Mark Pruett

Mark Pruett (PhD, University of Illinois; MBA and BS, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) is an experienced university teacher and scholar in strategic management, international business, creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation. His academic publications cover subjects like leadership character, education, competitive strategy, and technological change. He began as an international consultant writing research studies for dozens of overseas companies, and he has a life-long love of travel and history. One of his ancestors was the famous adventurer Moritz Benyovszky. America's national anthem, The Star Spangled Banner, was first performed in 1814 in Baltimore at a theatrical play about Benyovszky, who escaped a Siberian prison in 1771 by stealing a Russian government ship.

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