Scott L. Newbert is an associate professor of management and the Harry Halloran Emerging Scholar in Social Entrepreneurship at Villanova University.  He received his Ph.D. in strategic management and entrepreneurship from Rutgers University.  He has taught courses in business ethics, entrepreneurship, and strategy at both the graduate and undergraduate levels.  In so doing, he has developed several practice-based courses that allow undergraduate and graduate students to apply management theory to the real-world challenges faced by for-profit and not-for-profit organizations operating in domestic and international markets.  His current research interests include the process by which existing and nascent firms create value through the entrepreneurial use of available resources, the determinants of new firm formation, and the socioeconomic impact of entrepreneurial activity.  His research on these and related topics has appeared in many of the leading academic journals including Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Small Business Economics, Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, Journal of Business Ethics, and IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management and has been highlighted in several popular media outlets including the Boston Herald and Inc.  He also serves on the editorial review boards of Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Small Business Management, and Journal of Business Research, and is an ad hoc reviewer for many academic journals including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Operations Management, Organizational Research Methods, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, and Strategic Management Journal.  He is an active member of the Academy of Management entrepreneurship and business policy & strategy divisions.  In addition to his academic endeavors, he also provides consulting services on entrepreneurship issues to for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, with clients including the United States and Dutch governments and Sandia National Laboratories.  Prior to obtaining his Ph.D., he worked in sales for a Fortune 500 company, worked as a collegiate athletics coach, and co-founded a privately owned marketing firm serving clients including Colgate-Palmolive and McNeil Nutritionals.