UCF Entrepreneurship Professor Wins National Award

(Orlando, Florida - August 15, 2006) - Daniel Tzabbar, an assistant professor of Management and member of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation recently won the 2006 Best Dissertation Award in the Technology and Innovation Management Division at the Academy of Management. His dissertation titled, “When Does Scientist Mobility Affect Search and Technological Repositioning? Evidence from Patent Citation Data in the U.S. Biotechnology Industry”, took top honors from a panel of nine judges, who first narrowed 46 entries into five finalists.

Dr. Tzabbar won the award despite strong competition. The other dissertations that made it to the finals were submitted by Kira Fabrizio from Emory, with a Ph.D. from Berkeley, Karim Lahkani from Harvard, with a Ph.D. from MIT, Victor Seidel from Oxford, with a Ph.D. from Standford, and Anu Wadhwa, with a Ph.D. from the University of Washington.

Dr. Tzabbar also was the runner-up for the Best Dissertation Award in the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the Academy.

About CEI: The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (CEI) was formed as an initiative by the UCF College of Business Administration. The CEI offers training to those who create and lead new business ventures, by providing educational programs, research facilities, networking opportunities, business plan showcase events, and access to business thought leaders. The CEI efforts foster an expanding network of mutually beneficial university, business, and government partnerships that promote Central Florida’s economic development and quality of life. For more information please visit www.cei.ucf.edu.

About UCF:The University of Central Florida is a public, multi-campus, metropolitan research university, dedicated to serving its surrounding communities with their diverse and expanding populations, technological corridors, and international partners. The mission of the university is to offer high-quality undergraduate and graduate education, student development, and continuing education; to conduct research and creative activities; and to provide services that enhance the intellectual, cultural, environmental, and economic development of the metropolitan region, address national and international issues in key areas, establish UCF as a major presence, and contribute to the global community.