The Entrepreneurship and Public Policy Special Interest Group is dedicated to promoting teaching and research focused on the relationship between public policy initiatives and the level, intensity, and characteristics of entrepreneurship in the economy. The Public Policy SIG aims to be a forum for USASBE members where substantive issues on public policy affecting small business and entrepreneurship can be explored, discussed, and debated from multiple points of view, with an emphasis on how these issues can become part of our teaching, research, and service.

The Public Policy SIG will work to encourage the creation and dissemination of

1. basic, applied, and pedagogical research which explores the relationship between public policy and economic outcomes; and
2. practical information, analysis and guidance for academics, policymakers, professional staff, opinion leaders, and market participants at the intersection of entrepreneurship, market activity, and political activity.

An important part of this effort will be

1. the promotion of collaborative initiatives in new pedagogy, research, policy formulation, and other service among faculty and practitioners from multiple disciplines, and
2. the identification and creation of professional development activities for USASBE members in the area of public policy entrepreneurship.

Leadership of the Group is elected annually by the Group membership; questions relative to Group mission, membership, annual work program, and objectives should be directed to one of the following members of the leadership team:

Group Chair Julian E. Lange Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship Babson College Wellesley, MA 02457 Tel: 781-239-5013 Email: langej@babson.edu
Group Vice-Chair Noel D. Campbell Economics, Finance, Insurance & Risk Management College of Business University of Central Arkansas 211Q College of Business, 2301 Donaghey Conway, Arkansas 72034 Tel: 501-852-7743 Email: ncampbell@uca.edu View Bio	Group Vice-Chair Michael Issa CEO Quipu Applications, Inc. San Francisco, CA 94549 Tel: 415-513-5025 Email: michael@quipuapps.com

Annually, as an element of the Association’s strategic planning process, the Public Policy SIG will develop an action plan that outlines goals and objectives for the program year.

Goals and objectives for 2012 are as follows:

• Raise awareness among all USASBE members and other SIGs, conference attendees, and potential attendees of the Public Policy SIG’s existence, purpose, and activities and engage their interest, cooperation, and collaboration on public policy topics.
  
  
• Establish communication and participation-- with Public Policy SIG members and also through collaboration with members of other SIGs-- to explore and develop areas of common interest, thereby increasing the overall benefit to SIG members and USASBE.
  
  
• Refine Public Policy SIG objectives and post them on the USASBE website, along with other webpage information for the Group.
  
  
• Work closely with the leadership of the Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy to promote the generation of new papers by Public Policy SIG members and also through collaboration with members of other SIGs and all USASBE members.
  
  
• Promote the development and dissemination of working papers, both within the Public Policy SIG membership and also through collaboration with other SIGs and all USASBE members, on topics relating to entrepreneurship and public policy.
  
  
• Help USASBE members integrate policy topics into entrepreneurship teaching.
  
  
• Develop a USASBE 2013 Pillar Session on entrepreneurship and public policy.