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Released: 17-Dec-2020 11:05 AM EST
Forty Acres Founders Pre-Accelorator Program Partners with Bank of America to Increase Diversity and Inclusion in Entrepreneurship
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)

The Herb Kelleher Entrepreneurship Center in the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce a partnership with Bank of America designed to increase entrepreneurial diversity and inclusion by supporting the Forty Acres Founders Pre-Accelerator Program.

Released: 16-Dec-2020 9:00 AM EST
Big Help for Small Businesses
California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office

2020 has been one of the most daunting years for California businesses. But as small business owners continue to push forward through economic challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, several allies across the state are there to help—many anchored at California State University campuses in the form of Small Business Development Centers (SBDC).

Released: 10-Dec-2020 12:55 PM EST
The role of platform protection insurance in the sharing economy
American Marketing Association (AMA)

Researchers from Temple University, Tsinghua University, and Fudan University published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that explores the business impact of PPI on buyers' purchase behaviors and sellers' sales activities.

Released: 8-Dec-2020 10:40 AM EST
New Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation to Stimulate Economic Development in South Florida
Nova Southeastern University

The Center is designed to serve the community resulting in breakthrough ideation, new technologies, job creation, talent skills pipeline, company formation, and scaling of early stage and young startup companies.

Released: 1-Dec-2020 12:05 PM EST
Business closures, partial reopenings due to COVID-19 could cost the US $3-$5 trillion
University of Southern California (USC)

The COVID-19 pandemic could result in net losses from $3.2 trillion and up to $4.8 trillion in U.S. Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over the course of two years, a new USC study finds.

   
Released: 19-Nov-2020 10:05 AM EST
Hertz Foundation Entrepreneurship Award to Support Microbial Innovation
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation

Hertz Fellow Cheri Ackerman, Cofounder and CEO of Concerto Biosciences, has received the Hertz Foundation’s Harold Newman and David Galas Entrepreneurial Initiative Award. She plans to use the $25,000 grant to help her company find solutions for human health and agriculture using unique ensembles of microbes.

   
Released: 18-Nov-2020 5:10 PM EST
Faced with competition, companies double down on corporate social responsibility
University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business

When faced with increased competition, one might expect companies to pull back from investments in employee safety training, environmental protections, and their local communities—activities that show them to be good corporate citizens, but might not directly contribute to their financial returns.

Released: 17-Nov-2020 1:15 PM EST
U. of Utah ranked top 10 for entrepreneurship for 2021 by Princeton Review
University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business

The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah received another top 10 ranking for entrepreneurship today as the Princeton Review ranked its undergraduate entrepreneurship program No. 10 and its graduate program No. 16 for 2021.

Released: 13-Nov-2020 3:50 PM EST
DHS Announces Small Business Innovation Research Pre-Solicitation 21.1
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS announced the release of 12 topics for the new Small Business Innovation Research 21.1 Pre-solicitation.

Released: 2-Nov-2020 4:20 PM EST
$1M Awarded to Companies Innovating Solutions toChallenges Facing Hospitality Industry in UNLV-hosted Competition
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

The Lee Prize for Innovation and Entrepreneurship recently awarded nearly $1 million to eight companies developing solutions that could help spur recovery in the hospitality industry amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Released: 2-Nov-2020 1:05 PM EST
Arizona State University lands in top 25 of MBA entrepreneurship program rankings
Arizona State University (ASU)

Inc. magazine has ranked Arizona State University's W. P. Carey School of Business No. 22 in its second annual rankings of MBA entrepreneurship programs worldwide.

Released: 27-Oct-2020 3:05 PM EDT
University of Utah launches Summit Venture Studio, a novel software development accelerator and investment fund
University of Utah

The University of Utah’s Partners for Innovation, Ventures, Outreach & Technology (PIVOT) Center is pleased to announce the launch of Summit Venture Studio, which focuses on the commercialization of the myriad software applications developed in the university setting.

