Spring 2010
MANAGEMENT 4376 / 5373: ENTREPRENEURIAL CREATION & DISCOVERY
Instructor: Dr. Ron Mitchell
Welcome to MGT 4376 / 5373: Entrepreneurial Creation & Discovery. Course Documents:
Assignment Support Materials (PLEASE SEE SYLLABUS FOR ASSIGNMENT DETAILS):
MBA READINGS (use 5 or more): Learning Choice Assessment Tools:
NVT e-coaching Lectures:
Lecture 5 - Non-appropriability
NVT e-coaching Lecture OVERHEADS: Financial Projections Readings:
Other Readings:
Xtra Credit Puzzles and Challenges:
Below you will find access to course materials and other resources that
are designed to rapidly enhance your entrepreneurial expertise in specific skill areas.
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Mad Mitchell Motors Blank Excel Sheet: YOUR WORKING SPACE
Mad Mitchell Motors Completed Excel sheet (NOTE: CHECK FIGURES ONLY - - You won't learn it if you just copy it!)
Example of the way to write up the Notes and Assumptions for a Financial Projection
EXAMPLE-NOTICE TO READER ON THE COMPILATION OF THE FINANCIAL PROJECTION
Expanded Executive Summaries:
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1. Mitchell, R.K. (1996). Oral history and expert scripts: Demystifying the entrepreneurial experience. Journal of Management History, 2(3), 50-67
2. Mitchell, R.K., Smith, J.B., Seawright, K.W., Morse, E.A. (2000). Cross-cultural cognitions and the venture creation decision. Academy of Management Journal 43(5) October, 2000: 974-993
3. Mitchell, R. K. (2003). A transaction cognition theory of global entrepreneurship. In J.A. Katz and D. Shepherd, Cognitive Approaches to Entrepreneurship Research. In JAI Press: Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth, Vol. 6: 183 - 231
4. Mitchell, R. K., Morse, E. A., Sharma, P. (2003). The transacting cognitions of non-family employees in the family business setting.
Journal of Business Venturing 18(4): 533 - 551
5. Mitchell, J. R., Friga, P. N., Mitchell, R. K. (2005). Untangling the intuition mess: Intuition as a construct in entrepreneurial cognition research. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice 30 (November): 653-679
6. Mitchell, R. K., Busenitz, L., Bird, B., Gaglio, C. M., McMullen, J., Morse, E., Smith, B. (Pre-publication version) The central question in entrepreneurial cognition research 2007. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, (January 2007): 1-27
7. Mitchell, R. K., Mitchell, J. R. Smith, J. B. (2008). Inside opportunity formation: Enterprise failure, cognition, and the creation of opportunities . Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 2: 225-242
8. Smith, J. B., Mitchell, J. R., Mitchell, R. K. (July 2009). (Pre-publication version) Transaction commitment and entrepreneurial cognition: Cross level theory development and implications. Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice, July 2009, Vol. 33-34: 815-844
Lecture 1: Innovation
Lecture 2: Value
Lecture 3: Persistence
Lecture 4: Scarcity
Lecture 5: Non appropriability
Lecture 6: Flexibility