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===== '''- Thomas L. Friedman, The World is Flat.''' =====
OU has two main resources for I&E. The first is the Center for Entrepreneurship housed in the Price College of Business. They offer undergraduate major and minors, as well as a graduate Entrepreneurship Degree. The core is a three semester New Product Development course that includes Ideation, Feasibility Analysis, and Business Plan Development. The Center for Entrepreneurship offers Venture Strategy Sessions.
Center for Entrepreneurship- [http://www.ou.edu/price/management_entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship.html http://www.ou.edu/price/management_entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship.html]
CCEW- [http://ccew.ou.edu/http://ccew.ou.edu/]
OFA- www.okfa.org
Sooner Launch Pad- [http://www.ou.edu/slp/ http://www.ou.edu/slp/]
Govenor's Cup Competition- [http://www.i2e.org/entrepreneurial-development/collegiate-business-plan-competition/http://www.i2e.org/entrepreneurial-development/collegiate-business-plan-competition/]
TedxOU- [http://tedxou.com/ http://tedxou.com/]
One University Store- <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: calibri, arial, sans, sans-serif; text-decoration: underline; white-space: pre-wrap;">[http://www.ou.edu/content/oneuniversity/store.html http://www.ou.edu/content/oneuniversity/store.html]</span></span>
<u><span style="font-size:mediumlarge;">'''FFaculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''</span>'''aculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''</u>
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has designated OU as an Innovation & Economic Prosperity University for the 2013 school year.
The Office of the Vice President for Research includes many incentives for faculty to engage with entrepreneurship through a faculty challenge grant program, awards program, and research incentives program.
The University encourages innovation through their Intellectual Property Declaration, which can be found here: [http://otd.ou.edu/pdfs/Intellectual_Property_Policy.pdfhttp://otd.ou.edu/pdfs/Intellectual_Property_Policy.pdf]
<u><span style="font-size:large;">'''University Technology Transfer Function'''</span></u>
There is a strong emphasis on research at OU. The main resource is the University Research Campus which includes the Office of Economic Development. This office is comprised of three parts: Corporate Engagement Office, Office of Technology Development, and Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth.
The Office of Technology Development is the main resource for technology transfer.
<u><span style="font-size:large;">'''University-Industry Collaboration'''</span></u>
The Corporate Engagement Office is the main resource for University and Industry Collaboration. The Corporate Engagement Office is on the University Research Campus and deals primarily with corporate relations and business analytics.
<span style="font-size:large;"><u>'''Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts'''</u></span>
Innovation to Enterprise (<span style="color: rgb(73, 71, 68); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16.799999237060547px;">i2E, Inc.) is a nationally recognized private not-for-profit corporation focused on growing innovative small businesses in Oklahoma and making a positive impact on the state’s economy.</span>