Brian McKenzie
Brian received his BA degree in 1974, his MBA in 1997 and his PhD from in 2003. He is also a master boat-builder and holds a certificate of qualification in the trade. Brian teaches entrepreneurship at California State University, East Bay.
| Headline: | Educator |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.brian-mckenzie.com |
| Industries: | Cleantech, Education, Information Technology, Internet |
| Skills: | Business, Copy Writing, Editing, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Public speaking, Retail, Sales, Writing |
| Visas: | Permanent Resident Card, USA; Canadian Citizen |
| Interested in: | Finding hot stories, Helping members of my groups, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups, Starting a company, Trading services |
| Schools: | University of British Columbia, University of Victoria |
FULL BIO
Brian McKenzie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB). His research and teaching draw heavily on his 30 years as a successful entrepreneur and small business manager.
Brian received his BA in English Literature from the University of British Columbia in 1974 and his MBA from the University of Victoria in 1997. He is a master boat-builder and was awarded a Certificate of Qualification in the trade in 1990. He received his inter-disciplinary PhD from the University of Victoria in 2003.
Throughout his PhD studies, Brian was a lecturer in the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Business. He was a member of the teaching team, which won the 2000 United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Model Undergraduate Program Award and the 1999 Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division Innovations in Pedagogy Award. Brian spent the 1999-2000 academic year in Massachusetts in a visiting lectureship at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he assisted in the start-up of the WPI Venture Forum. Brian joined the faculty of California State University, East Bay In 2003. In 2008, Brian received the Marvin Remmich Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching from his colleagues at California State University, East Bay.
Brian’s dissertation research worked towards the development of a grounded theory of entrepreneurship through the collection and analysis of oral histories of self-identified entrepreneurs. The dissertation was a finalist in the National Federation of Independent Business – Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 2003 Dissertation Award. His paper “Collecting Oral Histories for Entrepreneurship Study” won the Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice Best Conceptual Paper Award, at the US Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) 2004 meeting. He received the Best Reviewer Award at the 2006 USASBE meeting. His research has also been honored with Allied Academies Distinguished Research Awards in 2006 and 2007. He has published 7 academic articles, 13 conference proceedings, 5 monographs and has done countless public presentations.
Brian maintains a small, but active business consultancy. Over the past 12 years, he has assisted small to medium sized businesses in the fields of technology, yachting, logistics and bio-technology. Brian’s consulting work focuses on issues of market development, strategic planning and environmental sustainability, helping business managers develop a clear picture of ways to develop their business and sustain their communities.
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | California State University, East Bay |
| Position: | Assistant Professor |
| Time period: | August 2003 - Present |
| Description: | Brian McKenzie is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB). His research and teaching draw heavily on his 30 years as a successful entrepreneur and small business manager. |
| Employer: | University of Victoria’s Faculty of Business |
| Position: | Lecturer |
| Description: | Throughout his PhD studies, Brian was a lecturer in the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Business. He was a member of the teaching team, which won the 2000 United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Model Undergraduate Program Award and the 1999 Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division Innovations in Pedagogy Award. |
| Employer: | Business consultancy |
| Position: | Consultant |
| Description: | Brian maintains a small, but active business consultancy. Over the past 12 years, he has assisted small to medium sized businesses in the fields of technology, yachting, logistics and bio-technology. Brian’s consulting work focuses on issues of market development, strategic planning and environmental sustainability, helping business managers develop a clear picture of ways to develop their business and sustain their communities. |
| Employer: | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Position: | Vvisiting lectureship |
| Time period: | December 1998 - November 2000 |
| Description: | Brian spent the 1999-2000 academic year in Massachusetts in a visiting lectureship at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, where he assisted in the start-up of the WPI Venture Forum. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Victoria |
| Time period: | 1996 - 2003 |
| Degree: | Entrepreneurship, PhD |
| University: | University of Victoria |
| Time period: | 1993 - 1997 |
| Degree: | Entrepreneurship, MBA |
| University: | University of British Columbia |
| Time period: | 1974 |
| Degree: | English Literature, BA |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | • McKenzie, B., Sud, M. (in press) “A Hermeneutical Approach to Understanding Entrepreneurial Failure” Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal.
