Events
The 2007-2008 seminar series details available. Co-sponsored by INSITE, WAGE and Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship.
Next Research Talk: Wes Sine, Cornell University, on entrepreneurship and institutions. Details forthcoming.
- Research Seminar Series (MHR 765 Ph.D. Research Seminar, sample Fall 2006 syllabus and Spring 2007 syllabus available). Working seminars on cutting-edge research related in technology entrepreneurship. [Spring 2008 speaker details]
- Policy and Practice Seminar Series Public lectures with policy makers, community leaders and entrepreneurs on different aspects of technology entrepreneurship. [Spring 2008 speaker details]
Are you a grad student in the physical, life or engineering sciences? Want to build your knowledge about entrepreneurship quickly and develop some key concepts and skills? Apply to the Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Bootcamp (WEB) by May 31, 2008!
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The third annual INSITE Conference will be held in Madison on Monday, June 9 and Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Among the organizing committee members are Lynne Zucker (UCLA, Sociology), Pam Haunschild (U. Texas, Management), Marie Thursby (Georgia Tech),Gordon Smith (BYU) and Daniel Kleinman (UW-Madison, Rural Sociology). This conference is sponsored by the Center fo World Affairs and the Global Economy with additional support provided by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
INSITE hosted its second annual conference on May 22-23, 2007 at the Memorial Union. Co-sponsored by INSITE and WAGE and led by Anne Miner (Management and Human Resources) and Brad Barham (Agricultural and Applied Economics), this event drew international researchers together for productive exchanges on entrepreneurship and institutional theory. [View details]
In 2006, INSITE held an internal conference "Understanding Technology Entrepreneurship and its Effects on Social Institutions" for scholars across UW-Madison. [View details]
New doctoral minor in entrepreneurship for non-business PhD's
Interested in learning more about theories of entrepreneurship? Want to know more about where new organizations come from and how you might use theories in learning, law, economics and other disciplines to study company formation, performance and more? UW-Madison now offers a PhD minor in entrepreneurship for non-business students. Please see this FAQ for more information.
Support
The Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy awarded a 3-year, $125,000 collaborative research grant to INSITE for faculty who examine different dimensions of technology entrepreneurship and institutional dynamics in an international context. Based at UW-Madison, WAGE fosters study into contemporary processes of globalization and international economic integration.
Additional support provided by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for the 2008 annual conference.
INSITE would like to recognize the generous support of the Center for
World Affairs and the Global Economy
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Campus entrepreneurship resources map! Are you a student wanting to know more about the entrepreneurship resources within UW-Madison? Click here.
Are you a grad student in the physical, life or engineering sciences? Apply to the Wisconsin Entrepreneurial Bootcamp (WEB) being held in July 2008.
This overview of the entrepreneurial community at UW-Madison and the surrounding area provides a helpful orientation to important area institutions. Want to know more? Check out Wiscontrepreneur.
All UW students are eligible to compete in the G. Steven Burrill Business Plan Competition for up to $10,000 in prize money.