http://blog.kyean.org Kentucky Entrepreneur Acelerator Network Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:01:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are a lot of interesting theories and methodologies about effective business management practices, but, in many cases, there’s not as much on-the-ground evidence that these so-called “best practices” make a firm more profitable. New research from Harvard Business School takes a hard look at the use of one such ... http://blog.kyean.org/?p=277 If the US hopes to maintain an international leadership position in education and human capital, it needs to do a better job of learning from other countries, societies, and institutions that often do a better job of preparing young people to prosper in the 21st century economy. A new report ... http://blog.kyean.org/?p=275 The latest issue of The New York Times’ Education Life supplement contains an interesting look at the growth of entrepreneurship education on college campuses. As part of this article, Education Life also lists “23 Bright Ideas,” i.e., interesting inventions and innovations developed by current college students. Some these bright ideas ... http://blog.kyean.org/?p=272 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its Technology Innovation Program (TIP) are looking for some good ideas. They have recently announced a call for White Papers from all interested parties who have thoughts and suggestions for “critical national needs” that could be addressed via the TIP initiative. ... http://blog.kyean.org/?p=270 Invest $30 billion in America’s information technology (IT) infrastructure, and you may create as many as 949,000 jobs. That’s the bottom line number for a new economic stimulus package proposed last week by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). ITIF researchers argue that the economic stimulus package should not ... http://blog.kyean.org/?p=268