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Download full textClark, Karen L. – 1994
A study surveyed owners of 20 small businesses in North County, San Diego, to determine evidence of teaching and learning. A 13-question survey instrument gathered information regarding whether training and/or education for employees was available, what education was offered, how it fit into the evaluation process, and how business owners saw…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Research, Employer Employee Relationship, Job Training
Kourilsky, Marilyn; And Others – 1995
The New Youth Entrepreneur curriculum is a series of 12 youth-oriented educational modules containing instructional materials, learning activities, and checkup exercises designed to teach students key elements of entrepreneurship. This document is the seventh module, and examines the potential advantages and disadvantages of entering into four…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Business Education, Business Skills, Corporations
Kaddar, M., Comp.; Gerbouin-Rerolle, P., Comp. – Children in the Tropics, 1994
Noting the failure of large, centralized production systems in developing countries, this journal issue describes the functions, types, and strategies of micro-enterprises in the modernization process of developing countries, especially in Africa. The journal analyzes the characteristics and failures of micro-enterprises and informal industries,…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Economic Impact, Entrepreneurship
First Nations Development Institute Business Alert, 1997
This article describes the new associate of arts degree in entrepreneurship at Haskell Indian Nations University, Lawrence, Kansas. Offered in Haskell's Center for Tribal Entrepreneurial Studies, the program comprises four culturally appropriate courses. The first course, Introduction to Entrepreneurship, assists students in analyzing whether or…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Associate Degrees, Business Administration Education
Gallagher, Patricia C. – 1994
This guidebook provides practical, easy-to-follow instructions that will assist entrepreneurs who are considering the operation of a day care business. Eleven sections address the following issues: (1) agencies to contact for licensing, inspection, and certification; (2) professionals to contact for business, legal, and insurance advice; (3)…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1983
This student handbook was designed for a course which offers people aged 55 and older guidance in starting and operating a small business. Following introductory remarks concerning small businesses, information and assignment sheets related to each of the course's basic units are presented. Course units include the following: (1) Small Business…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Education, Community Colleges, Entrepreneurship
Strawn, Harry B. – 1984
Focusing on small, independent businesses, this primer answers questions relating to starting and operating a new firm and how local development organizations can help in the process. The general pattern of the company forming process (displacement, disposition to act, credibility, and availability of resources) is discussed. Success factors for…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Community Resources, Economic Climate, Entrepreneurship
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Div. of Vocational Education. – 1987
This curriculum guide is designed for teachers of marketing education to provide junior and senior students with information and procedures useful in beginning small businesses (entrepreneurship). The guide contains basic information and activities that can be used by the teacher to teach a 2- to 3-week unit. The length of the unit will be…
Descriptors: Business Education, Educational Objectives, Entrepreneurship, Instructional Materials
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
Institute for Enterprise Advancement, Washington, DC. – 1986
Small businesses are meeting the challenges of a changing economy and leading the way in production and job creation. Small businesses especially will continue to benefit from demographic and societal shifts, in particular the emergence of the two-career family that fuels the service industry. Women and minority persons are the newest…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Employment Patterns, Employment Projections
Guilar, Joshua D. – 1990
A case study analyzed a young organization to determine how the communicative acts of the general manager are primary in the creation of the company culture and how well interpretive methods contribute to research on organizational culture. The company investigated manufactures custom products, employs approximately 175 skilled craftsmen and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Communication Research, Employer Employee Relationship, Interpersonal Communication
Minnesota State Council on Vocational Technical Education, St. Paul. – 1987
Responding to surveys by the State Council on Vocational Technical Education, Minnesota's technical institutes identified 1,169 of their students who graduated during the 10-year period prior to 1984 and who subsequently established or purchased business enterprises. The collection and analysis of these data represented key steps by the Council,…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Entrepreneurship, Graduate Surveys, Postsecondary Education
Kirchner, Charles, Ed. – 1985
An increasingly popular economic development tool to improve the success rate of new firms is the small business incubator. These are buildings in which a number of new or growing businesses can locate and operate at a much lower overhead cost than in conventional space where market rates prevail. Incubator facilities are characterized by access…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Administration, Case Studies, Cooperative Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Small Business. – 1987
Graduates of the Minority Business Development Program were surveyed in order to determine the extent to which the program gave them the experience and tools they needed to prosper in business. The results of the survey were presented at a hearing before the Congressional Committee on Small Business. Most of the responses from the graduates were…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Admission Criteria, Business Administration, Business Skills
Child Care Information Exchange, 1986
Examines the child care for-profit business in terms of recent history, current status, and future prospects. (BB)
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Entrepreneurship, Investment
