Theory Development Workshop – Friday, November 13, 2026
Exploring & Developing New Theoretical Approaches to Market-Based Management & Entrepreneurship
Friday, November 13, 2026 on OSU's beautiful campus in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
The workshop is being jointly sponsored by OSU's School of Entrepreneurship and the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise (ISFE).
Attendance is free and open to all, but pre-registration is strongly encouraged.
Exploring & Developing New Theoretical Approaches to Market-Based Management & Entrepreneurship
OSU's School of Entrepreneurship and the Institute for the Study of Free Enterprise (ISFE) will be hosting a Theory Development Workshop (TDW) in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on the beautiful campus of Oklahoma State University (OSU), on November 13, 2026.
Attendance is free and open to all, but pre-registration is strongly encouraged (see above).
The TDW represents a unique opportunity for PhD students and early-career faculty to hone their theory-development skills by receiving direct and personal feedback from established senior scholars—scholars with demonstrated excellence in theory development and publishing groundbreaking conceptual papers in the fields of entrepreneurship, management, and Austrian economics.
The senior scholars who will be jointly leading this TDW are Dr. Jay Barney ((University of Utah), Dr. Mark Packard (Florida Atlantic University), and Dr. Per Bylund (Oklahoma State University).
The TDW will be a highly selective event wherein PhD students and early-career faculty from all disciplines are invited to submit conceptual-paper ideas. Each paper idea will be reviewed by one of the TDW's aforementioned senior scholars. Each senior scholar will select up to four (4) paper ideas to be discussed during the TDW. As such, up to twelve (12) young scholars will be selected. Each young scholar who is selected and who attends the TDW (and resides outside of Oklahoma) will be provided a travel & lodging stipend equal to $1,000.
Relevant Dates
(all times are CDT or CST)
- Thursday, 10/15 (8 AM) – Deadline for participant applications
- Friday, 10/23 – notifications regarding selection will be sent to applicants
- Thursday, 11/12 – Arrive Stillwater
- Friday, 11/13 (8a-noon) – Workshop morning session
- Friday, 11/13 (noon-1p) – Lunch for workshop attendees
- Friday, 11/13 (1-5:30p) – Workshop afternoon session
- Friday, 11/13 (5:30-7p) – Dinner for workshop attendees
- Saturday, 11/14 – Depart Oklahoma
Attendees can fly into or out Stillwater (SWO) or Tulsa (TUL) or Oklahoma City (OKC). SWO is 5 minutes from campus and The Atherton Hotel provides free shuttle service to and from SWO.
TUL and OKC are each about 75 miles from Stillwater. Uber service to Stillwater from TUL and OKC is around $100.
Regarding lodging: A block of rooms has been reserved at The Atherton Hotel for Thursday night at a group rate of $120 plus tax. OSU will be hosting a home football game against Texas Tech in Stillwater on Saturday, November 14. Lodging in Stillwater on Friday night will be limited.