The mission of the Small Business Interest Group is to promote research about small businesses and to identify and share best practices about small businesses.

 

 

Leadership of the Group is elected annually by the Group membership; questions relative to Group mission, membership; annual work program and objectives should be directed to one of the following members of the leadership team:

Group Chair Whitney Oliver Peake Assistant Professor of Management University of North Texas (940) 565-3345 whitney.peake@unt.edu

Group Vice-Chair Richard N. Walton Adjunct Professor of Management Frostburg State University (301) 462-9850 richard@ermacorp.com

 

 

A member of USASBE in good standing, that has professional interest in the specific field of the Group and wishes to pursue expansion and promotion of the field and personal advancement through knowledge exchange and participation in the mission of the Group, is eligible for membership.

Click here to view a list of members of this group.

 

 

The Small Business Interest Group will pursue the following objectives between 2010 and 2011:

1. Ensure regular communication with the SIG. This involves sending at least monthly emails with updates and setting up conference calls with the most active portion of the membership, when needed.
2. Creative a directory of members within the SIG who are interested in research opportunities or becoming more involved, which would include specialization areas and research interests for collaborative opportunities. This would include only members who consent for their information to be released to other SIG members.
3. Launch one collaborative research effort within the SIG.
4. Create a preconference proposal planning committee, which thus far includes Daniel Degravel and Bill McDowell.
5. Submit a preconference workshop proposal.
6. Find ways to integrate groups, such as S.C.O.R.E., SBDC's, Chambers of Commerce, Microenterprise/Finance councils, and Ad Hoc groups into our work as a SIG.