Applied and Practice

An Applied and Practice article provides actionable ideas about how to start, manage, grow or fund a new venture. It should be written to appeal to entrepreneurs, managers, students, policymakers and other players.  Its emphasis should be providing skills, insights and knowledge to help readers achieve success. 

Length: <3,000 words

# of Reviewers: 2


'Imposter Syndrome' Holds Back Entrepreneurial Women

The number of businesses run by women continues to grow – by 59% between 1997 and 2013 – and women now run between a quarter and a third of all private businesses worldwide. Yet their businesses Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Kimberly Eddleston , Jamie Ladge and Keimei Sugiyama

Too Much Love in the Family Can Hurt

EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was produced in partnership with the Journal of Family Business Strategy, a leading journal in the field of family business, as part of our mission to bring Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Ines Herrero and Mat Hughes

Moving Ideas from Lab to Marketplace: A Guide to Research

Many of today’s best innovations – the ones that have created powerhouse companies and have transformed industries, regions and society itself – started as a discovery in a lab. Firms that know Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Riccardo Fini , Einar Rasmussen , Johan Wiklund and Mike Wright

How Young Companies Can Build Online Communities

By Sofia Bapna, Mary J. Benner and Liangfei Qiu Online social media communities have helped companies build customer loyalty and sales, but new firms starting from scratch to build those communities Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Sofia Bapna

Understand Your Family Firm's Core Strengths and Weaknesses

It's been said that, “Once you have seen one family firm, you have seen just one family firm.” While it’s popular to say that every family firm is unique, as a researcher I take issue with the Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Thomas Zellweger

Startups Can Attract Employees and Financing Through 'Borrowed' Reputations

New firms must attract two kinds of resources: talent and money. A recent study that I conducted with Tom Vanacker of Ghent University explored how a new firm's affiliations with venture capital Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Daniel Forbes

Connecting 'Entrepreneurial Enablers' Who Strengthen Communities

In recent decades, the U.S. has experienced significant economic shifts as changes occur in technology, globalization and other societal trends. These economic changes have affected different areas Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Rani Bhattacharyya and Jennifer Hawkins

Does it Matter if an Entrepreneur is Coachable?

Many venture capital firms, business accelerators and other investors see the strength of the founding team as an important predictor of whether their investment will pay off.  No wonder that Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Kevin Bryan and András Tilcsik

How Gamification Can Help Family Businesses

Conceptualization that is induced by the play (Kolb & Kolb. 2005). This study echoes the thesis of John Dewey (1916), one of the most influential thinkers in educational theory in the 20th Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Salvatore Tomaselli and Danilo Maurici

Unlocking the Innovation Potential of Family Firms: An Assessment Tool

When it comes to innovation, family firms often are trapped in an “ability–willingness paradox”: the superior ability to innovate is unrealized because of fear of innovation. Our research 1 Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Emanuela Rondi , Alfredo De Massis and Josip Kotlar