Reed Nelson holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior from Cornell University, and Bachelor and Masters degrees from Brigham Young. He taught in and masters and doctoral programs at the University of Texas at El Paso, Louisiana Tech University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Universidade Nove de Julho, and UNIFACCAMP. He was Eminent Scholar and Endowed Chair in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, in the B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration, University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a Senior Fullbright Fellow at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. For seven years he taught onsite MBA classes in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan. His publications have appeared in Academy of Management Journal, Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Studies, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Small Business Economics and other influential scientific journals. Consulting and training clients include General Electric, Maersk Shipping, Hughes Aircraft, Procter and Gamble, Phelps Dodge, El Paso Electirc, Lawyers Title, General Instrument Corporation, Grupo Batistella, Grupo Continental, Thompson General Hospital, Hotel Dieu and others.
