Peter G. Klein | |
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| Born | 1966 |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | Baylor University (2015-present) University of Missouri (2002–2015) University of Georgia (1995–2002) UC Berkeley (1989–94) |
| Field | Managerial economics, Entrepreneurial econ, Innovation econ, Industrial econ |
| School or tradition | Austrian School |
| Alma mater | UC Berkeley (PhD) 1995 University of North Carolina (B.A.) 1988 |
| Doctoral advisor | Oliver E. Williamson |
| Influences | Friedrich Hayek, Oliver E. Williamson, Carl Menger, Friedrich von Wieser, Ludwig von Mises |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Peter Gordon Klein is an American economist who studies managerial and organizational issues. Klein holds the W. W. Caruth Endowed Chair and is a professor of entrepreneurship at Baylor University's Hankamer School of Business, where he is also Chair of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation. Klein is Academic Director of the Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise, adjunct professor of strategy and management at the Norwegian School of Economics, and Carl Menger Research Fellow at the Mises Institute. He serves as associated editor for Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal and associate editor of The Independent Review. His 2012 book Organizing Entrepreneurial Judgment (with Nicolai Foss, Cambridge University Press) won the 2014 Foundation for Economic Education Best Book Prize and has been translated into Polish and Persian. His 2010 book The Capitalist and the Entrepreneur (Mises Institute) has been translated into Chinese and Portuguese. He holds an honorary professorship at the Beijing University of Information Science and Technology.