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Musings Of A Serial Entrepreneur — Reconciling Theory With Practice, Joseph E. Levangie

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

To reminisce about my entrepreneurial career with appropriate self-importance, I might note that I have helped create companies and jobs. This contributes in a small way to economic growth. Economic growth is, however, an often illusive concept to characterize. Job growth is an essential component of a dynamic, innovative process. In the late 1970s jobs growth research suggested that the vast majority of new jobs are created by small business formation. Such empirical research is difficult to support with theoretical constructs. Classic macroeconomics analysis discounts size-offirm as irrelevant. Entrepreneurial contribution is therefore difficult to assess.

Creative Accounting: Are We A 21st Century Greenwich Village?, Michael Mcgregor

Institute of Metropolitan Studies Publications

Examines the rise of the "creative class" in Portland, and attempts to answer the question of what makes Portland alluring to young creative people. Also looks into the economic and social impact of the creative class, and what the future may hold in store, and examines Portland's future as a creative services center.

Harley Davidson, A Spirit Of American Freedom For 100 Years, Joseph W. Lynch

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

No abstract provided.

From Intrapreneurship To Entrepreneurship: Is Technical Expertise Sufficient?— A Case Study, John Woodilla

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

Following a successful career in industry, Dr. Douglas V. Shick, a newly minted entrepreneur, established NRS Associates, LLC, to perform consulting services based on two highly technical computer-modeling programs. Doug was heavily involved in the development of one program, an innovative computer simulation software for modeling a particular manufacturing process, through intrapreneurial activity during his corporate experience. Doug established his business on September 1, 2001, and on September 10 announced his services by e-mail to everyone he knew. The unforeseen events of the next day, September 11, produced some unexpected aftereffects that Doug had to factor into his developing business.

Poster Summary -- Alliances Between Newcomer Firms And Established Firms: A Sense Making Response Mechanism For Entrepreneurial Firms In Uncertain Environments, Sharon A. Alvarez, Baniyelme Zoogah, Douglas A. Bosse

Management Faculty Publications

This study is organized around two basic research questions. First, how do entrepreneurial firms use their alliances with large firms to make sense of their world? Second, how does sensemaking in entrepreneurial firms impact their alliance success and ultimately firm success? In the tradition of a sensemaking perspective this paper seeks to understand how particular cues are singled out from other experiences (Weick 1979), how the interpretations and meanings of these cues result in certain behaviors leading to new firm success or failure.

Brand Development By Small Firms, Aoife Hackett

Theses

The thesis explores the process of developing and managing brands. Particular emphasis is placed on how small enterprises gain recognition and acceptance for brands, the obstacles they encounter and how they surmount these obstacles.

In a review of the literature, brand management strategies and the value of brand loyalty to a business were discussed. Brand equity and measurement and measures of brand equity were also reviewed.

Interviews were conducted with large successful firms to discover arrangements and processes they employ to maintain market support, to extend the coverage or application of their brands to new product versions or new segments, …

Feminist Tigers And Patriarchal Lions: Rhetorical Strategies And Instrument Effects In The Struggle For Definition And Control Over Development In Nepal, Coralynn V. Davis

Faculty Journal Articles

This article offers an analysis of a struggle for control of a women’s development project in Nepal. The story of this struggle is worth telling, for it is rife with the gender politics and neo-colonial context that underscore much of what goes on in contemporary Nepal. In particular, my analysis helps to unravel some of the powerful discourses, threads of interest, and yet unintended effects inevitable under a regime of development aid. The analysis demonstrates that the employment of already available discursive figures of the imperialist feminist and the patriarchal third world man are central to the rhetorical strategies taken …

Developmental Financial Institutions As Technology Policy Instruments: Implications For Innovation And Entrepreneurship In Emerging Economies, Gerard George, Ganesh N. Prabhu

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Developmental financial institutions (DFIs) in emerging economies regularly assess new technology platforms to support their investments in new ventures, established firms, and technology institutions (TIs). Their financing decisions are guided by national priorities such as achieving technological self-reliance. By providing attractive financing options and related support, DFIs are well placed to consciously channel finance into designated priority technology areas. To better understand DFI roles, we conducted multiple interviews with participants affiliated with DFIs, firms and TIs in India. From data gathered from these interviews and secondary data on DFIs in emerging economies, we develop a preliminary framework to suggest that …

Maine Ag Trader, New England Environmental Finance Center, University Of Southern Maine

Local Food Systems

A free classified advertising website for listing anything you need to make your Maine food business succeed.

