The services imperative: Focusing on the future of business

Services now account for a staggering 80 percent of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product and labor force, but many still view the world through manufacturing lenses, according to W. P. Carey experts Mary Jo Bitner and Stephen Brown.

Of mice and money: Entrepreneurs need focus, communication skills

Two entrepreneurial CEOs shared some of the challenges they have faced and lessons they have learned with attendees at "Entrepreneurship: From IP to IPO and Beyond," a seminar presented by the W. P. Carey MBA Executive Program.

Video: Women entrepreneurs discuss challenges and opportunities

Women who become entrepreneurs don't miss the corporate glass ceiling, but while some women business owners say that they do not encounter gender bias in the business world, others complain that they have to demonstrate an extra level of excellence and competence to men and women alike.

Exit strategy: Preparing for the sale of your business

Small-business owners say they love the freedom, flexibility and earning potential of working for themselves. But Joel Martin, the former owner of a $20 million New York-based advertising agency, said no one should go into business without an exit plan.

2008 NAWBO Conference: It's a man's world — or is it?

Does the world of business — in the past dominated by men — pose any special challenges for women?

Social entrepreneurs develop cleaner alternative to African wood-burning stoves

On his first trip to Ghana in September 2006, Mark Henderson traveled through countryside that was lush, but obscured with haze. Some of the haze was carried in by the Harmattan — a dry and dusty West African wind that blows in from the Sahara at that time of year.

Spirit of Enterprise Awards: Companies that change lives

The most enduring companies change the experiences — even the lives — of the people they serve. That is certainly true of the six winners of the 2013 Spirit of Enterprise Awards from the W.P. Carey School of Business.

Spirit of Enterprise winners embody the entrepreneurial spirit that sustains our economy

The W. P. Carey School’s annual annual Spirit of Enterprise Awards “are designed to recognize real entrepreneurs -- those capable of starting something, growing it and sustaining it through thick and thin with constant innovation and customer focus,” according to Dean Robert Mittelstaedt.

Five lessons every entrepreneur should learn

The 2012 W. P. Carey School of Business Spirit of Enterprise Award finalists represent a wide variety of small businesses, but regardless of their industry, their success stories sound similar chords. KnowMGMT has identified five of those strategies, measures any business owner can apply.

Six sources of funds to tap for your startup venture

Starting a business venture is never an easy process, says Sidnee Peck, director for the Center for Entrepreneurship. Peck elaborates on the key components needed to get funding for your business venture.