The Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute in LSU’s E. J. Ourso College of Business has been awarded a Louisiana Board of Regents grant in the amount of $100,000 to be used for an economic development assistantship.
The Louisiana Business and Technology Center recently had a quartet of influential figures from around the state appointed to serve on its advisory board.
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UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR CITED IN UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER
Ye-Sho Chen, professor and director of the LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business’ Modern Chinese Business and Culture initiative, was quoted extensively in the LSU Today article "LSU Professor Discusses China Initiative" concerning the importance of international entrepreneurship and the cultivation of intercultural rapports in commerce.
ELLER CITED IN UK NEWSPAPER
Warren Eller, associate director of the Stephenson Disaster Management Institute at LSU, was recently quoted by the independent British newspaper Guardian Unlimited in reference to the excessive formalities hindering the Katrina recovery efforts.
SEI DIRECTOR APPEARS ON NPR’S MARKETPLACE
Mark Weaver, director of LSU’s Stephenson Entrepreneurship Institute, was featured in a story that aired during National Public Radio’s Marketplace regarding the use of entrepreneur farms to develop and train aspiring businesspeople.
NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLE QUOTES LSU PROFESSOR
LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business’ Department of Economics Professor Naci Mocan was featured in the Nov. 18, 2007 edition of The New York Times for his study regarding the effectiveness of capital punishment as a disincentive.
