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Gerry Kerr CV

Gerry Kerr, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Associate Dean Programs
Strategy and Entrepreneurship
gkerr@uwindsor.ca
519-253-3000 ext. 3108
Office: OB 434

Education 

  • Ph.D.  York, Toronto, Administrative Studies, 2002.
  • M.B.A.  McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, Business Administration, 1992.
  • B.A.  Brock University, St. Catherines, Canada, Administration (Honours), 1988.
  • B.A.  Brock University, St. Catherines, Canada, English Literature (Honours), 1986.
  • B.A.  University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, English Literature, 1984.

Employment Experience 

  • Associate Professor, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (July, 2009 - Present)
  • Acting Area Chair, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (July 2018-June 2019; July 2021-June 2024)
  • Assistant Professor, Odette School of Business, University of Windsor (July, 2001 - June, 2009)
  • Lecturer, McMaster University DeGroote School of Business (September, 2000 - December, 2000), Hamilton.
  • Lecturer, York University Schulich School of Business (September, 1999 - December, 1999), Toronto.
  • Tutor, York Consulting Group, Schulich School of Business (September, 1998 - November, 1998), Toronto.
  • Senior Tutor, East-West Enterprise Exchange, Schulich School of Business, York University (September, 1997 - October, 1997), Toronto.
  • Tutor/Course Director, York University Schulich School of Business (September, 1996 - April, 1997), Toronto.
  • Lecturer, York University Schulich School of Business (January, 1996 - April, 1996), Toronto.
  • Research Assistant, Schulich School of Business, York University (September, 1994 - April, 1996), Toronto.
  • Research Assistant, York University - Atkinson College (April, 1995 - September, 1995), Toronto.
  • Delegate Tutor, East-West Enterprise Exchange, Schulich School of Business, York University (September, 1995), Toronto.
  • Assistant Merchandise Manager, Business Depot (October, 1993 - April, 1994).
  • Assistant Sales Manager, The Bay (November, 1992 - October, 1993).
  • Sales Representative, Trade Division, Prentice-Hall Canada (November, 1988 - June, 1990).
  • Sales Manager, Kerr Bros. Furniture (April, 1985 - November, 1988).

Honours and Awards 

  • 2016:  MBA Professor of the Year, MBA Society (Graduate Students)
  • 2011 – 2014:  MBA Professor of the Year, MBA Society (Graduate Students)
  • 2008:  Highly Commended Award, Literati Network Awards for Excellence, Emerald Publishing.
  • 2008:  MBA Professor of the Year, MBA Society (Graduate Students)
  • 2007:  Professor of the Year (Graduate), MBA Society (Graduate Students) Society.
  • 2006:  MBA Professor of the Year, MBA Society (Graduate Students)
  • 2005:  Professor of the Year, Odette Commerce Society (Undergraduate Students)
  • 2005:  MBA Professor of the Year, MBA Society (Graduate Students)
  • 2004 – 2005:  Distinguished Research Award, Allied Academies.
  • 2004:  MBA for Managers and Professionals Professor of the Year, MBA Society (Graduate Students)
  • 2003:  MBA Professor of the Year, MBA Society (Graduate Students)
  • 2003 – 2004:  Listed, Who's Who in Canadian Business.

