2013 Small Business Institute®
37th Annual Conference

Best Teaching

Title: The new generation of massively open online courses (MOOC) and their potential impact on higher education worldwide   

Author:  Mariana Dragusin, Bucharest University of Economics and Dianne H.B. Welsh, University of North Carolina at Greensboro


Best Applied

Title: A survey of seasonality in small business

Author: Jeff Shields, University of Southern Maine and Joyce Shelleman, University of Maine at Augusta

Best Empirical

Title: The impact of strategic focus and previous business experience on small business performance

Author:  Michael Harris, East Carolina University, Shanan Gibson, East Carolina University and Bill McDowell, East Carolina University