Department of Entrepreneurship, Strategy, and International Business

J.P. Allen is an Associate Professor of Information Systems. His areas of expertise include online/internet business, open technology, and the digital transformation of organizations and society. He has been a faculty member at Purdue University and the University of Cambridge, and a visiting researcher and professor in Germany, Sweden, Australia, Portugal, and Brazil.

David Batstone, Ph.D., received his B.A. with a major in Psychology from Westmont College in Santa Barbara. After studying for a year at the International Baptist Seminary in Ruschlikon Switzerland, he finished his M.Div. at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley.

Mark V. Cannice, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized scholar, teacher, and speaker on entrepreneurship and venture capital. He is Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Dr. Cannice writes the widely followed quarterly Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index® and China Venture Capitalist Confidence Index Reports. He also founded the highly regarded USF Entrepreneurship Program and USF International Business Plan Competition.

Professor Chen is known for his expertise in consulting strategies for international tech firms, as stated by his "Silicon Valley Roundtable Guru" award that he was given by the U.S. National Business Economics Association. He is now entering his second decade at USF, instructing within MBA and EMBA programs.

Moira Gunn is internationally recognized for her work with emerging information systems, and the impact of global biotechnology and sustainability. She can be heard on public radio stations as host of the weekly radio programs Tech Nation and BioTech Nation. Moira has been teaching courses at the University of San Francisco since 1979.

Laurie MacPherson joined the faculty at the University of San Francisco in 1993, after spending fifteen years as a manager in the film and television industry.

Takahashi is an Associate Professor of Management within the School of Management. She holds a B.A. in Asian Studies from Pomona College, and an M.A. in Asian Studies, an M.B.A, and a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley.

Jennifer Walske is an Assistant Professor at the University of San Francisco. She was previously the Faculty Director of the Global Social Venture Competition, a worldwide program that develops next generation social entrepreneurs, and still remains a member of its advisory board.

Dr. Xiaohua Yang has presented and published her work in the leading management journals and conferences around the world.