• Faculty Lead, Life Science Entrepreneurship
  

PhD, Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University
BA, Economics, University of Virginia

• Entrepreneurship
• Innovation
• Strategy
• Life science/health science innovation
  

• How startups secure resources for launch and growth
• The role of venture advocates in startup launch and growth
• Social exchange theory and innovation networks
• Construal theory and health behaviors
• Success factors in corporate acquisitions
• Success factors in strategic alliance
  

Wesley, C.L., Kong, T.D., Lubojacky, C.J., Saxton, M.K. & Saxton, T. 2022. “Will the startup succeed in your eyes? Venture evaluation of resource providers during entrepreneurs’ informational signaling.” Journal of Business Venturing, 37: 5.

Saxton, T., Wesley, C.L. & Saxton, M.K. 2016. “Venture advocate behaviors and the emerging enterprise.” Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 10: 107-125.

Saxton, T., Saxton, M.K. & Cloran, M.E. 2019. “The Titanic Effect: Successfully Navigating the Uncertainties that Sink Most Startups.” Morgan James: New York.

Saxton, M.K., Colby, H., Saxton, T. and Pasumarti, V. 2024. “How or why? The impact of construal-level theory on COVID-19 vaccine messaging.” Journal of Business Research, 172.

Extensive work in corporate strategy, venture launch and growth strategies, particularly in life/health sciences.

• Academy of Management
• Angel Capital Association
• Society of Physician Entrepreneurs – Chapter Founder, SoPE Indiana
• Strategic Management Society
• Venture Club of Indiana (Board Member, 2005-17; President, 2015)
  

Various board memberships for startups and venture support organizations.

Todd Saxton
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Operations Management and Strategy
School of Management
University at Buffalo
369 Jacobs Management Center
Buffalo, NY 14260-4000

Tel: 716-645-5243
toddsaxt@buffalo.edu