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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Informal people practices can create favoritism, confusion and conflict. Formal HR rules help family firms treat employees fairly and improve performance. Hiring, training, appraising and Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Roland Kidwell
Farmingdale State College used an Innovation Challenge to help busy commuting students meet across disciplines, collaborate and develop business ideas. Entrepreneurship and innovation contribute to Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Jing Betty Feng
A key executive quit after years of uncertainty about pay, ownership and succession. The case shows why family firms must communicate career paths before problems erupt. NOTE TO TEACHERS: The Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Madison Mailey
By asking what-if questions, family businesses can identify threats to their business model and prepare strategies before major changes arrive. While the world around them is changing at a faster and Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Franz Kellermanns and Nadine Kammerlander
The Marginal Income Model helps new independent workers estimate startup costs, cash needs, pricing, breakeven and how long their money may last. Today people can no longer count on a steady paycheck Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Roy Carriker
Strong family business boards use competency-based selection, outside directors, diverse skills and limited family representation to improve governance. It's important that current or future members Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Whitney Peake
Collaborative exercises, presentations, role-playing and peer feedback help students practice the communication and problem-solving skills employers actually expect. Editor's Note: Click to download Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: James C Wetherbe
Help Students Understand LLCs, Partnerships and Corporations With This Exercise A hands-on legal exercise asks students to compare business structures, research filing requirements and calculate the costs of forming an LLC. In 2011, I created a Law and the Entrepreneur course at Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Tanya Marcum
Students apply concepts such as market segmentation, end-user profiles, value propositions and pricing by building and selling their own t-shirt products. Many entrepreneurship professors want to Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Jon Eckhardt
Design Thinking helps entrepreneurs uncover what customers really want before investing heavily in an idea. This 90-minute exercise shows how to teach the process. Entrepreneurs often start their Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Brian Janz