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Leadership Styles Of Entrepreneurs In Small Land Surveying Businesses., Jerry Wayne Nave
Leadership Styles Of Entrepreneurs In Small Land Surveying Businesses., Jerry Wayne Nave
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this research study was to analyze the leadership styles of owners of small land surveying businesses in the states of Tennessee and Virginia to determine what leadership style was currently being employed by the majority of those owners. The participants in this study were chosen from members of the Virginia Association of Surveyors and the Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors. The respondents to the questionnaire were licensed land surveyors who owned small firms of fewer than 101 employees. In addition, a corollary purpose was to flesh out the skeletal literature available on small business leadership styles and …
Towards A Best Practice Framework : The Case Of Institutes Of Technology Campus Incubators, Mary Fenton
Towards A Best Practice Framework : The Case Of Institutes Of Technology Campus Incubators, Mary Fenton
Theses
Campus incubators catalyse campus enterprise development by encouraging Third Level “spin offs”, commercialisation of research and facilitating “spin-in” enterprises. They provide academic staff, graduates and “spin-in” entrepreneurs with a range of support services including space, advice, training, mentoring and networking opportunities. The real value of a campus incubator location for clients is their association with a reputable Third level Institute and access to the Institute’s resources namely academic staff, embedded knowledge, manager’s expertise and enterprise netvyorks. The researcher explored literature on campus and business incubators and identified a lacuna of research on campus incubation, particularly within Irish Higher Education Institutes. …