SBANC
Newsletter
June
20, 2006
Issue 426-2006
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QUOTE
"Our
business is about technology, yes. But it's also about operations
and customer relationships."
-- Michael
Dell
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FEATURE
PAPER
An
Entrepreneurial Approach To Entrepreneurship Education: Active
Teaching
The
following paper was presented at the 2006 USASBE/SBI Joint Conference
in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was written by Gordon E. Haym of Lyndon
State College.
Abstract
This paper describes an approach taken to curricula
design and teaching using student-centered or active learning techniques.
The literature used in this approach is reviewed. The previous
Small Business & Entrepreneurship degree program was redesigned
using an entrepreneurial approach based on the projected student
profile and actual knowledge, experience, and training in the business
world. A teaching style was developed into a process termed “Active
Teaching.” The various classroom techniques used and results
are discussed.
Read
the Entire Paper...
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CONFERENCES
SMU
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| Who: |
Singapore
Management University
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| What: |
2006
EDGE Conference--Bridging the Gap: Entrepreneurship
in Theory and Practice
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| Where: |
Singapore
Management University, City Campus |
| When: |
July
3-5, 2006 |
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CG
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| Who: |
Common
Ground
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| What: |
The
Sixth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture
and Change in Organisations
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| Where: |
Monash
University Centre, Prato, Italy |
| When: |
July
11-14, 2006 |
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ACI
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| Who: |
Academic
Conferences International
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| What: |
The
2nd European Conference on IS Managment, Leadership
and Governance
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| Where: |
Paris,
France |
| When: |
July
12-13, 2006 |
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EFMD
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| Who: |
European
Foundation for Management Development
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| What: |
EFMD
36th EISB Conference
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| Where: |
Southampton
Solent University, Southampton, UK |
| When: |
September
6-8, 2006 |
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BAM
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| Who: |
British
Academy of Management
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| What: |
British
Academy of Management Conference 2006
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| Where: |
Belfast,
UK |
| When: |
September
12-14, 2006 |
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CALLS FOR PAPERS
IBEC/NEBA
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| Who: |
International
Business and Economy Conference
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| What: |
Pacific
Rim Economies
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| Where: |
Iona
College in New Rochelle, New York, USA |
| When: |
July
14-16, 2006 |
Submission
Deadline:
June 25, 2006
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AGB
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| Who: |
Association
for Global Business
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| What: |
18th
International Conference
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| Where: |
Hyatt
Regency, Newport Beach, California, USA |
| When: |
November
16 - 19, 2006 |
Submission
Deadline:
June 30, 2006
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MMA
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| Who: |
Marketing
Management Association
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| What: |
11th
Annual Fall Educators' Conference
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| Where: |
Sheraton
Nashville,
Downtown Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
| When: |
September
20-22, 2006 |
Submission
Deadline:
July 15, 2006
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ASBE
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| Who: |
Association
for Small Business and Entrpreneurship |
| What: |
Fall
Conference
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| Where: |
Best
Western in Corpus Christi, Texas |
| When: |
Novermber
1-3, 2006 |
Submission
Deadline:
August 1, 2006
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ABEAI
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| Who: |
Applied
Business and Entrepreneurship Association International |
| What: |
Annual
Meeting
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| Where: |
Marriott
Waikoloa Beach Resort, Kona, Hawaii, USA |
| When: |
November
16-20, 2006 |
Submission
Deadline:
August 15, 2006
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TIP
OF THE WEEK
Executive Summary
58%
of small-business owners believe that they are technologically
abreast of their primary competitors while 36% believe
that they are technologically more advanced. Just 2% think
that they lag. However, only 62% employ high-speed internet and
39% have interactive Web sites, suggesting that self-evaluations
of their favorable technological positiions are exaggerated.
Small employer
views of technology and its introduction appear much more closely
tied to industry than to employee-size of business.
Few
small-business owners attempt to be among the first to work with
new technologies. Most take a reserved approach to investing
in them.
The most sophisticated type of technology employed in a small business is usually a computer or computer software. Other technologies listed are often computer-driven or computers are otherwise intimately involved in their functioning. The enormous range of the named most sophisticated type of technology runs from nuclear cameras on one end to TurboTax software on the other.
The generic of the most sophisticated type of technology used is typically not new to the market. It has often been around for a long time. However, 72% claim to use the latest model, version, edition, etc. Still, small-business owners use their most sophisticated technology for reasonably long periods of time before upgrading. Just 18% need to upgrade within the year. Another 48% need to do so in more than one, but less than five years. Since owners may have already operated the piece of technology for several years, replacement occurs less frequently than cited above.
The most common reason to replace a technology is the desire to upgrade it.
92% say that they obtained their most sophisticated technology from outside the firm, most likely off-the-shelf. Six percent claim to have developed it in-house. Once obtained, however, 26% report they modified it; one in five of those altering the technology modified it substantially.
If small employers were to replace the most sophisticated technology they now employ, the per unit cost for 26% would be less than $1,000. The cost per unit for another 48% would be between $1,000 and $5,000. 15% estimate the cost would be $25,000 or more.
41% have a single copy of their most sophisticated technology and another 15% have two. Still, a substantial share of the workforce uses it. Over 60% report that it takes their most skilled employee less than one months to become proficient using the technology.
In the last year, 45% obtained new or significantly improved processes, equipment or software to produce or distribute its products or services. The most frequent of these was one or more pieces of software.
| William
J. Dennis, Jr.. NFIB National Small Business Poll.
Volume 5, Issue 5. Page 1. |
ANNOUNCEMENTS
"The Story that
Never was Told"
John F.
Bulloch, founder of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business,
presented an article at their Annual Meeting on June 1, 2006.
The paper told the story of his father's crucial role in the
founding of the organization
Read more here
Programs from Fairleigh Dickinson University
The Rothman
Institute of Entrepreneurial Studies at Fairleigh Dickinson University
had an outstanding semester. They presented some great programs
such as: "Distinguished Entrepreneurial Lecture", "2006
Innovation Summit", "2006 Female Entrepreneur Lecture", "CEO
Innovation Lecture" and "Exporting to China:
Peril or Smart Business Plan?"
Information about all these events is easily viewable from their website. Or you can contact Bonnie Diehl at 973 443 8842.
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