Dave Ketchen (Ph.D, The Pennsylvania State University) is the Lowder Eminent Scholar in Entrepreneurship and a Professor of Management at Auburn University. He previously taught at Louisiana State University and Florida State University. His research interests include entrepreneurship and franchising, methodological issues in organizational research, strategic supply chain management, and the determinants of superior organizational performance. His work has been published in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, the Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Operations Management, and Journal of Management, among others. He and wife Sharon enjoy (usually) raising their two Labrador retrievers. His outside interests include golf, fishing, and driving on jeep trails.