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Alvin Toffler discusses his new book Revolutionary Wealth - Bruce Goldberg of the Denver Business Journal interviews Dr. Richard Thompson
Bruce Goldberg of the Denver Business Journal interviews Dr. Richard Thompson to discuss the controversy brewing over the value of an MBA degree. - Developing a strategy to improve and maintain a good reputation
Dr. Sherron Bienvenu discusses the importance of developing a strategy to improve and maintain a good reputation. - Positioning Yourself for Career Success
Dr. David Leasure discusses opportunities in the changing job market.
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- Learning through Engaging with Higher Education Institutions: A Small Business Perspective
- Multiple Perspectives on the Challenges for Knowledge Transfer between Higher Education Institutions and Industry
Knowledge transfer (KT) has been identified as an essential element of innovation, driving competitive advantage in increasingly knowledge-driven economies, and as a result recent UK Government reports have sought to increase awareness of the importance of KT within higher education institutions (HEIs).There is therefore a need for relevant empirical research that examines, from multiple perspectives, how KT policy is translated into practice within HEI contexts.This article responds to this need by presenting an in-depth qualitative case study based on over 50 semi-structured interviews with university-based academic and non-academic participants and representatives of small firms involved in InfoLab21, a high profile `centre of excellence' for research, development and commercialization of information and communications technology (ICT) in north-west England, UK. The study considers what the key practices of KT are and what promotes and/or hinders their development. Four overarching themes are identified: (1) motivation and reward mechanisms; (2) process management and evaluation; (3) clustering and brokerage; and (4) trust and bridge building. Each theme is considered from multiple perspectives and areas for further research are suggested.
- Entrepreneurial Ventures in Higher Education: Analysing Organizational Growth
This article examines the creation and growth of a Centre for Enterprise (CfE), based in Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) Business School, which grew in 6 years to a total of 21 staff. In the article we draw on the concept of `strategic space' to demonstrate the way in which a number of crises were negotiated during the CfE's growth.We demonstrate that issues of strategy and people management were particularly significant `tipping points' in pursuing a growth strategy.This strategy was incremental and evolutionary rather than based on the classical rational model associated with Ansoff. In order to develop both research and business support capabilities in the CfE, strategy emerged as `crises of knowing' that were resolved in response to the specific institutional contexts in which the CfE was located. In summary, the CfE's strategic orientation focused on building an organization that was entrepreneurial, flexible and responsive to new opportunities.
- Reach-in and Reach-out: The Story of the MSc in Pipeline Engineering at Newcastle University
This article presents an unusual case of university—industry interaction whereby a group of small businesses came together to persuade a university to establish an MSc in Pipeline Engineering.We identify that the course contributed to regional development in four ways. First, it provided graduates for local industry. Second, it linked local firms with pipeline engineers worldwide and raised the region's profile within that network. Third, it strengthened the research base of the university through the recruitment of pipeline engineers from industry and fourth, it facilitated the possibility of joint research between the university and local firms.We question whether this model is transferable to other industry sectors/universities. We conclude that this outreach activity has been shaped by the `reach-in' to the university of the local business community and propose a revised model of university interaction with regional industry.Traditionally universities have been seen as `reaching out' to regional industry and the collaborations have been viewed as being instigated by the university and often research based. Our revised model proposes an alternative mechanism whereby collaborations can be instigated by industry and through a teaching route.
- Students as Transferors of Knowledge: The Problem of Measuring Success
Measuring the success of knowledge transfer from universities to firms has traditionally been seen as an unproblematic activity, apart from the practical issues of how to measure the new jobs and sales that have been created.This article problematizes the concept of`success' in terms of its definition, measurement and interpretation. It explores critically one approach to policy evaluation by assessing a programme of knowledge transfer to SMEs using university students. It reviews critically different definitions of success and methods of assessing success. It provides guidance on how to predict success, which may be useful for other programmes of knowledge transfer.An agenda for future research in this area is proposed that links this paper's approach to other methods of evaluation.
- Book Review: Sara McGaughey, Narratives of Internationalisation: Legitimacy, Standards and Portfolio Entrepreneurs. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (New Horizons in International Business Series),2007.406 pp.ISBN 978--1--84542--002--4, {pound}85 (hbk)
- Book Review: Hans Landstrom (ed.), Handbook of Research on Venture Capital. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2007. 441 pp. ISBN 1--8454--23 1 2--7, {pound} 1 35 (hbk)
- Book Review: Mark Casson, Bernard Yeung, Anuradhu Basu and Nigel Wadeson (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 808 pp. ISBN 0-- 19--928898--4, {pound}93 (hbk), {pound}27.50 (pbk)