Think you’re an entrepreneur in the making? It’s not as easy as it looks on TV…
June 24, 2013
By Dr Janine Swail TV programmes like Dragons’ Den and The Apprentice depict entrepreneurial activity unrealistically and set budding entrepreneurs up for a fall, according to a new report published in the International Small Business Journal. Dr Janine Swail, lecturer in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at The University of Nottingham, co-authored the report with Professors Simon …
Business schools should be wary of producing MBA ‘heroes’
By Paul Kirkham, Nottingham University Business School Producing MBA graduates who aim high and are committed to making a difference is a key function of any business school. What we must be increasingly careful to avoid, however, is the temptation to produce what we might call “heroes”. Ken Kesey, author of One Flew Over the …
Western Business Schools have Crucial Role to Play in China
By Professor Simon Mosey, Nottingham University Business School Every business school in the western world places enormous stock in its global appeal, but how many of them are genuinely catering for the market they probably covet above all others? Latest OECD figures show that in 2010 the number of students studying internationally exceeded 4m for …
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