Jeffrey Robinson

Jeffrey A. Robinson, Ph.D. is an award-winning business school professor, international speaker and entrepreneur. Since 2008, he has been a leading faculty member at Rutgers Business School, where he is a professor of management and entrepreneurship and the Academic Director of The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development and research fellow of the Rutgers Advanced Institute for the Study of Entrepreneurship and Development.

Through his research, business leadership and community activities he makes direct impacts corporate workplaces, entrepreneurs and economic development policy in the state of New Jersey and beyond.

Emerging from his pioneering research, the New Jersey Social Entrepreneurship Institute and ...

Executive MBA Experience

Professor Jeffrey A. Robinson teaches Foundations of Entrepreneurship, where students learn how to skillfully combine capital, opportunities, innovation and networks to disrupt industries, create wealth, and use innovation to solve consumer and social problems. In addition to the traditional topics of opportunity recognition, business planning, and entrepreneurial finance, he also explores the topics of corporate venturing, social entrepreneurship and the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development. This course will appeal to individuals who have a strong desire to become entrepreneurs, work in startups, or invest in early stage companies. This course will also be immensely valuable to those who will work in venture capital, where they are dealing with new or relatively new ventures.

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Academic degrees

Ph.D., Columbia University; Management
M.Phil., Columbia University; Management
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; Civil Engineering Management

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Media Mentions

Graphic Online, Africa - US Presidential Forum on STEM/AI slated for September, Jeffrey Robinson

Friday, August 11, 2023

New Jersey Business Magazine, Leader with History of Boosting Local Economy Named Associate Director of Fiserv-Rutgers-Newark Program for Inclusive Innovation, Jeffrey Robinson

Wednesday, January 04, 2023

LocalToday, Fiserv and Rutgers-Newark celebrate their commitment to minority entrepreneurs in New Jersey, Jeffrey Robinson

Friday, December 09, 2022

NJBIZ, Bon Jovi celebrates reopening of community restaurant at Rutgers-Newark, Jeffrey Robinson

Monday, October 24, 2022

NJBIZ, 2022 Education Power 50, Jeffrey Robinson

Monday, September 19, 2022

Publications

Articles

Evans, M.N. Robinson, J. A. and Williamson, I.O. 2022. “The Link between HRM Practices and Social Purpose Outcomes in Indigenous Enterprises.” In press, Journal of Social Entrepreneurship.

Vickerie-Dearman, L., McCullers, K, Robinson, J. 2021.“Poverty Alleviation Through Entrepreneurship In The United States: A Framework For Policy And Practice”. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship.

Inouye, T., Joshi, A., Hemmatian, I., Robinson, J. 2020. "Counteracting Globalization's Skeptics: How Diasporas Influence the Internationalization ...

Dissertations Supervised

Name: Edouard, Linda
Graduation Date: 2023/January

Name: Crews, Marcus
Graduation Date: 2022/Jan

Name: Bass, Shoshana
Graduation Date: 2019/May

Name: Kong, Xiangyi
Graduation Date: 2019/Jan

Name: Chen, Huangen
Graduation Date: 2018/May
Thesis Title: Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation: Institutional Environment, Identity Configuration, and Resourcefulness

Name: Ma, Jiangshui
Graduation Date: 2018/May
Thesis Title: Why Silicon Valley? An “Entrepreneurial Ecosystem” Perspective on Regional Venture Creation and New Venture Fundraising, Evidence from China

Name: Vickerie, Lutisha
Graduation Date: 2018/May
Thesis Title: Immigrant Entrepreneurship, Institutional Logics, and Informality: A Study of Entrepreneurs and Urban Entrepreneurship Policy in Newark, New Jersey

Awards & Honors

Professor Robinson is a recipient of the Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship John Jack Award presented at the USASBE (United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship) Annual Conference as well as a sought after speaker and trainer in many Fortune 100 Corporations, foundations and leading social sector organizations including Wells Fargo, PSEG, KIPP Schools, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Comcast.

Dr. Robinson has appeared on PBS, Caucus: New Jersey, and NJTV. He is often quoted by journalists from the Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.