New - Handbook of Research Methodologies and Design in Neuro-entrepreneurship

Our handbook will be released in September 2017.  Here is the blurb from Edward Elgar the editor's catalog:

NEW

Handbook of Research Methodologies and Design in Neuro-entrepreneurship

Edited by Mellani Day, Mary C. Boardman, Colorado Christian University and Norris F. Krueger, UOPX, US

This Handbook provides an overview of neuroscience-driven research methodologies and how those methodologies might be applied to theory-based research in the nascent field of neuro-entrepreneurship. It presents the current thinking and examples of pioneering work, serves as a reference for those wishing to incorporate these methods into their own research, and provides several helpful discussions on the nature of an answerable question using neuroscience techniques. It includes concrete examples of new ways to conduct research that can shed light onto such areas as decision-making and opportunity recognition, allowing us to ask different, perhaps better, questions than ever before.

Sept 2017 c 288 pp Hardback 978 1 78536 503 4 c £110.00 Elgaronline 978 1 78536 504 1

                Research Handbooks in Business and Management series

Heads up! Neuro Grant - Could be Customized for Neuroentrepreneurship?

The Scientific Research Network on Decision Neuroscience and Aging will award 2-3 grants up to $30,000 in 2017 to junior researchers or senior researchers new to the area. The proposed research must focus directly on adult development and aging or on life course decisions that improve health and well being in old age. Applicants do not have to be US citizens but have to be at a US institution. More info here: http://www.srndna.org/funding/2017-grants/

Please submit a 3-page proposal, a 1-page line-item budget, and NIH biosketches for all key personnel as a single PDF document via email to funding@srndna.org. The $30,000 budget limit is direct costs; the budget should indicate the F&A (indirect cost) rate that your institution has negotiated with NIH for 2017.

The application deadline is Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Proposals will be reviewed by a small group of anonymous network affiliates and scored following NIH/CSR guidelines. Applications scored in the top 50% will receive complete scores and comments using NIH score sheets. We expect funding decisions will be made by mid-April 2017.

It's been a while, but things have been bubbling behind the scenes.

Now I am excited to announce that I along with two co-editors (Mary Boardman and Norris Krueger) am finalizing a draft of a handbook on neuroscience methodologies and how they can be applied in Entrepreneurship research.  Edward Elgar is the publisher, and it should be available as of the end of Summer (or early Fall) of 2017.  Here are some of the details:

Handbook of Research Methodologies and

Design in Neuro-entrepreneurship

Mellani Day
Colorado Christian University

Mary Boardman
Colorado Christian University

Norris Krueger
Entrepreneurship Northwest

This handbook provides an overview of neuroscience-driven research methodologies and how those methodologies might be applied to theory-based research in the nascent field of neuroentrepreneurship.  It presents the current literature and examples of pioneering work, serves as a reference for those wishing to incorporate these methods into their own research, and provides several helpful discussions on the nature of an answerable question using neuroscience techniques.  It includes concrete examples of new ways to conduct research that can shed light into such areas as decision-making and opportunity recognition, allowing us to ask different, perhaps better, questions than ever before.

Stay tuned,

Mellani

Presentation: Next-steps in Brain-based Research: Entrepreneurship to Org. Behavior

Next-steps in Brain-based Research: Entrepreneurship to Org. Behavior

It has been two years (life interrupted) however...

... today a distinguished team of scholars presented at the 2010 Academy of Management Conference in Montreal. The panel were contributors to the newly released "Neuroeconomics and the Firm" co-edited by Angela Stanton, Mellani Day and Isabell Welpe, published by Edward Elgars, UK.

The session was well received and represented the next steps in encouraging entrepreneurship and other business scholars to incorporate brain-based (including hormonal) research methodologies into their work.

Please refer to the next entry for details!

Mell

The Entrepreneurial Brain - More Questions than Answers

Is the entrepreneurial brain different from other brains? What are the factors that cause the entrepreneurial brain to perceive opportunities where others do not, given the same information? The goal is to create the experiment(s) that reveal(s) the answers to questions like these.

Don't have an fMRI machine in your back pocket?

We were honored to have John Dickhaut join our Panel Presentation and Caucus on Neuroentrepreneurship at the Academy of Management Conference in Anaheim this past August. He gave a brief talk about how he got started. He was intrigued by the possibilities of furthering his understanding of neurological underpinnings for behavior in organizations. He simply walked into his local neuroscience lab and started asking questions. Could it really be that straightforward?

Some folks at the University of Arizona have created a website for researchers who are not associated with an fMRI laboratory, but who desire to learn about and use methodologies that would incorporate these tools into their research. Take some time to peruse the following link: http://web.arizona.edu/~cnl/getstarted.htm.

You probably will also want to volunteer as a research subject. You might make a quick buck (at least it would pay for lunch), but of course you would get an inside feel for the receiving end of the experimental process. I've had MRI scans on occasion for medical reasons, you may have too, however the fMRI is a bit different in that you will be tasked with small projects, decisions, button-pushing, etc.

So, find the lab nearest to you and make contact!