scholarly journals Incubation Process Case Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Shepard
Keyword(s):  
The United States ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
Business Incubators ◽  
Formal Organization ◽  
And Training

The purpose of this case study is to create a profile of business incubators by exploring various aspects concerned with their operations. While tracing the history, development and current practices of business incubators, the aspects explored include the identification of:  the nature of clients served, incubator mission, incubator staffing/personnel, incubator management, incubator resources, and incubator facilities/technology. The main motivation behind this case study is to compile an exhaustive profile of business incubators into one paper.This case study mainly utilized secondary research. By using questionnaires, a survey conducted among managers of selected business incubators in the United States was done. The exploratory nature of this study prompted the use of open ended questions.Findings concerning incubator mission are that current incubators mainly provide professional services of increased complexity as opposed to earlier incubators. Regarding personnel, modern incubators have formal organization structures characterized by the aspect of co-learning. While earlier incubators primarily offered cheap rental space, modern incubators share resources via a complex network of virtual connectivity. On technology, sophisticated technological communication interfaces such as the internet are vital, previous incubators relied on outdated technology. Concerning management, modern incubators require highly adaptive managers capable of addressing specific needs due to the constantly changing business environment. Other findings include the fact that clients are predominantly small business owners and students. Further, managers mainly provide direct services to clients such as mentoring, coaching, and training.

scholarly journals The Determinants Of Primary Employment In U.S. States

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Halil Dincer Kaya
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Safety Regulations ◽  
Zoning Regulations ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Main Components ◽  
And Training

We examine the relationship between `primary employment` and `business friendliness` of U.S. states. Do states with a low score in `business friendliness` worry small business owners too much and hence force them to run their business as their primary job? We look at several main components of `business friendliness` including `Ease of start`, `Ease of hire`, `Overall regulations`, and `Training and networking`. We also look at subcomponents including the different types of regulations and technology use. How does each of these factors affect a business owner’s decision to focus mainly on his/her business? We use the `United States Small Business Friendliness Survey` done by Kauffman Foundation and Thumptack.com in 2013 and converted the letter scores ranging from A+ to F in the survey to numerical scores ranging from 12 to 1 (i.e. 1 being the lowest score which corresponds to F). Therefore, after the conversion, each state has a numerical score on each business-friendliness category. The survey also asks business owners if they use the internet when starting a business, when paying their taxes, or when licensing. For each state, we compute the percentage of owners in each state using the internet when starting a business, when paying their taxes, or when licensing. We call these three percentage numbers for each state their `Internetstart`, `Internettax`, and `Internetlicensing` scores. Then, using the mean score for all states for each type of regulation or internet score, we divide the states into two groups: the `high-score states` and the `low-score states`. In our analysis, we use non-parametric tests to compare the `high-score states` to the `low-score states`. Our non-parametric tests show that although none of the main components (i.e. `Ease of start`, `Ease of hire`, `Overall regulations`, and `Training and networking`) seem to affect `primary employment`, the overall business friendliness score of a state significantly affects `primary employment`. When we examine the different types of regulations, we find that `Health and safety regulations`, `Licensing regulations`, and `Zoning regulations` affect `primary employment`. `Employment regulations`, `Tax code`, or `Environmental regulations` does not have a significant impact. These findings may indicate that business owners are more worried with regard to Health and safety regulations, Licensing regulations, and Zoning regulations, therefore more of them choose to take matters into their own hands. Another possible explanation may be the relative complexity of the tasks associated with these regulations. Finally, our results show that technology use in the entrepreneurial process does not affect `Primary employment`.

Family Impacts on Emerging Ventures in Poland

1995 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harold Welsch ◽  
Gerald Hills ◽  
Frank Hoy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Family Business ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
The United States ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
Emerging Democracy

This study reports the results of a survey of eighty owners of new ventures in Poland. The purpose of the survey was to assess the problems faced by small business owners and prospective small business owners in this emerging democracy. The sample was almost evenly split between family businesses and nonfamily businesses, which allowed for comparisons between family business issues in Poland and in the United States and between family and nonfamily business in Poland.

scholarly journals Transformation of a City

SAGE Open ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824401667363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trenessa L. Williams ◽  
Charles R. Needham
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
Government Documents ◽  
Rent Gap Theory

Gentrification changes the landscape and the cultural makeup of a city by increasing property values and changing consumption patterns. Since the late 1980s, gentrification has challenged the residential and small business community of Harlem, New York. Guided by the rent gap theory and the consumption-side theory, the purpose of this case study was to explore how small business leaders can compete with demographical changes brought by gentrification. A purposive sample of 20 Harlem small business owners operating during the city’s gentrification participated in interviews. Interview interpretations were triangulated with government documents and periodicals to bolster the trustworthiness of the final report. These findings may contribute to positive social change by informing the strategies employed by small business owners who are currently facing gentrification.

