Todd A. Finkle

GU

Quick Facts

Title: Pigott Professor of Entrepreneurship

B.S.: University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1982
M.B.A.: University of Wisconsin at Madison 1989
Ph.D.: University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1993

Todd joined the SBA faculty in 2010.

Brief Biography


Dr. Todd A. Finkle is the inaugural Pigott Professor of Entrepreneurship at Gonzaga University. Dr. Finkle's has founded three businesses, a non-profit, and grew up in a family-owned business. Dr. Finkle has consulted worldwide with businesses, universities, and organizations in the development of their organizations. Dr. Finkle's most recent significant achievement was related to billionaire Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Dr. Finkle wrote an in-depth case study on Buffett and Berkshire over the course of two years. Buffett read the case and invited Dr. Finkle and 27 students to Omaha to spend a day with him at Berkshire Hathaway's Global Headquarters. Dr. Finkle has produced more than 150 papers, presentations, and grants related to entrepreneurship.

Current Teaching Schedule (Fall 2010)

BENT 491
Creating New Ventures
W 530pm-800pm Jepson 122
MBUS 654
Creating New Ventures
R
530pm-800pm Jepson 104


Selected Publications


Finkle, T.A. (2010). Corporate Entrepreneurship & Innovation in Silicon Valley: The Case of Google, Inc. (Forthcoming in Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice), 1-65.

Finkle, T.A. (2010). Warren E. Buffett & Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (Forthcoming at the Journal of the International Academy of Case Studies), 1-55.

Finkle, T.A. & Mallin, M. (2010). Steve Jobs and Apple, Inc. (Forthcoming at the Journal of the International Academy of Case Studies), 1-19.

Finkle, T.A. (2010). Richard Branson and Virgin, Inc. (Forthcoming at the Journal of the International Academy of Case Studies), 1-22.