Profile
Terry C. Sebora
Associate Professor of Management
Director of
Graduate Entrepreneurial Programs
Management, CBA 273P.O. Box 880491
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0491, USA
Phone: (402) 472-5933
Fax: (402) 472-5855
E-mail:
Expertise:
- Entrepreneurship
- Strategic Management
- State, Regional & Urban Economics
Terrence C. Sebora is an Associate Professor of Management and Director of the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln (UNL). Professor Sebora joined the faculty in 1991 after completing a doctorate in Strategic Management at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Prior to receiving his doctorate, Professor Sebora was a co-owner/operator with his two brothers of a small supermarket chain in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, doing business as Piggly Wiggly. While operating the business, Professor Sebora earned a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh. Prior to assuming ownership of the family business from his father, Professor Sebora was a Director of Religion Education for seven years. Professor Sebora received a Master of Arts degree in 1970 in New Testament Theology and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Classical Languages in 1968, both from St John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota.
Professor Sebora's research interests include issues in entrepreneurship, corporate governance, and strategic decision-making. Most recently, he is investigating the antecedents of a realistic preview of small business ownership and the relationship between knowledge as a dynamic capability and competitive dynamics. Professor Sebora is also studying innovation and ethics in small businesses. He has been awarded funding for his research on ethics from the Nebraska Program in Business, Ethics, and Society. Professor Sebora's articles have appeared in such journals as the Journal of World Business, the Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, the Journal of Management, the Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, the Journal of Business Ethics, and the Journal of Small Business Management. Professor Sebora serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Managerial Issues and Case Research Journal. He also serves an ad hoc reviewer for such journals as Academy of Management Executive, Decision Sciences, Organization Science, and the Journal of Management. He received a 2000 Best Reviewer Award from Case Research Journal. His work with Joongwa Kim on strategic alliances won the 1998 Academy of Management Business Policy and Strategy Division's Best Paper Award and his work on corporate governance with Idalene Kesner and Dan Dalton won the Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management's 1993 Best Paper Award for business strategy. "Antecedents of Conflict in Family Firms: An Empirical Study," a dissertation written by Michael W. Wakefield under Professor Sebora's guidance won the 1998 Best Dissertation Award presented by the Family Firm Institute, Philadelphia, PA. In 1999, Institutional Shareholder Activism: The Changing Face of Corporate Ownership, a dissertation written by Michael J. Rubach under the guidance of Professor Sebora was published as a book by Garland Publishing Company in New York. "When Like Minds Don't Meet," a case written by Christopher Luchs under the guidance of Professor Sebora, won the 2002 Best Case prize at the Kauffman Foundation's KACE Competition.
Professor Sebora has taught courses at the undergraduate level in new venture creation, international small business, and business strategy. At the graduate level, he has taught courses in new venture creation, business history, and international business. Professor Sebora also teaches research design and courses in entrepreneurship at the doctoral level. He is responsible for the development of three courses in entrepreneurship, including two honors courses, for undergraduates and courses in business history and new venture creation at the graduate level. Professor Sebora has also developed a series of modules courses, termed, "The E-Xperience," designed to assist non-business students to prepare themselves better to launch new businesses. The University of Nebraska - Lincoln recognized Professor Sebora in 1997 for his "Outstanding Innovation and Excellence in Curriculum Development." Professor Sebora has been recognized many times for his instruction in the classroom. He received UNL's 1998 College Distinguished Teaching Award, CBA's 1997-1998 Distinguished Teaching Award, and the 1994 Teaching Recognition Award for Contributions to Students from UNL Parents' Association. Professor Sebora received a Faculty Fellowship from the University of Nebraska's Teaching Council to participate in the AAHE Peer Review of Teaching Project at UNL. Professor Sebora regularly presents seminars in Managerial Planning and in Decision Making for the Management Development Certificate Program -- an executive education program sponsored by the Department of Management.
Professor Sebora guides the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship's annual Heartland Conference on Free Enterprise, Alice Dittman All-College Business Plan Competition, and Duncan Aviation Undergraduate and infoUSA Graduate International Business Plan competitions. He oversees the Center's Allen Dayton Young Entrepreneurs contest, the Kauffman Entrepreneurial Internship, the Nebraska Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and Nebraska Young Entrepreneur Seminars programs. He also serves as Sam Walton Fellow to UNL's Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) team and as Director for the Northern Plains Region of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards program, sponsored by St. Louis University. Professor Sebora has been Project Director for USIA grants that are concerned with entrepreneurship and free market development in Central Asia, Malaysia, and the Philippines and Kauffman Foundation grants addressing entrepreneurship internships. Combined these grant total more than $1,000,000.00. He is on the Advisory Panel that oversees the UNL's technology transfer and is an advisor to the J. D. Edwards Honors Program in Computer Science and Management. He is a member of the Academy of Management, Decision Sciences Institute, Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management, North American Case Research Society, Southern Management Association, and the Strategic Management Society. He served as Track Chair for the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the 2002 Decision Sciences Institute Conference. Professor Sebora has used his research expertise and business experience to consult on strategy and small business practices with companies such as the Nash Finch Company, the Mercury Marine Division of Brunswick Corporation, and the Midwest Livestock Association. He serves on the Boards of Advisors for The Thompson Companies, Sell2All.com, the Nebraska Enterprise Forum, and Nebraska Transfer of Environmental Knowledge, and two SIFE owned and operated businesses, Dinosaurs, etc. and Capitol Corner Gift Shop.
