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Harold and Pauline
Price Center
for Entrepreneurial Studies

http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x554.xml

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Knapp Venture Competition

The Knapp Venture Competition is designed to provide UCLA
Anderson students with an intensive learning experience in the venture
initiation process.

http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x10064.xml

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International Business Exchange Program (IBEP)

The International Business Exchange Program (IBEP)
provides Chicago Booth students the opportunity to study abroad at one of our
33 partner schools in 21 countries around the world.

http://www.chicagogsb.edu/fulltime/academics/international/ibep.aspx

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Leadership
Effectiveness and Development (LEAD)

Our unique Leadership Effectiveness and Development (LEAD)
Program gives you the chance to practice and perfect key communication skills
such as negotiation, team-building, and giving feedback. LEAD builds these
skills through 125 hours of dedicated programming during your first year.

http://www.chicagogsb.edu/fulltime/academics/experiential/lead.aspx

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Elfman-Wareham Private Equity
& Venture Capital Lab

http://gsbportal.chicagogsb.edu/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_306_205_0_43/http%3B/gsbjob.chicagogsb.edu/Facultycourse08/CourseProfAllDetail.aspx?course_ns=34702&section_id=all&ac_year=2008

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International Entrepreneurship Lab

The lab consists of 10 class sessions in Chicago
followed by a week-long trip to China, where you'll meet with
representatives from local businesses.

http://www.chicagogsb.edu/parttime/academics/experiential/lab_courses.aspx

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Eugene
Lang Entrepreneurship
Center

The mission of The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center is
to instill entrepreneurial thinking in all Columbia Business
School students and to
create a community of business practitioners with a lifelong commitment to
achieving social and economic progress through entrepreneurship.

http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/entrepreneurship

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Master Classes

Master Classes are hands-on, project-based electives
designed to challenge second-year MBA students to master core concepts by
applying them to contemporary business problems. Projects require students to
make managerial decisions or recommendations on real-world problems companies
need solved. Classes are integrally tied to external organizations that
evaluate — and many times adopt — students’ recommendations.

http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/masterclasses

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Military in Business Association at Columbia

Helps MBA students with military backgrounds make just
this transition into business

http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/students/organizations/miba/

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Chazen MBA Exchange Programs

The MBA Exchange Program provides third- and fourth-term
students the opportunity to immerse themselves in the business environment
through a study-abroad experience.

http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/chazen/initiatives/mba_exchange

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Private Equity Program

The program is dedicated to forging ever closer ties with
the private equity industry by reinforcing the School’s commitment to linking
theory with practice and by engaging alumni who continue to lead the
development of the private equity and venture capital industries worldwide.

http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/privateequity

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Nonprofit Board Leadership Program

The Nonprofit Board Leadership Program at Columbia Business School
cultivates the next generation of nonprofit board leaders while providing a
valuable service to alumni and the nonprofit organizations on whose boards
they serve.

http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/socialenterprise/alumni/nonprofitboard

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Health Sector Management (HSM)

Duke’s Health Sector Management concentration is the
largest program of its kind

http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/programs/duke_mba/health_sector_management/

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the Global Academic Travel Experience (GATE)

Students study the business, culture, economy, and
politics of a country or region for 6 weeks before traveling to the area
studied. The travel portion of the course is typically about 12 days in
length.

http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/student_resources/international_center/global_opportunities

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"Leading through Innovation"

School Motto

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Berkeley
Finance Conference

To explore current financial topics and challenges

http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/fc/conference.htm

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The Mayfield Fellows Program

year-long program at the University
of California at Berkeley. It is a unique program designed
to bring together graduate students from the Haas
Business School,
College of Engineering,
and School of Information Management who share a
passion for entrepreneurship and technology.

http://mot.berkeley.edu/Berkeley_Students/Students/Fellow
ships/FellowsMayfield07.html

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Haas@Work

Haas@Work is a program that provides MBA students with an
opportunity to engage with companies to address a current, high-level
business challenge using innovation tools from the curriculum. A team of
students will implement recommendations selected and approved by the senior
executives of the client company

http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/instituteforbusinessinnovation/atwork.html

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Management
of Technology (MOT) program

http://mot.berkeley.edu/

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PEL – Partners for Entrepreneurial Leadership

PEL is designed to be a platform for students interested
in working for a start-up company to collaborate on independent job searches
and work together to land the job we want.

http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/ea/pel.asp

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Center for Responsible Business

Launched in 2003, the vision of the Center for Responsible
Business is to create a more sustainable, ethical, and socially responsible
society by establishing the Haas School of Business as the preeminent
educational institution for research, teaching, experiential learning, and
community outreach in areas of corporate responsibility (CSR).

http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/responsiblebusiness/

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Challenge for Charity (C4C)

Challenge for Charity is an organization that aims to
engage the entire Haas community in select charitable causes and to promote
social responsibility as a priority of future business leaders.

http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/c4c/

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Individual Professional Project

An integrated in-the-field experience

http://www.hec.fr/newsletter/9/pages/campus3.html

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Blue Ocean/Red Ocean strategy

