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Gibb, Allan A. – Journal of European Industrial Training, 1983
Reviews the needs of the owner/manager for training and development and indicates how they might best be met. Discusses the nature of management in small business and explores implications for training methods. Also discusses program possibilities and marketing strategies. (JOW)
Descriptors: Management Development, Marketing, Organizational Objectives, Problem Solving
Melis, A. – 1989
This document summarizes the proceedings of a 2-day conference on training in small and medium businesses in the European Economic Community. Some of the topics discussed by the speakers include distance learning and the importance of training for owners and managers of small and medium enterprises. A series of guides that have been prepared to…
Descriptors: Competence, Developed Nations, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries
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Industry & Higher Education, 2002
Includes "Creating Conducive Environments for Learning and Entrepreneurship" (Gibb); "Understanding Notions of Enterprise in the Higher Education Sector" (Hartshorn); "Towards HEI (Higher Education Institution)-based New Venture Generation" (Virtanen, Laukkanen); "Entrepreneurial Universities" (Formica);…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Educational Environment, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries
Gibb, Allan – 1997
This paper provides a framework for discussion of the potential for support of small and medium enterprise (SME) development by training and education, particularly in European Union partner countries. Section I is an introduction. Section II reviews the present position of small and medium enterprises in the partner countries and the role they…
Descriptors: Business Education, Educational Needs, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Small Business. – 1988
This document contains transcripts of oral and written testimony given at six days of Congressional hearings on women entrepreneurs, held in April and May 1988. Many of the witnesses were women who run successful companies that they started by themselves, in a variety of fields, from service industries to construction and manufacturing. Other…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Administration, Economic Development, Economics
Bell, T. H. – 1984
Small businesses can participate in a variety of partnerships with the educational community that can result in benefits to all partners. Examples of successful school-business partnerships in Arizona include the Aquafria Foundation in Evandale; the partnership among the University of Arizona, Pueblo High School, and the Puma County-State Bar…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Educational Benefits
Gross, William A. – 2000
In 1983, an entrepreneurial engineering class was developed at the University of New Mexico. The course meets for 3 hours 1 evening per week for 15 or 16 sessions. Lectures, reading assignments, group work, interactive class discussions, and presentations by practitioners are used to help learners students develop the research and practice skills…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Education, Business Skills, Case Studies
Bebris, John M., Ed. – 1987
Among the papers presented at this conference are the following: "Keynote Address," (Parish); "Small Business in the Year 2000," (Lichtenstein); "Making America Work Again," (Rennie); "U.S./Canadian Free Trade Negotiations," (Swed); "Ethical Considerations for Entrepreneurs and the Need for Preparing Entrepreneurs for Disappointment," (Lipper);…
Descriptors: Business Education, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development, Economic Development
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1983
These proceedings represent a compilation of the papers presented at a conference on entrepreneurship education that was designed to promote the infusion of entrepreneurial concepts into vocational education curricula. Included in the first section of the volume are descriptions of the following projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Career Change, Cooperative Programs, Economic Development
Johnson, Steven; Winterton, Jonathan – 1999
A task force was convened to identify the nature, extent, and pattern of skill needs and shortages for managerial occupations in the United Kingdom (UK). The task force began by examining the key challenges facing managers in the UK. The following factors were among those considered: economic policies promoting liberalization and deregulation;…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Business Administration, Business Education, Competency Based Education