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W. Ed McMullan

Researcher at University of Calgary

Publications -  20
Citations -  1169

W. Ed McMullan is an academic researcher from University of Calgary. The author has contributed to research in topics: Entrepreneurship & Venture capital. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 20 publications receiving 1123 citations.

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Entrepreneurship education in the nineties

TL;DR: In this article, the authors trace the recent history of entrepreneurship education before proceeding to deal with a number of questions facing those who would use entrepreneurship education as part of a modern economic development strategy: 1. Why is entrepreneurship education important? 2. How should it be distinguished from related programs? 3. How will success be measured? 4. Who will be the students? 5. 6. What will the subject be taught? 7.
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Outsider Assistance as a Knowledge Resource for New Venture Survival

TL;DR: The theory of outsider assistance as a knowledge resource suggests that new ventures obtain a unique blend of tacit and explicit knowledge through the judicious use of outside assistance as mentioned in this paper. But outsider assistance is not always beneficial.
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A Preliminary Assessment of Outsider Assistance as a Knowledge Resource: The Longer-Term Impact of New Venture Counseling

TL;DR: Using resource-based theory to explain why outside assistance might influence new venture performance, the authors track the longer-term performance of two samples of entrepreneurs who received SBDC counsel, and find that outside assistance may influence the performance of new venture startups.
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Assessing economic value added by university-based new-venture outreach programs

TL;DR: The New Venture Development Office at the University of Southern California (USC) as mentioned in this paper was established in 1984 to solicit, screen, and allocate community ventures into upper-level undergraduate and graduate project courses.
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Integrating Abstract Conceptualizing With Experiential Learning

TL;DR: Personal Application Memo (PAM) as mentioned in this paper is a tool for encouraging students of organizational behavior to actively engage the context of their experiences and to carefully conceptualize those experiences, based on the rationale of the Kolb learning model.