Education

• PhD (2016) Business Administration, Florida Atlantic University
• (2008) Entrepreneurship, University of Florida
• BS (2007) Business Management, University of Florida

• Garofolo, Andrew; Cox, Kevin; Sproul, Curtis. (2025). When do Entrepreneur Sellers Have to Earn Their Exit?, Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 15(2)
• Cox, Kevin; Gyensare, Michael; Lanivich, Stephen; Adomako, Samuel; Chu, Irene. (2025). Polychronicity and entrepreneurial intentions: Exploring cognitive flexibility and adaptability in potential entrepreneurs, Journal of Business Research, 189, Article: 115153
• Lortie, Jason; Cox, Kevin; DeRosset, Sean; Thompson, Regina; Kelly, Scott. (2025). Unpacking the minimum viable product (MVP): a framework for use, goals and essential elements, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 32(1), 212-235
• Lortie, Jason; Cox, Kevin; Derosset, S.; Kelly, S.; Thompson, R.. (2024). Deconstructing the MVP: Fundamental Elements, United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE)
• Cox, Kevin; Lortie, Jason; Thompson, R.. (2024). Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition is Still Entrepreneurship, United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE)
• Cox, Kevin. (2024). Rethinking startup funding: From grants to sustainable investments, Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC)
• Cox, Kevin; Sproul, Curtis. (2024). The Fine Art of Funding: Financing for New Ventures, Kendall Hunt Publishing Co.
• Cox, Kevin; Garofolo, A.; Sproul, C.. (2024). When do Entrepreneur Sellers Have to Earn Their Exit?, Southern Management Association Conference (SMA)
• Lortie, Jason; Cox, Kevin; Castro, Stephanie; Castrogiovanni, Gary. (2024). Measuring social entrepreneurship: Identifying and assessing the performance of social entrepreneurial ventures, Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 15(2), 429-457
• Lanivich, Stephen; Adomako, Samuel; Ahsan, Mujtaba; Istipliler, Baris; Cox, Kevin. (2023). Multidimensional cognitive style: Linking founders to firm performance through strategy and resource orchestration, Journal of Business Research, 166, Article: 114081
• Lortie, Jason; Cox, Kevin; Roundy, P.T.; Jarvis, Lee. (2023). Institutional channeling and opportunity recognition: heterogeneous knowledge corridors as pathways to social entrepreneurship, Social Enterprise Journal, 19(2), 213-235
• Cox, Kevin; Lortie, Jason; Marshall, D.; Kidwell, Roland. (2022). Beyond the balance sheet: The effects of family influence on social performance, Journal of Business Research, 143, 318-330
• Cox, Kevin; Lortie, Jason; Crider, C.; Marshall, D.; Kidwell, Roland. (2022). Founding Family Firms in Rural Regions: Implications for Economic Growth, In Academy of Management Proceedings, Briarcliff Manor, NY, 2022(1), 16969
• Cox, Kevin; Lanivich, S.; Donbesuur, F.; Tarba, S.. (2022). RICH with Product Innovation, In Academy of Management Proceedings, Briarcliff Manor, NY, 2022(1), 17252
• Lortie, Jason; Cox, Kevin; Kelly, Scott; Bolivar, Troy. (2022). Two-Factor Learning for Launch: How Entrepreneurs Can Increase the Probability of Positive Responses to Their Minimum Viable Products, Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, 5(4), 523-546
• Cox, Kevin; Kidwell, Roland; Granger, Jennifer. (2022). Expansion of community aimed entrepreneurship education: Spanish language and other underserved communities, Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV
• Lortie, Jason; Cox, Kevin; Roundy, Philip. (2022). Social impact models, legitimacy perceptions, and consumer responses to social ventures, Journal of Business Research, 144, 312-321
• Barreto, Tais; Lanivich, Stephen; Cox, Kevin. (2022). Temporal orientation as a robust predictor of innovation, Journal of Business Research, 138, 287-300
• Cox, Kevin; Kidwell, Roland; Lortie, Jason. (2022). New Venture Launchpad -- Spanish Version: Guia Para Nuevos Negocios, Kendal / Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, IA(2nd Edition)
• Cox, Kevin; Lortie, Jason; Dheer, Ratan. (2022). Influence of national and regional level social capital on entrepreneurial activity, Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, 29(1)
• Lortie, Jason; Cox, Kevin; Sproul, C.. (2021). Toward a theory of entrepreneurial differentiation: how entrepreneurial firms compete, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 17, 1291-1312
• Cox, Kevin; Kidwell, Roland; Lortie, Jason. (2021). New Venture Launchpad, Kendal / Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, IA(2nd Edition)
• Nicholas, K.; Sproul, C.; Cox, Kevin. (2021). Survival in a new industry: marijuana, venture structure and outcomes, Journal of Business Strategy, 42(2), 99-105
• Cox, Kevin; Kidwell, Roland. (2020). New Venture Launchpad, Kendal / Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, IA, 277 pages
• Wales, W.; Lortie, Jason; Cox, Kevin; Sproul, C.. (2019). Blowing Smoke? How early-stage investors interpret hopeful discourse within entrepreneurially oriented business plans, Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 9(3), 1-16
• Cox, Kevin; Kloepfer, Kathryn; Kidwell, Roland. (2019). Diverse teams navigating the technology commercialization process: Creative cohorts or complex collectives?, United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, St. Pete Beach, FL
• Kloepfer, Kathryn; Cox, Kevin; Kidwell, Roland. (2019). Diverse Teams Navigating The Technology Commercialization Process: Creative Cohorts Or Complex Collectives?, USASBE Conference
• Haim Faridian, Parisa; Cox, Kevin; Castrogiovanni, Gary. (2019). Dream Teams: Strategic Implications of Entrepreneurial Founding Team Role Composition In New Ventures, USASBE Conference
