- Senior Fellow
- Visiting Faculty, Management and Strategy
- Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship, Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
- Griffith University, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Head, Department of Marketing, Griffith Business School, July 2012 to December 2016; Professor of Entrepreneurship, Department of Business Strategy & Innovation, Griffith Business School, until end-December 2019.
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia. Dean, School of Business, February 2008 to June 2012.
- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Professor and Head of the Brisbane Graduate School of Business, July 1996 to January 2008.
- Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Jan 1995 to June 1996. Previously, Associate Professor of Managerial Economics, Jan 1989 to Dec 1994.
- Bentley College, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Professor of Economics, Jan 1984 to Dec 1988.
- Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Associate Professor of Finance, June 1977 to Dec 1983. Previously Assistant Professor of Finance, Aug 1975 to May 1997.
- University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia. Lecturer in Economics. Jan 1974 to Aug 1975.
- Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Lecturer in Economics, May 1973 to Dec 1973. Previously doctoral candidate and Teaching Assistant in Economics, Sept 1969 to Aug 1971.
- University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada, Lecturer in Economics, Sept 1971 to May 1973.
- Chulalongkorn University, Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship, Sasin School of Management, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Annually 1999-2019.
- RMIT University – Vietnam, Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship, August 2017, taught intensively delivered EMBA course ‘Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation’ at the Ho Chi Min City campus.
- Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India. Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship, taught intensively-delivered MBA entrepreneurship course, August 2002 and August 2003.
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship, Antai School of Management. Taught intensively-delivered Entrepreneurship course, April 2002 and June 2003.
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship, teaching into the Kellogg-HKUST weekend EMBA program, October 2000.
- Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA. Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship and International Business, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, August 1996 to June 1997.
- University of San Diego, California, Visiting Assoc. Professor of Economics, July 1981 to December 1981.
- Runner-up, Business Higher Education Round Table (BHERT) Inaugural ‘Entrepreneurial Educator of the Year’ Award, 2001
- Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Bond University, 1994 and 1996
- Academic Advisor to winning MBA teams (1994 and 1996) and to runners-up (1993 and 1995) in the ‘MOOT CORP’ Business Plan Competition, University of Texas
- Entrepreneurial Attitudes and Abilities
- Entrepreneurial Intention
- Risk Recognition, Risk Reduction, and Investor Readiness
- New Venture Funding and Resourcing
- Allocation of Equity in New Ventures
- Work Motivation Theory
- Workaholism and Work Enthusiasm.
Books:
- Douglas, E.J. (2020). Entrepreneurial Intention: Past, Present & Future Research. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK.
- Douglas, E.J. (2012). Managerial Economics. Bridgepoint Education, San Diego, CA.
- Shepherd, D.A. & Douglas, E.J. 1999. Attracting Equity Investors: Positioning, Preparing and Presenting the Business Plan. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA. (38 citations).
- Douglas, E.J. 1992. Managerial Economics – Analysis and Strategy. 4th edition (Englewood Cliffs, NJ., Prentice-Hall, Inc.) Also 1st ed. 1979; 2nd ed. 1983; and 3rd ed., 1987. (228 citations, all editions).
- Douglas, E.J. 1982. Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis – Theory and Applications.. (Englewood Cliffs, NJ., Prentice-Hall, Inc.). Also, Instructor’s Manual to accompany this text. (7 citations)
- Douglas, E.J., Shepherd, D.A., & Prentice, C., 2020. Using fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis for a Finer-grained Understanding of Entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing, 35(1). DOI:10.1016/j.jbusvent.2019.105970
- Douglas, E.J., & Prentice, C., 2019. Innovation and profit motivations for social entrepreneurship: A fuzzy-set analysis.” Journal of Business Research, 99, 69-79. DOI: j.busres.2019.02.031
- Ganbaatar, B., & Douglas, E.J., 2018. Developing a Valid and Reliable Measure of Product Innovativeness for Entrepreneurship Research, Journal of Small Business Management, 57(S2), 530-554. DOI: 10.1111/JSBM.12504
- Roussety, M., Frazer, L., & Douglas, E.J. 2016. Investigating the Goodwill issue in Franchising: An exploratory analysis. Australian Business Law Review, 44(3).
- Douglas, E.J., Carlsson-Wall, M. & Hjelstrom, T. 2014. Negotiating Equity Share and Management Control of the Entrepreneurial New Venture, Venture Capital: an International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 16(4), 287-307.
- Barter, N. & Douglas, E.J. 2014. Three headwinds impacting the future of MBA programmes: An Australian perspective. Journal of Management and Entrepreneurship, April-June, 23-38.