Professor Sebora's research interests include issues in entrepreneurship, corporate governance, and strategic decision-making. Most recently, he is investigating the antecedents of a realistic preview of small business ownership and the relationship between knowledge as a dynamic capability and competitive dynamics. Professor Sebora is also studying innovation and ethics in small businesses. He has been awarded funding for his research on ethics from the Nebraska Program in Business, Ethics, and Society. Professor Sebora's articles have appeared in such journals as the Journal of World Business, the Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, the Journal of Management, the Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, the Journal of Business Ethics, and the Journal of Small Business Management. Professor Sebora serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Managerial Issues and Case Research Journal. He also serves an ad hoc reviewer for such journals as Academy of Management Executive, Decision Sciences, Organization Science, and the Journal of Management. He received a 2000 Best Reviewer Award from Case Research Journal. His work with Joongwa Kim on strategic alliances won the 1998 Academy of Management Business Policy and Strategy Division's Best Paper Award and his work on corporate governance with Idalene Kesner and Dan Dalton won the Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management's 1993 Best Paper Award for business strategy. "Antecedents of Conflict in Family Firms: An Empirical Study," a dissertation written by Michael W. Wakefield under Professor Sebora's guidance won the 1998 Best Dissertation Award presented by the Family Firm Institute, Philadelphia, PA. In 1999, Institutional Shareholder Activism: The Changing Face of Corporate Ownership, a dissertation written by Michael J. Rubach under the guidance of Professor Sebora was published as a book by Garland Publishing Company in New York. "When Like Minds Don't Meet," a case written by Christopher Luchs under the guidance of Professor Sebora, won the 2002 Best Case prize at the Kauffman Foundation's KACE Competition.
Professor Sebora has taught courses at the undergraduate level in new venture creation, international small business, and business strategy. At the graduate level, he has taught courses in new venture creation, business history, and international business. Professor Sebora also teaches research design and courses in entrepreneurship at the doctoral level. He is responsible for the development of three courses in entrepreneurship, including two honors courses, for undergraduates and courses in business history and new venture creation at the graduate level. Professor Sebora has also developed a series of modules courses, termed, "The E-Xperience," designed to assist non-business students to prepare themselves better to launch new businesses. The University of Nebraska - Lincoln recognized Professor Sebora in 1997 for his "Outstanding Innovation and Excellence in Curriculum Development." Professor Sebora has been recognized many times for his instruction in the classroom. He received UNL's 1998 College Distinguished Teaching Award, CBA's 1997-1998 Distinguished Teaching Award, and the 1994 Teaching Recognition Award for Contributions to Students from UNL Parents' Association. Professor Sebora received a Faculty Fellowship from the University of Nebraska's Teaching Council to participate in the AAHE Peer Review of Teaching Project at UNL. Professor Sebora regularly presents seminars in Managerial Planning and in Decision Making for the Management Development Certificate Program -- an executive education program sponsored by the Department of Management.
Professor Sebora guides the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship's annual Heartland Conference on Free Enterprise, Alice Dittman All-College Business Plan Competition, and Duncan Aviation Undergraduate and infoUSA Graduate International Business Plan competitions. He oversees the Center's Allen Dayton Young Entrepreneurs contest, the Kauffman Entrepreneurial Internship, the Nebraska Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and Nebraska Young Entrepreneur Seminars programs. He also serves as Sam Walton Fellow to UNL's Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) team and as Director for the Northern Plains Region of the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards program, sponsored by St. Louis University. Professor Sebora has been Project Director for USIA grants that are concerned with entrepreneurship and free market development in Central Asia, Malaysia, and the Philippines and Kauffman Foundation grants addressing entrepreneurship internships. Combined these grant total more than $1,000,000.00. He is on the Advisory Panel that oversees the UNL's technology transfer and is an advisor to the J. D. Edwards Honors Program in Computer Science and Management. He is a member of the Academy of Management, Decision Sciences Institute, Institute for Behavioral and Applied Management, North American Case Research Society, Southern Management Association, and the Strategic Management Society. He served as Track Chair for the Business Policy and Strategy Division of the 2002 Decision Sciences Institute Conference. Professor Sebora has used his research expertise and business experience to consult on strategy and small business practices with companies such as the Nash Finch Company, the Mercury Marine Division of Brunswick Corporation, and the Midwest Livestock Association. He serves on the Boards of Advisors for The Thompson Companies, Sell2All.com, the Nebraska Enterprise Forum, and Nebraska Transfer of Environmental Knowledge, and two SIFE owned and operated businesses, Dinosaurs, etc. and Capitol Corner Gift Shop.