Embedding MBA Students in Local Incubators and Accelerators

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew L. Savoie ◽  
Joshua S. Bendickson ◽  
Chase J. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Small Businesses ◽  
Business Strategy ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
Capstone Course ◽  
Mba Students ◽  
Capstone Project ◽  
Innovative Learning ◽  
The University

This article presents an innovative method of engaging MBA students in a capstone course by offering a customizable project with businesses that are currently progressing through a regional, independent incubator, or accelerator program. We include various project options but focus on customizable capstone project alternatives to traditional business strategy simulations and case study methods. Namely, our innovative learning solution is a mock consulting project which drives innovation and fosters strategic collaboration between small business owners, university faculty, and MBA students while providing business strategy experience and generating positive exposure for both the university and the small businesses involved. Our method includes pairing MBA students with participating startup businesses and allowing the soon-to-be MBAs an opportunity to garner consulting experience while simultaneously serving the needs of the businesses in the accelerator. Accordingly, MBA students act as consultants to business owners and prepare detailed weekly briefings to inform stakeholders within the university and the constituent businesses. By breaching the typical capstone project parameters, the mock consulting option provides for experiential and applied learning experiences for MBA students and develops higher order strategic thinking by challenging them to work hand-in-hand with real startups.

scholarly journals Social Networks And Entrepreneurial Growth

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherry Robinson ◽  
Hans Anton Stubberud
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
Start Up ◽  
The Social ◽  
European Business ◽  
Access Information ◽  
Entrepreneurial Growth ◽  
And Training

Social networks are important to new entrepreneurs and small business owners because the ability to access information, advice, and necessary resources is vital to the success of new firms. This study examines the social networks of European business owners according to employment size after approximately three years of survival as a business. The results show that the sources of advice used at start-up varied by the size of business with employers of ten or more people more likely to report having received advice from professional acquaintances, financial institutions and training programs, and less likely to have received advice from family and friends or professional consultants. Although these people were more likely to report that they did not need advice, they were also the least likely to report that they had no access to advice. Those with between one and nine employees were the most likely to report using professional consultants (a formal source), suggesting their informal social networks were not as well­­-developed.

Cross-Institutional Blended Learning in Teacher Education

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-49
Author(s):  
Carolin Fuchs
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Student Teachers ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Internet ◽  
American Student ◽  
Model Learning ◽  
Exploratory Case Study ◽  
Teachers Perspectives

This paper presents findings from an exploratory case study, with the purpose of illustrating how student teachers of English as a Second Language (ESL) in the United States and student teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Germany evaluated a blended learning course that focused on jointly creating Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) units via the Internet. This project enabled participants to share perspectives about teaching contexts and practices in other countries and learn about TBLT through model learning (Willis, 2001). Consequently, student teachers not only became more proficient users of technology, but also grew from the unique opportunity of collaborating with their future colleagues abroad. The author presents the German and American student teachers’ perspectives with regard to what both groups gained by participating in this project. Finally, the author makes suggestions for language teacher training.

CHALLENGES FACING UNDERGRADUATES ON THE USE OF LIBRARY SERVICES: A CASE STUDY ON FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE, ABEOKUTA

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-92
Author(s):  
A. O. LASODE ◽  
F. A. YUSUF ◽  
A. B. KOIKI
Keyword(s):  
Survey Design ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Internet Services ◽  
Examination Period ◽  
Level Of Satisfaction ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
And Training

This study investigated the challenges facing undergraduates on the use of library services in Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB). The objectives were to assess the attitude and level of satisfaction of undergraduates as well as the challenges they face on the use of library services. This study adopted the descriptive survey design. The sample of 180 respondents, who were undergradu- ates, was randomly selected from all Colleges of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. The instrument used to elicit responses from the respondents was a questionnaire designed by the authors while descriptive statistic was employed to analyse the data. Findings of this study revealed that ma- jority of the respondents (55.00%) agreed that there is enough space in the library, 75.00% agreed that there is adequate number of staff in the library, 76.67% agreed that there are spacious shelves to house books, and 85.00% agreed that the library is conducive for learning. On the other hand, majority of the respondents (64.45%) disagreed that the library has current textbooks and 83.89% disagreed that the internet services in the library are accessible. Students«¤?? attitude towards the use of library varied, majority of the respondents (78.33%) agreed that the library is meant for reading or studying and not only during examination period. The major challenges identified by undergraduates in the use of the library services are inadequate up-to-date books in the library and tight academic schedules of students while the minor challenges include poor infrastructural facilities and insufficient space to ac- commodate users. It was recommended that libraries should ensure that adequate orientation and training are given to students on the use of the library services.

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