V C Burman : Family Concerns, Vivek C Burman

IIMB Management Review

In an email chat with IIMB Management Review, V C Burman talked about the responsibilities of the family in family businesses, the need to professionalise and how Dabur has successfully gone about it. The vital move in tackling all the challenges that professionalisation brought in its wake, he explained, was the establishment of the Family Council. He also touched on the opportunities in the pharmaceutical and ayurvedic sectors, the initiatives Dabur has taken to help improve the quality of ayurvedic products; and its contributions towards conservation and sustainable development. Vivek C Burman, Chairman, Dabur India, is the great grandson of …

Entrepreneurship: The Social Science View Edited By Richard Swedberg, Oxford University Press, 2000, Pp 403. Price: Rs 545, Puneet Arora

IIMB Management Review

Entrepreneurship: A Social Science View explores entrepreneurship through social, cultural, organizational, and economic perspectives. The essays challenge the belief that entrepreneurship flourishes only under favorable conditions, with Gerschenkron’s theory of substitution showing how societies can compensate for missing elements. Rose Kanter highlights the role of organizational culture in fostering innovation through idea generation, support, implementation, and diffusion. Ronald Burt emphasizes social capital and networks as valuable entrepreneurial resources. Other contributors examine culture, ethnicity, industrial networks, market timing, and public policy. Overall, the book demonstrates that entrepreneurship is deeply influenced by social structures and relationships, making it a rich interdisciplinary field.

Personnel Security: Beyond Initial Screening And Selection To Career Aftermath, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes Issues pertaining to personnel security in the aftermath of an individual’s career with an organization.

Amar Bhide : A New Take On New Businesses In Conversation With N Balasubramanian, Rishikesha T Krishnan, Mathew Manimala, S Raghunath And Douglas Stoddart., Amar Bhide

IIMB Management Review

In the beginning there was the traditional rags-to-riches myth. The myth now prevalent in the business world is about the business school style startup – the well planned, well financed, well managed startup, where an experienced manager from Microsoft or Intel has a big idea, comes up with a plan, raises millions of dollars from a venture capital fund, recruits a top notch team, puts it all together using the kind of business management techniques taught at business schools, and in fairly short order turns it into a successful business. Amar Bhide, whose book, The Origin and Evolution of New …

Social Entrepreneurship In Singapore, Wee Liang Tan, Teck Meng Tan

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Social entrepreneurship is a new phenomenon in Singapore. Unlike the US, where there are entrepreneurship programs offered at various ACCSB accredited universities such programs do not as yet exist in Asia. The motivations for social entrepreneurship in Asia differ from those in developed countries. While as social entrepreneurship often stem from the social agenda of successful entrepreneurs who are motivated to repay society, the recent trend of social entrepreneurship in Asia may stem from initiatives directed at political liberalisation and the development of civil society on the part of existing governments. The Singapore government in 1997 introduced a series of …

Semester Project For Engineering Entrepreneurship, Paul Savory

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Instructional Materials

This is the semester, team-based, student project required for my special topics course on Engineering Entrepreneurship. The semester project focuses on developing a preliminary business plan for a company. This will entail coming up with an idea, exploring the marketability of the idea, and developing preliminary plans for the business.

National Culture And Entrepreneurship: A Review Of Behavioral Research, James C. Hayton, Gerard George, Shaker A. Zahra

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Conceptual arguments for the association between cultural characteristics and entrepreneurship have existed for decades but only in the last 10 years has this relationship been the focus of empirical scrutiny. In this article, we review and synthesize the findings of 21 empirical studies that examine the association between national cultural characteristics and aggregate measures of entrepreneurship, individual characteristics of entrepreneurs, and aspects of corporate entrepreneurship. The study concedes that a predominant number of empirical studies have used Hofstede's conceptualization of national culture and that other domains have been underdeveloped. A preliminary model that integrates past findings is extended. The review …

Establishing And Maintaining A Buyer/Supplier Relationship Within The Product Development Industry For Model-Making And Prototyping, Kelly Vukad

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

Ua12/2/1 Take Control, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special job fair edition of the College Heights Herald. Articles:

• Directory of Organizations & Opportunities
• Shinall, Dave. Economists Say Recession Over; Students Still Worried
• Nations, Amber. Internships, Co-ops Provide Experience
• Schoenbaechler, Danny. Resumes, Interview First Steps to Job
• Sewell, Beth. Job Availability Depends on Major
• Corcoran, Kate. Local Entrepreneurs Pass on Words of Wisdom
• Youngman, Sam. Columnist Encourages Students to Stay in School as Long as Possible
• Ford, Sam. Freshman Balances Job, Homework, Married Life
• Sigman, Amber. Many Students Choose Jobs in Bowling Green
• Shinall, Dave. Military Recruitment Sees Increase
• Roberts, Amy. Students Find Pros of Working On & Off …

