Hans Rawhouser

E-mail: hansrawhouser@gmail.com

Webpage: www.rawhouser.org

Education

2006-                              Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

                                        PhD student in the Strategic Management and Organizations Department

                                        Current research questions:

                                        What do firms learn from their CSR activities?

                                        How do pro-social goals affect the risk perception of lenders?

                                        What are the origins of organizational identity of entrepreneurial firms?

 

 

2006                               Thunderbird School of Global Management

                                       MBA in International Management 

                                       Completed coursework in both Spanish and French, one academic year in France

                                       Organized Thunderbird Spring 2006 Business Plan Competition

                                      

2001                               University of Nevada Las Vegas

                                       Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering, Minor in Spanish                                            

                                       Summa Cum Laude, with University and Department Honors          

                                       Senior design thesis: Design/construction of two houses for families left homeless by Hurricane Mitch

                                         (Link to website that I created for the project - Project H.A.N.D.S.)

Publications

SA. Zahra, HN Rawhouser, N Bhawe, DO Neubaum, JC Hayton. 2008. Globalization of social entrepreneurship opportunities. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 2(2): 117-131.

Conference Presentations

Rawhouser, H. "A Behavioral View of Social Entrepreneurship and its Application to Internationalization." to be presented at Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, CA. August 8-13, 2008.

 

Rawhouser, H. and Miller, M. "Reaching Beyond the Institutions in Developing Countries." World University Network Entrepreneurship Conference - Chicago. October 4-6, 2007

Research Experience

2006-present                 Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

Research assistant to Professor Dan Forbes - focus on an NSF-funded research project following academic entrepreneurs in the process of forming entrepreneurial start-ups.

 

2005                               Brigham Young University Marriott School of Management

 Development of paper on microfinance and small enterprise loan program in Albania (with Dr. James Brau)

 Data collection (in Peru) and data analysis with SAS for an impact assessment of a microfinance institution in Peru (with Dr. Warner Woodworth) 2005 Peru Photos

2005                               Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management, France Campus

Assistance on Dr. Shaaban’s papers on Operating Behavior of Manual Unpaced Lines

 

Teaching

I am team teaching MGMT 4080, Technology Entrepreneurship, which is focused on bringing together engineering and science students with business students to develop business plans for their technology ideas. See our website: www.techventuresource.org.

Honors and Awards

April 2006                        Inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma business school honor society

April 2006                        Inducted into Phi Sigma Iota language honor society

2004-2006                      Garvin Strategic Initiative Scholarship

July 2005                         Prince Family Trust Continuing Student Grant

Aug 2001                        UNLV Outstanding Civil Engineering Graduate

Apr 2000                         Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society

Dec 2000                        Inducted into Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

1994, 1997-2000            Wal-Mart Competitive Edge Scholarship

1994, 1997-2000            UNLV Academic Excellence Scholarship

1994, 1997-2000            Elaine Wynn Valedictorian Scholarship

1994, 1997-2000            Robert C. Byrd Scholarship  

1994, 1997-2001            H&M Stocker Scholarship

1994, 1997-1998            Sigma Gamma Chi Fraternity, President 1997-1998

Professional Memberships

                                       Academy of Management

Professional Experience

Baughman & Turner Inc.   Las Vegas, NV

12 hydrology studies for real estate developments approved with less than three agency review cycles

 

Taney Engineering  Las Vegas, NV

Gained approval from governing civic agencies for eight hydrology studies for residential housing developments

 

Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas  Las Vegas, NV

Assistant Civil Engineer (Engineering Intern)                                                                    

Using structural engineering software, helped to design two steel bridges in a $100M NV freeway interchange.

 

Engineering Internships     Las Vegas, NV

Laboratory soils tests, inspection/survey of bridge construction, structural analysis of residential/commercial buildings

 

NSF and PEER research experiences at UNLV   Las Vegas, NV

Geophysical soil testing, soil profile analysis using MATLAB, finite-element impact modeling simulations in ALGOR.

Languages 

                                       English (Native); Spanish (fluent); French (Conversant)