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NOTE TO TEACHERS: The downloadable supporting document (above) includes material to guide classroom discussion. This case is based on a real family business, although the specifics have been changed Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Madison Mailey
While the world around them is changing at a faster and faster pace in the midst of uncertainty, family firms are often a beacon of stability and dependability in our society. Although subject to the Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Franz Kellermanns and Nadine Kammerlander
Today people can no longer count on a steady paycheck in a predictable amount from an employer. We're seeing ever-growing numbers of “unintended entrepreneurs” -- once-employed people forced to Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Roy Carriker
Editor's Note: Click to download Jim Wetherbe's 260-page book on better communication, " So, What's Your Point? " In the business world, concepts (e.g., entrepreneurial innovations) must be explained Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: James C Wetherbe
Entrepreneurs often start their business with a "good" idea they have that has not been properly vetted by potential customers. As a result, entrepreneurs often invest a great deal of time, effort, Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Brian Janz
Many of us remember that one infamous professor back in college whose boring lectures -- even on subjects that should have been interesting -- put everyone to sleep. The traditional old-fashioned Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Lars Oddsson
“Sharks? Change the channel! I don’t do sharks,” my 12-year-old self told my older brother after I saw that he had put on some show known as Shark Tank. We ended up making a compromise in which Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Marisa Patel-O'Connor
Startups succeed or fail for a variety of reasons: no market need, not the right team, timing, running out of cash, premature scaling and more. It is important for students to understand this so that Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Chuck Sacco
Students often have a hard time understanding the difference between an invention and an innovation and, likewise, the difference between incremental and disruptive innovation. I developed this Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Kathleen Allen
The Innovation Project exercise enables students (within 10 days) to experience every step of the venture creation process (searching, screening, planning, financing, setup, startup, ongoing Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Ron Mitchell