Lou Marino, Executive Director

Professor Marino is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management at The University of Alabama where he is currently the coordinator of Entrepreneurship Program in the Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration and Executive Director of the Alabama Entrepreneurship Institute.  He received his PhD from Indiana University, his MBA from SUNY Buffalo and his undergraduate from SUNY Geneseo.  His primary areas of research and teaching include Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship with subspecialties including strategic alliances, strategic management in small and medium sized enterprises, and new venture creation.  His research has won two national Best Paper Awards and appears in top management journals such as the Academy of Management Journal and the Journal of International Business Studies.  Professor Marino has presented his research at both national and international meetings.

 
In the teaching arena, Professor Marino is an award winning teacher who has taught in the MBA, Executive MBA, PhD and undergraduate programs and has developed cases and supplemental teaching materials for various courses.  He currently teaches classes at the Executive MBA, MBA, and undergraduate levels in Negotiations, Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management and PhD seminars in Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management.  Professor Marino also teaches in the University of Alabama’s Executive Leadership Series where he has conducted courses in negotiations based on his Strategic Negotiations Model for companies such as Avocent, a leader in the Digital Switching industry, and Protective Life Corporation, a leader in the insurance industry where he uses custom negotiations for each client and elements of his “UFL Collective Bargaining Agreement” simulation that was recently published by Prentice Hall.