Wenkui Liu (Luke)

“The differences in marketing and cultural backgrounds between the United States and China cause different determinant factors for successful new products and entrepreneurs. It’s a very interesting research area. IEI really has the best professors of entrepreneurship research. The PhD program competes with that of any top university in the United States.”

Luis Gustavo Morales

Luis is studying the impact that successful first products have on the long-term success of a new entrepreneurial venture. The topic, he says, “has received limited attention in the research literature, so it provides an opportunity for researchers to create pioneering work. I want to instill in new generations of business students how business practices lead to social and economic development, Ultimately, entrepreneurship is a tool for social enrichment.”
 

Tang Wang                   
"I am from USTC in China. I feel lucky to have found a program like this one, which has close professor-student interaction, is research-oriented, and offers customized courses."

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Zibin Xu (Ben)  

"I decided to transfer to UMKC to pursue a PhD in entrepreneurship, initially because of the top-class faculties and the uniquely designed program. But only when I arrived here did I truly understand what top research requires: unfading curiosity, hard-working ethic, and consistent commitment. It is a new, but broad, field in which I can better apply previous quantitative analysis training. The professors are very ambitious in the program and have high expectations on us."

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Fredrik Andersson  

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