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Outside Leadership Can Save the Family Business

Cultures around the world acknowledge just how difficult it can be for a family-run enterprise to sustain itself over time. Many have their own version of the adage that family businesses go from Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Robert Sher

Learn to Defend Your Family Firm

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

How New Solo Entrepreneurs Can Think Through Their Finances

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

You Have Our Permission Not To Grow

According to Benjamin Franklin, life has only two certainties, death and taxes. It would appear, however, that the business world also has its own two certainties – the growth imperative and the Read More...

Category: Commentary

Authors: Jason Pattit and Katherina Pattit

Collaborative Action Exercises Engage Students More Fully Than Lectures and Exams

Traditional classroom lecture/discussion formats, followed by quizzes and exams, don’t prepare graduates for explaining their innovation to real-world skeptics. Editor's Note: Click to download Jim Read More...

Category: Education and Teaching

Author: James C Wetherbe

Educating the Unintended Entrepreneur

The ranks of "unintended entrepreneurs" are growing, but neither the public nor the universities are fully aware of this yet. These unintended entrepreneurs will come from both the existing workforce Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Roy Carriker

An Interview with David Teece, a Practicing Business Intellectual

Professor David Teece is one of the impactful business scholars of his generation. His research has been cited over 128,474 times according to Google Scholar. His work is required reading for Ph.D. Read More...

Category: Interviews

Author: Jon Eckhardt

The Entrepreneur's Profit Model: A Diagnostic Tool

Entrepreneurs usually understand that profit is important. But many are less consciously aware of the actual model by which they will (or will not) make money in their ventures. Many have a gut feel, Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Michael Morris and April Spivack

How Quickly Should Entrepreneurs Pursue Opportunities? Insights from the Mining Industry

  History is filled with stories about people who lament that they passed too quickly on an opportunity that later hit it big, or that stayed too long with a losing enterprise. Entrepreneurs, Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Author: Dean Shepherd

Being Female Affects Business Loans from Family and Friends

It’s been said (ruefully) that Ginger Rogers had to perform the same dance moves as Fred Astaire, only backwards and in high heels. Unfortunately, this also holds true for women seeking Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Author: Kimberly Eddleston