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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 |
| 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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