Resolving the Disconnects Between Academics and Practice in Entrepreneurship Dr. Suresh U. Kumar (email: drkumar@email.phoenix.edu) During the past few years, as an entrepreneur and a doctoral researcher, I had the unique opportunity to straddle the worlds of practice (founding Inc 500/5000 … Continue reading →

by Oyvin Kyvik According to my wife, on our second date I told her that I had a plan…… a plan to travel around the world. Growing up in a Norwegian family where my father, an engineer and entrepreneur with … Continue reading →

by Julie R. Weeks and Susan Duffy In 2003, the International Council for Small Business (ICSB) and the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC), a Federally-funded public policy advisory body established in the US in 1989, joined forces to offer a … Continue reading →

The Will of Life If the people will to live Providence is destined to favourably respond And night is destined to fold And the chains are certain to be broken And he who has not embraced the love of life … Continue reading →

Paul Reynolds Howard Hoffman Visiting Scholar George Washington University Co-Principal Investigator, US PSED II Founding Coordinating Principal Investigator, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Everybody has seen the framed dollar bill over the cash register of a small business. The founding team clearly … Continue reading →

G. Dale Meyer, PhD *Originally prepared for the Journal of Small Business Management (JSBM) Special Edition 49.1. Article adapted to fit the style of this blog and represents ICSB’s new mission to provide more synergy with the journal through outlets … Continue reading →

Small businesses face an interesting, two-edged sword when dealing with the marketplace. On the one hand, free markets are essential to entrepreneurial success – they provide the means by which new ideas, new products, innovations and original business models can be introduced and, if they are effective enough, succeed. Continue reading →