W06 b1600 readings

							                                  BUSINESS 1600
                                  On-line Readings*


* NOTE: Articles contained in the EBSCO database must be accessed from a computer
on campus. For these EBSCO references, follow the link to the EBSCO SEARCH page
and type in a couple of key words (e.g. from author and title) to locate the article.


Self-Assessment


Kurlantzick, Joshua. “Lead the Way – Searching for the Path of a True Leader”
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,306694,00.html


Sherman, Aliza “Balance Diet”
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,297246,00.html


Self-Assessment Tools
http://peerspectives.org/fmpro?-db=content&-
format=web1/rpt/main.htm&storyid=0171&-find


Rohland, Pamela “You’ve got Personality “
http://www.entrepreneur.com/Magazines/Copy_of_MA_SegArticle/0,4453,284048---
-1-,00.html


Entrepreneurship Self-Assessment – What’s Your Entrepreneurial Potential?
http://www.careerintern.ca/CIP/ent_self_assessment.htm



Team Building


Caddigan, Sean “Building a Team of Professional Advisors for independent
Business Owners”
http://www.youngandsuccessful.com/articles/index.cgi?_template=view.tpl&_action
=detail&_record=7


James, Geoffrey “Building Success into your Corporate Culture”
http://www.youngandsuccessful.com/articles/index.cgi?_template=view.tpl&_action
=detail&_record=21
Foo, Maw Der; Ancona, Deborah “ Effects of External Contacts and Internal Make-
Up on Entrepreneurial Team Performance”
http://www.babson.edu/entrep/fer/papers99/XXVII/XXVII_B/XXVII_B.html


Bick, Julie. “Gold Bond - Alliances are Worth Their Weight in Business Gold”
http://www.entrepreneur.com/Magazines/Copy_of_MA_SegArticle/0,4453,306701---
-1-,00.html


Hendricks, Mark “Group Dynamics”
http://www.entrepreneur.com/Your_Business/YB_SegArticle/0,4621,304613,00.html


Formation And Development Of Entrepreneurial Teams In Rapid Growth
Businesses, S. Vyakarnam, R. C. Jacobs, J. Handelberg,
http://www.nbs.ntu.ac.uk/DEPTS/cgb/research/PAPERS/form_ent_teams.htm

Building And Managing Relationships , The Core Competence Of Rapid
       Growth Business. The 19th ISBA National Small Firms Policy and
       Research Conference.
http://www.nbs.ntu.ac.uk/depts/cgb/research/papers/bamr.html


Creativity & Brainstorming


Williams, Geoff “ Innovative Model”.
http://www.entrepreneur.com/Your_Business/YB_SegArticle/0,4621,302457,00.html

Brainstorming, by James Moulder
http://forum.learningspace.com.au/web1/James/Read6340.nsf/504ca249c786e20f852
56284006da7ab/7943257bf66a8e72ca25691b004b88f7?OpenDocument


Parallel Thinking – Edward de Bono
http://www.debonogroup.com/parallel_thinking.htm


Serious Creativity – Edward de Bono
http://www.debonogroup.com/serious_print.htm


Ideas. CreativityPool.com
http://www.creativitypool.com/
Six Thinking Hats

Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats – Summary by Sylvie Labelle
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~caveman/Creative/Techniques/sixhats.htm



Opportunity Identification

Opportunity ID. Y-Enterprise Centre, St. John's, NL.
http://www.busi.mun.ca/b1600/CourseMaterials/opportunity id.pdf


Getting the Message Out


Trivia Quiz
http://www.gmo.nf.ca/quiz.php

GMO: About Us
http://www.gmo.nf.ca/aboutus.php


Alliances


The Small Firm's Step-By-Step Guide To Partnering
http://www.pslcbi.com/
Click on Best Practice "Publications," then on the document noted above.


