4 Kelley School professors win business awards

Four Kelley School of Business professors were honored at a management conference in August.\nDonald F. Kuratko, executive director of the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, won the National Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Advocate Award.\n“This is one of the most prestigious awards that exists in the entrepreneurship field and being the recipient is truly an honor,” Kuratko said. “I believe it validates all of the work we have accomplished here at IU in developing our entrepreneurship program into the No. 1 public university \nfor entrepreneurship.”\nThree other professors, all from the IU-Purdue University Indianapolis campus, won research awards.\nSusan Powell Mantel and Mohan V. Tatikonda were awarded the Journal of Operations Management’s “Best Paper” award. Another professor, Barbara B. Flynn , won the “Best Conference Paper” presented in the Operations Management portion of the conference.\nKuratko said he believes his award is a reflection of the entire faculty in the entrepreneurship program.\n“As a team we have built this into a world-renowned program that is considered the ‘Mecca’ of entrepreneurship,” he said.