INSEAD Developed business strategies

http://www.insead.edu/blueoceanstrategyinstitute/

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3 Potential campuses – Fontainebleau/ Singapore/Wharton

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Global Entrepreneurship Forum

The Global Entrepreneurship Forum was founded in June 2008
on the INSEAD Europe Campus as a way of bringing together our entrepreneurial
students and alumni and different entrepreneurial stakeholders from within
our network, such as early stage investors, head hunters for high growth
companies, etc.

http://www.insead.edu/events/global_entrepreneurship_forum/

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Your First Hundred Days (YFCD)

Your First Hundred Days (YFCD) is scripted like a reality
TV show using a multitude of clever teaching methods that allow students to
experience the issues typically faced immediately after buying a company.
YFHD was recognised recently by BusinessWeek as one of the five most
innovative MBA courses in the world.

http://www.insead.edu/alumni/newsletters/september2008/Entrepreneurship.htm

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Wharton-INSEAD alliance

The Alliance
advances global business research and practice through exchange programs, a
collaborative research center, joint executive education programs, and
cross-school alumni events.

http://www.insead.edu/alliance/

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The Africa Initiative

To reinforce its position as The Business School for the
World, INSEAD is developing the Africa Initiative, which aims at demystifying
Africa and supporting its efforts to create
leaders with a global mindset able to operate across multiple cultures and
geographies, with different stakeholders.

http://www.insead.edu/facultyresearch/centres/isic/africa/

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BR Incubator (BRI)

BR Incubator (BRI) is a student-run consulting agency
founded in 2002.

http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/bri/

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“Performance Learning” approach

What distinguishes our "performance learning"
approach from others is that it requires students to perform (deliver
results) in a real business setting while they are learning and integrates
three elements: students (1) learn theoretical frameworks, and (2) apply them
to real-world situations, while (3) receiving continuous feedback from
experts.

http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/prospectivestudents/performancelearning.html

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Sage Socials

Social hours, dubbed Sage Socials, designed to increase
opportunities for informal socializing among staff, faculty, and students.

http://www.johnson.cornell.edu/alumni/enterprise/fall2007/sagesocials.html

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Social Enterprise program (SEEK)

The
Social Enterprise
at Kellogg (SEEK) program reflects the converging challenges that
managers face today as they strive to be socially responsible global leaders
in their chosen fields.

http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/academic/seek/

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Kellogg Tech Venture

Kellogg TechVenture, a survey course for all students, is
designed to provide a deep understanding of emerging technologies that are
reshaping our lives and businesses.

http://www20.kellogg.northwestern.edu/dpco/offdtl.asp?coursecatalogid=1205

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Venture Lab

http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/News_Articles/2008/venturelab.aspx

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Global Initiatives in Management (GIM)

The GIM program is an intensive global business leadership
course designed by students.

http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/academic/international/gim/

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Four Pillars Model

Instrumental in advancing the Kellogg School's dual
mission of creating knowledge and producing socially responsible global
leaders, The Four Pillars — intellectual depth, experiential learning, global
mindset and values/people skills — provides our students with the balanced
tools to succeed at the top levels of any organization.

http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/kwo/win06/departments/index.htm

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The
Annual Kellogg Marketing Competition (AKMC)

The
Annual Kellogg Marketing Competition (AKMC) is an event at Kellogg where
teams of students market real products to the Kellogg community.

http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/student/sp_event/marketing/

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The Shadowing Project

Gives students a unique and exciting opportunity to
"shadow" a manager in a real company

http://www.london.edu/assets/documents/PDF/Shadowing_Flyer_2008.pdf

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Global Leadership Assessment for Managers (GLAM)

London
Business School's
MBA is about developing people with the knowledge, skills and attributes to
become global business leaders.  This course helps you bridge the gap
which most people have between your understanding of new countries and
cultures and your ability to lead others in culturally sensitive ways.

http://www.london.edu/mba/programme/corecourses.html#GLAM

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Second Year
Project

The
Second Year Project is the culmination of your degree.  Working in pairs
on a paid consulting basis, students negotiate the terms and timetable with
the client. The project offers students the opportunity to apply in practice
the knowledge they have acquired in the classroom, as well as gaining valuable
commercial experience.

http://www.london.edu/assets/documents/PDF/1968_2nd_Year_Projects_9.pdf

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Multidisciplinary
Action Project (MAP)

During the final seven weeks of the program, four to six
students work as a team on a real-world business project that test students'
skills and produce valuable information for client-sponsors.

http://www.bus.umich.edu/Academics/GMBA/Curriculum/MAP/Default.htm

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The Zell Lurie
institute for Entrepreneurial Studies

http://www.zli.bus.umich.edu/

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M-Trek

"To promote lasting bonds among incoming members of
the Stephen M. Ross School of Business community through
small-group outdoor adventure."

http://webuser.bus.umich.edu/Organizations/MTrek/about.htm

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Toastmasters

RSB Toastmasters is a student organization that provides a
platform for Business Students to practice and improve their public speaking
abilities.

