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J. B. Arbaugh

Curwood Endowed Professor

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

S. Michael Camp

Academic Director, Center for Entrepreneurship

The Ohio State University

Larry W. Cox

Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship

Pepperdine University

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