Leslie PalichLeslie E. Palich is the W.A. Mays Professor of Entrepreneurship at Baylor University, where he teaches courses in small business management, international entrepreneurship, strategic management and international business to undergraduate and graduatestudents in the Hankamer School of Business. He holds a PhD and an MBA from Arizona State University and a B.A. from Manhattan Christian College. Dr. Palich's research has been published in the Academy of Management Review, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Small Business Management, Strategic Management Journal and several other academic journals and periodicals. Having directed international education programs for more than two decades, Dr. Palich has taught entrepreneurship and strategic management in a number of countries in Europe and Latin America. His interest in entrepreneurial opportunity and small business management dates back to the fourth grade, when he set up an agricultural sales venture to experiment with small business ownership. That early experience became a springboard for a number of other enterprises. Since that time, he has owned and operated domestic ventures in agribusiness, automobile sales, real estate development and educational services as well as an international import business. Dr. Palich also launched Lead Generation X, an Internet marketing firm that was set up to employ cutting-edge promotional methods to serve clients and their customers. Read More Read Less