Research

In my dissertation, I study what affects who becomes entrepreneurs, as well as explore the traits, skills, environment, and cognitive and noncognitive characteristics that may influence the success of entrepreneurial undertakings. I use methodological tools from different disciplines, including economics, computer science, communication, psychology, and linguistics. 

Papers

  1. Job Market Paper:  “Emotional Coherence and Venture Outcomes: Machine Learning Approaches in the Study of Startup Pitches.”

  2. Andy El-Zayaty, Martin Ganco, Bekhzod Khoshimov “Vague Language, Founding Team Human Capital, and Resource Acquisition” Revise and Resubmit at Organization Science

  3. Bekhzod Khoshimov, Jonathan T. Eckhardt, Brent Goldfarb “Grades and the Human Capital Development of Student Entrepreneurs” - under review

    US Patent: “Systems methods and media for automatically identifying entrepreneurial individuals in a population using individual and population level data” -Patent No.: 11,308,411

  4. Jonathan T. Eckhardt, Clint Harris, Chuan Chen, Bekhzod Khoshimov & Brent Goldfarb (2022) Student Regional Origins and Student Entrepreneurship, Regional Studies, 56:6, 956-971 [pdf]

  5. “Do Economic Shocks Affect the Willingness to Become an Entrepreneur? Evidence from The Early 1980s Recession in the United States” preparation for submission