It's All In The Family At The Babson Successful Transgenerational
Entrepreneurship Practices (STEP) Summits In Europe, Latin America
And Asia Pacific
WELLESLEY, Mass., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- More family businesses exist than any other type of
business organization in the world. Babson
College's STEP Project will research and reward these family
businesses during their regional European Summit, held this past
October, and at the upcoming Latin American and Asia Pacific
Summits, held November 12th-15th and
November 22rd-24th, respectively.
The Successful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices
(STEP) Project is a global applied research initiative that
explores the entrepreneurial process within family businesses. It
encourages and examines the continuance of the entrepreneurial
mindsets and capabilities that enable family businesses to turn
actions into ideas while creating new streams of wealth across
generations. Since its founding in 2005 by Babson and 6 European
affiliates, the STEP Project has grown to 44 affiliates involving
over 200 of the world's foremost scholars and more than 100
families.
The STEP Summits take place in connection with Global
Entrepreneurship Week, the world's largest celebration of
entrepreneurship, which runs from Nov.
12th-18th.
Regional summits are core to STEP's success, returning value to
the families that participate in research and allowing researchers
to understand the applicability of their findings.
In this year's European Summit, more than 35 participants met in
Hersonisos, Crete and discussed
issues that dealt with Power, Governance, Emotions, Entrepreneurial
Values and Culture, Innovation and Internationalization in family
businesses. Interactive sessions, group activities, exercises and
theatrical role plays enhanced the knowledge of all participants
and allowed for constructive exchange of opinions. The
Entrepreneurship Division Chair, Candy
Brush, attended the summit.
STEP's Latin American Summit will take place at Fundacao Dom
Cabral in Nova Lima, Brazil, in concurrence with Global
Entrepreneurship Week. Later in November, STEP will host the Asia
Pacific Summit at Bangkok
University. Leveraging its network, STEP has joined with the
Bangkok Bank and Fundacao Dom Cabral to incorporate the Summits
into already existing family-focused conferences in order to bring
together an even greater number of attendees interested in family
enterprise.
Find out more about the Latin America Summit
http://www.fdc.org.br/hotsites/STEP/index.html
Find out more about the Asia Pacific Summit
http://www.babson.edu/Academics/centers/blank-center/global-research/step/events/Pages/events.aspx
About Babson College
Babson College is the educator,
convener, and thought leader for Entrepreneurship of All Kinds(r).
The College is a dynamic living and learning laboratory, where
students, faculty, and staff work together to address the
real-world problems of business and society -- while at the same
time evolving our methods and advancing our programs. We shape the
leaders our world needs most: those with strong functional
knowledge and the skills and vision to navigate change, accommodate
ambiguity, surmount complexity, and motivate teams in a common
purpose to create economic and social value. As we have for nearly
a half-century, Babson continues to advance Entrepreneurial Thought
and Action(r) as the most positive force on the planet for
generating sustainable economic and social value. For information,
visit www.babson.edu.
About STEP
Founded in 2005 by Babson College in
collaboration with six academic affiliates in Europe, the STEP Project is a global applied
research initiative that explores the entrepreneurial process
within business families and generates solutions that have
immediate application for family leaders. The visionary
institutions that founded the project include ESADE (Spain), HEC (France), Jonkoping International Business
School (Sweden), Universita
Bocconi (Italy), Universitat St.
Gallen (Switzerland), Universitat
Witten/Herdecke (Germany), and
Babson College (USA). Visit STEP at
http://www.babson.edu/Academics/centers/blank-center/global-research/step/Pages/home.aspx
About Global Entrepreneurship Week
Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world's largest celebration
of the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring
ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare.
During one week each November, GEW inspires people everywhere
through local, national and global activities designed to help them
explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. These
activities, from large-scale competitions and events to intimate
networking gatherings, connect participants to potential
collaborators, mentors and even investors--introducing them to new
possibilities and exciting opportunities. Visit
http://www.unleashingideas.org/
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SOURCE Babson College