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.
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Cost-benefit analysis, social accounting, SROI and BER analysis offer different ways to assess the value and impact created by social ventures. Climate change, income inequality, injustice and other Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Ozlem Ogutveren Gonul and Zuhal Senyuva
Women entrepreneurs may discount their own success and doubt their abilities. Research shows how imposter fears can limit confidence and business growth. The number of businesses run by women Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Kimberly Eddleston , Jamie Ladge and Keimei Sugiyama
Close family ties can become a liability when they make owners insular, resistant to outside advice and less open to new knowledge. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article was produced in partnership with the Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Ines Herrero and Mat Hughes
Commercializing scientific research requires bridging very different academic and business worlds. Research highlights the biggest challenges and how to address them. Many of today’s best Read More...
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Authors: Riccardo Fini , Einar Rasmussen , Johan Wiklund and Mike Wright
Posts that build credibility, highlight achievements, offer promotions and ask for opinions can help young firms attract and engage more followers. By Sofia Bapna, Mary J. Benner and Liangfei Qiu Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Sofia Bapna
A five-part framework can help family firms evaluate control, governance, complexity, priorities and succession to anticipate challenges and opportunities. It's been said that, “Once you have seen Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Thomas Zellweger
Venture capital affiliations can shape how outsiders view a startup. Employees and investors, however, interpret VC reputation in different ways. New firms must attract two kinds of resources: talent Read More...
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Author: Daniel Forbes
Rural communities can strengthen local entrepreneurship by connecting business leaders, service providers and economic development professionals around shared goals. In recent decades, the U.S. has Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Rani Bhattacharyya and Jennifer Hawkins
Research found that founders who followed mentors’ advice were no more likely to succeed than those who resisted it. Experience may matter more than coachability. Many venture capital firms, Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Kevin Bryan and András Tilcsik
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 century, Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Salvatore Tomaselli and Danilo Maurici