Phil T. Powell

Executive Director, Indiana Business Research Center
Clinical Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy
Daniel C. Smith Faculty Fellow

Department: Business Economics & Public Policy

Campus: Bloomington

Areas of Expertise

Economics of Development, Macroeconomic Policy, Small Business Dynamics, Strategy and Innovation in Health Care

Academic Degrees

PhD , Vanderbilt University, 1995
BA , University of South Carolina, 1991

Professional Experience

Associate Dean of Academic Programs (Indianapolis, 2016-2022)
Faculty Chair, Kelley Direct Online Graduate Programs (Bloomington, 2012-2016)
Faculty Chair, Full-time MBA Program (Bloomington, 2009-2012)
Faculty Chair, Evening MBA Program (Indianapolis, 2006-2009)
Faculty Co-Director, MBA Discovery, Innovation, and Ventures Enterprise (Indianapolis, 2005-2007)
Faculty Director, MBA Health Care and Life Sciences Academy (Bloomington, 2002-2005)
Visiting Scholar, Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center, Honolulu (2003)

Awards, Honors & Certificates

Lilly Alumni MBA Teaching Award (Bloomington): 2015
MBA Teaching Excellence Award (Bloomington): 2010, 2013
Lilly Alumni MBA Teaching Award (Indianapolis): 1999, 2002, 2005
MBA Teaching Excellence Award (Indianapolis): each year 1997-2010
Trustee's Teaching Award (Indianapolis): 2000
Teaching Excellence Recognition Award (Indianapolis): 1998, 1999, 2000
Rendigs Fels Excellence in Teaching Award (Vanderbilt University): 1995
Indiana University Leadership Development Class of 2007

Selected Publications

Saville, A., Powell, P. T., Ismail-Saville, T., and Mthombeni, M. (2020). Quali Health: Creating Access to Quality Healthcare for South Africa’s Excluded Majority. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 10(3) peer reviewed case and teaching note.
York, J. M., York, J. L., and Powell, P. T. (2020). Lean Startup as an Entrepreneurial Strategy: Limitations, Outcomes and Learnings for Practitioners. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Organization Management, 9(5).
Powell, P. T., Ismail , T., Farag, H., Patel, S., Rees, M., and Roby, M. (2018). An Innovation Plan for GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in Africa - The Aquafresh Teacher Academy. In D. F. Kuratko, M. G. Goldsby, and J. S. Hornsby, (Eds.), Corporate Innovation: Disruptive Thinking in Organizations, (342-354). New York, NY: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
Ismail, T., and Powell, P. T. (2016). GSK in Africa: An Inclusive Strategy Case Study for Low Income Market Segments. In N. O. Agola and A. Hunter, (Eds.), Inclusive Innovation for Sustainable Development, (129-148). London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan.
Hiatt, J., Hutchens, M., Ortiz, R., and Powell, P. T. (2011). The South Pacific Business Development Foundation: Fighting Poverty in Fiji. Ann Arbor: Globalens, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan, Case 1-429-169 (and separately published Teaching Note).
Powell, P. T., and Laufer, R. (2010). The Promises and Constraints of Consumer Directed Healthcare. Business Horizons, 53(2), 171-182.
Hill, J., and Powell, P. T. (2009). The National Healthcare Crisis: Is ehealth a Key Solution? Business Horizons, 52(3), 265-278.
Russell, C. S., and Powell, P. T. (2007). Practical Considerations and Comparison of Instruments of Environmental Policy. In J. Van Den Bergh, Kenneth Button, and Peter Nijkamp, (Eds.), Environmental Planning, (147-168). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Powell, P. T. (2006). Ethnic Heterogeneity, Economic Integration and Atomistic Federalism in the Pacific. Pacific Economic Bulletin, 21(2), 53-69.
Powell, P. T., (2005). 'Too Young to Marry': Economic Convergence and the Case Against Integration of Pacific Island States. In S. Chand, (Ed.), Pacific Island Regional Integration and Governance (218-239). Canberra, Australia: Asia Pacific Press.
Powell, P. T. (2004). A Theory of Atomistic Federalism for Melanesia. Pacific Economic Bulletin, 19(3), 49-63.
Schmenner, R. W., and Powell, P. T. (2002). Economics and Operations Management: Towards a Theory of Endogenous Production Speed. Managerial and Decision Economics, 23(6), 331-342.
Powell, P. T., and Nakata, D. A. (2001). Can Earnings Decline Cause a Retirement Flight of Physicians? Financial Compensation and the Decision to Stay in Practice. Medical Care Research and Review, 58(3), 361-378.

Edited on August 4, 2023