Description
This paper examinesthe start-up of two educational institutions in a region of the world that has gone through violent strife and been involved in different levels of nation building. How different educational models and views of economic systems form the need for and success of such educational institutions are explored. This discussion identifiesthe benefitsand challengesof bringing formal education in entrepreneurshipto a region, against the backdrop of constant political, economic,and global changes.By using the case study approach, a record of events that led to the establishment of these educational institutions should serve as an example to policy makers, citizens, and the private sector in transitional economies who are attempting to use educational institutions as a strategy for entrepreneurial development.
Date of creation, presentation, or exhibit
2006
Document Type
Conference Paper
Department, Program, or Center
Department of Service Systems (CAST)
Recommended Citation
Richard "Rick" M. Lagiewski and Clare A. Lagiewski. "Bringing the new paradigm of business education to the Balkans- the case of the American College of Management & Technology (ACMT) and the American University in Kosovo (AUK)." International Scientific Conference: The Next Decade Challenges for Business Proceedings, February 2-3, 2006. Riga, Latvia, 2006. 224-235.
Campus
American College of Management and Technology in Croatia
Comments
Faculty Profile: http://www.rit.edu/~702www/faculty/lagiewski.html ISBN: 9984-705-20-XNote: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works in February 2014.