Commercial Academics : An Indian Story, Venkat Chandrasekhar, Vijay Chandru

IIMB Management Review

Venture funding today is geared to entrepreneurial initiatives that are innovative, address new markets, are highly scalable and thus growth oriented. On a time dimension, the sooner this is achieved the better. Given this scenario, successful technology entrepreneurs must possess good domain knowledge and deeprooted technical expertise. The recent history of high-tech successes has shown us that in the above conditions, academic research based startups and entrepreneurs from academic environments have been highly successful with astounding contributions towards wealth creation.

Venture Capitalism : A Close-Up, Anand Sudarshan

IIMB Management Review

The subject of venture capital and venture capitalists has captured the imagination of the public at large over the last five years. VCs have been both deified and pilloried, and have probably deserved their share of bouquets and brickbats. Undoubtedly, this exposure was in large measured fuelled by the high tech boom, the Silicon Valley, and our own obsession with all things IT.

A Fresh Look At It Entrepreneurship In India, Vinay Deshpande

IIMB Management Review

Since the early nineties, the Indian IT sector has distinguished itself by virtually becoming an engine of growth for the entire economy of the country, ranking amongst the highest export revenue earning sectors. What needs to be clarified, though, is that this sector has been largely made up of software services companies that have been based on the availability of a large pool of low-cost manpower with leading-edge skills, and have benefitted from the worldwide shortage of skilled IT manpower. Consequently, owing to the low risk and relatively low capital investment requirements and the low business risk associated, they have …

An Exploratory Analysis Of The Impacts Of Acquisition Reform Initiatives On Small Business Participation In The Aerospace Industry, Bruce J. Miller

Theses and Dissertations

The United States Government is a major purchaser of goods and services within the nation and overseas. In addition to having the responsibility of acquiring goods and services for the direct benefit of the Government at a price, level of quality, timeliness and other terms and conditions that reflect the best value to the nation, the persons involved in procurement for the Government must also do so in way that reflects certain socio-economic goals set forth by the Congress. The Small Business Act (15 USC 637, Public Law 85-536 (1958) established the beginnings of a program to assist domestic small …

Sampling Concepts, Paul Boyd, Ph.D.

MBA Faculty Conference Papers & Journal Articles

The usefulness of any research is dependent upon how well the group studied represents the group about which decisions are to be made or conclusions drawn. That is, it depends upon how well the sample reflects relevant characteristics of the population. When it is possible to study every member of that group there is no problem, for on these occasions we can easily calculate the exact attribute (parameter) of interest for our population.

For example, if we were interested in determining the average number of gallons of gasoline sold to customers at our service station yesterday, we …

Redlands Nursery And Tree Company, Nathan Michael Miller

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to outline a business that is in the start up phase. This business is going to come to life when the City of Redlands approves the plan. The plan is in its final stages with the City of Redlands. The business will be known as Redlands Nursery and Tree Company.

Adequacy Of The 1995 Antitrust Guidelines For The Licensing Of Intellectual Property In Complex High Tech Markets, Clovia Hamilton

Winthrop Faculty and Staff Publications

In 1995, the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission adopted new guidelines for those wishing to license intellectual property rights without violating antitrust laws. Designed to provide clarity, these guidelines instead breed confusion because they misunderstand the nature of intellectual property markets and provide insufficient guidance in the most difficult areas. Section I of this article will discuss the basic provisions of the guidelines, especially their treatment of "innovation markets." It argues that government enforcers should focus primarily on activity that creates entry barriers. Understanding the use and misuse of licensing is the key to analyzing barriers in …

Do You Have Tips On Starting A Home-Based Business?, Karen Biers

All Archived Publications

No abstract provided.

I'D Like To Work At Home, How Can I Spot A Scam?, Karen Biers

All Archived Publications

No abstract provided.

I'M Thinking About Buying A Home-Based Business, What Questions Should I Ask?, Karen Biers

All Archived Publications

No abstract provided.

How Can I Tell A Pyramid Scheme From A Legitimate Multilevel Opportunity?, Barbara Rowe

All Archived Publications

No abstract provided.

New England Journal Of Entrepreneurship, Fall 2002

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

No abstract provided.