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)
Length: <4,000 words
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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 took its cue from EIX's e-Fest to introduce its own Innovation Challenge, which taught non-business students to collaborate and innovate. Entrepreneurship and innovation 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
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
Class Explores Legal Aspects of Business Entities The Law and the Entrepreneur course at Bradley University explores the legal aspects of the different options for structuring a business -- LLCs, sole proprietor, partnerships and others. In 2011, I Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Tanya Marcum
Many entrepreneurship professors want to provide students with applied learning experiences. Yet, implementing an applied project in a large, introductory entrepreneurship course can be a challenge. Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Jon Eckhardt
Design Thinking helps entrepreneurs understand their potential customers' real wants and needs – at a deep, often emotional level. Entrepreneurs often start their business with a "good" idea they Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Brian Janz