Ventures in education

The Importance of Education in Ecotourism Ventures

Learner Responsibility in Management Education , or Ventures into Forbidden

Formal educational systems in universities typically place responsibility for the student’s learning upon teachers. Teachers have the knowledge and their role is to motivate students to want that knowledge and then to provide it in a stimulating manner. The students’ role is to acquire knowledge and to change their attitudes and behavior in ways specified by the teacher. In effect, the traditio...

Financing Ventures

The relationship between venture capital and growth is examined using an endogenous growth model incorporating dynamic contracts between entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. At each stage of financing, venture capitalists evaluate the viability of startups. If viable, VCs provide funding for the next stage. The success of a project depends on the amount of funding. The model is confronted wit...

Learner responsibility in management education, or ventures into forbidden research (with comments)

Formal education can be improved by transferring responsibility from the teacher to the learner. A simple approach to this is the time contract. Time contracts have been used successfully in nine quasi-experiments but, despite these successes, some educators see this as subversive research. Comments Postprint version. Published in Interfaces, Volume 13, Issue 2, April 1983, pages 26-38. The aut...

The importance of education in ecotourism ventures: lessons from Rara Avis ecolodge, Costa Rica

Ecotourism is based on three main concepts: conservation and protection of the environment, supporting local cultures and economies and environmental education for both locals and tourists. Thus far much of the research has focused on the first two components; largely ignoring the importance that environmental education has in the future of ecotourism and the conservation movement as a whole. T...