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Joel Wooten
| Title: | Associate Professor |
| Department: | Management Science Darla Moore School of Business |
| Email: | joel.wooten@moore.sc.edu |
| Phone: | 803-777-2303 |
| Office: | Darla Moore School of Business, Room 401H |
| Resources: | Curriculum Vitae [PDF] |
Biography
Joel Wooten is an associate professor of management science at the University of South
Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business. His research focuses on innovation and
entrepreneurship, and his classroom experience includes courses in innovation and
design, web-based products and services, business analytics, and statistics. He holds
doctoral and master's degrees from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
and a bachelor's degree from Georgia Tech.
His recent projects include work with innovation tournaments and recommendation systems
as well as research partnerships with XPRIZE and Merck. With a history of entrepreneurial
involvement, he has helped companies ranging from Fortune 500 firms to a local barbecue
restaurant chain. Prior to returning to academia, he spent three years as a strategy
consultant for Bain & Company.
Education
Ph.D., The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2013
MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 2006
B.S., Industrial Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000