Professor Earle’s research interests grew out of a long-held fascination with the transformational power of innovation. The core of his research program is developing new ways of understanding how innovations move from initial invention to marketable products, services, and business models; and how this process affects and informs the strategies of participating organizations. For empirical contexts, he focuses on disruptive innovations in chemistry, energy, and other technology-driven fields. His most recent research focuses on extra-organizational levels of analysis including, networks, eco-systems, and communities. Professor Earle has presented his research at Academy of Management; Sustainability, Ethics, and Entrepreneurship; GRONEN, Asian Academy of Management, and Strategic Management Society meetings and published in leading management journals including Research Policy and Administrative Science Quarterly. He was also named a Strategy Research Foundation Scholar for 2017-2019.
In addition to pursuing his research program, Professor Earle serves as the Chair of UNH’s Holloway Prize business proposal competition, Co-PI of UNH’s NSF I-Corps Site, holds a USASBE Technology Entrepreneurship Education certificate, and is a Certified Lean Launchpad Educator. Before pursuing his Ph.D., Professor Earle had experience in new ventures, consulting, and as an University of Oregon Technology Entrepreneurship Fellow.
Research Awards
- Research Impact on Practice Award (runner-up), Academy of Management ONE Division (2018)
- Presidential Award for Responsible Research, International Association for Chinese Management Research (2017)
- Best Research Paper Award, GRONEN Research Conference (2016)
- Best Research Paper Award. Sustainability, Ethics, and Entrepreneurship Conference (2015)
- Best Dissertation Award (Runner-up), INFORMS Technology Management Section (2014)
Teaching Awards
- Outstanding MBA Faculty Award (2018)
Service Awards
- Pathways to Innovation Campus Culture and Policy Award, VentureWell (2017)
