Why do business angels become angels?

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how does one teach leadership? how does one teach someone to think more like a leader? how would you approach it, and what would you focus on?

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Interested in collaboration on entrepreneurship/ innovation research?

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With a nonlinear optimization problem, would limiting the full coefficient set constitute searching in sub regions?

With a nonlinear optimization problem, would limiting the full coefficient set of x coefficients to y coefficients, with y < x, constitute searching in specific sub regions? The remaining...

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Does a sub or pre creativity state exist?

Does a sub or pre creativity/ innovation state exist? You have a sub-conscious and intuition, that contribute significantly to creativity/ innovation by working "in the background" and "after...

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Creative problems solving teaching and instruction and/ versus innovation teaching and instruction: does the one entail the other?

To what extent would creative problem solving instruction entail, cover, and transfer or result in creativity and innovation instruction? If a person has been taught creative problem solving, to...

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Applied research in entrepreneurship and innovation

What do you perceive as good topics for applied research in entrepreneurship and innovation? Note the emphasis on applied research.

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Teaching entrepreneurship in levels or stages

If you were to teach entrepreneurship in levels or stages, how would you do this? How many stages or levels would you have, and what would you teach at each stage or level? What would be very...

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The impact of hope or motivation as higher level constructs on creativity and innovation

To what extent does hope or motivation impact and determine creativity and innovation? In this, motivation and hope are likely high(er) level constructs. What are the factors that contribute to...

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Is it possible to prevent the evolutionary algorithm from descending too quickly with nonconvex nonlinear optimization?

I run a nested or multi level optimization problem, because the nonlinearity is simply too much for the evolutionary algorithm. I use optimization to search an initial solution, to further search...

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How much education and knowledge does the entrepreneur need?

How much education and knowledge does the entrepreneur need? This is referring to common/ ordinary entrepreneurs - the average entrepreneur - and not "lucky stars" or "fly by nights". At the same...

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What does Servant Leadership mean today and in the future? What are the advantages and disadvantages?

In current time of many changes in business and world of work, a lot is said and reported about the importance, skills and benefits of leadership. Are soft skills becoming more and more important?...

02 March 2021 8,149 3 View

What are possible instrumental variables for business dynamics (firm entry/exit)?

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28 February 2021 5,322 3 View

Why am I not able to use all VEP programs for the in silico analysis of avpr1b SNP's?

Good day researchers I am busy analysing the predicted effects of certain SNP's in AVPR1b. When using the VEP prediction programs (SIFT, Polyphen, FATHMM, LRT, Provean, Mutation Assessor, and...

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What are the important topics in the field of Artificial Intelligence in Business world?

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How can misfit between business requirents and ERP system business process be reduced?

One main reason for failure of most ERP implementations is the misfit between business requirents and ERP system business process be reduced. How can the misfit between business requirents and ERP...

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Why is ethics significant in business and how should one control unethical behavior ?

1. The significance of ethics to business and how to control bad behavior.

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Dissertation Topic Ideas for MSc Business Management?

Hello, I hope everyone reading this is doing well during these tough times. I am doing my masters in business management and considering dissertation topics. I'm interested in taking an...

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Is there research limitation on the relationships between digital capabilities, market orientation, brand perception and business performance?

I am looking for supporting studies discussing literature limitations on the relationships between digital capabilities, market orientation, brand perception and business performance. Also, a...

14 February 2021 7,457 5 View

What are the latest topics in strategic management area, esp those related to Quantum managment?

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Up to what extent website personalization can help in creating urge to buy impulsively?

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Mirna Leko-Šimić

A very interesting question. I wonder why in some countries there are so many business angels in in some there are none or just a few (Croatia). And they are all former or current succesful entrepreneurs. If you plan to di a cross national study I'd like to participate. Mirna

Brian Barnard

this is definitely something i will consider and keep in mind. though i would rather wish to collaborate on a paper on marketing in the context of entrepreneurship first. i will send you a private message later.