Released: 26-Oct-2020 11:50 AM EDT
First companies picked for Sandia’s new Mentor-Protégé Program
Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories has selected three companies as its first protégés in a new partnership program designed to help small businesses develop and build solid foundations when competing for federal and industry opportunities.

Released: 22-Oct-2020 12:05 PM EDT
Latent customer needs can be discoveredand knowable, says UAH professor
University of Alabama Huntsville

Companies can discover customer needs that are unknown to customers themselves through learning from their own market experiences and observing the market experiences of collaborators and competitors, says a research paper by a professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).

Released: 20-Oct-2020 11:30 AM EDT
Why Buzzworthy Companies Should Up Their Ad Budgets
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Word-of-mouth is seen as free advertising, but researchers from Maryland Smith and the University of Chile say it can be a sign to spend more on advertising.

Released: 19-Oct-2020 1:15 PM EDT
Researchers investigate impact of COVID-19 on BAME businesses
Staffordshire University

Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) businesses have had to incur considerable costs to protect their businesses through lockdown, according to academics at Staffordshire University.

Released: 19-Oct-2020 10:00 AM EDT
Rapid disease pathogen identification a step closerfollowing successful UAH startup demonstration
University of Alabama Huntsville

Soon it could only take an hour to find out what pathogen is making you ill, following the successful demonstration of the world’s first multi-pathogen identification using non-amplified RNA detection by GeneCapture, a company cofounded by researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH).

Released: 8-Oct-2020 1:10 PM EDT
VentureLab Founders Building Startups in an Uncertain World
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The middle of a global pandemic may not seem like an auspicious time to chase a dream of entrepreneurial success. And yet, the highly selective VentureLab program at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business was humming with startups all summer.

Released: 7-Oct-2020 11:35 AM EDT
2020 Hack-A-House Winners Announced
Sorenson Impact Center, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah

Ivory Innovations announced the winners of Hack-A-House 2020, a student-driven entrepreneurial competition resulting in innovations to reduce housing costs.

Released: 6-Oct-2020 2:50 PM EDT
Master of Business Creation startup founders for 2020-21
University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business

The Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business welcomed the second class of founders in the new Master of Business Creation (MBC) program this fall semester for the 2020-21 academic year. The program is offered in partnership with the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute.

Released: 30-Sep-2020 5:10 PM EDT
Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center receives $125,000 grant to provide services for high-tech entrepreneurs
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $125,000 grant to assist companies pursuing federal Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer grants and contracts.

Released: 29-Sep-2020 6:05 PM EDT
David Eccles School of Business launches virtual blockchain curriculum to drive digital literacy, adoption of blockchain technology
University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business

The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah is set to create the next generation of digitally literate students who understand the world of blockchain technology. EY is helping in the development and delivery of the course.

Released: 29-Sep-2020 4:45 PM EDT
Eccles School Launches Postdoctoral Program in Entrepreneurship & Strategy
University of Utah, David Eccles School of Business

The Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business launched a new postdoctoral fellowship program with the hire of Maria Kurakina, a young scholar with a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, Haas School of Business.

   
Released: 24-Sep-2020 10:25 AM EDT
The Power of Superstar Firms Amid the Pandemic: Should Regulators Intervene?
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Long before the coronavirus pandemic, advances in information technology were already fueling the rise of a handful of superstar firms that dominate the economy. COVID-19 has greatly accelerated that trend. Darden Professor Anton Korinek explores the implications of the superstar phenomenon for overall economic efficiency and, by extension, policy.

Released: 24-Sep-2020 10:10 AM EDT
UVA Darden Launches New Scholarship Offerings, Including Need-Based Scholarship Program
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business announced today innovations to its MBA scholarship offerings in support of the School’s aspiration to be among the world’s most accessible top business schools.

