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Our emphasis at the Institute for Entrepreneurship and
Innovation is to provide experiential learning opportunities, role models,
social and professional networks, as well as a “toolbox” of
entrepreneurial skills and a “roadmap” of the process. Our
goal is to produce confident young entrepreneurs who at
graduation know how to start a business,
because they have already done it!
We do it through the L-E-A-D model.
Learning
The Institute delivers
exceptional entrepreneurship educational opportunities and
progressive student programs. The Institute’s undergraduate
program offers a Bachelor’s of Business Administration with
an emphasis in Entrepreneurship. For students seeking to
further their education in entrepreneurship, the Institute
offers a Master’s of Business Administration with an
emphasis in Entrepreneurship, an EMBA Entrepreneurship and
Innovation track, and an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in
Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Additional educational
opportunities and experiences are available for all UMKC
undergraduates through campus-wide entrepreneurship
immersion, certificate, and minor programs.
Empowering
through research
The Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation faculty members
at the University of Missouri – Kansas City’s Bloch School
are among the top researchers in their respective areas. A
key advantage for the Institute and its students is that the
faculty’s research is brought into the classroom to better
prepare and educate the next generation of entrepreneurs.
The Institute’s faculty has one of the highest research
productivity rates, publishing 31 referred journal articles
in 2009, an average 5.17 articles per core research
faculty member. The Institute
currently houses 6 top faculty members in entrepreneurship
and innovation, two of which are among the top 15 in the
world as cited by the Journal of Product Innovation
Management in 2007.
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for more
about the research faculty and program.
Accelerating
experience
The
Institute also incorporates numerous programs – campus-wide
and across all program levels – to provide students a
hands-on entrepreneurship experience. The Regnier Family
Foundations Venture Creation Challenge
exists to encourage student
venture creation through a forum in which students present
new venture concepts to local investors, entrepreneurs, and
venture professionals. The
Student Ventures
Program is
an integrative experiential learning program for the
development, incubation, and launch of new student ventures.
By
uniquely and purposely integrating its entrepreneurship
educational and experiential learning programs, the
Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation makes
students’ educational discoveries directly relevant to their
entrepreneurial dreams from the day they arrive at the
University of Missouri – Kansas City through to the day they
launch their own venture.
Delivering
results
The
successful combination of these elements is results-driven
and clearly demonstrated though the Institute’s goal of
creation of 100 well-trained entrepreneurs and 10
high-growth ventures annually. |
