Marc Junkunc
Associate Professor
Business Administration
Washington & Lee University
United States of America
Biography
Professor Junkunc teaches courses related to entrepreneurship. He has been deeply involved with multiple startups, entrepreneurial ventures and small and mid-sized businesses in various capacities, including founder, CEO, team member, investor, advisor and board director. He started his first business while an MBA student, grew it to profitability and later sold it. For seven years he was on the board of directors of a 90+ year-old family business involved in manufacturing for the aerospace industry, wherein he directed a successful turn-around, management buyout and succession plan. Among many consulting assignments, recently he advised a profitable service and product venture with wholesale, retail, internet and international operations, and he also advises not-for-profit enterprises. Professor Junkunc began his professional career in finance and investment banking in the areas of mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance, primarily with Morgan Stanley & Co, in New York and Los Angeles.
Research Interest
Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Finance, Social Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology Management
Publications
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Khoury, T. A., M. Junkunc and D. L. Deeds. 2013. The social construction of legitimacy through signaling social capital: Exploring the conditional value of alliances and underwriters at IPO. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 37(3): 569-601.
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Khoury, T., M. Junkunc and S. Mingo. 2015. Navigating political hazard risks and legal system quality: Venture capital investments in Latin America. Journal of Management 41(3): 808-840.
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Gove, S., M. Junkunc, O. Bruyaka, L. de Castro, M. Larraza-Kintana, S. Mingo, Y. Song, and P. Thakur. Forthcoming (2017). Reexamining CEO duality: The surprisingly problematic issues of conceptualization and measurement. Corporate Governance an International Review (accepted October 31, 2016).
