Donald E. Hatfield
Associate Professor
Office: Pamplin 2090
Office Hours:
- M, W 3:45-4:45 p.m.
Phone: 540-231-4687
Fax: 540-231-3076
Email: hatfield@vt.edu
Education
B.S., Iowa State University, 1981
M.S., University of Iowa, 1985
Ph.D., UCLA, 1993
Biography
Donald E. Hatfield (Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles) is an Associate Professor. His research has been published in the Journal of Industrial Economics, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Labor Research, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, Journal of Product and Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice and others. Dr. Hatfield has presented papers internationally for the Academy of Management, the Strategic Management Society, the Institute for Operations Research & the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the Southern Economic Association, and various universities' seminar series. He is currently the Newsletter Editor for the Technology and Innovation Division of the Academy of Management. He has also served as the Regional Representative for South Region of the Academy of Management’s Business Policy & Strategy Division. Dr. Hatfield has served as a reviewer for the Strategic Management Journal, Organizational Science, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, Asia Pacific Journal of Management and the Annual Academy of Management--where he has been recognized as one of the top reviewers. Dr. Hatfield is also on the Editorial Boards of the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Management, and Organization Science.
Dr. Hatfield has taught at The University of Iowa , Loyola Marymount University ( Los Angeles ), and The California State University at Northridge. At Virginia Tech, Dr. Hatfield has taught courses at the undergraduate, MBA, and Ph.D. level. These courses have covered strategic management, organizational theory, technology management, statistics, introduction to management, and entrepreneurial leadership consulting at the undergraduate level. Dr. Hatfield has taught in the traditional classroom and in a variety of distant learning programs. He has led student consulting projects for both profit and not-for-profit organizations involving such management challenges as electronic business-to-business website strategy, business plans, and market evaluations. He served as the Director of the Small Business Institute at Virginia Tech for five years. Dr. Hatfield has received the Pamplin Faculty Undergraduate Teaching Award in recognition of his teaching efforts.
His current interests deal with the interaction between the fields of economics, finance, organizational theory, and strategic management. Dr. Hatfield's current research is focused upon how managers can deal with the uncertainty associated with technology, and the underlying factors driving geographic industrial clustering. Dr. Hatfield's interests in the management of technology, and corporate strategy trace back to his experiences as a chemical engineer for Gulf Oil. He has also spent time working as a computer consultant, and consultant to small businesses.