Entrepreneurship
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Increasing equity of access to point-of-use water treatment products through social marketing and entrepreneurship: a case study in western Kenya.

30 Aug 2009 Point-of-use water chlorination reduces diarrhoea risk by 25-85%. Social marketing has expanded access to inexpensive sodium hypochlorite for water treatment, at a cost of less than US$0.01 per day, in Kenya. To increase product access, women's ... Read more...

Perspective: Biotech funding trends: Insights from entrepreneurs and investors.

30 Jul 2009 Based on a qualitative study analyzing a series of interviews with dedicated biotech entrepreneurs and high-level investors, "Biotech Funding Trends" provides a comprehensive overview of current trends in biotech funding by taking a close look ... Read more...

Restaurant supervisor safety training: evaluating a small business training intervention.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVE: We developed and assessed a program designed to help small business owners/managers conduct short training sessions with their employees, involve employees in identifying and addressing workplace hazards, and make workplace changes ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Entrepreneurship'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The sky's the limit. 30 Aug 2009
• Increasing equity of access to point-of-use water treatment products through social marketing and entrepreneurship: a case study in western Kenya. 30 Aug 2009
• Perspective: Biotech funding trends: Insights from entrepreneurs and investors. 30 Jul 2009
• The QNI is open-minded when it comes to social enterprise. 30 Jul 2009
• As a researcher, aren't you an entrepreneur? 30 Jul 2009
• China. Help wanted: 2000 leading lights to inject a spirit of innovation. 29 Jul 2009
• Restaurant supervisor safety training: evaluating a small business training intervention. 29 Jun 2009
• How do feelings influence effort? An empirical study of entrepreneurs' affect and venture effort. 29 Jun 2009
• Social and cultural influences among Mexican border entrepreneurs. 30 May 2009
• Disabled nurses discover new career paths. 30 May 2009
• Sketching out a new career. Interview by Frances Pickersgill. 30 May 2009
• Transferable skills and entrepreneurial strategy. 29 Apr 2009
• On why nurses must seize the opportunity to be innovative. 30 Mar 2009
• Social enterprise. 30 Mar 2009
• Ethics: a word for all of us to live by. 30 Mar 2009
• Today's biotech industry in India. 27 Feb 2009
• Development of entrepreneurial activity in nurse education. 27 Feb 2009
• When times get tough. 27 Feb 2009
• BIO and the next generation. 27 Feb 2009
• A survey of South-North health biotech collaboration. 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Entrepreneurship'

Definition: The organization, management, and assumption of risks of a business or enterprise, usually implying an element of change or challenge and a new opportunity.

Descriptor UI: D016520

Alternative terms: Entrepreneurship;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: J01.219.375; N04.452.610.250;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: use qualif discreetly