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From ancient Mesopotamia through the onset of the Industrial Revolution, craft-based industries have been a path to prosperity. Today, craft-based ventures attract a growing number of consumers who Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Stanislav Dobrev and Cameron Verhaal
Conventional business wisdom holds that innovation comes from smart strategizing inside the company. However, business innovations are often prompted by factors outside of a company. Increasingly, Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Theodore L. Waldron , James C Wetherbe , Chad Navis , Elizabeth Karam and Gideon Markman
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is part of Lessons from Leaders, a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX , the Entrepreneur Innovation Exchange. Social Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Jennifer Nelson
Entrepreneurs often use social media platforms like Twitter or Instagram as a low-cost way to connect with their ventures' stakeholders. Superstar entrepreneurs often use it to wield their clout, Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Benedikt Seigner , Hana Milanov , Erik Lundmark and Dean Shepherd
One of the greatest challenges today for any firm is to operate a sustainable business model. Besides helping to address climate change, such a model can help improve firm performance. When a firm is Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Adrian Stutz , Sabrina Schell and Andreas Hack
Promoting the family behind the family business can often bring benefits. Consumers can feel better about a product or service – and more likely to trust it and buy it -- if they know a Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Emanuela Rondi , Carlotta Benedetti , Cristina Bettinelli and Alfredo De Massis
New ventures needing investment often turn to crowdfunding platforms such as Kickstarter, StartEngine, and Indiegogo to reach funders and generate exposure to angel investors, venture capitalists, Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Thomas Allison , Benjamin Warnick , Blakley Davis and Melissa Cardon
Around the globe, advertisements for family businesses regularly include expressions like: “Our family serving yours for the last three generations” and, “Our name on the product guarantees its Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Jonas Ruzek , Ben Cooper and Kimberly Eddleston
Family businesses often have dense histories interweaving both the family and the business and involving more than just the past. Our recent study (Ge, De Massis & Kotlar, 2022), shows that Read More...
Category: Research Insight
Authors: Bingbing Ge , Alfredo De Massis and Josip Kotlar
Editor’s note: In this series, Next Avenue will follow Patricia Wynn as she embarks on becoming an entrepreneur with her North Carolina lifestyle assistant business. Future installments will note Read More...
Category: Features
Author: Leslie Hunter-Gadsden