Business Development

• General Risk Propensity in Multifaceted Business Decisions: Scale Development*

Extant scales for risk propensity are confined to specific decision contexts, lending them less applicable to multifaceted business decisions where decision-making agents' general risk propensity across different aspects of the decisions can be an important determinant. To fill this gap, this study developed a scale that measures general risk propensity of decision-making agents and can be applicable to multifaceted business decisions. The scale development approach used in this study was based on Hinkin's (1998) guideline for survey scale development. A five-item general risk propensity scale was developed, then assessed on its reliability and unidimensionality, and further validated through its correlation with other context-specific risk propensity scales and with conceptually relate...

• Journal of Managerial Issues; JMI
• Vol. 22 Nbr. 1, April 2010

• Secretarial Business Development Mission:

• FR, February 09, 2011
• Notices
• International Trade Administration

• Secretarial India Infrastructure Business Development Mission, March 25-30, 2012

Secretary of Commerce John Bryson will lead a senior-level business development trade mission to Mumbai, Jaipur and New Delhi, India, March 25-30, 2012. The overall focus of the trip will be commercial opportunities for U.S. companies, including joint ventures and export opportunities. In each city participants will have a market briefings followed by one-on-one appointments with potential buyers/ partners and meetings with high level government officials.

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 80338, December 23, 2011
• Notices
• United States Department of Commerce

• New Joint Venture and Mentor/Protégé Regulations in Changes to the SBA 8(a) Business Development Program

This is the second in a series of Williams Mullen Government Contracts Alerts that analyze changes that the U. S. Small Business Administration ("SBA"...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• United States Law Articles in English

• Business Development

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GSP Consulting (GSP) has grown its international presence with professionals in several locations around the Commonwealth, the country and now - the world. GSP is the only Pennsylvania-based lobbying and consulting firm which, in conjunction with its European-based affiliate, offers its clients a suite of International Affairs services. GSP assists in extending the reach of U.S.-based companies in finding foreign markets for export as well as assisting foreign companies seeking to establish a state-side presence. On September 14, GSP hosted a meeting of over two dozen Office of International (OIBD) foreign trade reps from around the world and Harrisburg-area businesses. Wilfred Muskens, Department of Community and Economic De...

• U.S. Newswire
• October 04, 2011

• Joins Youchange As Evp of Business Development and Operations.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- YouChange Holdings Corp ("youchange(TM)") (OTCBB:YCNG), a leading Community for electronics collection, e-waste tracking, and re-Commerce, today announced that sustainability executive, Derrick Mains joins the youchange management team as EVP of Business Development and Operations. I am very pleased and excited to join the youchange team. In current economic conditions I believe that a company that can turn unused stuff into cash is poised to make a big impact. Take that same company and add to it a strong sustainability play and you have youchange. Youchange has a proven business model that is ready for scalability both domestically and internationally. I look forward to leveraging my contacts and experience and taking the business to t...

• U.S. Newswire
• October 12, 2011

• Southeast Asian culture, human development, and business competitiveness.

ABSTRACT Competition and entrepreneurship are driving forces in the development of economic systems. They create jobs, new opportunities to generate...

• Journal of Asia Business Studies
• Vol. 2 Nbr. 1, September 2007

• 8(a) Business Development Program Regulation Changes:

• FR, May 13, 2011
• Rules
• Small Business Administration

• Dallas-Based Career and Client Development Coach Cordell Parvin Discusses Basics of Business Development

For lawyers looking to jump start their client development skills, Dallas-based career and client development coach Cordell Parvin recently conducted a webinar entitled "Business Development 101 for 2011 and Beyond," hosted by LexBlog. Parvin, who practiced construction law for 36 years before becoming a coach, discussed the basics of client development and provided attorneys with a road map for getting started.

• Lawyers USA
• March 24, 2011

• Request for Tribal Consultation on the Minority Business Development Agency's (MBDA) Native American Business Enterprise Center (NABEC) Program; Notice of Public Webinars

The Department of Commerce's (Department) Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) seeks to redesign its Native American Business Center (NABEC) program. The NABEC program is a key component of MBDA's business development assistance program and promotes the growth and competitiveness of eligible Native American and minority- owned businesses. As part of the NABEC program, businesses that are owned or controlled by the following persons or groups of persons are eligible to receive business assistance services: American Indians and Native Americans (including Alaska Natives, Alaska Native Corporations, Tribal entities, tribal universities and tribal governments), African Americans, Asian Indian Americans, Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, Hasidic Jewish Americans, and Hispanic Amer...

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 15043, March 14, 2012
• Notices
• Minority Business Development Agency