Peter Younkin

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Degree History:

PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2010
BA, Columbia University, 1999

Previous Academic Positions:

Assistant Professor of Strategy and Organization, McGill University, 2010-2018

Bio:

Peter Younkin is an assistant professor in the Department of Management at the Lundquist College of Business. His research has been published in Management Science, Organization Science, and Administrative Science Quarterly.

Younkin received his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. Prior to joining the Lundquist College, he was an assistant professor of strategy and organization at McGill University. Currently, Younkin has professional affiliations with the Academy of Management and the American Sociological Associations.

Faculty Spotlight: Peter Younkin

Management professor Peter Younkin's research focuses on gender and racial discrimination in entrepreneurship.

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Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship Update, November 2019

November brings fall colors, midterms, and a host of events and updates from the Lundquist Center for Entrepreneurship.

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Job Prospects of Former Startup Founders

If a startup fails, does its founder have a disadvantage when applying for a job elsewhere? Management professor Peter Younkin and coauthor explored the issue in new research.

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Research Interests

Entrepreneurship
Diversity
Cultural Industries

Journal Articles

Younkin, Peter, and Keyvan Kashkooli. "Stay True to Your Roots? Category Distance, Hierarchy, and the Performance of New Entrants in the Music Industry." Organization Science, forthcoming.
Kuppuswamy, V. and P. Younkin. "Testing the Theory of Consumer Discrimination as an Explanation for the Lack of Minority Hiring in Hollywood Films." Management Science, forthcoming. http://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2738728.
Younkin, Peter, and Venkat Kuppuswamy. "Discounted: The Effect of Founder Race on the Price of New Products." Journal of Business Venturing 34, no. 2: 389-412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2018.02.004.
March 2019
Younkin, Peter, and Venkat Kuppuswamy. "The Colorblind Crowd? Founder Race and Performance in Crowdfunding." Management Science 64, no. 7: 3269-3287. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2017.2774.
July 2018
Kacperczyk, Aleksandra, and Peter Younkin. "The Paradox of Breadth: The Tension Between Experience and Legitimacy in the Transition to Entrepreneurship." Administrative Science Quarterly 62, no. 4: 731-764. https://doi.org/10.1177/0001839217700352.
March 2017
Younkin, Peter, and Keyvan Kashkooli. "What Problems Does Crowdfunding Solve?" California Management Review 58, no. 2: 20-43. https://doi.org/10.1525/cmr.2016.58.2.20.
February 2016
Younkin, P. "Complicating Abandonment: How a Multi-Stage Theory of Abandonment Clarifies the Evolution of an Adopted Practice." Organization Studies 37, no. 7: 1017-1053. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840615613376.
February 2016

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