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Trust And The ‘Hive Effect’ In Family Firms, Rameshwari Ramachandra
Trust And The ‘Hive Effect’ In Family Firms, Rameshwari Ramachandra
Asian Management Insights
Boosting creativity and innovation in family firms.
Green Delivery: A New Approach For The Arbor Day Foundation, Cassandra Arritt, Vincent Malene, Anthony Hare, Sarah Schilling, David Petersen, Ross Grieb
Green Delivery: A New Approach For The Arbor Day Foundation, Cassandra Arritt, Vincent Malene, Anthony Hare, Sarah Schilling, David Petersen, Ross Grieb
Honors Theses
The Arbor Day Foundation (ADF) will partner with online retailers to create a ‘Green-Delivery’ option wherein customers can opt to delay the shipment of their order by a day in exchange for a tree being planted in their name. Each partner would fulfill their donation obligation to the ADF by allocating a portion of the cost savings generated by shipping their orders via a slower service.
Kissing Frogs: The Challenges Of Becoming A Successful Entrepreneur, George Dierberger, Marc Isaacson, Cory Erickson, Thomas P. Dierberger
Kissing Frogs: The Challenges Of Becoming A Successful Entrepreneur, George Dierberger, Marc Isaacson, Cory Erickson, Thomas P. Dierberger
Faculty Authored Articles
“Kissing Frogs: The challenges of becoming a successful entrepreneur” explores the difficulties of creating, sustaining and succeeding as a business owner. This research is supplemented with data from a national survey to entrepreneurs (355) through Qualtrics, a global research organization. The respondents represented 42 states from a diverse group of self-identified entrepreneurs from a variety of industries.
To summarize, the paper will analyze the following topics in detail:
- The importance of the mission and vision for the organization
- The motivation for starting the business
- The inspiration for the business idea
- The importance of perseverance