Journal of Management 2003 29(3) 309–331 Doctoral Education in the Field of Entrepreneurship Candida G. Brush * School of Management, Boston University, Rafik B. Hariri Building, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 637, Boston, MA 02215, USA Irene M. Duhaime Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA William B. Gartner University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Alex Stewart Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA Jerome A. Katz Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA Michael A. Hitt Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA Sharon A. Alvarez Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA G. Dale Meyer University of Colorado, Fort Collins, CO, USA S. Venkataraman University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA Current perceptions and practices in doctoral education in the field of entrepreneurship are explored. The paper developed from efforts of a Task Force formed by the Entrepreneurship Di- vision of the Academy of Management in response to several important observations: growing demand for faculty in entrepreneurship, growing membership in the division, more participants in doctoral and junior faculty consortia, increasing attention to entrepreneurship education at all academic levels, and the implementation of more doctoral seminars and programs in the field. Using a process outlined in Summer et al. [J. Manage. 16 (1990) 361], the Task Force addressed the following questions: (1) What is the current state of doctoral education in entrepreneurship? (2) How should doctoral education in Entrepreneurship be designed? Recommendations are presented. © 2003 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved. * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1-617-353-3146; fax: +1-617-353-5244. E-mail address: cgbrush@acs.bu.edu (C.G. Brush). 0149-2063/03/$ – see front matter © 2003 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/S0149-2063(03)00014-X