Education and Teaching
Education and Teaching articles seek to improve entrepreneurial education through sharing new teaching methods, exercises, simulations, course structures, etc. The article should focus on communicating best practices in the classroom. Its emphasis is on providing new skills, knowledge and insights to educators at all levels (K-12, Community College, Undergraduate and Graduate)
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The test measures students’ knowledge of both established principles and managerial “soft” skills. Check out the results -- and test your answers against ChatGPT on seven questions. We all want Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Shyam Kumar
These free, research-backed teaching modules bring entrepreneurship to life in the classroom. Teachers helped develop them to build real-world business skills. At EIX, we’re thrilled to introduce Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Jennifer Gessner
A comprehensive and convincing vision is crucial in helping family businesses be successful over generations. However, many lectures and course exercises that prepare future leaders merely ask Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Nadine Kammerlander and Friedrich Kammerlander
Entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes. Acknowledging this statement is essential, as university-based entrepreneurship often focuses primarily on what I'll call "unicorn entrepreneurship" Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Chuck Sacco
This case study invites students to identify the underlying issues, stakes, and potential pathways forward for a troubled family office. Students also explore problems surrounding the evolution of Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Torsten Pieper and Claudia Binz Astrachan
Entrepreneurship teachers can't afford to be bystanders in today's technology-driven world. If we are bystanders, our students follow suit. If they are bystanders, we have not fulfilled our Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Doan Winkel
We yet have to meet a business family that does not want their family members to be competent and engaged owners and stewards. Everyone agrees that having owners who understand finance and strategy, Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Tom Rüsen , Claudia Binz Astrachan and Ruth Orenstrat
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The pizza eating skit from SNL has become a way to introduce students to the concept of business models and the business model canvas in a humorous and memorable way. In a very funny 2014 skit from Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Danielle Ailts Campeau and Michelle Somes-Booher
How can entrepreneurs build a case for external investment, and how do investors evaluate the ventures pitched to them? This case offers some answers to these questions. It’s likely to be of Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Jay Ebben and Alec Johnson
This teaching exercise focuses on generating novel combinations of existing business models, products/services and markets. Diverse paths lead to entrepreneurial opportunities and innovative business Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Dante Di Gregorio , Joel Ryman and Jennifer Kuan