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Visiting Scholar to Business Leaders: Consider "Learning from Near
Misses"
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Our Directors, In Quotes
Wharton Entrepreneurial Programs faculty are frequently called upon by the media for expert commentary. A sampling:
…There
are also sound reasons for leaving tempting paths unexplored. A young
growing company may simply lack the management and financial resources
to back a new venture. Or the plan may stray too far from its core business.
"Oftentimes, it's not a good idea for the company, but it's a fantastic
idea for the entrepreneur..."
Professor Ian MacMillan, Director, Sol C. Snider Entrepreneurial Research Center and author, The Entrepreneurial Mindset Strategies for Continuously Creating Opportunity in an Age of Uncertainty (Harvard Business School Press, 2000).
"There
are fewer entrepreneurs today, but they are stronger," says Raffi
Amit, professor of entrepreneurship at The Wharton School in the U.S.
Enrollment for entrepreneurship classes at the business school is down
25% from its peak in 2000, but those taking classes are more serious about
being entrepreneurs, he says. Though Europe's entrepreneurial environment
is more fragile than that in the US, Prof. Amit believes the economic
downturn has "introduced a new vigor" into the business environment
that will ultimately be beneficial to those starting new companies. As
long as start-ups have access to funding, a recession — even a prolonged
one —- won't be enough to kill entrepreneurship in Europe, he says.
Professor Raphael "Raffi" Amit, Academic Director, Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Program.
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