Richard C. Dorf

Richard C. Dorf is the Professor Emeritus of Management and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, Davis. He received his Ph.D. from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.

Professor Dorf researches and teaches entrepreneurship, innovation management, management of non-profits, new venture management, venture capital management, and technology policy and technology management. He is a consultant in engineering project development, commercialization, innovation, management and new business ventures. He teaches courses in New and Small Business Ventures, and Sustainable and Responsible Business.

Professor Dorf has authored more than 30 books, including his latest, , co-authored with Professor Thomas Byers of Stanford University. The textbook, which is used in the school’s New Business Ventures course, is the first to thoroughly examine a global phenomenon known as "technology entrepreneurship".

Professor Dorf authored books:
* Modern Control Systems
* Computers and Man
* Technology Ventures: From Ideas to Enterprise
* Pocket Book of Electrical Engineering Formulas
* Introduction to Electric Circuits
* Circuits Electrics
* The New Mutual Fund Investment Adviser
* Robotics and Automated Manufacturing
* Electrical Engineering Handbook