Market Research, Marketing & Strategy


How to Identify a Target Market and Prepare a Customer Profile
An Edward Lowe In-Depth Business Builder
http://peerspectives.org/fmpro?-db=content&-
format=web1/rpt/main.htm&storyid=6378&-find


Market Research, Women's Enterprise Society of BC.
www.wes.bc.ca/info/MarketResearch.pdf
Guide to Market Research and Analysis, Canada Business Service Centres
http://www.cbsc.org/nf/search/display.cfm?CODE=4013&coll=FE_FEDSBIS_E


How to Create a Customer Survey: An Edward Lowe In-Depth Business Builder
http://peerspectives.org/fmpro?-db=content&-
format=web1/rpt/main.htm&storyid=9022&-find


Entrepreneurial strategies and competence building: knitting new relationships in
globalised industries – Afonso Fluery and Maria Tereza Fluery
http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/global/pdfs/fleury2.pdf


The Resource-based View of the Firm

Competing on Resources: Strategy in the 1990s. By: Collis, David J.; Montgomery,
Cynthia A.. Harvard Business Review, Jul/Aug95, Vol. 73 Issue 4, p118, 11p.
EBSCO Business Source Elite
http://search.epnet.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=bsh.

An Overview Review of the Resource-Based View of the Firm, Drawing on Recent
Spanish Management Research. By: Lopez, Vicente A.. Irish Journal of
Management, 2001, Vol. 22 Issue 2, p105, 16p. Read pages 105-109 only
EBSCO Business Source Elite
http://search.epnet.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=bsh.


Intellectual property in everyday life – a virtual tour.
World Intellectual Property Organization
http://www.wipo.org/about-ip/en/


Domain Names: Making a Good Choice
World Intellectual Property Organization
http://www.wipo.org/sme/en/index.html


A Guide to Patents
Canadian Intellectual Property Office
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/patents/pat_gd_main-e.html


Planning
Sales & Marketing Strategies. Business Plan Development
http://www.sms-direct.com/dw/businessplandevelopment.htm


Scully Career Associates. The Career Coach
Business Plan Development
http://www.scullycareerassociates.com/plan.htm


Small Business Point. Com
Business Plan Development
http://www.smallbusinesspoint.com/


Raising Capital

An Overview Of Angel Investors In Canada
http://www.bis.org/publ/cgfs19boc1.pdf


Steps to Growth Capital. The Canadian Entrepreneur's Guide to Raising Risk
Capital. Industry Canada.
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mangb/stepstogrowth/engdoc/stepover/ssg-overview.php


Sources of Financing. ACOA
http://www.acoa.ca/e/financial/index.shtml


Tony Tjan
http://www.pwc.k12.nf.ca/2000-01events/tonytjan.html



Social Entrepreneurship


Ashoka, “ What is a Social Entrepreneur?
http://www.ashoka.com/fellows/social_entrepreneur.cfm

Dees, Gregory “The Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship”
http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/centers/case/files/dees-SE.doc


Franchising
Tiffany, Laura “Franchise Basics”
http://www.entrepreneur.com/Your_Business/YB_SegArticle/0,4621,285725,00.html

“How to Research and Buy a Franchise”
http://www.entrepreneur.com/franzone/guide/0,3422,,00.html


10 Common Mistakes of Prospective Franchisees
http://www.inc.com/articles/2000/01/14880.html


Buying a Business

Buying a Business. Canada Business Service Centre Document 4009.
http://www.cbsc.org/alberta/search/display.cfm?Code=4009&coll=FE_FEDSBIS_E

7 tips for buying a business. Money Matters / Joseph Anthony
http://www.bcentral.com/articles/anthony/145.asp



Intrapreneurship


TBA


Movies

Rare Birds
http://www.uln.com/cgi-bin/vlink/031398802136IE.html

Pirates of Silicon Valley
http://www.uln.com/cgi-bin/vlink/031398802136IE.html

Other People’s Money
http://www.uln.com/cgi-bin/vlink/085391222330IE.html