Brian T. Pentland

Endowed Professors Eli Broad College of Business

• The Main Street Capital Corporation Intellectual Capital Endowed Professor
• Established through a gift from Vincent D. Foster

• Accounting and Information Systems

Bio

Brain T. Pentland, the Main Street Capital Corporation Intellectual Capital Endowed Professor, conducts research in the area of organizational routines.

He earned a bachelor’s of science in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, followed by a PhD in management, also from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

His publications have appeared in Academy of Management Review, Accounting, Organizations and Society, Administrative Science Quarterly, Management Science, Organization Science, YouTube, and elsewhere. He is a recipient of the 2013 John D. and Dortha J. Withrow Teacher-Scholar Award from the Eli Broad College of Business, and was awarded the 2015-16 William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty Award from MSU.