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Furkan Amil Gur is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Department of Management at Northern Illinois University. He received his PhD in Management from Louisiana State University, Department of Management. Furkan currently teaches courses on Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship and Business Model Designs at Northern Illinois University. His research interests center on entrepreneurship and interorganizational relationships. Specifically, he has interests in entrepreneurial ecosystems, inter-startup competition, cooperation, and coopetition, competitor identification, and geographic industry clusters.

Joshua S. Bendickson earned his PhD in Strategic Management from Louisiana State University. Josh's research interests include strategic human capital, small business/entrepreneurship, and international strategy and he is a member of multiple professional organizations including the Academy of Management, Southern Management Association, and the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Josh is currently employed as an associate professor of management at University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Laura Madden is an Assistant Professor of Management at East Carolina. She received her PhD from the University of Tennessee. Her research specialties are in the areas of positive organizational scholarship and compassion. Her research is published in a variety of scholarly, pedagogical, and practitioner resources, including Academy of Management Review, Management Research Review, College Teaching, the Journal of Management Education, and the International Journal of Innovation Management.

William C. McDowell is the Professor and the Turner Chair of Entrepreneurship at Bradley University. He also serves as the Executive and Academic Director of the Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation as well as the Special Assistant to the Provost for Convergence Efforts at the University. William received his PhD in Management from the University of North Texas, currently serves on the Board of Governors for the Academy of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Knowledge, and is the past president of the Small Business Institute. In addition to his teaching and research, William also serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Small Business Strategy.