Released: 24-Sep-2020 8:55 AM EDT
Free Digital Marketing Series from Maryland Smith Begins Sept. 30
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Marketing professor Mary Harms will cover key digital marketing strategies and tactics to create awareness and the best consumer experience and to resonate with target audiences, in a three-part, free webinar series from the University of Maryland.

Released: 21-Sep-2020 3:15 PM EDT
Sorenson Impact Center Receives $600,000 Federal Grant to Support Diversity in Entrepreneurship
Sorenson Impact Center, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah

The Sorenson Impact Center, a think tank housed at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, has been awarded a $600,000 grant from the US Economic Development Administration (EDA).

Released: 17-Sep-2020 1:45 PM EDT
Netflix, $100 Million and Black-Owned Banks
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Netflix is investing $100 million in financial institutions that support Black-owned banks and Black communities. This investment isn’t just socially responsible in fueling opportunity; research shows that Black-owned banks outperform non-minority-owned peers. How does that reconcile with data that imply decline in success? Lack of initial assets.

Released: 9-Sep-2020 1:20 PM EDT
Pivoting Is the New Normal (In the COVID-Impacted Business Environment)
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Entrepreneur Andy Shallal and Maryland Smith Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs Victor Mullins will discuss pivoting business strategy in the midst of a global pandemic, economic distress and racial protests.

Released: 9-Sep-2020 12:30 PM EDT
Rethinking business: Disruptions like the corona crisis also create new opportunities
University of Cologne

Changes in the external environment always affect the success of companies and may even tilt previously valid laws of business off balance.

Released: 8-Sep-2020 1:30 PM EDT
New UVA Darden Courses Include Explorations of Inclusion, Managing in a Pandemic and Tech Policy
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business will offer a number of new courses for the 2020–21 academic year. The classes range from explorations of India’s role in the global economy to a deep dive into technology policy, among other topics.

Released: 27-Aug-2020 1:05 PM EDT
Home inequity: Study finds income, job rut for millions in U.S.
Washington University in St. Louis

At a time when evictions and mortgage defaults have been likened to an oncoming tsunami across America, a big-data study of loan-to-value ratios in the wake of the 2007-08 recession carries a cautionary forecast for vexing economic weather ahead:The higher a worker's outstanding mortgage relative to their home value, the worse their future income growth and job mobility.

Released: 26-Aug-2020 10:30 AM EDT
WHOI Announces D’Works Marine Technology Initiative for Massachusetts Startups and Entrepreneurs
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech) are teaming up to make WHOI’s unique mix of resources available through the D’Works Marine Technology Initiative to accelerate the pace of marine technology innovation.

Released: 20-Aug-2020 12:50 PM EDT
New research showcases Italian town as blueprint for 'anchor entrepreneurship' framework
City University London

New research from The Business School (formerly Cass) has shed light on how Mirandola, a small town in the North East of Italy, became a major hub for the production of medical devices and sets a roadmap for the origins of industrialisation in small, quiet communities.

     
Released: 19-Aug-2020 11:50 AM EDT
Economist with background in policy, research and academics appointed to advisory board of SBA’s Small Business Development Center
Northern Arizona University

Joseph Guzman, executive director of the Economic Policy Institute at Northern Arizona University, will be a member of the nine-member board that advises, counsels and confers with the leaders of the SBA in carrying out the administration’s programs.

Released: 13-Aug-2020 12:05 PM EDT
Statement on the Death of Sumner M. Redstone from GW Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness Director
George Washington University

Statement of William Dietz, MD, PhD, director and chair of Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention and Wellness, on the Death of Entrepreneur and Visionary Philanthropist Sumner M. Redstone

   
Released: 12-Aug-2020 12:35 PM EDT
Evolutionary theory of economic decisions
Stanford University

Making decisions in the face of uncertainty has never been easy.

