Per L. Bylund, Ph.D., is associate professor of entrepreneurship and Johnny D. Pope Chair in the School of Entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University. His research focuses on entrepreneurship and prosperity creation, often inspired by the "Austrian" perspective, and has been published widely. He was previously in Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University and the Trulaske College of Business at the University of Missouri, and has worked professionally on three continents.