ERIC Number: ED270564
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985-Jul
Pages: 413
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Keys to the Future of American Business. Proceedings from the Creativity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Symposium (2nd, Washington, D.C., March 21-22, 1985).
Solomon, George T., Ed.; Whiting, Bruce G., Ed.
These proceedings present 5 keynote addresses and 28 session papers focusing on creation of environments for stimulating entrepreneurial activities. The keynote addresses are "Entrepreneurial Leadership--A Performing Art" (Gordon L. Lippitt); "Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Work in a Large Company" (George F. Troy); "Thoughts Regarding Entrepreneurship Education" (Arthur Lipper, III); "Self Employment: Who Are the Entrepreneurs and How Does Government Create a Climate for These People?" (Frank S. Swain); and "Innovation: Where Is the Relish?" (Frederick Herzberg). Session papers include "Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: Toward a New Conceptual Framework" (Carl Crego); "Small Business Dynamics, Effective Resource Utilization, and Innovation" (Thomas A. Gray); "Complexity and Disequilibrium: How Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and the Economy Come Together" (Benny Gilad); "Stimulating High Technology Innovations" (J. Davidson Frame); "An Examination of Export Attitudes and Behaviors of High Technology Manufacturers" (K. Mark Weaver); "The Technology Center Concept: Helping Businesses Start and Grow" (Loren Schultz); "Small Business Incubators: A Creative Tool for Local Development" (Jim Van Dyke); "Motivating (Guiding) Entrepreneurial (Intrapreneurial) Behavior" (Erik K. Winslow); "The Eleven Commandments: 4+3+2+1=11" (Reid J. Daitzman); "Entrepreneurial Employees--The Keys to Business Success in the Information Age" (Michael D. London); "A Longitudinal Study of the Dynamics of Small Business Growth and Development" (William C. Dunkelberg, et al.);"Characteristics of Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owner-Managers: A Review of the Literature" (George T. Solomon); "Value Profiles of Entrepreneurs" (Lloyd W. Fernald, Jr.); "Values, Organizational Size, and the Rational Model According to Peters and Waterman" (James E. Martin, et al.); "Entrepreneurship Education: Path to Creativity" (M. Catherine Ashmore); "Public Policy Affecting Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, and Technology" (Gerald F. Feigen); "School/Small Business Partnerships: Their Development and Their Need" (Leslie P. Hitch); "Roots of Entrepreneurship--From Small Beginnings to Major Corporations" (Gordon W. Engdahl); "Warning Signals" (Brian R. Ford); "Innovation through Investment in People: The Consideration of Creative Styles" (Robert Rosenfeld); "Public and Private Creativity" (Teresa M. Amabile, Susan J. Sensabaugh); "Innovative Problem Solving and Military Leadership" (Dennis E. Coates); "Creativity Enters the Curriculum at National Defense University" (Daniel B. Chapla); "Accountable Think Time: An Executive Function" (Harold R. Mc Alindon); "New Product Screening as an Analytical Hierarchy Process" (Robert F. Dyer); "The Small Business Innovation Research Program: A New Resource for Product Development" (George I. Morning); "Venture Capital's Role in Financing Innovation for Economic Growth" (Jeffry A. Timmons); and "Strategic Planning and Entrepreneurship: What Are the Current Connections?" (Steven C. Stryker). (YLB)
Descriptors: Business Education, Creativity, Economic Progress, Economics, Employee Attitudes, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Motivation, Postsecondary Education, Problem Solving, Public Policy, School Business Relationship, Secondary Education, Small Businesses, Technological Advancement, Technology Transfer, Work Attitudes
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: George Washington Univ., Washington, DC.
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