Babson In The News, produced by the Babson Public Relations Office, contains some of the active online articles concerning Babson and/or Babson community members that appeared in June.
Program Focuses On Black Business Owners
MSNBC.com, WA, 6/9/05
Babson/HBCU/Ford program on minority entrepreneurship
Diversifying Options
Entrepreneur.com, CA, 6/1/06
Vice Provost Stephen Spinelli, Jr. on Babson/Ford/HBCU program
Babson Receives $20m From Alumnus
Financial Times.com, UK, 6/6/05
Gift from Weissman family
Get Ready. The Rules Are Changing
Computerworld.com, 6/13/05
When business processes become commodities, all the rules change in ways that can revolutionize business, says Prof. Thomas Davenport
New MBA Provider Could Prove A Tough Challenge
Portland Business Journal.com, OR, 6/13/05
Babson Fast Track could test the mettle of Oregon's B-schools
This Women's Network Is Humming
BusinessWeek Online, NY, 6/23/05
CWL research on WBCs
Women's Business Centers Serve Many Low-Income, Minority Clients
, CA, 6/20/05
Center for Women’s Leadership study of WBCs
Women Business Centers Want More Funding
Inc.com, NY, 6/23/05
CWL research on WBCs
Kuwait Taps Female Minister; Iran Blocks A Protest
Women's eNews, NY, 6/18/05
CWL research on WBCs
Angels Among Us
Businessweek Online, NY, 6/20/05
Entrepreneurs with younger companies are even more likely to invest, according to research from Prof. William Bygrave
What Are Mergers Good For
New York Times Magazine.com, NY, 6/5/05
Research by Prof. Richard Bliss found that these deals had a positive effect on the size of executive compensation
Indie Bookstores' Survival Stories
BusinessWeek Online, NY, 6/2/05
Dean Mark Rice says small outlets need to differentiate themselves
Making A Movie, And A High-Stakes Bet
International Herald Tribune.com, France, 6/9/05
Spending before raising money is a classic pitfall for entrepreneurs, says Prof. Andrew Zacharakis
Don't Let Your Startup Kill You
BusinessWeek Online, NY, 6/16/05
The days when people naïvely looked at business ownership as a ticket to freedom are ending, says Dean Patricia Greene
CEOs/Owners and Academics Partner At Babson Entrepreneurship Conference
Lycos Business/Quote.com, MA, 6/3/05
Babson’s Price-Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators
Can't We All Just Get Along?
Businessweek Online, NY, 6/20/05
Column on family enterprising by Prof. Tim Habbershon
What an Executive Coach Can Do for You
Working Knowledge.com, MA, 6/13/05
Coaching is effective for executives who can say, "I want to get over there, but I'm not sure how to do it," says James Hunt, an associate professor of management at Babson and coauthor of The Coaching Manager
Prophet Motives
Detroit News.com, MI, 6/5/05
"There's a fine line to walk between sharing your values at work in a positive way and feeling the workplace would be better if everybody shared your values," said Babson’s Rev. Thomas Sullivan
Is Your Personality Suited To Franchising?