- Douglas, E.J. (in press) Reconstructing Entrepreneurial Intentions to Identify Predisposition for Growth, Journal of Business Venturing, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2012.07.005
- Douglas, E.J. and Fitzsimmons, J.R. (in press). Intrapreneurial Intentions vs. Entrepreneurial Intentions: Different Constructs with Different Antecedents. Small Business Economics: An Entrepreneurship Journal, DOI: 10.1007/s11187-012-9419-y.
- Fitzsimmons, J.R. and Douglas, E.J. 2011. Interaction between feasibility and desirability in the formation of entrepreneurial intentions. Journal of Business Venturing, 26(4); 431-440.
- Shepherd, D.A., Douglas, E.J. and Fitzsimmons, J.R. 2008. MBA admission criteria and an entrepreneurial mind-set: Evidence from “western” style MBAs in India and Thailand. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 7(2); 158-172.
- Shepherd, D.A., Douglas, E.J. and Fitzsimmons, J.R. (in press). MBA admission criteria and entrepreneurial attitudes: Evidence from western-style MBAs in India and Thailand. Academy of Management Learning & Education.
- Steffens, P. and Douglas, E.J. 2007. Valuing technology investments: Use real options thinking but forget real options valuation. International Journal of TechnoEntrepreneurship, 1(1): 58-77.
- Douglas, E.J. and Morris, R.J. 2006. Workaholic, or just a hard worker? Career Development International, 11(5): 394-417. Douglas, E.J. 2006. Entrepreneurship and management education: A case for change, Journal of Management and Entrepreneurship, 1(2): 1-17.
- Fitzsimmons, J.R. and Douglas, E.J. 2006. Entrepreneurs and funding decisions: Evidence from Australian SMEs. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 3(1): 76-91.
- Fitzsimmons, J.R., Douglas, E.J., Hisrich, R.D. and Antoncic, B. 2005. Intrapreneurship in Australian firms. Journal of Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management, 11(1): 17-27.
- Douglas, E.J. and Shepherd, D.A. 2003. Douglas, E.J. and Shepherd, D.A. 2002. Exploring investor readiness: Assessments by entrepreneurs and investors in Australia. Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 4(3): 219-236.
- Douglas, E.J. and Shepherd, D.A. 2002. Self-employment as a career choice: Attitudes, entrepreneurial intentions, and utility maximization. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 26(3): 81-90.
- Levesque, M., Shepherd, D.A. and Douglas, E.J. 2002. Employment or self-employment: A dynamic utility-maximizing model. Journal of Business Venturing, 17(3): 189-210.
- Shepherd, D.A., Douglas, E.J. and Shanley, M. 2000. New venture survival – Ignorance, external shocks, and risk reduction strategies. Journal of Business Venturing, 15(5-6): 393-410.
- Douglas, E.J. and Shepherd, D.A. 2000. Entrepreneurship as a utility-maximizing response. Journal of Business Venturing, 15(3): 231-251.
- Douglas, E.J. 2016. Perceptions Revisited: Continuing to look at the world through entrepreneurial lenses, in Revisiting the Entrepreneurial Mind, Brannback, M. & Carsrud, A.L. (Eds), International Studies in Entrepreneurship, Vol.35, Springer, New York.
- Douglas, E.J. & Balan-Vnuk, E., 2014. Social Entrepreneurship: The interplay of altruism, materialism, and entrepreneurialism. In Generation Next: Becoming Socially Enterprising, Chamberlain, S., Foxwell, K. & Anderson, H. (Eds). Oxford University Press, South Melbourne.
- Douglas, E.J. 2009. Perceptions – Looking at the world through entrepreneurial lenses, Chapter 1 in Understanding the Entrepreneurial Mind, Carsrud, A.L. & Brannback, M. (Eds), Springer, New York.
- Fitzsimmons, J.R. Douglas, E.J., Steffens, P.R. & Thomond, P. 2009. Marketing buzz: Towards a framework for Entrepreneurs. In A.Ghose (Ed.) Small Business: Marketing Challenges and Strategies, pp. 127-144. Hyderabad, India: ICFAI University Press.
- Douglas, E.J. 2001. Entrepreneurship: The link between invention, innovation, and success. In Innovation and Imagination at Work, Carolyn Barker (Ed), AIM Management Today Series, McGraw-Hill, Sydney, pp.60-86. Revised for 2nd edition, 2004, pp. 185-220.
- Douglas, E.J. 1976. The nature of the business firm. In The Australian Firm, by C.J. Aislabie and K.L. Lindgren (eds), (Sydney, McGraw-Hill, 1976), pp.1-14.
Academic Coach to winning MOOT CORP teams in 1994 and 1996, and to second-placed teams in 1993 and 1995.
- Fellow, Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD), Diploma (with merit), Australian Institute of Company Directors, 2003.
- Ph.D. (Economics), 1974, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
- M.Com (Economics), 1971, University of Newcastle. Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia.
- B. Com (Honors 2A, Economics), 1968, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia.