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Phan, Philip H., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 11 papers on technological entrepreneurship, with particular focus on the following topics: the context of technological entrepreneurship; value creation and opportunity recognition in turbulent environments; venture capital in technological entrepreneurship; and managing in turbulent environments. The following papers are…
Descriptors: Business Cycles, Case Studies, Definitions, Economic Change
McGivney, Veronica – 1997
This document, which was developed on the basis of recent research and testimony of small business owners, managers and employees, and training providers, is a basic practical manual for those owners and managers of British small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who want to initiate or improve staff training and development activities. The…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Check Lists, Education Work Relationship
Gough, Jeanne A., Ed. – 1997
This book, which is designed for the general reader who is planning to enter the job market or contemplating a career change, contains basic information about the jobs and the employment outlook; finding a job; employer and employee rights and obligations; balancing home and work; education and training; and self-employment, small business and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Check Lists
Peters, Alan H.; Fisher, Peter S. – 2002
The effectiveness of state enterprise zone programs was examined by using a hypothetical-firm model called the Tax and Incentives Model-Enterprise Zones (TAIM-ez) model to analyze the value of enterprise zone incentives to businesses across the United States and especially in the 13 states that had substantial enterprise zone programs by 1990. The…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Corporations, Cost Effectiveness, Definitions
Pink, Daniel H. – 2001
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the rise of free agent workers, how free agency is transforming the lives of free agents and those around them, problems encountered by free agents, and the future of free agency. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's 19 chapters: (1) the numbers and nuances of free agency; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agencies, Aging (Individuals)