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Articles 

  • Schlosser, F.; Lam, D. & Kerr, G. (2021). Intelligent careers of a resilient mobile workforce: Edu-immigrants.  International Migration, 60 (7), 49-64, http://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12852. [April]
  • Hutchinson, N., Kerr, G., & Richardson, A. J. (2019).  The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI): Seeking growth with integrity.   Journal of Case Studies, 37 (3), 19-35.  
  • Kerr, G. (2017).  The motivations, business satisfaction and commitment of career and later-life older entrepreneurs.   Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 29 (2), 140-155, http://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2017.1288528.
  • Kerr, G., Schlosser, F., & Golob, M. (2017).  Leisure activities and social capital development by immigrant serial/portfolio and lifestyle entrepreneurs.   Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 22 (4), 1-25, http://doi.org/10.1142/S1084946717500261.
  • Chadwick, C., Way, S., Kerr, G., & Thacker, J. (2013).  Boundary conditions of the high-investment human resource systems-small-firm labour productivity relationship.   Personnel Psychology: a journal of applied research, 66 (2), 311-343, http://doi.org/10.1111/peps.12015.
  • Kerr, G., & Armstrong-Stassen, M. (2011).  The bridge to retirement: Older workers' engagement in post-career entrepreneurship and wage-and-salary employment.   Journal of Entrepreneurship, 20 (1), 55-76, http://doi.org/10.1177/097135571002000103.
  • Kerr, G. (2011).  What Simon Said: The impact of the major management works of Herbert Simon.   Management Decision (formerly: Journal of Management History), 17 (4), 399-419, http://doi.org/10.1108/17511341111164418.
  • Kerr, G., & Schlosser, F. (2007).  Start-up and success in ethnic new ventures.   Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 27, 166-181.
  • Kerr, G., Way, S. A., & Thacker, J. W. (2007).  Performance, HR practices and the HR manager in the small, entrepreneurial firm.   Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 20 (1), 55-68, http://doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2007.10593386.
  • Kerr, G. (2007).  The development history and philosophical sources of Herbert Simon's 'Administrative Behavior'.   Management Decision (formerly: Journal of Management History), 13, 255-268.
  • Kerr, G. (2006).  Transformation at BTR.   Journal of the International Academy for Case Studies, 12, 79-102.
  • Kerr, G., & Darroch, J. L. (2005).  Insights from the new conglomerates.   Business Horizons, 48 (4), 347-361, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2005.01.004.
  • Kerr, G., Way, S. A., & Thacker, J. W. (2005).  An analysis of resource development and performance in the small firm.   Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal, 11 (2), 93-112.
  • Kerr, G., & Darroch, J. L. (2004).  Performance in the contemporary conglomerate.   Academy of Strategic Management Journal, 3 (1), 21-36.

Cases

  • Kerr, G.; Sharma, P. & Schlosser, F. (2021 November). Perfect Day and the Milk of Human Invention.  Ivey Case Publishing Product # W24898.  Case and Teaching Note.
  • Girard, S.; Voyer, P. and Kerr, G. (2020). Tetra Bio-Pharma: Brand Building in the Cannabinoid Pharmaceutical Market. Ivey Case Publishing, Ivey Case Institute.  Case and Teaching Note.

Chapters 

  • Kerr, G. (2019). A portrait of the older entrepreneur: Factors toward transformation and persistence. In Adnane Maalaoui (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Elderly Entrepreneurship (pp. 189-210). Switzerland: Springer. 
  • Bhandari, G., Pandey, R., & Kerr, G. (2012). Offshore Pricing with Onshore Management: a case study in innovation and technology management. In Mukhopadhyay, C.; Akhilesh, K., Srinivasan, R., Gurtoo, A., Ramachandran, P., Iyer, P., Mathirajan, M., Subrahmanya, B. (Ed.), Driving the Economy through Innovation and Entrepreneurship (pp. 839-848). Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. 
  • Kerr, G., & Schlosser, F. (2010). Metamorphisis: From International Student to Transnational Entrepreneur. In Honig, Benson; Drori, Israel; Carmichael, Barbara (Ed.), Transnational and Immigrant Entrepreneurship in a Globalized World (pp. 122-144).University of Toronto Press. 
  • Schlosser, F., Marsh, J., & Kerr, G. (2009). Stimulating an Entrepreneurial Orientation throughout Our Community: the Centre for Business Advancement and Research. In Menzies, Teresa (Ed.), Entrepreneurship and the Canadian Universities (pp. 207-213). Windsor. The John Dobson Foundation. 
  • Darroch, J. L., & Kerr, G. (2007). From Partners in Nation-building to the Two Solitudes: An analysis of Canadian Chartered Bank-Federal Government Relations. In Wesson, Tom (Ed.), Canada and the New World Order - 3rd Ed. (pp. 288-308). Captus Press. 
  • Kerr, G., & Darroch, J. (2007). Insights from the New Conglomerates. In Thompson, Arthur; Strickland, A.J., Gamble, John (Ed.), Crafting and Executing Strategy: Text and Readings - 15th Ed. (pp. 534-550). McGraw Hill Irwin. 

