Areas of Expertise: Small business management; small firm consulting; starting new ventures; family businesses; business planning
Research Interests: Business planning; microenterprises
Campus Involvement: Director of Entrepreneurial Studies and the Small Business Institute

Background Information

• Doctor of Philosophy, 1992, Syracuse University, Public Policy, Strategic Management
• Master of Business Administration 1982, Syracuse University, Law and Public Policy
• Bachelor’s of Science, 1980, SUNY at Oswego, Management

Refereed Articles

• Cook, R. G., Campbell, D., & Kelly, C. (in press, 2012).  An Issue of Trust: Are Commercial Databases Really Reliable?  Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, 17 (4).
• Campbell, D. K. & Cook, R. G. (2010).  An Experiential Market Research Analysis: A Partnership Between Teaching and Library Faculty.  Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship, 15 (3/4).
• Belliveau, P., Peluso, K., & Cook, R. G. (2008).  Assurance of Individual Learning in Experiential Student Team Consulting. Small Business Institute Journal, 2, 23-45.
• Heriot, K. C., Jones, R., Cook, R. G., & Simpson, L. (2008).  The Use of Student Consulting Projects as an Active Learning Pedagogy: A Case Study in an Operations Management Course.  Decision Sciences Journal of innovative Education, 6 (2), 463-481.
• Heriot, K. C., Cook, R. G., Simpson, L., & Parker, R. (2008).  The Use of Micro Student Consulting Projects as an Alternative to Traditional Field-Based Student Consulting Projects: An Exploratory Study.  Journal of Entrepreneurship Education, 11, 59-73.

Refereed Proceedings
Full Paper

• Cook, R. G., Campbell, D., & Kelly, C. (in press, 2012).  Survival Rates of new Firms in New Jersey; An Observation.  Small Business Institute National Proceedings, 36, 122 - 131.
• Cook, R. G., Campbell, D., & Kelly, C. (2011).  Caveat Emptor: The Question of Accuracy In Commercial Databases.  Small Business Institute National Proceedings, 35, 99 - 108.
• Cook, R. G. & Kemelgor, B. (2010).  From the Classroom to the Boardroom: Small Business in Practice.  International Council for Small Business.
• Campbell, D. K. & Cook, R. G. (2010).  A Proposed Investigation of Environmental Scanning Practices by Employers.  Small Business Institute National Proceedings, 34 (1), 26-38.
• Cook, R. G. & Campbell, D. K. (2009).  A Partnership Between Teaching and Library Faculty to Enhance Student Market Research Analyses.  Small Business Institute National Proceedings, 33 (1), 288.
• Belliveau, P., Peluso, K., & Cook, R. (2008).  Assurance of Learning for Experiential Courses: A Proposed Model.  Small Business Institute Research Review, 35, 105-110.

Book

• Cook, R. G. & Belliveau, P. (2008).  The Experiential Student Team Consulting Process, 3rd Edition.  Mason, OH: Cengage Custom Solutions: Division of Cengage Publishing.

Honors/Awards/Grants
Awards 

• 2010:  Outstanding Support to Other SBI Directors Small Business Institute Association Mentor Award.
• 2008:  Rider University Distinguished Teaching Award
• 2007:  Lifetime Achievement Award for the SBI Association for substantial expertise in small business and for the advancement of the discipline Small Business Institute Fellow.
• 2007:  Distinguished Paper Award Allied Academies Spring International Conference.
• 2007:  Faculty Nominator for Rider Student NJ Student Entrepreneur of the Year - 2nd Place.
• 2006:  Harper Fellowship.
• 2006:  Research Leave.
• 2005:  Summer Fellowship.
• 2003:  Rider Research Leave.
• 2003:  Summer Fellowship
• 2002:  Davis Fellowship – Business Plan Development.
• 2002:  Distinguished Paper Award SBIDA 26th National Small Business Consulting Conference.

Honors

• 2010:  For Graduate Consulting Cases, sponsored by SBI Small Business Institute National Project-of-the-Year, Third Place.
• 2010:  For Undergraduate Consulting Cases, Sponsored by the SBI Association Small Business Institute Project-of-the-Year, Top Ten National Finish
• 2009:  Faculty Nominator for Rider Student NJ Student Entrepreneur of the Year, First Place.
• 2009:  For Graduate Consulting Cases, Sponsored by SBI Small Business Institute National Project-of-the-Year, Second Place.
• 2009:  For Undergraduate Consulting Cases, Sponsored by the SBI Association Small Business Institute Project-of-the-Year, Fourth Place.
• 2008:  Faculty Nominator for two Rider Students NJ Student Entrepreneur of the Year - 2nd Place and 4th Place.
• 2007:  Fellows award. Life achievement award for the Association Small Business Institute.
• 2007:  Undergraduate Consulting Case of the Year 2007 Small Business Institute Top 10 National Finish.
• 2007:  Faculty Nominator for Rider Student NJ Collegiate Entrepreneur of the Year - Second Place Finish.
• 2006:  Undergraduate consulting case of the year 2006 Small Business Institute Top 10 National Finish.
• 2006:  Graduate consulting case of the year 2006 Small Business Institute 2nd Place Nationally.
• 2005:  Faculty nominator for Rider student 2005 NJ Collegiate Entrepreneur of the Year – Second Place.
• 2005:  Undergraduate consulting case of the year 2005 Small Business Institute National Top 10 Finish.
• 2004:  Faculty nominator for Rider student 2004 NJ Collegiate Entrepreneur of the Year – Second Place.
• 2003:  Faculty Nominator for Rider Student 2003 NJ Collegiate Entrepreneur of the Year Winner.
• 2002:  2002 NJ Bright Idea for Business Competition - Honorable Mention.
• 2002:  For graduate consulting cases, sponsored by SBIDA 2002 Small Business Institute Regional Case-of-the-Year Award.
• 2002:  For undergraduate consulting cases, sponsored by SBIDA Small Business Institute National Case-of-the-Year Second Place.
• 2001:  Faculty nominator for Rider student 2001 East Coast Collegiate Entrepreneur of the Year Winner.
• 2001:  Faculty nominator for Rider student 2001 NJ Collegiate Entrepreneur of the Year – Winner.