Our Publications
We are a nonprofit organization which supports educational activities including: advancing knowledge through research, and disseminating knowledge by means of the internet, researching and writing books, producing newsletters, editorials, monographs, seminars, lectures, conferences and the like. We are continuously conducting research and producing projects in the fields of global entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial management practices, business planning, and venture capital.
The Focus of Our Research and Publications
What is entrepreneurial management? What are the basic business management principles that all entrepreneurs need to master? What is the best way to help entrepreneurs build a high-profit business? As the pace of business competition accelerates, seat-of-the-pants management becomes ever more dangerous. In order to survive, entrepreneurs operating their ventures in uncertain environments need a focused “path to profitability.”
Our books and materials are used in the Top 10 best graduate programs in the USA that teach entrepreneurship, and 8 of the Top 10 best undergraduate programs in the USA that teach entrepreneurship.
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What determines the difference between success and failure depends on how entrepreneurs can understand and manage the following:
- What is this venture about? (mission and values statement)
- Where should it go? (goals and objectives)
- How will it get there? (growth strategy)
- What does it need to get there? (people and resources)
- What structure is best? (organizational capabilities)
- How much money does it need and when? (financing strategy)
- How will it recognize the final destination? (vision of success)
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Published Books: Entrepreneurship
Roadmap To Entrepreneurial Success: Powerful Strategies for Building a High-Profit Business
Publisher: AMACOM Books, American Management Association
ISBN: 0-8144-7190-0
Publication Date: 2004
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Description
As the pace of competition accelerates, seats-of-the-pants management becomes ever more dangerous. In order to survive entrepreneurs leading their ventures need a focused “path-to-profitability.” Roadmap To Entrepreneurial Success will be the book entrepreneurs and their venture team will refer to time and time again on their journey to success. Roadmap To Entrepreneurial Success will help the new and experienced entrepreneur to stay on course and succeed. Each step of the Entrepreneurial Lifecycle, from start-up phase to harvest, is succinctly detailed, providing you only the key steps that are vital to your success. Colorful stories bring the strategies and important business concepts to life, helping you internalize key learning points and quickly implement these key points into action. Roadmap provides the tools for an individual to start a business, grow a venture opportunity or manage the planning and implementation of new products within a large company.
It is a must read for anyone who stands to benefit and/or profit from the confluence of entrepreneurial activities including:
- Entrepreneurial leaders of startups, fast growing ventures, and spinouts
- Corporate executives in charge of leading new business development and new product innovation
- Scientists and technology transfer specialists from academic and research institutions
- Venture capitalists, investment bankers, and angel investors
- Professional service providers from consulting, law, accounting, and financial firms
“Want to know why you should buy this book? One of the absolutely best business plan outlines I have seen to date. This book tells you how to make that happen…I feel it is an absolutely necessary read. I give this book 5 stars. (Only the Bible and the Constitution receive 6 stars.)”
- Paul Tulenko, National Small Business Columnist
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Online Learning
Title: PowerWeb
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
PowerWeb is a password-protected Web site that offers professors a turnkey solution for adding the Internet to a course. With over more than 125,00 subscribers, the PowerWeb site provides students with current articles from Annual Editions, curriculum-based materials, weekly updates with assessment, informative and timely world news, refereed Web links, research tools, student study tools, interactive exercises, and much more.
- Entrepreneurship, PowerWeb, 2003/2004: 0-07-252750-1
- E-Commerce, PowerWeb, 2003/2004: 0-07-250463-3
- Entrepreneurship, PowerWeb, 2002: 0-07-252750-1
- E-Commerce, PowerWeb, 2002: 0-07-242549-0
- E-Business, PowerWeb, 2000: 0-07-242549-0
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Published Books: Entrepreneurship
Title: Entrepreneurship: Annual Editions
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
This informative anthology of current newspaper, magazine, and journal articles, explores the entrepreneurial process from idea to harvest. Selections are culled from such sources as Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, and Harvard Business Review.
- Entrepreneurship, 5th Edition, 2006: 0-07-352835-8
- Entrepreneurship, Instructor’s Manual, 2006: 0-07-3204544
- Entrepreneurship, 4th Edition, 2002: 0-07-252911-3
- Entrepreneurship, Instructor’s Manual, 02/03: 0-07-252912-1
- Entrepreneurship, 3rd Edition, 2001: 0-07-243363-9
- Entrepreneurship, Instructor’s Manual, 01/02: 0-07-243389-2
- Entrepreneurship, Instructor’s Manual, 00/01: 0-07-236510-2
- Entrepreneurship, 2nd Edition, 1999: 0-07-236509-9
- Entrepreneurship, 1st Edition, 1998: 0-07-290474-7
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Published Books: E-Business
Title: E-Business: Annual Editions
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
This reader is a compilation of current newspaper, magazine and journal articles on issues dealing with e-business. Units include: understanding the e-business tidal wave; deciding on e-business models and strategies; integrating the value chain with Web technologies; creating marketing and branding strategies in the new economy; building communities and enhancing consumer experiences; going global through the Net; and the future of e-business.
- E-Business, Instructor’s Manual, 01/02: 0-07-243116-4
- E-Business, 1st Edition, 2000: 0-07-243115-6
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Published Books: Technology & Innovation Management
Title: Internet & Business: Annual Editions
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
This reader is a compilation of current, carefully selected articles from Business Week. These selections provide effective and useful perspectives on today’s important topics concerning the Internet and business.
- Internet & Business, Instructor’s Manual: 0-07-239625-3
- Internet & Business, 1st Edition, 2001: 0-07-243359-0