Richard Chan

Associate Professor, Management

Education: PhD, University of Washington

Office: 258 Harriman Hall
Email: Richard.chan@stonybrook.edu

Research Interests: Affect, Cognition, and Entrepreneurial Finance

Teaching Interests: Entrepreneurship and Strategic Human Resource Management

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Biography

Biography of Richard Chan

Richard Chan’s research domain is broadly situated at the intersection of psychology, technology, and entrepreneurial finance. Specifically, he investigates how actors' cognitive processes, shaped by individual differences and altered by social and ambient environments, influence the evaluations of entrepreneurial opportunities. His work has appeared in the Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Venture Capital, and Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings and mentioned by media. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Business Venturing and Journal of Management.

Awards & Honors

Award Name	Organization	Status	Month	Year
William H. Newman Award	Academy of Management	Received	August	2013
Best Student Paper Award	Academy of Management MOC Division	Received	August	2007
Betty Nesvold Award	Annual Social Science Research and Instructional Council Student Research Conference	Received		2003

Education

School	Degree	Major	Date Completed	Distinction
University of Washington	PhD	Management & Organization	2010
University of California, Berkeley	BA	Psychology	2000

Scheduled Teaching

Course Name	Prefix	Number	Section	Credits	Level	Semester	Year
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	1	3	Undergraduate	Spring	2020
Entrepreneurship	MBA	570	30	3	Graduate	Spring	2020
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	1	3	Undergraduate	Fall	2019
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	30	3	Undergraduate	Fall	2019
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	30	3	Undergraduate	Spring	2019
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	31	3	Undergraduate	Spring	2019
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	1	3	Undergraduate	Fall	2018
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	30	3	Undergraduate	Fall	2018
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	30	3	Undergraduate	Spring	2018
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	31	3	Undergraduate	Spring	2018
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	1	3	Undergraduate	Fall	2017
Entrepreneurship	MBA	570	30	3	Graduate	Fall	2017
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	1	3	Undergraduate	Spring	2017
Entrepreneurship	MBA	570	30	3	Graduate	Spring	2017
Ethics, Corporate Governance	TMP	548	52	2	Graduate	Spring	2017
Ethics, Corporate Governance	TMP	548	53	2	Graduate	Spring	2017
HR Management for High Tech Environments	TMP	586	52	2	Graduate	Spring	2017
HR Management for High Tech Environments	TMP	586	53	2	Graduate	Spring	2017
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	1	3	Undergraduate	Fall	2016
Entrepreneurship	MBA	570	30	3	Graduate	Fall	2016
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	1	3	Undergraduate	Spring	2016
Entrepreneurship	MBA	570	30	3	Graduate	Spring	2016
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	1	3	Undergraduate	Fall	2015
Entrepreneurship	MBA	570	30	3	Graduate	Fall	2015
Ethics, Corporate Governance	TMP	548	52	1.5	Graduate	Summer	2015
Ethics, Corporate Governance	TMP	548	53	1.5	Graduate	Summer	2015
HR Manag for High Tech Enviros	TMP	586	52	1.5	Graduate	Summer	2015
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	1	3	Undergraduate	Spring	2015
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	1	3	Undergraduate	Fall	2014
Entrepreneurship	MBA	570	30	3	Graduate	Fall	2014
Entrepreneurship	MBA	570	31	3	Graduate	Fall	2014
Entrepreneurship	BUS	353	1	3	Undergraduate	Spring	2014
HR Manag for High Tech Enviros	TMP	586	80	2	Graduate	Spring	2014
Entrepreneurship	MBA	570	1	3	Graduate	Fall	2013

Publications

Type	Classification	Status	Title	Journal Name	Publisher	Publication Year	Vol	Issue	Page	Link
Journal Article	Basic or Discovery Scholarship	Published	The effect of company name fluency on venture investment decisions and IPO underpricing	Venture Capital		2018	20		1-26	View
Journal Article	Basic or Discovery Scholarship	Published	Crowdfunding Innovative Ideas: How Incremental and Radical Innovativeness Influence Funding Outcomes	Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice		2017	41		237-263	View
Conference Proceeding	Basic or Discovery Scholarship	Accepted	Beauty in the eye of the beholder: How processing preference influences opportunity evaluation	Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research	Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference
Journal Article	Basic or Discovery Scholarship	Published	How images and color in business plans influence venture investment screening decisions	Journal of Business Venturing	Elsevier	2014	30		732-748	View
Conference Proceeding	Basic or Discovery Scholarship	Published	The Impact of Weather on Imitation: A grounded cognition perspective.	Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings	Academy of Management	2013	2013	1	14900
Journal Article	Basic or Discovery Scholarship	Published	The influence of dispositional affect and cognition on venture investment portfolio concentration	Journal of Business Venturing	Elsevier	2013	28	3	397–412	View
Conference Proceeding	Basic or Discovery Scholarship	Published	TEAMS IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS: AN INPUT-MEDIATOR-OUTPUT-INPUT (IMOI) APPROACH.	Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings	Academy of Management	2009	2009	1	1–6
Conference Proceeding	Basic or Discovery Scholarship	Published	THE IMPACT OF MOOD AND EMOTION ON RISK PREFERENCE.	Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings	Academy of Management	2007	2007	1	1–6