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

Professional Leadership Positions:

Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Associate Editor
Administrative Science Quarterly, Editorial Board Member
Strategic Management Journal, Editorial Board Member

Research/Teaching Awards:

Stewart Distinguished Faculty Award, 2023
Inman Research Scholar, 2022-2023
Goulet Research Award, University of Oregon, 2021
Best Paper on Social & Environmental Practices, Academy of Management (Organization & Management Theory Division), 2021
Lazaridis Institute Award for Best Paper Published in the Journal of Business Venturing, 2020
Bradford-Osborne Research Award, 2020

Bio:

Peter Younkin is an associate 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.

Honoring World-Class Research

Management professor Peter Younkin is the recipient of the 2023 Stewart Distinguished Faculty Award.

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Who's the Boss?

Award-winning research by management professor Peter Younkin and coauthor investigates whether recruiting is affected by founder ethnicity or gender.

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UO Business: The Magazine, Fall 2021

Graduates going places, faculty recognized for their contributions, alumni businesses flourishing, career readiness at the forefront, and much more.

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2021 Faculty Promotions

The UO promoted 95 faculty members in 2021, including 53 tenure-track and 42 career faculty members from across the university’s schools and colleges.

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Professor Earns Diversity Research Honor

Research by management professor Peter Younkin and coauthor has earned the inaugural 2020 Bradford-Osborne Award.

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UO Business: The Magazine, Fall 2020

Read stories about how the college continues to shape the business environment and chart new ways to move forward in the 2020 edition of our magazine.

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Teaming Up for Oregon's Recovery Playbook

Created in partnership with the Portland Business Journal, the Oregon's Recovery Playbook video interview series highlights the region's most influential leaders.

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Identifying Barriers to Entrepreneurship

Research by management professor Peter Younkin provides insight into the experiences of Black entrepreneurs.

Research Interests

Entrepreneurship
Diversity
Cultural Industries

Journal Articles

Kacperczyk, Aleksandra, Peter Younkin, and Vera Rocha. "Do Employees Work Less for Female Leaders? A Multi-Method Study of Entrepreneurial Firms." Organization Science, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2022.1611.
June 2022
Kacperczyk, Aleksandra, and Peter Younkin. "A Founding Penalty: Evidence from an Audit Study on Gender, Entrepreneurship, and Future Employment." Organization Science 33, no. 2: 716-745, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2021.1456.
March 2022
Gorbatai, Andreea D., Peter Younkin, and Gordon Burtch. "Collateral Damage: The Relationship Between High-Salience Events and Variation in Racial Discrimination." Organization Science, articles in advance. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2021.1527.
September 2021
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 31, no. 3: 604-627. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2019.1323.
May 2020
Kuppuswamy, Venkat, and Peter Younkin. "Testing the Theory of Consumer Discrimination as an Explanation for the Lack of Minority Hiring in Hollywood Films." Management Science 66, no. 3: 1227-1247. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2018.3241.
March 2020
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, Peter. "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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