Conference Proceedings 

  • Schlosser, F., & Kerr, G. (2010).  Understanding the Pull of Transnational Entrepreneurship.   Academy of Management annual meeting, Montreal.
  • Kerr, G., & Armstrong-Stassen, M. (2010).  The Motivations, Business Satisfaction and Commitment of Career and Later-Life Entrepreneurs.  In Kalinga, Jagoda (Ed.)   26th Annual Conference of the Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE/CCPME), 26, 11-35.
  • Chadwick, C., Way, S. A., Kerr, G., & Thacker, J. W. (2010).  Low Performance Work Systems? The Deleterious Effects of Formal HRM on Small Firm Labor Productivity.   2010 Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings including Best Papers, 70, 1-6.
  • Kerr, G. (2006).  The Effects of the Development History and Philosophical Sources on Herbert Simon's Administrative Behavior.   Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Business History Division, 27, 40-52.
  • Kerr, G., Way, S. A., & Thacker, J. W. (2005).  An Analysis of Resource Development and Performance in the Small Firm (abstract only).   Allied Academies Internet Conference Proceedings, 137.
  • Kerr, G. (2005).  Transformation at BTR (abstract only).   Allied Academies International Conference International Academy of Case Studies Proceedings, 12 (2), 67.
  • Kerr, G., & Darroch, J. L. (2004).  Performance in the Contemporary Conglomerate (abstract only).   Allied Academies International Conference (Academy of Strategic Management), 3 (1), 11.
  • Kerr, G., Way, S. A., & Thacker, J. L. (2004).  Performance, HR Practices and the HR Manager in Small, Entrepreneurial Firms.   Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, 25, 1-14.
  • Kaushal, R., Kerr, G., & Thacker, J. W. (2004).  Methods of Survey Delivery: Response Rates and Effective Methods for Improvement in Times of Technological Change (abstract only).   Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, 25.
  • Kerr, G., & Litvak, I. A. (2003).  The Fragmented Industry, Strategic Choice and Performance: The Impact of Strategic Fit in the Canadian Plastics Industry (abstract only).   Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, 24, 186.
  • Kerr, G., & Litvak, I. A. (2002).  Exporting in a Fragmented Industry.   Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, 23, 43-52.
  • Kerr, G., Pomerleau, D., & Yoshikawa, T. (1996).  An Enactment Model of Strategic Alliance Formation.   Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, 17, 31-40.

