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Innovation in K-12 Education: One District's Journey

The United States’ system of K-12 public education is an important cornerstone of American society. Public schools play a critical role in advancing our widely valued principles of community Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Daniel Forbes and Eric Schneider

How Best Buy Engages Employees in Putting Customers First

Most businesses say that they put the customer first. Yet customers today are more ready than ever to bolt. The changing fortunes of even venerable chains such as Macy's and Sears shows that no Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Richard Schulze and Kimberly Eddleston

Perils of Entrepreneurial Philanthropy in Higher Education

A successful entrepreneur and his family wanted to donate a new building to a state university. What happened next illustrated the maxim that “no good deed goes unpunished.” Because the Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: James C Wetherbe

The Leadership Traits Shared by Successful Entrepreneurs

This paper is based on a research process used by social anthropologists while investigating a new cultural phenomenon.  It involves walking the streets, peeking around corners, observing Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Michael Glauser and Dan Holland

After the Big Idea: Entrepreneurial Success Through High Performance Start-Up Teams

Only a small fraction of entrepreneurial start-ups go on to achieve long-lasting success. Most often, they fail not because of flawed “big ideas” but because of problems executing the big ideas. Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Brian Janz

Entrepreneurship and Thought Leadership's Shotgun Marriage

As digital technologies continue to fuel the rise of new companies around the world, it's easy to presume that raising money is the startups’ biggest challenge. But a larger and often-overlooked Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: Robert Buday

Entrepreneurial Brinkmanship: Lessons Learned from Best Buy and FedEx

Entrepreneurial startups have the advantage of nimbleness that comes from being small and collaborative. They are a speedboat compared to the corporate barges they compete against in the early stages Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Author: James C Wetherbe