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Appalachia, 1986
Four small business development experts examine ways of encouraging/helping entrepreneurs: market identification; management education; improved capital access; emphasis on business and producer services; import substitution; local purchasing; local business expansion; adaptation of good ideas; response to problems/trends in lifestyle changes,…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economic Opportunities, Economic Progress, Entrepreneurship
Download full textButler, Stuart M., Ed.; Dennis, William J., Jr., Ed. – 1986
This publication provides the papers and discussions from a conference of economists, businesspersons, business historians, and politicians on entrepreneurship and public policy. "The Demographics of Entrepreneurship" (David Birch; Thomas Gray, commentator) describes research on the nature of job creation in the United States and Europe.…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Education, Competition, Economic Opportunities
Emporia State Univ., KS. School of Library and Information Management. – 1989
In September 1988, the Public Library/Trustees Section of the Kansas Library Association, with the support of the School of Library and Information Management at Emporia State University and the Kansas State Library, held a conference on economic vitality. Following a "Review and Preview" by Martha Hale, Dean of the School of Library and…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Economic Development, Economic Opportunities, Information Needs
Walker, Sylvia, Ed.; And Others – 1988
The proceedings of this first national conference contain papers on a number of issues concerning the employment of Black Americans with disabilities. Topics include: perspectives of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission perspective, the Rehabilitation Services Administration, the National Council on the Handicapped and the Health and Human…
Descriptors: Blacks, Disabilities, Economic Opportunities, Educational Needs
National Urban League, Inc., New York, NY. – 1977
The theme of the 1976 Urban League Conference was "a new bill of rights" for all Americans. Rights of blacks and other minority groups were particularly emphasized. The subject of the right to black representation in the American political system was addressed by Samuel Du Bois Cook. The keynote address by Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. considered such…
Descriptors: Black Education, Black Employment, Black History, Blacks
PDF pending restorationSolomon, George T., Ed.; Whiting, Bruce G. – 1986
The following papers are included: "The Visionary Entrepreneur" (Sidney J. Parnes); "Creative Discipline: Entrepreneurial Objective or Oxymoron" (Arthur Lipper III); "Wowing Your Customers" (Stew Leonard); "Results of Recent Studies Examining the Effect of Need for Achievement and Other Variables upon…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Education, Economic Opportunities, Entrepreneurship
Melis, Africa – 1992
This document provides a summary of the proceedings of a conference on business start-ups and creation in the 12 member states of the European Community (EC). Section I discusses the current relevance of the issue. Major topics are the explosion of interest in business creation as a means of creating more stable employment and political concern…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Career Education, Diffusion (Communication), Economic Opportunities
Melis, Africa, Ed.; Peigne, Florence, Ed. – CEDEFOP Flash, 1992
An international meeting explored work on business start-up undertaken jointly by CEDEFOP (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training) and France's Agence Nationale pour la creation d'entreprise. One opening presentation (Melis) addressed the basic idea underlying the research: to identify and highlight the role of training and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Business, Business Administration, Career Counseling
Bullock, Paul, Ed. – 1978
The papers and discussions in this volume report on the economic status of four minority groups during the middle 1970s. The problems of unemployment, underemployment, and poverty among American Indians, Asian Americans, blacks, and Chicanos are discussed. Emphasis is placed on social policy issues and contemporary economic problems, particularly…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Economic Opportunities
Peer reviewedJournal of Private Enterprise, 1986
Papers in these proceedings are grouped under the following headings: addresses, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, free market economics, public policy, and economic education. Papers include "Economic Freedom and Private Enterprise" (Murray L. Weidenbaum); "Marxism and the Free, Capitalist Society" (Tibor R. Machan); "Knowledge,…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Business Administration, Business Education, Economic Development
Minnesota State Dept. of Energy and Economic Development, St. Paul. – 1984
The texts of four speeches and seven workshop presentations comprise this report intended to be a resource for rural women seeking careers in business ownership and to assist Minnesota's legislature and others interested in helping them. Presentations provide practical, technical, and inspirational information by 18 women with experience and…
Descriptors: Business, Business Administration, Career Guidance, Career Planning
Solomon, George T., Ed.; And Others – 1988
The following papers are included: "Defining the Win and Thereby Lessening the Losses for Successful Entrepreneurs" (Arthur Lipper III); "It Can Be Done" (Anthony Lemme); "A Self-Portrait of Entrepreneurs" (George T. Solomon, Erik K. Winslow); "Software Entrepreneurship: Lessons Learned" (John Coyne);…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Education, Creativity, Economic Opportunities
Voght, Geoffrey M., Ed. – 1983
A collection of eight papers from the first part of the conference focuses on the applications of language and cultural studies to business. The following are included: "Foreign Language Skills are Survival Skills in Today's Business" (Jack Troyanovich), "Increasing International Business Opportunities through Improved Cross-Cultural Training" (L.…
Descriptors: Business, Business Administration Education, Cross Cultural Training, Economic Opportunities
Boeren, Ad J. J. M., Ed.; Epskamp, Kees P., Ed. – 1990
This book contains the partial proceedings of a symposium dedicated to concern for basic education for the masses. The book includes a position paper that focuses on education in relation to its cultural setting, socio-economic context, and partnerships in research. The result of the meeting was the identification of research that seemed…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Developing Nations, Economic Opportunities, Educational Development
Gould, Sara K., Ed.; Parzen, Julia, Ed. – 1990
This collection of papers stresses the need to expand female entrepreneurship by encouraging women to set up new businesses, making it easier for them to become self-employed, and being more considerate of women's wishes and potential. This report contains two parts: "Setting the Scene" and "Local Responses: What Is and What Could Be." Part 1…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Administration Education, Business Cycles, Business Skills
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