• McKenzie, B., Soares, Eric (2007) “A Model for Environmental Marketing” Re-view of Business Research Volume 7 (3), October, 206-214. • McKenzie, B., Polat, B. (2007) “Two Approaches to the Development of an Eth-ics-based Curriculum in an American University” The Journal of Learning in Higher Education Volume 3 (1). Spring, 65-71. • McKenzie, B., Ugbah, S., Smothers, N. (2007) “’Who is an Entrepreneur?’ Is It Still The Wrong Question?” Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal Volume 13 (1) 23-43. • McKenzie, B., Lee, C.K. (2007) “Report of an Experiment in the Development of a Constructivist Curriculum in Environmental Marketing” Business Education Di-gest 18 May, pages 17-28. • McKenzie, B. (2005) “Collecting Oral Histories for Entrepreneurship Research” New England Journal of Entrepreneurship 8 (1) pages 37-48. • Mitchell, R. K.; Smith, J. B.; Morse, E. A.; Seawright, K. W.; Peredo, A. M.; McKenzie B. (2002) “Are Entrepreneurial Cognitions Universal? Assessing En-trepreneurial Cognitions across Cultures.” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 26 (4): pg. 9-32. |
| Papers: | • McKenzie, B., Sud, M (2008) “"Prolegomena to a New Ecological Perspective in Entrepreneurship" 2008 Academic Business World International Conference, Nashville, TN
• McKenzie, B. (2007) “An Investigation of the Effect of Aging on Entrepreneur-ship through Analysis of Oral Histories of Self-Identified Entrepreneurs” Proceedings of the 2007 International Council for Small Business Conference, Turku Finland. • McKenzie, B., Sud, M. (2007) “A Hermeneutical Approach to Understanding En-trepreneurial Failure” Allied Academies Spring 2007 International Conference, Jacksonville, FL. • McKenzie, B. (2007) “Empirical Evidence of Family Embeddedness in Entrepre-neurship through Analysis of Oral Histories of Self-identified Entrepreneurs” Proceedings of the 2007 USASBE Conference, Orlando, FL. • McKenzie, B. (2006) “’Who is an Entrepreneur?’ Is it still the wrong question?” Allied Academies Fall 2006 International Conference, Reno, NV. • McKenzie, B., Soares, Eric (2005) “Environmental Marketing: A Theoretical Model” Proceedings of the International Academy of Business and Economics 2005 Annual Conference, Las Vegas, NV. • McKenzie, B. (2005) “Epistemology in Entrepreneurship Research: A New Vi-sion in the 21st Century” Proceedings of the 2005 Academy of Management Meeting, Honolulu, HI. • McKenzie, B. (2005) “The Role of the Researcher in Creating Corporate Narra-tive” Proceedings of the 2005 International Council for Small Business Confer-ence, Washington, DC. • McKenzie, B. (2005) “Entrepreneurs’ Storytelling: Preliminary Evidence of En-trepreneurs’ Use of Oral Narrative” Proceedings of the 2005 USASBE Confer-ence, Indian Wells, CA. • McKenzie B. (2004) “Harvesting CJB” Session Proceedings - North American Case Research Association 2004 Annual Meeting, Sedona, AZ. • McKenzie B. (2004) “Collecting Oral Histories for Entrepreneurship Study” Pro-ceedings of the 2004 USASBE Conference, Dallas TX (Awarded Best Concep-tual Paper). • McKenzie, B. (2004) “Using Oral History Collection and Analysis to Understand Entrepreneurship” 38th Annual Meeting of the Oral History Association, Portland OR. • McKenzie B. (2003) “John Gillian: Riding the Surfwear Waves” Session Pro-ceedings - North American Case Research Association 2003 Annual Meeting, Tampa FL. |
| Books: | • McKenzie, B. (In Press) “Listening to the Pioneers of Entrepreneurship Educa-tion” Creating Entrepreneurs - Making Miracles Happen: A real world guide for developing entrepreneurship education programs and entrepreneurs, world-wide, Singapore, World Scientific
• McKenzie, B. (2007) “Techniques in Collecting Verbal Histories” Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship, London, Edward Elgar Pub-lishing. • McKenzie, B. (2004) “Understanding Entrepreneurship: Towards a Grounded Theory” Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2004 p.582. • McKenzie, B. (2002) “Understanding Entrepreneurship: A Definition and Model Based on Economic Activity and Self-identity” Doctoral Dissertation, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC. • McKenzie, B. (1998) “Abduction Productions Ltd.” Youth Entrepreneurship Case Project, Acadia Institute of Case Studies, Wolfville, NS. |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Sailing |
| Hobbies: | Woodwork, reading |
| Memberships: | • Academy of Management
• California Faculty Association • Institute of Management Consultants • Journal of Small Business Strategy Review Board • North American Case Research Association • Oral History Association • Small Business Institute • United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship |
| Awards: | • Marvin Remmich Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching 2007-2008, California State University, East Bay, May 30, 2008
• Distinguished Research Award, Academy of Entrepreneurship, April 13, 2007 • Distinguished Research Award, Academy of Entrepreneurship, October 20, 2006 • Scholarship to attend Fondazione IRI Summer School in Management Studies: Individual and Corporate Entrepreneurship in High-Tech Industries, International School for Advanced Education, Volterra, Italy, June11-16, 2006 • 2006 Summer Research Grant, California State University, East Bay College of Business and Economics • Honorary Member, Golden Key International Honour Society • Best Reviewer Award, Individual Entrepreneurship Division at United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), 2006. • Who’s Who in America 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007 • International Who’s Who of Professional Educators 2004-2005 • Teacher-Scholar Award, California State University, East Bay 2004-2005 • Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice Best Conceptual Paper Award, United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) 2004 • Sam M. Walton Free Enterprise Fellowship, Students In Free Enterprise 2003-2005 • New Faculty Support Grant, Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity, California State University, Hayward 2003-2004 • Finalist, 2003 Dissertation Award National Federation of Independent Business – Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice • Model Undergraduate Program Award, US Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) 2000. • Innovations in Pedagogy Award, Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division, 1999. • Award of Merit Enterprise Edge ’99, 1999. • Finalist, Acadia Institute of Case Studies: Case Study Competition, 1998. |
