Tag: Teaching Methods

This teaching exercise focuses on generating novel combinations of existing business models, products/services and markets. Diverse paths lead to entrepreneurial opportunities and innovative business Read more

In January 2021 I joined the Great Resignation and took an early retirement from the University of Minnesota (UMN). I had spent 12 years there teaching social entrepreneurship and managing Read more

The Entrepreneurial Deal Analysis course works well for students pursuing careers in real estate, business development, consulting, banking, and other fields. This spring, the Schulze School of Read more

Family Business Professors: 40 Ways to Energize Your Class

For family business professors and teachers, August means finalizing plans to engage students in the classroom. Here are free classroom exercises, interviews, case studies and other resources that Read more

Gordon Davis and Jim Wetherbe at the Celebration of 50 Years of MIS at the University of Minnesota in 2018. It takes a Herculean entrepreneurial effort to create and sustain a new academic Read more

A University of Arkansas program aims to show both business and arts students how to think more boldly and deviate from the norm. Arts entrepreneur. Cultural entrepreneur. Self-employed creative. Read more

Team Exercise: How Parenting Styles Affect The Next Generation

Because the family and business are inextricably intertwined in family businesses, parenting plays a critical role in shaping the next generation and their contribution to the family business. Read more

About half of articles written by academics are never cited. That's because they are dry, difficult to understand and of interest only to other academics. An old joke says that if a doctoral student Read more

Colleges and universities everywhere are grappling with how to teach in fall of 2020. Courses are being offered in online, in-person, and hybrid formats, and many instructors find themselves having Read more

This classroom exercise integrates LEGO � Serious Play � (LSP) during the Ideation process. This exercise helps students to learn the concepts of collective creativity and results in 100% Read more