems and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation all propelling scholarly research, establishing innovative industry partnerships and providing outreach to Northeast Ohio and beyond.