Entrepreneurship
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Students use just $10 each plus resources they already control to identify an opportunity, build a business model and launch a real venture. This exercise is a semester-long project that gives Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Authors: Lou Marino and Craig Armstrong
Shackleton’s Antarctic Adventure helps students see how entrepreneurs confront risk, manage teams, conserve resources and persevere when plans collapse. A short documentary film, "Shackleston's Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Yasuhiro (Yasu) Yamakawa
Students use coins and simple betting rules to see how social structures can create winners and losers even when everyone starts with equal resources and ability. EDITOR'S NOTE: Click here to play an Read More...
Category: Education and Teaching
Author: Howard E. Aldrich
Fast sales growth can strain cash and financing. Sustainable Growth Rate helps owners see how much growth their current financial structure can support. For most new business owners, growth is a sign Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Phil Greenwood
EIX offers free case studies, classroom exercises, articles, videos and teaching modules to help educators bring entrepreneurship to life. Are you looking for high-quality new material to enrich your Read More...
Category: Commentary
Author: David Deeds
Research suggests that modest subclinical psychopathic traits may help some women reject gender stereotypes and become more willing to start a business. The term “psychopath” conjures up dark Read More...
Category: Commentary
Authors: Lou Marino and Reg Tucker
Research based on hundreds of founder histories shows that thriving entrepreneurs prepare deeply, build strong teams, stay resourceful and serve customers exceptionally well. This paper is based on a Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Authors: Michael Glauser and Dan Holland
Traditional liquidity ratios can mislead small businesses. Net Balance Position gives entrepreneurs a clearer view of cash needs and ways to improve liquidity. “Return on Equity” provides a Read More...
Category: Applied and Practice
Author: Phil Greenwood
Scott Nash explains how he evaluates risk, manages growth and balances entrepreneurial passion with the discipline needed to run a larger company. EIX's Dave Feldman talks with the founder and CEO of Read More...
Category: Interviews
Author: Dave Feldman
Scimed Life Systems and Edwards Life Sciences show how established companies can disrupt their own products and customers before competitors do it for them. One of the benefits of achieving “late Read More...
Category: Theory and Research
Author: John Seaberg