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QCED Receives National Award
November 25, 2002
2002-11-25 - Queen's Centre for Enterprise Development (QCED) added another win to its track record recently, after receiving the prestigious Presidents' Award for Innovation in Entrepreneurship Programming from the Canadian Council of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (CCSBE). QCED received the award at CCSBE's 19th annual conference, held in Halifax, November 14-16, 2002.
"Since QCED's inception in 2000, we've strived to be the leading source of knowledge and service for the business, management and organizational development needs of innovative, growing enterprises," said Niraj Bhargava, managing director and CEO of QCED. "On behalf of the entire QCED team, we're very proud to receive this award, and we share this honour with Queen's School of Business, and with the many entrepreneurs and growth firms we've worked with over the past two years."
Nominees for CCSBE's Presidents' Award for Innovation in Entrepreneurship Programming are judged on five key criteria: innovation; contribution to new knowledge on entrepreneurship and entrepreneurs; the entrepreneurial approach of the program; fostering the development of the entrepreneurial spirit; and alignments with community, networks and resources. The winner is selected by CCSBE's immediate past, current and future presidents.
"While there were many strong nominees for the Presidents' Award from across Canada, QCED scored the highest over all," said Dr. Teresa Menzies, outgoing president of CCSBE and professor at Brock University. "QCED is a true champion of Canadian entrepreneurship, both in its innovative and specialized approach to working with its clients, as well as its firm commitment to increasing scholarly research about small business and entrepreneurship."
In presenting QCED with the Presidents' Award, Dr. Menzies highlighted QCED's "Just In Time Education Series," an offering of short, intensive modules that equip entrepreneurial business leaders with essential business tools to break down growth barriers. Dr. Menzies also praised QCED's "Knowledge Circle," the unique process through which QCED interacts with its professional advisors, its clients, researchers and Queen's School of Business faculty and students.
Other nominated organizations included universities, not for profit organizations and private providers of entrepreneurship programs.
QCED has been invited to share its research and approach to serving growth companies at next year's CCSBE annual conference in Victoria, BC, as well as the International Council for Small Business World Conference being held in Belfast, Ireland in June.
Queen's Centre for Enterprise Development - QCED Inc. - (www.qced.com) housed within Queen's School of Business, conducts leading research and provides fast access to quality business and management expertise through a portfolio of practical, professional services tailored to the unique needs and financial realities of growing firms across Canada. QCED's services are delivered via QCED Knowledge Angels™, business advisors, and leading professors from Queen's School of Business with an unparalleled depth of knowledge and hands-on experience.
Queen's School of Business (www.business.queensu.ca) is one North America's premier business schools. The School's programs include Queen's MBA for Science & Technology, ranked by Business Week (US) magazine as the #1 MBA in Canada and #2 in the world outside the US; the market-leading Queen's Executive MBA - ranked first in Canada by Canadian Business and by a 2002 poll of senior Canadian executives - delivered at Queen's facility in Ottawa, as well as to 14 cities across the country by real-time, interactive videoconference; the undergraduate Bachelor of Commerce, with the highest entrance standards in Canada and a 100% success rate in placing students in career-quality jobs; Queen's Executive Development Centre, Canada's largest provider of executive education programs; and MSc and PhD programs that produce leading researchers for industry and academe.
The Canadian Council for Small Business & Entrepreneurship (CCSBE) (www.ccsbe.org) is the only national membership-based organization in Canada whose goals are to promote and advance the development of small business and entrepreneurship through research, education and training, networking and dissemination of scholarly & policy-oriented information. The organization was established in 1979 as the first affiliate of the International Council for Small Business. It changed its name to CCSBE in 1991. Its members include academics, educators, representatives of small business support organizations, researchers, government officials, students of entrepreneurship, and policy makers.
For more information, please contact:
Niraj Bhargava, 613.533.6785
Laurie Ross, 613.533.2319