Qualifications:
BA (Cape Breton), B.Ed. (St. Francis Xavier), MBA (Saint Mary's), Ph.D. (South Queensland)
Honours/Awards: Brian Farlinger Award (Canadian Council of Small Business and Entrepreneurship); MSVU Research Award
Joined MSVU: 1999
Relevant Prior Work Experience:
Entrepreneur, consultant, journalist, educator
Courses taught:
Busi 1112 (Introduction to Business Administration), Busi 2202 (Communications Management), Busi 2230 (Principles of Marketing), Busi 2231 (Applied Marketing), Busi 3311 (Small Business Management), Busi 3336 (Direct Marketing), Busi 4400 (Business Policy), Busi 4410 (Small Business Consulting), Busi 4446 (New Venture Creation),
Research Interests:
Entrepreneurship, e-commerce adoption among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurship education
Research Grants:
1. Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development (CEED), $2,000
2. Internal Research Stipend, $5,000 (with Prof. K. Blotnicky)
3. John Dobson Foundation, $1,000 for multi-disciplinary entrepreneurship course development
4. ACOA, $3,500, Research on impact of entrepreneurial events on entrepreneurship intentions
Academic Activities and Publications (since 2000):
Journals and Conference Proceedings-
1. 2007 Mombourquette, P., & Blotnicky, K. ‘Evaluating the Pedagogical Success of Entrepreneurship Education: The Case Study of the Entrepreneurial Skills Program in Nova Scotia’ accepted for publication in the proceedings and presentation at the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences
2. 2007 Mombourquette, P., & Blotnicky, K ‘Bed and Breakfasts and Inns: Drivers, Adoption and Intensity of Internet Business Solutions’ accepted for publication in the proceedings and presentation at the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences
3. 2006 Mombourquette, P., & Blotnicky, K, ‘Leading the way in e-marketing’ published in the proceedings and presented at the Atlantic Schools of Business Conference
4. 2006 Mombourquette, P., & Blotnicky, K ‘An Evaluation of the Entrepreneurship Skills Program’ Presented at the Atlantic Schools of Business Conference
4. 2006 Mombourquette, P. The Emergence of University Wide Entrepreneurship on Canadian Campuses’ Presented at the Atlantic Schools Business Conference
5. 2004 Author, ‘Do Business Schools Encourage Entrepreneurship?’ presented and published in the proceedings at the Atlantic Schools of Business Conference.
6. 2004 Author, ‘Trends in Entrepreneurship Education’ presented at the Atlantic Schools of Business Conference. 7. 2004 Author, ‘Introducing Entrepreneurship in a Multi-Disciplinary Fashion’ presented at the McGraw-Hill National Teaching and Learning Conference. (Double Peer Reviewed)
8. 2003 Author, ‘An Exploratory Study of the use of e-Marketing in Private Inns and Bed & Breakfasts on Mainland Nova Scotia’ presented at the Atlantic Schools of Business Conference
9. 2003 Author, ‘An Introduction and Qualitative Evaluation of the Entrepreneurial Skills Program at Mount Saint Vincent University,’ published in the proceedings and presented at the Atlantic Schools of Business Conference
10. 2003 Author, ‘The Impact of Management Education on Entrepreneurial Intentions: A Students Perspective,’ published in the proceedings and presented at the Atlantic School of Business Conference
11. 2002 Co-author with Ed Leach and Amanda Mombourquette: ‘University-wide Entrepreneurship education: An emerging trend in Atlantic Canada,’ published in the proceedings and presented at the Atlantic School of Business Conference
12. 2002 Co-author with Ed Leach: ‘Dream to Reality: Evaluation of a Multi-University, Multi Discipline Entrepreneurship Program,’ presented at Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference, 2002
Books-
1. Co-Author, Entrepreneurship 2nd edition, scheduled for publication in 2008.
2. Co-Author, Business in Action Instructor’s Manual, published by Pearson Education
3. Co-Author, Business in Action Textbook, published by Pearson Education, 2005.
4. Co-Author, Entrepreneurship, published by McGraw-Hill, April 2006.
5. Author, Entrepreneurship Instructors Manual, McGraw-Hill, 2006.
6. Author, Business Essentials Instructors Manual, published by Pearson Education, 2005.
7. Author, Business A Changing World, Student Study Guide, published by McGraw-Hill, 2002.
8. Author, Business A Changing World, Student Study Guide, published by McGraw-Hill, 2004
Cases-
2003 Author, Case Study – Using the Internet for business planning, published in Introduction to Online Competitive Intelligence Research (Business Research Solutions)
Professional Activities and Publications:
Projects-
1. Founded and serve as chair annual Business and Tourism Conference hosted at MSVU
Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator
2. Introduced and serve as program coordinator of the Entrepreneurial Skills Program.
3. Developed entrepreneurship curriculum for Ghana University (2006/07): Ghana’s government is focusing on entrepreneurship as a growth strategy for their country. I have assisted in the development of the appropriate learning objectives for the courses and developed of the curriculum and training materials. The result of this is approximately 75 students per year (to start) will be using the entrepreneurship curriculum that I have developed.
Reports-
1. 2006 Co-Author, Research, Implementation and Expansion of the Entrepreneurial Skills Program, Research and Commercial Application submitted to ACOA in co-operation with the Centre for Entrepreneurship Education and Development
2. 2005 Author, ‘In-depth Program Evaluation and Recommendations for the Expansion of the Entrepreneurship Skills Program’ Submitted to the Centre for Entrepreneurship Education for their research library per funding arrangement.
3. 2005 Author, ‘Impact of Entrepreneurial Events on Entrepreneurship Intentions’ 2005. Paper was submitted to ACOA to be published in its research library per funding arrangement.
Organizations and Committees-
1. ESP Advisory Board
2. Chair – Multi Disciplinary Entrepreneurship Committee.