Reed Nelson

Reed Nelson holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Cornell University and both a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree from Brigham Young University.

He has taught in Master’s and Doctoral programs at the University of Texas at El Paso, Louisiana Tech University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Universidade Nove de Julho, and UNIFACCAMP.

Professor Nelson held the Eminent Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and served as a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

For seven years, he taught MBA courses in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. His research has been published in leading academic journals, including Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Studies, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and Small Business Economics, among others.

His executive education and consulting clients include General Electric, Maersk Shipping, Bank of America, Hughes Aircraft, Procter & Gamble, Phelps Dodge, El Paso Electric, Lawyers Title, General Instrument Corporation, Grupo Batistella, Grupo Continental, Thompson General Hospital, and Hôtel-Dieu, among others.

His areas of expertise include Organizational Behavior, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Organizational Change, and Management Education.​‌