Presentations 

  • Kerr, G. & Schlosser, F. (2021, November). Understanding the context of resiliency of recent older immigrant entrepreneurs.  RENT XXXV (Research in Small Business & Entrepreneurship), EIASM (European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management) conference, Turku, Finland.
  • Kerr, G. (2020, November). The centre will take hold: An historiography of the effects of James March's 'Exploration and Exploitation' model on the research of organizational ambidexterity.  Honouring James March: A Virtual Submission Development Workshop, Virtual.
  • Schlosser, F.; Brykman, K. & Kerr, G. (2021, June). Comparison of immigrants versus Canadian-born business owners in developing strategies that build resilience during COVID-19. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research conference, Virtual.
  • Lam, D., Schlosser, F., Kerr, G., & Shahbazi, R. (2019, March). It takes a village: building resilience by connecting international students to the broader community.  Annual National Metropolis Meeting, Halifax.
  • Kerr, G. (2018, May). Toward completing the picture of the older entrepreneur: A review and research agenda.  Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE) Annual Conference, Halifax.
  • Kerr, G., Richardson, A. J., & Eberlein, B. (2018, May). The dialect of stakeholder engagement and strategy development at the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Canadian Academic Accounting Association Annual Conference, Calgary.
  • Kerr, G. & Schlosser, F. (2017). Wage-and-salary employment to entrepreneurship: Punctuated equlibria and venture microfoundations.  Strategic Management Society Special Conference on Strategic Human Capital, Management Practices and Performance, Milan, Italy.
  • Kerr, G., Richardson, A. J., & Eberlein, B. (2017, October). The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI): Social-movement entrepreneurship at the Institutional-Organizational Interface.  Strategic Management Society (SMS) annual international conference, Houston, Texas.
  • Kerr, G., Richardson, A. J., & Eberlein, B. (2017, May). Entrepreneurial action and strategic change: An historical analysis of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).  Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE) annual conference, Quebec City.
  • Kerr, G., Richardson, A. J., & Eberlein, B. (2016, June). The search for sustainability amidst a movement: Strategic change at the Global Reporting Initiative.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual conference, Edmonton.
  • Kerr, G. & Schlosser, F. (2015, October). The Role of Leisure Activities in Social Capital Development for Immigrant Serial Portfolio and Lifestyle Entrepreneurs.  Entrepreneurship Research Society inaugural conference, New York City.
  • Kerr, G., Schlosser, F., & Golub, M. (2015, July). The Development of Social Capital through Leisure and Ethnic Activities by Canadian Immigrant Serial Entrepreneurs. Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship: 8th Annual Conference, Ryerson University, Toronto.
  • Altner, S. & Kerr, G. (2015, May). Creating the Bridge: Speed Dating for Academics and Practitioners. Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE) 2015 conference, Edmonton.
  • Golub, M., Schlosser, F., & Kerr, G. (2013, May). Immigrants' Entrepreneurial Achievements: The role of leisure activities and leisure-related affiliations. Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE), Victoria.
  • Schlosser, F., Golob, M., & Kerr, G. (2013, May). The Role of Entrepreneurial Identity in developing Social Capital through Leisure Activities. Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE), Windsor.
  • Bradley, D., Kerr, G., Kim, K., Matthews, C., & Solomon, G. (2012). ICSB Global Panel: The State of the Art of Entrepreneurship Education. International Council for Small Business (ICSB) world conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Cooney, T., Kerr, G., Schnabel, R., & Wu, X. (2012). ICSB Global Panel: Engendering Innovation through Entrepreneurship Education. International Council for Small Business (ICSB) world conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Kerr, G. (2012, September). From the Beginning: The Impact of Joseph Schumpeter on Entrepreneurship Scholarship and Practice. Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE) annual meeting, Halifax.
  • Bhandari, G., Pandey, R., & Kerr, G. (2012, July). Offshore Pricing with Onshore Management: A case study in Innovation and Technology Management.  International Conference on Technology Management, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
  • Kerr, G. & Armstrong-Stassen, M. (2011). A research review of the older entrepreneur: Characteristics, organizations and societal impact. Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE) annual conference, Windsor.
  • Schlosser, F. & Kerr, G. (2011, March). Building social capital in a new playing field.  Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
  • Kerr, G. (2010, June). What Simon Said: The impact of the major management works of Herbert Simon.  Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Halifax.
  • Anderson, R., De Clercq, D., Honig, B., Kerr, G., Lin, X., Schlosser, F. & Todorovic, Z. (2009). Fostering Entrepreneurship among People with Special Needs through Mentoring Programs (Workshop). Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago.
  • Kerr, G. (2009). Bridging to Retirement: Older workers' engagement in post-career self-employment or wage-and-salary employment. Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE) Annual Conference.
  • Schlosser, F. & Kerr, G. (2008). The International Student Experience: Creating Cross-cultural Entrepreneurial Mindsets and Transnational Entrepreneurial Choice-sets. The Implications of Integration for Globalization: Transnational Entrepreneurship - The NeXt Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Hamilton.
  • Kerr, G. (2008, October). The Reasons of Older Entrepreneurs for Starting Businesses: Development patterns leading to multiple rewards.  Strategic Management Society 28th annual conference, Cologne, Germany.
  • Schlosser, F. & Kerr, G. (2008, August). Benefits and Barriers to Immigrant Entrepreneurship.  International Council for Small Business ICSB 2008 World Conference, Goeteborg, Sweden.
  • Kerr, G. & Schlosser, F. (2007). Start-up and Success in Global New Ventures.  Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Madrid, Spain.
  • Schlosser, F. & Kerr, G. (2007). Immigrant entrepreneurs: Trust as the consequence of successful social investments framed by established rules for interaction.  European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM): Workshop on Trust, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
  • Kerr, G., Lin, X., Way, S., & Thacker, J. (2006, October). Owner-mediated Culture Management in the Small Firm.  Strategic Management Society 26th annual international conference, Vienna, Austria.
  • Kerr, G. (2003, June). The Changes at BTR: The end of another new beginning or the beginning of the end?  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada conference, Halifax.
  • Kerr, G. & Litvak, I. A. (2002, September). Successful Strategies in a Fragmented Industry: the plastics products sector.  Strategic Management Society 22nd annual international conference, Paris, France.
  • Kerr, G. (1996, June). A Dual-paradigm Competitive Market Model.  Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Whistler.

