He earned his Ph.D. in Management at Auburn University. Dr. Brown also has an MBA and undergraduate degrees in business, history, and secondary education. Before pursuing his Ph.D., Dr. Brown was an entrepreneur. He owned a retail clicks-and-mortar business (comics, hobbies, games, etc.), a publishing business (books and games), and a service business (refinishing business). His primary research and teaching is centered around entrepreneurship, small business management, strategic leadership, organizational change, leadership, and organizational behavior. His other research interests include servant leadership, organizational opinion leadership, conflicting institutional demands, and technology-related organizational change.