Contact Info
Location
R.W. Corns Building
78 S. Sandusky Street
Delaware, Ohio 43015
E wcenter@owu.edu
The Burton Morgan Entrepreneurship Student Paper Competition is open to all junior or senior students and is designed to encourage student research in entrepreneurship and small business. The subject area of "entrepreneurship and small business" is very broadly defined to include, for example:
as well as the more traditional topics associated with starting, financing, managing, and selling a small business.
The format of this competition is unique in that all students will be expected only to perform preliminary research into the topic they select. Complete proposals will include:
The finalist will be selected on the basis of this proposal, and a $1000 award will be made contingent upon the student's completing the research, submitting the final paper, having it approved by faculty judges, and presenting the results of the paper at a meeting of students and faculty.
A three-member faculty committee will evaluate the submitted proposals. Proposals will be judged on the basis of:
Completed proposals are to be submitted to Lori Lucas by December 4th, 2023. The winning proposal will be announced mid-December. The research is to be completed and the final paper submitted in late-March, culminating in a final presentation to faculty and students.