• Sproul, C.; Cox, Kevin; Ross, A.. (2019). Entrepreneurial Actions: Implications for Firm Performance, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 26(5), 706-725
• Haim Faridian, Parisa; Castrogiovanni, Gary; Cox, Kevin. (2019). Role complementarity in entrepreneurial founding team compositions and new venture strategies, Academy of Management Conference
• Kidwell, Roland; Cox, Kevin; Kloepfer, Kathryn. (2019). The diversity of deviance: How it can hurt (and help) families and family firms, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland, 643-672
• Lortie, Jason; Barreto, Tais; Cox, Kevin. (2019). The Implications of National and Regional Long-Term Orientation on Entrepreneurial Activity, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 25(6), 1236-1258
• Cox, Kevin; Williams, R.. (2019). When and why angel investors throw out their own playbook: The Rockstar entrepreneur effect, USASBE Conference
• Kloepfer, Kathryn; Kidwell, Roland; Cox, Kevin. (2019). 'champions' make diverse spin-off teams more successful, Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange
• Cox, Kevin; Lortie, Jason; Castrogiovanni, Gary. (2018). An integrated model of intentional entrepreneurial action, Springer International Publishing AG, Basel, Switzerland, 3-15
• Haim Faridian, Parisa; Cox, Kevin; Castrogiovanni, Gary. (2018). Composition of Explorative and Exploitative Roles in New Venture Founding Teams, USASBE Conference
• Cox, Kevin; Lortie, Jason; Stewart, Steven; Barreto, Tais. (2018). Different strokes for different folks: Generational differences, social salience, and social performance, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, doi.org/10.1177/1465750318796718
• Cox, Kevin; Kidwell, Roland; Kloepfer, Kathryn. (2018). Interdisciplinary and Intergenerational Team Formation and Evolution During the Technology Commercialization Process, USASBE Conference
• Lortie, Jason; Cox, Kevin. (2018). On the boundaries of social entrepreneurship: a review of relationships with related research domains, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 14(3), 639-648
• Kidwell, Roland; Cox, Kevin; Kloepfer, K. (2018). The Diversity of Deviance: How It Can Hurt (and Help) Families and Family Firms
• Lortie, Jason; Cox, Kevin; Jarvis, Lee. (2018). You Seem Legit: How Social Business Models Affect Legitimacy Perceptions and Subsequent Consumer Responses, USASBE Conference
• Cox, Kevin; Lortie, Jason; Barreto, Tais; Stewart, Steven. (2017). Different Strokes for Different Folks: How Generational Differences Influence Social Performance, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017(1), 14583
• Faifman, Leon; Cox, Kevin. (2017). Entrepreneurial Experience, Entrepreneurial Motivation, and Choice of Exit Strategies, Southern Management Association Conference
• Lortie, Jason; Castrogiovanni, Gary; Cox, Kevin. (2017). Gender, Social Salience, and Social Performance: How Women Pursue and Perform in Social Ventures, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 29(1-2), 155-173
• Lortie, Jason; Cox, Kevin; Roundy, Philip. (2017). Institutional Channeling and Social Entrepreneurship Opportunity Recognition, Academy of Management Proceedings, 2017(1), 11018
• Cox, Kevin. (2017). Regional and statewide collaboration in entrepreneurship education: formation, objectives, accomplishments, and evolution, Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Conference
• Cox, Kevin; Lortie, Jason; Kidwell, Roland; Marshall, D.. (2017). The relationship between familiness and social performance: A stewardship perspective, Southern Management Association Conference
• Cox, Kevin; Lortie, Jason; Gramm, Kimberly. (2017). The investment paradox: why attractive new ventures exhibit relatively poor investment potential, Venture Capital: an international journal of entrepreneurial finance , 19(3), 163-181
• Cox, Kevin; Lortie, Jason; Stewart, Steven. (2017). When to pray to the angels for funding: The seasonality of angel investing in new ventures, Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 7, 68-76
• Cox, Kevin; Lortie, Jason. (2015). An integrated model of intentional entrepreneurial action, Academy of Management Conference Proceedings
• Cox, Kevin; Lortie, Jason. (2015). Entrepreneurial orientation, management capabilities, and the funding potential of early stage ventures, Academy of Management Conference Proceedings
• Cox, Kevin; Lortie, Jason; Gramm, Kim. (2015). The investment paradox: Why good new venture ideas often exhibit poor investment potential, USASBE Conference Proceedings
• Cox, Kevin. (2014). Entrepreneurial cognition: A review and thematic analysis, Southern Management Association Conference Proceedings
• Cox, Kevin. (2014). Fundamental entrepreneurial planning process: Resource assessment and opportunity evaluation, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 15(2), 79-89
• Cox, Kevin. (2014). Fundamental entrepreneurial planning process: Resource assessment and opportunity evaluation, USASBE Conference Proceedings
• Cox, Kevin; Castro, Stephanie. (2014). Positive Affect and Business Plan Development: A Resource Based View, United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Proceedings, Fort Worth, Texas
• Cox, Kevin. (2013). Aligning firm decision making process with environmental conditions: Toward a model of effectuation, Southern Management Association Conference Proceedings
• Cox, Kevin. (2013). National and regional level social captial and entrepreneurial activity, Southern Management Association Conference Proceedings