Sadek Showkat

Assistant Professor of Management

Sadek Showkat is an Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at Loyola University Chicago’s Quinlan School of Business. He holds a PhD in Entrepreneurship and brings decade-long management and entrepreneurial experience in China, India, and Bangladesh. His research explores entrepreneurship as a mechanism for adaptation in marginalized contexts.
Sadek has received awards for research, teaching, and service. He was recognized in 2021 as the most promising junior scholar and received the 2023 RRBM Dare to Care Dissertation Proposal Award, an international recognition for responsible research. His dissertation on the lived experiences of refugee entrepreneurs received the 2024 John Richards Binford Memorial Award for outstanding scholarship and disciplinary contributions, the Dean’s Citation Award from the University of Louisville for superior graduate achievement, and was a finalist for the Academy of Management (AOM) ONE Division’s Best Dissertation Award. His research was also selected as a finalist for Best Paper at AIB 2025 and BCERC 2025.

For teaching excellence, Sadek has been recognized as a Student Champion multiple times. He reviews for journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of World Business, and Small Business Economics. For his reviewing, he received the Best Reviewer Award from the AOM ONE Division.

At Quinlan, he teaches the foundations of entrepreneurship and management for undergraduates, advises the Future Founders Club, and coordinates the Quinlan Invited Speaker Series. Sadek credits his family, colleagues, and mentors for their support. In his free time, he watches Netflix, plays guitar, and spends time with family.

Education

PhD, Entrepreneurship, University of Louisville
MBA, Human Resource, University of Dhaka
BSc, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology

Research Interests

Informal Entrepreneurship
Refugee Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Resourcefulness
Ethnography

Professional/Community Affiliations

Member, Academy of Management
Ambassador, Entrepreneurship Division, Academy of Management (2023-2024)

Courses Taught

ENTR201: Essentials of Entrepreneurship
MGMT201: Managing People and Organizations

Publications/Research Listings

'Bruton, G. D., Showkat, S., & Zhan, T. (2026). Poverty, internationalization, and environmental injustice: A postcolonial theoretical perspective. Journal of World Business, 61(1), 101692.

Showkat, S., Bennett, D. L., & Branzei, O. (2024). ENTREPRENEURIAL RESOURCEFULNESS AND WELLBEING IN EXTREME CONTEXTS: EVIDENCE FROM A REFUGEE CAMP. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 44.

Showkat, S., Bennett, D. L., & Branzei, O. (2024). Entrepreneurs’ well-being in extreme contexts: Evidence from refugee camps. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2024, No. 1, p. 15282). Valhalla, NY 10595: Academy of Management.

Awards

Faculty Development Grant - $2,000. Loyola University Chicago (2025-26)
Immediate Impact Grant - $2,500. Loyola University Chicago (2025-26)
Finalist for Best Dissertation Award, ONE Division AOM, 2025
Finalist for Best Research Methods Paper Award, Academy of International Business, 2025
John Richard Binford Memorial Award, 2024
Graduate Dean’s Citation, 2024
Student Champion, University of Louisville, 2023-2024
Best Reviewer Award, AOM ONE Division, 2024
Dare to Care Dissertation Proposal Award -$10,000. Responsible Research in Business Management (2023)
RRBM Dare to Care Dissertation Scholarship, 2023
Center for Free Enterprise Fellowship -$7,500. Center for Free Enterprise, University of Louisville (2022-23)
Center for Free Enterprise PhD Fellowship, 2022-23
Most Promising Junior Entrepreneurship Scholar, 2021
Student Champion, University of Louisville, 2020-2021