https://ross-rsbtoastmasters.ecampusgroups.com/web_page.aspx?order=1&id=433

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Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise

The Erb Institute at the University of Michigan
fosters global sustainable enterprise through interdisciplinary research and
education initiatives, including our acclaimed MBA/MS Program.

http://www.erb.umich.edu/

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MIT
Entrepreneurship Center

http://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/

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Entrepreneurship Study Tour of Silicon
Valley

Intensive group tour of Silicon
Valley, focusing upon understanding an entrepreneurial
ecosystem. Visits to prominent venture capitalists and large numbers of
primarily early-stage high-technology new ventures. Required entry subject
for E & I option.

http://amps-tools.mit.edu/cfest/coursedetails.html?ID=12097

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“Mens et Manus”

Mind and Hand – MIT motto

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MIT 100K Competition

A competition for MIT Entrepreneurs to compete with
innovative ideas.

http://www.mit100k.org/

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I Have a Dream (IHAD)

The IHAD program at the GSB was started by members of the
class of 1992 in an effort to increase the 28% graduation rate of students
from the Ravenswood School District in neighboring East
Palo Alto.

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/pmp/clubs/ihad.html

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Center for Entrepreneurial Studies

The Center focuses on case development, research,
curriculum development, and student programs in the areas of entrepreneurship
and venture capital.

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/ces/

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Touchy-Feely course

In one of Stanford
Business School's
most popular classes, the central question isn't how to make a buck. It's how
can we all get along.

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/bmag/sbsm0408/feature_lifelonglearning_touchyfeely.shtml

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Arbuckle Leadership Fellows Program

The program is a two-quarter laboratory course where
second-year MBA students design and implement the leadership lab portion of
the new Strategic Leadership Course for first-year MBA students.

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/cldr/teaching/leadershipfellows.html

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GSB Executive Challenge

The Executive Challenge allows alumni to
serve as judges and participants in a series of experiential leadership
challenges with first-year MBA students, simulating some of the difficult
issues that CEOs and senior leaders face in a typical day.

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/CLDR/teaching/executivechallenge.html

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Global Management Immersion Experience (GMIX)

The Global Management Immersion Experience (GMIX)
encourages MBA students to gain international work experience by spending
part of their summer in corporate, government, or NGO-sponsored environments
in unfamiliar regions outside the United States.

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/gmp/career/gmix.html

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Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP)

Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Stanford
Technology Ventures Program (STVP) is the entrepreneurship center at Stanford University's
School of Engineering.

http://stvp.stanford.edu/

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Stern
Consulting Corps (SCC)

The Stern Consulting Corps (SCC) enables MBA students to
apply their business skills and knowledge to prominent non-profit
organizations in New York City
through 10-week consulting engagements.

http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/initiatives/sternconsultingcorps.cfm?doc_id=6908

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Healthcare Initiative

The initiative brings together the expertise and resources
of Tuck, the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and
Dartmouth Medical School
to foster leadership and management solutions in healthcare.

http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/mba/academics/healthcare.html

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Founder’s Forum

The Founder's Forum is a series organized by Tuck's Center
for Private Equity and Entrepreneurship and the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial
Network that features successful entrepreneurs sharing advice on how to turn
ideas into successful businesses.

http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pecenter/events/workshops.html

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Tuck
Student Consulting Services

Tuck Student Consulting Services (TSCS) is a student-run
organization at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth that organizes graduate business
students to volunteer their time to help local businesses and non-profit
initiatives with consulting projects.

http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/clubs/tscs/

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Social Impact Management (SIM)
Initiative

A collaborative venture that brings together efforts
across the university to raise awareness and advance knowledge about
effective approaches to social change.

http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/whartonfacts/news_and_events/features/2003/f_2003_11_24.html

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Wharton
Global Family Alliance

The Wharton Global Family Alliance's focus is to: Advance
the Study of Family. Business Research

Engage Families Globally

http://www.wgfa.wharton.upenn.edu/

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Venture Initiation Program

VIP is an educational program managed by Wharton
Entrepreneurial Programs which assists University of Pennsylvania
students as they guide their business concept from idea to implementation.

http://vip.wharton.upenn.edu/

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West Coast Tech Trek

Visits to High Tech companies on the West coast.

http://execmbajourney.blogspot.com/2007/01/field-report-wharton-west-coast-trek.html

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Wharton Business Plan
Competition

The WBPC is a comprehensive, 7-month platform to help
entrepreneurs and their teams launch their new business ideas.

http://bpc.wharton.upenn.edu/index.html

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Small Business
Development Center

The Wharton Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
provides business assistance to small businesses in the greater Philadelphia region.

http://whartonsbdc.wharton.upenn.edu/

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Wharton Entrepreneur in Residence Program

EIR provides an opportunity for students to meet one on
one with a successful entrepreneur to discuss his or her aspirations as an
entrepreneur.

http://wep.wharton.upenn.edu/EIR/

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Wharton-INSEAD alliance

The Alliance
advances global business research and practice through exchange programs, a
collaborative research center, joint executive education programs, and
cross-school alumni events.

http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/campus/alliance/

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