Devin Stein
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About Me
About Me
I am an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship with the Culverhouse College of Business at the University of Alabama. I am also a fellow with the Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute (AEI), as well as the Institute for an Entrepreneurial Society (IES) at Syracuse University.
My research focuses on identifying entrepreneurial solutions to complex social issues like wildfire management. I build on the literatures on community organizing and public-private collaborations. Specifically, I show how public value is best created by multiple actors working simultaneously and interacting at multiple levels (i.e. local, regional, and global).
When not writing, I also enjoy spending my time skiing, traveling, working on or operating anything with a motor, and adventuring outdoors.
Awards
Awards
Finalist, Best Dissertation Award, Academy of Management - Social Impact and Management (SIM) Division, May 2025.
Excellence in Innovative Teaching Award, Manderson Graduate School of Business. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. May 2025.
Untenured Tenure-Track Instructional Excellence Award, Culverhouse College of Business, April 2025.
Best Dissertation Award. Academy of Management - Organizations and the Natural Environment (ONE) Division. May, 2024.
Smith Fellow, Thomas W. Smith Foundation. Award administered by the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS). April 2023.
Dr. Torpey Teaching Excellence Award, Martin J. Whitman School of Management. Syracuse, New York, April 2022.
Outstanding TA Award, Syracuse University Graduate School. Syracuse, New York, April 2022.
Research Fellow, Institute for an Entrepreneurial Society, August 2018-Present
Full Scholarship Master’s Degree, Strata. Logan, Utah, August 2015 – May 2017
First Place at Undergraduate Research Competition, Association of Private Enterprise Education. Cancun, Mexico, 2015
President’s Award, Utah State University. Logan, Utah, April 2015
Order of the Sphinx Award, Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity. Indianapolis, Indiana, 2015
Stein, D., Minniti, M. [Title withheld for blind review; focus on comparative governance of social issues]. Under Review at Strategic Management Review.
Rodriguez, Z., Stein, D., & Minniti, M. Empower the Local, Impact the Global: Stakeholder Engagement in Brazil’s Fight Against AIDS. Working Paper
Wei, S., Stein, D., & English, T. Are Players Early Birds or Work Mules? The Comparative Governance of Crowdsourcing. Working Paper
Stein, D. Know Thy Neighbor: Community Organizing and Knowledge Spillovers. Working Paper
Stein, D. Scaling Without Hierarchy: Governing Collective Action Across Organizational Boundaries. Working Paper
Koppl, R., Minniti, M., & Stein, D. (Equal authorship). Enabling Systemic Search Through Interorganizational Hybridity. Working Paper
Palubinskas, A., Stein, D., & Minniti, M. Nonmarket Strategies and Firm Performance: An Industry Lifecycle Perspective. Working Paper
Teaching
Teaching
GBA 525: Business Policy
Manderson Graduate School of Business, University of Alabama
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Fall '24: 4.75/5
Fall '24: 5.00/5
GBA 490: Strategic Management
Culverhouse College of Business, University of Alabama
Instructor ratings: The instructor is an effective teacher
Spring '24: 4.61/5
MGT 387: Building Blocks of Entrepreneurship I
Culverhouse College of Business, University of Alabama
Instructor ratings: The instructor is an effective teacher
Spring '24: 4.61/5
Spring '24: 4.25/5
EEE 370: Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University
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Fall ‘20: 4.44/5
Fall ‘21: 4.66/5
Presentations
Presentations
Stein, D., Minniti, M. “Know Thy Neighbor: Community Organizing and Knowledge Spillovers” 2024 Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. (August, 2024). (Refereed)
Stein, D., Minniti, M. “Know Thy Neighbor: Community Organizing and Knowledge Spillovers” 2024 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Munich, DE. (June, 2024). (Refereed)
Palubinskas, A., Stein, D., Minniti, M. “Nonmarket Strategies and Firm Performance: An Industry Lifecycle Perspective” 2022 Strategic Management Society Annual Meeting. London, UK. (September, 2022). (Refereed)
Stein, D. “Nested Knowledge and the Creation of Public Value” 2022 Oxford Residence Week for Entrepreneurship Scholars. Oxford, U.K.. (June, 2022). (Refereed)
Stein, D. “Nested Knowledge and the Creation of Public Value” 2022 Industry Studies Association Conference. Philadelphia, PA. (June, 2022). (Refereed)
Diaz, F., Stein, D., Minniti, M.. “Legitimacy, Licensing, and Informal Entrepreneurship” 2022 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Waco, TX. (June, 2022). (Refereed)
Stein, D., Minniti, M.. “Competition, Coordination, and Civic Wealth Creation” 2021 Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Virtual due to COVID-19). (August, 2021). (Refereed)
Stein, D., Minniti, M.. “Competition, Coordination, and Civic Wealth Creation” Presented at 2020 Social Entrepreneurship Conference (Virtual due to COVID-19). Bloomington, IN. (November, 2020). (Refereed)
Stein, D., Minniti, M.. “Decentralized Institutions for Public Goods: Entrepreneurial Responses to Wildfire Risk” 2020 Academy of Management Annual Meeting (Virtual due to COVID-19). Vancouver, BC. (August, 2020). (Refereed)
Stein, D., Minniti, M.. “Nested Knowledge: Entrepreneurial Cooperation and the Governance of Public Goods” IES Thank-you Luncheon. Syracuse, NY. (February, 2020). (Invited)
Stein, D., Minniti, M.. “Community Responses to Natural Disasters: Entrepreneurial Initiatives, Local Institutions, and Knowledge Flows” 2020 Sustainability, Ethics & Entrepreneurship Conference. San Juan, PR. (March, 2020). (Refereed)
Stein, D., Minniti, M.. “Rekindling Cooperation: Can Decentralized Institutions Improve Outcomes from Natural Disasters?” Whitman School of Management. Syracuse, NY. (November, 2019). (Invited)
Stein, D.. “Managing Uncertainty in Seasonal Markets with Diversification” 2019 Association of Private Enterprise Education Annual Meeting. Nassau, BS. (April 2019). (Refereed)
Stein, D.. “Burning Budgets: Does an Institutional Blank-Check Raise the Severity and Cost of Fighting Wildland Fires?” Utah State University. Logan, Utah. (May 2017). (Invited)
Stein, D.. “Burning Budgets” 2017 Association for Private Enterprise Education Annual Meeting. Lahaina, HI. (April 2017). (Refereed)
Isom, B., Patty, G., Stein, D.. “Water in Utah: Institutional, Economic, and Political Options for Reform” PERC, Strata, and IHS’s The Challenge of Balancing Competing Demands for Water. Lahaina, HI. (April 2017). (Invited)
Isom, B., Patty, G., Stein, D.. “Water in Utah: Institutional, Economic, and Political Options for Reform” Utah State University’s Spring Runoff Conference. Logan, UT. (March 2017). (Refereed)
Stein, D.. “Burning Budgets” 54th Annual Public Choice Society Meeting. New Orleans, LA. (March 2017). (Refereed)
Hoffer, S., Hopkins, Z., Stein, D.. “Disincentives to Business Development in the Navajo Nation” 2015 Association of Private Enterprise Education Annual Meeting. Cancun, MX. (April 2015). (Refereed)
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