Grants (Competitive; Funded only) 

  • 2019: Kerr, G. & Schlosser, F., Understanding the context of resiliency of older immigrant entrepreneurs ($24,570), SSHRC.  
  • 2018-2020: Schlosser, F. & Kerr, G., It takes a village: building resilience by connecting international students to the broader community ($27,500), SSHRC.
  • 2016: Kerr, G. EPICentre Faculty Fellow Development Grant ($1,000), University of Windsor - EPICentre.
  • 2016-2021: Kerr, G. EPICentre Research and Outreach Director, Entrepreneurial Growth and Transition Strategies ($10,000), University of Windsor - EPICentre.
  • 2014: Kerr, G. & Schlosser, F., Entrepreneurial motivations and the transition of mid-career workers to self-employment ($5,000), SSHRC Tri-Success Grant.
  • 2010-2012: Kerr, G. & Ingram, L., Pulse of the Region Economic Confidence Survey ($7,500), Windsor-Essex Development Commission/University of Windsor.
  • 2009-2010: Kerr, G. Modal Actors and Regional Economic Development: Histories and Insights from Three Mid-sized Metropolitan Areas ($4,000), SSHRC 4A Internal (University of Windsor) Grant.
  • 2007: Kerr, G. Start-up and Success in Ethnic New Ventures ($2,300), Odette School of Business Research and Teaching Innovation Fund (RTIF) grant.
  • 2007: Kerr, G. & Schlosser, F., Assessing the longitudinal performance of ethnic new ventures ($2,500), HSSRG Humanities and Social Science Research Grant.
  • 2007: Kerr, G. & Fleisher, C., Strategic plans and processes for a regional Economic Development Commission ($6,000), Windsor-Essex Development Commission (WEDC).
  • 2006: Kerr, G. Owner-mediated Culture Management in the Small Firm ($1,500), Odette School of Business Research and Teaching Innovation Fund (RTIF) grant.

Research Reports 

  • 2015: Kerr, G., Schlosser, F., Altner, S., Jagoda, K., Krysler, J., Lin, H., and Sparling, L. Measuring Entrepreneurial Performance in Canada: Review and Recommendations, submitted to Industry Canada, Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE).

Service - Professional 

Editorial Review Board

  • 2015 – Present:  Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Associate Editor

  • 2013 – 2014:  Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship.