Commentary
A Commentary provides thoughtful and insightful opinions or perspectives on events, policies or situations of interest to business owners, startups, educators, investors and policymakers. These should be short, readable, timely, interesting pieces that address current topics of interest, discussion or dispute.
Length: <1,000 words
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As we continue seeing women make progress in their family businesses by breaking glass ceilings, gaining board seats, and increasingly being named successor, it is important to celebrate the women Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Devina Raithatha
Which kinds of startup teams will be more successful: people who've worked together in the past and share many experiences, or groups of individuals with different work histories and Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Florence Honoré
Everybody from former CEOs to former Speaker of The House Paul Ryan to Shaq to Colin Kaepernick are all leading Wall Street’s latest fad – The Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: David Deeds
It has been almost a year since the Covid pandemic rocked the world. While we have seen some family businesses forced to close their doors forever, others have successfully pivoted their Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Kimberly Eddleston
“Not academic research.” I have a confession to make. As a working entrepreneur prior to earning my doctorate, this would have been my response if asked where I turn for information on running my Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Kevin P. Taylor
The $325 billion second Covid relief bill -- the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act -- was signed into law on December 27, 2020. The Small Business Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: David Deeds
The 21 st century brought about an explosion of businesses built around digital platforms, which transformed markets and economies worldwide. The so-called platform revolution upended entire Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Oksana Gerwe and Rosario Silva Froján
New firms can attract resources by sending out signals about their quality. They do this because a new firm’s quality is often uncertain and hard to observe. But we don’t know much about what Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Tom Vanacker
It's been almost 14 months since the first Covid case was reported and, in that year, a great deal has happened. Very few business owners, particularly in North America, took the potential for a Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: Joseph Astrachan
"If you want to lead, I would pay close attention to Dick's model...and if you are lucky enough to work for someone like this, you just won the lottery!" -- Brad Anderson In honor of Dick Schulze's Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Daniel Forbes and James C Wetherbe