About & Bio

Thomas H. Allison is an Associate Professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation of the Neeley School of Business at TCU and an editor of Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. An entrepreneur before earning his PhD from the University of Oklahoma, his research centers on entrepreneurial finance; novel forms of entrepreneurial resource acquisition, including crowdfunding; and the effects of narrative and rhetoric on investment decisions. His work has been published in Academy of Management Journal, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Family Business Review, Journal of Business Venturing, Leadership Quarterly, and Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. He is a member of the Journal of Business Venturing Board of Review.

TCU campus commons, view from the BLUU balcony looking east towards Scharbauer Hall.