Contact Information
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519-850-2503
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Richard Ivey Building 2351
Research Publications
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Lawrence (Larry) Plummer, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at Ivey in the Entrepreneurship group. He earned his Ph.D. in strategy and entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Previously, Professor Plummer was an assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship at the University of Oklahoma's Price College of Business and an assistant professor at Clemson University's College of Business and Behavioral Science. In 2004, Professor Plummer was named a management research fellow of the Max Planck Institute of Economics in Jena, Germany. His prior experience includes two consulting practices founded with his wife as well as international consulting and management in the aerospace, environmental, and television/film sectors.
Plummer's research focuses on new venture creation, growth, and performance. Much of his current research focuses on the geography of entrepreneurship through the lens of spatial economics including economic geography, regional/urban economics, location theory, and spatial econometrics. Professor Plummer's research is most concerned with the location choices entrepreneurs make in starting their businesses and how spatial competition between firms drives the survival and performance of new ventures. His research appears in Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Organizational Research Methods, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Small Business Economics, Annals of Regional Science, and Production and Operations Management.
Plummer is a research fellow of the Institute for Military and Veteran Families at Syracuse University and teaches annually at the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) and EBV-Families programs at Florida State University and Syracuse University.
Teaching
- Ivey Field Project / New Venture Project (MBA and HBA)
- Design Driven Innovation (HBA)
- Managing Innovation (MSc)
Education
- PhD, University of Colorado at Boulder
- MA, George Washington University
- BS, Syracuse University
Honours & Awards
- 2015-2016 Ivey Research Merit Award
- 2004 National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) Best Paper Award
Experience
- Assistant Professor, Management & Entrepreneurship, University of Oklahoma, 2009 - 2014
- Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Clemson University, 2007 -2009
- Management Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Economics, 2004 -2009
- Visiting Research Economist, Small Business Administration, Denver, 2007
- Graduate Part-Time Instructor, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2003-2007
- Adjunct Faculty, University of Denver, 2001 -2004
Research/Course Development
- New venture creation and performance
- Innovation and knowledge spillovers
- Entrepreneurship and regional growth / development
- University and industry R&D
- Economic geography and spatial analysis