Bradford-Osborne Research Award
The Bradford-Osborne Research Award is the first national award recognizing research published in peer-reviewed journals that contributes to advancing the growth of businesses owned by people of color. Named for its founders, Bill Bradford, Dean Emeritus of the University of Washington Foster School of Business and Al Osborne, Professor and Faculty Director of the Price Center for Entrepreneurship at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management who together have published more than 60 research articles focused on entrepreneurs of color and the dynamics of their businesses.
2021 Award Winner
Robert Fairlie
Professor of Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz
“The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Business Owners: The First Three Months after Social-Distancing Restrictions,” by Robert Fairlie published 2020 in the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.
This year, we will recognize Robert Fairlie’s important and timely research “The Impact of COVID-19 on Small Business Owners: The First Three Months after Social-Distancing Restrictions,” published in the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. Fairlie’s research is one of the first papers published in academic journals to explore the impacts of COVID-19 on small businesses.
Following a presentation of his work, Professor Fairlie will join Bill Bradford, Al Osborne and Rachel Atkins , Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow at NYU Stern for a panel discussion to explore on fertile areas for future academic research on race and entrepreneurship.
When: Tuesday, November 2, 2021
6:00-7:30 pm Eastern | 3:00-4:30 pm PacificWhere: Online Awards Ceremony and Panel Discussion via Zoom
Please contact Michael Verchot (mverchot@uw.edu) if you have questions.
About the Bradford-Osborne Award
In addition to recognizing groundbreaking research, the award seeks to stimulate additional research, provide public and corporate policy makers with insights to guide decision-making, and equip business support organizations to deliver impactful programming.
While not often in the spotlight, small businesses in the US account for nearly 50% of the private sector workforce. Between 2002 and 2016, small businesses in the US that were owned by people of color added 4 million new employees, accounting for all the net new jobs at small businesses. Given the US’s changing demographics, this trend will likely continue. While people of color owned businesses are adding employees at a faster rate than their White peers, they remain smaller and more fragile. Research like that done by Bradford and Osborne address both the opportunities and challenges for these businesses.
William “Bill” Bradford is an Emeritus Dean and Emeritus Professor of the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. Alfred E. Osborne, Jr., is the founder and faculty director of the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the UCLA Anderson School of Management where he is also a Professor of Global Economics, Management, and Entrepreneurship