Entrepreneur.com, CA, 6/30/05
Vice Provost Stephen Spinelli, Jr. on franchising
Clemente's Family Is Angered By Items Up For Auction
New York Times.com, NY, 6/4/05
Prof. James Hoopes called the sale of the pieces "ghoulish”
Ronald McDonald Downsizes To Promote Healthy Lifestyle
WPXI.com, PA, 6/9/05
Saving the fast food giant's reputation is just one motivation behind Ronald's makeover, said Prof. Anne Roggeveen
Report: Number Of New Or Young Start-Ups Drops In 2004
MarketWatch.com, NY, 6/10/05
Prof. William Bygrave disputes the findings
Hundreds Of Scholars/Entrepreneurs At Entrepreneurial Research Conference
PRNewswire.com, 6/10/05
Babson-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BKERC)
For Younger Professionals 'Entrepreneur' Isn't A Bad Word Anymore
Boston Globe.com, MA, 6/12/05
Prof. Andrew Zacharakis on entrepreneurship
The Case Interview
WEHT.com, IN, 6/8/05
CCD’s Susan Lemke explains that firms are trying "to pick the best and the brightest"
Relative Calm
Boston Business Journal.com, MA, 6/13/05
Dean Patti Greene on working with your relatives
Sudden Spring
Business-Standard.com, India, 6/10/05
Review of book by Prof. Joel Shulman
Companies Venture Into Social Networks Terrain
IT World.com, 6/22/05
People who are most adept at finding, organizing and managing their networks tend to use as few electronic devices as possible for doing that, invest time weekly to deal with information, make lots of lists and have had instruction in using search technologies, among other things, said Prof. Tom Davenport
Father's Unspectacular Day
Businessweek Online, NY, 6/14/05
MBA student's family business
Nordwind Transat Deck Log Day 16 (8 June): Neck And Neck
YBW.com, 6/8/05
Update on ugrad’s participation in race across the Atlantic
Cool Bracelets Make A Difference
Metrowest Daily News.com, MA, 6/11/05
FME biz supplies bracelets for local charity effort
Junior Bank Managers Take On Senior Roles
Banker And Tradesman.com, 6/20/05
Massachusetts Bankers Association School for Financial Studies was in session last week at Babson College’s Center for Executive Education
Turn On . . . Log In . . . Drop Out? Steve Jobs
Boston Herald.com, MA, 6/14/05
Prof. Andrew Zacharakis advises future entrepreneurs to get a college degree
This Sophomore Has A Good Idea
Bristol Press.com, CT, 6/11/05
Sandstrom competed in the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship’s New England Regional Business Plan Competition at Babson
Springfield Teen's Business Lauded
The Republican.com, MA, 6/11/05
Wadud won third place in the New England Regional Youth Business Plan Competition held at Babson
University Degrees Online – Get The Facts About Online
PR Leap.com, CA, 6/18/05
A comprehensive survey released by Babson and the Sloan Consortium concludes that online learning is just as good as traditional, face-to-face classroom instruction
Jake-Pot! `Good' Life Gets Better
Boston Herald.com, MA, 6/6/05
"That's highly unusual is that viral marketing has sustained them,'' said Lecturer Kel Kelly
Business Plan Competition Brings Out Entrepreneurs
Union Leader.com, NH, 6/10/05
Prof. Julian Lange chairs the business plan competition steering committee
Lenovo Gets A+ At Babson College By Reducing Data Transfer Time By Two-Thirds
Market Wire.com, 6/22/05
Lenovo announces that Babson has deployed ThinkPad notebooks for the fifth consecutive year throughout its campus to support innovative learning experiences and increase student productivity
JasperSoft To Speak On Open Source Business Intelligence At Mass Software Council Open Source Summit and SDForum Open Source SIG
Yahoo News.com, CA, 6/21/05
Event at Babson Executive Conference Center
Teaching Entrepreneurship To Engineering Professors
Investors.com, CA, 6/24/05
Babson & Olin colleges are teaching engineering educators how to apply entrepreneurship theory and practice as part of an engineering education
Biomed Rounds: Collegiate Inventors Group Offers Grants For Young Companies
MassHighTech.com, MA, 6/27/05
Vayusa/MobileLime out of Babson receives funding
Preparing For The Great Indoors
Boston Globe.com, MA, 6/30/05
CWL’s Jan Shubert said there are still ''pathetically few" women at the top of companies
Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance And Telecom Expense Reductions Can Be Unlocked In A Single Process
PR Newswire.com, 6/8/05
Leading edge users are immediately realizing significant telecom savings, gaining new financial control of their telecom networks, while simultaneously and automatically creating Sarbanes-Oxley compliance documentation," said Prof. Emeritus Lawrence Isaacson
Utech Joins Global Research Team On Entrepreneurism
Jamaica Observer.com, Jamaica, 6/26/06
Lead institutions doing the research are Babson and the London Business School
Public Firms With Family Ties Sublime
Cincinnati.com, OH, 6/26/06
A Babson Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research study found that firms that had 10 percent or more ownership by insiders or two or more directors that shared names were more likely than traditional publicly traded companies to generate better shareholder returns, cash flow and sales growth
What Is Vendors' Role In Raising Solution Provider Profitability?
CRN.com, 6/24/05
Channel Elite MBA program, run in conjunction with Babson's Entrepreneurial Studies program
