Dr. André Laplume
Overview
Dr. Laplume brings over a decade of experience in business and information technology consulting, having excelled in various roles such as business analyst, systems analyst, projectmanager, practice leader, and integration architect. He co-founded LaunchScore.com, a datascience start-up that leverages big data analytics to recommend optimal locations and business types for traditional small business entrepreneurs.
His doctoral research focused on developing models of strategic innovation through computer simulation and qualitative research. Following his PhD, he contributed to Michigan Tech's entrepreneurial ecosystem and taught entrepreneurship courses. His teaching philosophy integrates the Harvard case method, the Socratic method, and experiential projects.
In the fall of 2018, Dr. Laplume joined the Ted Rogers School of Management. From 2019 to 2024, he served as the director of research-based graduate programs at the Yeates School of Graduate Studies. Currently, he coordinates the strategy capstone course and served as the interim director of the Entrepreneurship Research Institute from 2024 to 2025.
He is always on the lookout for graduate students with related research interests, including PhD in Management, Master of Science in Management, and Master in Data Science students.
Dr. Laplume's research lies at the intersection of strategy, entrepreneurship, and innovation. He explores the competitive and institutional barriers that hinder potential entrepreneurs from successfully launching new ventures, as well as the enablers that facilitate their success. His studies range from examining the preparatory experiences that build entrepreneurial capacity to gaining deeper insights into the entrepreneurial ecosystems that support them. He also studies the inner workings of corporations to better understand how they do innovation and entrepreneurship inside their walls.
He studies spinout ventures, which are new businesses or startups created by former employees of incumbent organizations and recently published a book on the topic.
Laplume, A. O. & Yeganegi, S. 2024. Spinout Ventures: Transitioning from Employees to Entrepreneurs, Business Experts Press. Chapters republished by Harvard Business Publishing.
| Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles |
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| Yeganegi, S., Laplume, A. O., & Bernard, B. (2025). Not all leavers are equal: How rank and destination influence enforcement of restrictive covenants. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 23, e00505. |
| Li, Y., Zadehnoori, I., Jowhar, A., Wise, S., Laplume, A., & Zihayat, M. (2024). Learning from Yesterday: Predicting early-stage startup success for accelerators through content and cohort dynamics. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 22, e00490. |
| Yeganegi, S., Dass, P., Laplume, A.O. 2024. A multilevel conceptual model of the spinouts literature and agenda for future research. Published online at Journal of Economic Surveys, 38(1), 137-167. |
| Wise, S., Yeganegi, S., & Laplume, A. O. 2022. Startup team ethnic diversity and investment capital raised. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 17, e00314. |
| Laplume, A. O., Harrison, J. S., Zhang, Z., Yu, X., & Walker, K. (2022). Evidence of an inverted U–shaped relationship between stakeholder management performance variation and firm performance. Business Ethics Quarterly, 32(2), 272-298. |
| Yeganegi, S., Laplume, A. O., Dass, P. 2021. The role of information availability: A longitudinal analysis of technology entrepreneurship. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 170, 120910. |
| Salvato, J., Laplume, A.O., 2020. Agile Stage Gate Management for physical product firms. R&D Management, 50(5): 631-647. |
| Laplume, A., Walker, K., Zhang, Z. & Yu. X. 2020. Incumbent stakeholder management performance and new entry. Journal of Business Ethics, 174(3): 629-644. |
| Yeganegi, S., Dass, P., Laplume, A. O., Greidanus, N. S. 2019. Individual-level ambidexterity and entrepreneurial entry. Journal of Small Business Management. 57(4), 1444-1463. |
| Laplume, A. O., Petersen, B., Pearce, J. M. 2016. Global value chains from a 3D printing perspective. Journal of International Business Studies, 47: 595-609. |
| Yeganegi, S., Laplume, A. O., Dass, P., Huynh, C. L. 2016. Where do spinouts come from? The role of technology relatedness and institutional context. Research Policy, 45(5): 1103-1112. |
| Laplume, A.O., Dass, P. 2015. Outstreaming for ambidexterity: Evolving a firm’s core business from components to systems by serving internal and external customers. Long Range Planning, 48: 135-150. |
| Xavier-Oliveira, E., Laplume, A. O., Pathak, S. 2015. What motivates entrepreneurial entry under economic inequality? The role of human and financial capital. Human Relations, 68(7): 1183-1207. |
| Laplume, A.O., Sonpar, K., Litz, R.A. 2008. Stakeholder theory: A longitudinal review of a theory that moves us. Journal of Management, 32(6): 1152-1189. |
Dr. Laplume has experience teaching strategic management, entrepreneurship, and technology and innovation management at both the undergraduate and MBA levels.
At TMU, he has taught:
| Course code |
Course title |
|---|---|
| ENT 777 | Intrapreneurship, Spinouts and Innovation (new in 2026) |
| ENT 527 | Theories in Entrepreneurship |
| MG 9101 | Seminar on Management and Organization Theories |
| BUS 800 |
Strategic Management |
| ENT 500 |
New Venture Startup |
| ENT 725 |
Management of Innovation |
| MB 8010 | Strategy and Disruption in the Marketplace |
| SM 8103 | Applied Research Methods I |
| MG 9111 | Research Seminar I-III |
