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The role of Universities in Technology Transfer and Assisting Business Startups - Lessons from Georgia Tech, MIT and Maryland
| Speaker : |
Prof. Scott Andrew Shane
Associate Prof. of Entrepreneurship, Robert H. Smith School of Business,
Director of Research at the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Maryland |
Seminars organised by
the Entrepreneurship
Centre are now on the
CIT NUSLive website |
| Date: |
24 March 2000 (Friday) |
| Time: |
6.00 pm-7.30 pm (Light refreshments will be available from 5.30pm - 6.00pm) |
| Venue: |
Lecture Theatre 18, Faculty of Business Administration, NUS.
(Near Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library. Enter by Kent Ridge Drive, into Hon Sui Sen Drive) |
About the Speaker
Prof. Scott Shane is Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Robert H. Smith School of Business and Director of Research at the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland. From 1996-1999, he was assistant professor of entrepreneurship at the Sloan School at MIT, and assistant director of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center. From 1993-1996, he was Assistant Professor and Director of the DuPree Center for Entrepreneurship and New Venture Development at Georgia Institute of Technology. The author of over 30 scholarly articles on entrepreneurship and innovation management, Dr. Shane's work has appeared in Management Science, Organization Science, Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Strategic Management Journal, Decision Science, and Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, among other journals. He is currently associate editor of the R&D, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Division of Management Science. Dr. Shane's Ph.D. is from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. His current research examines how entrepreneurs discover and evaluate opportunities, assemble resources, and design organizations. Dr. Shane has consulted to numerous large and small organizations, and has taught in executive education programs in Norway, Poland, New Zealand and the United States. His research has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Inc., and Entrepreneur Magazine.
We are pleased to invite you and your colleagues to attend the talk.
As there are limited number of seats available, please register for the talk by 22 March 2000 via email to joannesim@nus.edu.sg; or Fax: 8737809, with your name and designation.
Admission is free.
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