Michael Ciuchta is a Assistant Professor in the Manning School of Business  Management Dept. at UMass Lowell.

Michael Philip Ciuchta

Associate Professor

College
Manning School of Business
Department
Marketing Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Phone
(978) 934-2993
Office
Pulichino Tong Business Center - 220B
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Research Interests

My research adopts a behavioral approach to studying institutions and entrepreneurship. My particular focus is on organizational learning and identity and entrepreneurial finance.

Education

  • Ph D: Strategy/Organization Theory, (2010), University of Wisconsin- Madison
    Dissertation/Thesis Title: Commercializing Science: The Impact of Organizational Identity on Learning from Experience
  • MBA: Finance, (1990), University of Pennsylvania- The Wharton School
  • BA: Economics, (1986), University of California, Berkeley

Biography

Michael P Ciuchta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He received his PhD in Organization Theory/Strategic Management from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Selected Awards and Honors

  • Fulbright Scholar Award (2022), Scholarship/Research - Fulbright Commission
  • Teaching Excellence Award (2017), Teaching - Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Department
  • Best Article Award: Business Horizons 2015 (2016), Scholarship/Research - Business Horizons/Elsevier
  • Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (2007), Scholarship/Research - Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Selected Publications

  • Ciuchta, M., Gacula, L.F. (University of Massachusetts Lowell), Gajardo-Vejar, C. (University of Massachusetts Lowell) (2023). Advancing Improvisation within Entrepreneurship Research (pp. 408-420). Routledge
  • Letwin, C. (Suffolk University), Ciuchta, M., Stevenson, R. (Indiana University), McMahon, S. (Elon University) (2023). Being coachable can pay off for founders – up to a point. Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange.
  • Letwin, C., Ciuchta, M., Johnson, M., Stevenson, R., Ford, C. (). Passion and attractiveness on display: an examination of gender bias in crowdfunding. Small Business Economics.
  • Stevenson, R., McMahon, S., Letwin, C., Ciuchta, M. (). More than capital? Transaction costs, trade-offs, and value for small businesses in novel funding transactions. Journal of Small Business Management.
  • O'Toole, J. (Old Dominion University), Ciuchta, M., Neville, F. (McMaster University), Lahiri, A. (Washington State University) (2022). Transactive memory systems, temporary teams, and conflict: Innovativeness during a hackathon. Journal of Management.
  • Stevenson, R. (Indiana University), McMahon, S. (Elon University), Letwin, C. (Suffolk University), Ciuchta, M. (2022). Entrepreneur Fund-seeking: Toward a Theory of Funding Fit in the Era of Equity Crowdfunding. Small Business Economics, 58 2061-2068.
  • Kingsley, D., Ciuchta, M. (2022). Self-serving bias across strategic and non-strategic dictator games with production. Applied Economics Letters, 28(13) 1082-1086.
  • Letwin, C. (Suffolk University), Stevenson, R. (Indiana University), Ciuchta, M. (2021). A Psychological Perspective on Raising Start-Up Capital (pp. 228-243). Routledge
  • O'Toole, J. (Elon University), Ciuchta, M. (2020). The liability of newer than newness: Aspiring entrepreneurs and legitimacy. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 26(3) 539-558.
  • Ciuchta, M., O'Toole, J. (Old Dominion University), Miner, A.S. (University of Wisconsin - Madison) (2020). The Organizational Improvisation Landscape: Taking Stock and Looking Forward. Journal of Management, 47(1) 286-316.
  • Ciuchta, M., Santos, R.S. (UMass Lowell), Jia, P. (UMass Lowell), Yacus, A.M. (UMass Lowell) (2019). Crowdfunding Platforms: Taking Stock and Looking Forward (pp. 94-121). Edward Elgar
  • Stevenson, R., Ciuchta, M., Letwin, C., Dinger, J., Vancouver, J. (2019). Out of Control or Right on the Money? Funder Self-Efficacy and Crowd Bias in Equity Crowdfunding. Journal of Business Venturing, 34 348-367.
  • Ciuchta, M., Finch, D. (2019). The Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy on Entrepreneurial Intentions. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 11 June 2019.
  • Eckhardt, J., Ciuchta, M., Carpenter, M.A. (2018). Open Innovation, Information, and Entrepreneurship within Platform Ecosystems. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 12 369-391.
  • Ciuchta, M., Miner, A.S., Kim, J., O'Toole, J. (2018). Founding logics, technology validation, and the path to commercialization. International Small Business Journal, 36 307-330.
  • Ciuchta, M., Letwin, C., Stevenson, R., McMahon, S., Huvag, M. (2018). Betting on the coachable entrepreneur: signaling and social exchange in entrepreneurial pitches. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 42 860-885.
  • Ciuchta, M., O’Toole, J. (2018). Buy Local? Organizational Identity in the Localism Movement. Business & Society, 57 1481-1497.
  • Ciuchta, M., Gong, Y., Miner, A., Letwin, C., Sadler, A. (2016). Imprinting and the progeny of university spin-offs. Journal of Technology Transfer, 41(5) 1113-1134.
  • Ciuchta, M., O'Toole, J. (2016). Looks and linguistics: Impression formation in online exchange marketplaces. . The Journal of Social Psychology, 156(6) 648-663.
  • Ciuchta, M., Letwin, C., Stevenson, R.M., McMahon, S.R. (2016). Regulatory Focus and Information Cues in a Crowdfunding Context. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 65(3) 490 - 514.
  • Ford, R.C., Richard, B., Ciuchta, M. (2015). Crowdsourcing: A new way of employing non-employees? Business Horizons, 58 377-388.
  • Letwin, C., Ford, C., Ciuchta, M. (2013). Thinking it or feeling it? The Dual Routes of Entrepreneurial Passion. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research
  • Miner, A., Gong, Y., Ciuchta, M., Sadler, A., Surdyk, J. (2012). Promoting university startups: international patterns, vicarious learning and policy implications. Journal of Technology Transfer, 37(2) 213.
  • Miner, A.S., Ciuchta, M., Gong, Y. (2008). Organizational Routines and Organizational Learning (pp. 152-186). Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar
  • Eckhardt, J.T., Ciuchta, M. (2008). Selected variation: the population-level implications of multistage selection in entrepreneurship. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 2(3) 209.
  • Eckhardt, J.T., Ciuchta, M. (2007). From Free to Fee: An Examination of Factors Influencing the Switch from Public Innovator to Commercial Entrepreneur (pp. 238-250). FRONTIERS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH

Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research

  • CLIN 501 - FR4 - Durable Flame Retardant, Multifunctional Coatings for Nylon/cotton (NYCO) Fabric (2021), Sponsored Research - U.S. ARMY CCDC SOLDIER CENTER
    Nagarajan, R. (Principal), Kumar, J. (Co-Principal), Chen, W. (Co-Principal), Ciuchta, M. (Co-Principal)
  • CLIN 601 - MN29 - 3-D Textile-based integrated energy harvesting and storage system (2021), Sponsored Research - U.S. ARMY CCDC SOLDIER CENTER
    Kumar, J. (Principal), Nagarajan, R. (Co-Principal), Agar, E. (Co-Principal), Ciuchta, M., Lepont, c. (Co-Principal), Li, L. (Supporting)
  • Experimental Games in Entrepreneurial Finance (), Grant - University of Massachusetts Lowell
    Ciuchta, M. (Co-Principal), Kingsley, D. (Co-Principal)