Harvard academic rates big-thinking Qld small business

ONE of the world’s leading researchers of small business, Harvard Business School professor John Lerner, will headline the official launch of the 2014 Queensland Small Business Week by State Premier Campbell Newman on Tuesday at Brisbane City Hall.

State Minister for Tourism, Major Events, Small Business and the Commonwealth Games, Jann Stuckey said Prof. Lerner would address the theme, When small business thinks BIG at the official business luncheon launch event at which about 200 business, government, industry and community leaders can join a panel discussion led by the international business expert. 

Ms Stuckey said the event was one of five Ministerial events and more than 100 activities planned across Queensland during the Week, which runs from September 1-6.

“We have invited Professor Josh Lerner from Harvard’s Business School to discuss how Queensland business is performing on the world stage,” Ms Stuckey said.

“I am excited about the opportunity to join some of our 400,000-strong hard-working small businesses in celebrating 2014 Queensland Small Business Week.

“Small businesses employ about one million Queenslanders, that’s more than 50 percent of all private sector workers.”

Ms Stuckey said the When small business thinks BIG event would focus on what business can achieve when it thinks globally.

She said 2014 Queensland Small Business Week celebrates the role small business plays in the Queensland economy.

Prof. Lerner is the Jacob H. Schiff professor of investment banking at Harvard Business School, and head of the Entrepreneurial Management unit.

Prof. Lerner sits on the World Economic Forum and presents annually on small business and entrepreneurship.

Business leaders can register for the event on the Queensland Government’s business and industry portal.

www.business.qld.gov.au/smallbusinessweek

 

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