   
Released: 11-Aug-2020 8:00 AM EDT
Infectious Diseases Society of America Foundation to Collaborate with Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS to Host the 2020 IDea Incubator Pitch Competition
Infectious Diseases Society of America Foundation

For a third consecutive year, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Foundation will showcase the IDea Incubator Pitch Competition, aimed to support entrepreneurs and researchers working in the area of infectious diseases during IDWeek 2020, October 21-25.

Released: 24-Jul-2020 1:20 PM EDT
Study: Why U.S. Black Entrepreneurship Lags & How Banks Can Help Fix It
University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

A steady stream of media reports detailing the deaths of unarmed Black Americans at the hands of police. False 911 calls aimed at bringing harm to African Americans engaged in innocuous, everyday activities. Street protests calling for an end to discrimination and police brutality.  As racial tensions swirled this summer, so did calls on social media for those who support the social justice movement for African American civil rights to amplify Black voices and support Black businesses.

Released: 23-Jul-2020 4:55 PM EDT
Webinar: Risk Perspectives in Turbulent Times
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

Risk experts representing the University of Maryland's Center for Financial Policy and Freddie Mac will discuss the evolution of enterprise risk management, top risk issues affecting the mortgage industry and the role of analytics in risk management in a free, July 31 webinar.

   
Released: 16-Jun-2020 11:05 AM EDT
Job Protection and Entrepreneurship: The Case of Parental Leave in Canada
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

Does career risk inhibit entrepreneurship? Research from Darden Professor Ting Xu and colleagues shows the effect of leave policies on entrepreneurship and explores the extent to which longer job-protected leave leads to new ventures, creating jobs in industries in which experimentation before entry has low costs and high benefits.

Released: 16-Jun-2020 10:10 AM EDT
Leveraging Uncertainty During The Pandemic: Lessons From Expert Entrepreneurs
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

While the future has always been unpredictable, the global uncertainty caused by the novel coronavirus is at a record high. To help us steer through this unprecedented crisis, Professor Saras Sarasvathy shares insights on entrepreneurial decision-making and offers four strategies seasoned founders use to turn uncertainty into opportunity to co-create a better future.

Released: 11-Jun-2020 1:05 PM EDT
PNNL Waives Fee to Test-Drive Portfolio of Intellectual Property
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

To help spur economic development and assist in the battle against COVID-19, PNNL is making available its entire portfolio of patented technologies on a research trial basis—at no cost—for six months.

Released: 9-Jun-2020 4:20 PM EDT
DHS Awards $3.9 Million to Fund US Small Business Research For Homeland Security Technology Needs
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

DHS S&T announced today the award of 26 competitive research contracts with 23 small businesses to participate in Phase I of the DHS SBIR Program.

Released: 28-May-2020 3:55 PM EDT
Finding working capital is key to small businesses efforts as reopening accelerates
RAND Corporation

As small businesses reopen after a lengthy pandemic shutdown, one key challenge will be finding working capital to replenish inventories and pay employees until revenue returns to normal, according to a new RAND Corporation perspective based on interviews with a select group of small business owners.

Released: 27-May-2020 12:20 PM EDT
Entrepreneurship Journal Devotes New Issue to UVA Darden Professor’s Theory of Effectuation
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

An influential academic journal has devoted the entirety of a recent issue to effectuation, the theory of entrepreneurship pioneered by University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Saras Sarasvathy.

Released: 27-May-2020 11:15 AM EDT
Entrepreneurship in China: The Rise of Female Billionaires
University of Virginia Darden School of Business

China’s progress towards modernization and marketization gave women unprecedented opportunities to launch and scale private enterprises and make billions in the process. Professor Ming-Jer Chen shares insights on how China managed to forge a new class of super-successful female founders.

Released: 20-May-2020 3:10 PM EDT
UCI New Venture Competition “Ant Tank” Competition
University of California, Irvine, Paul Merage School of Business

Ten startups will compete for the Grand Prize in a three-minute fast-pitch, facing a panel of distinguished judges from Orange County’s startup ecosystem.



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