Business Enterprise Institute

Begin, Expand, Innovate.

Begin, Expand, Innovate.

UAA Business Enterprise Institute

UAA Business Enterprise Institute.

 

ABOUT THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE

Supporting business and entrepreneurial capacities across Alaska by linking economic and community development programs.

The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) Business Enterprise Institute (BEI) links economic development programs across the University of Alaska (UA) system and supports businesses and entrepreneurial capacities across Alaska. BEI provides a platform for high-level consultancy between industries and UAA. Providing economic development-related research and technical assistance, high-level professional education, small business development services and entrepreneurialecosystem enhancement for Alaska, BEI serves as a bridge to expertise and talents throughout UAA.

  • The Center for Economic Development (CED) provides guidance and technical assistance to Alaska's communities and public entities engaged in job creation and entrepreneurship. The center develops feasibility studies, regional strategic plans, economic impact studies, and a variety of applied research projects on behalf of municipalities, tribes, regional development organizations, and government agencies.

  • The Alaska Cooperative Development Center (ACDC) is the only organization in the state solely dedicated to assisting and promoting co-ops as a business model. As part of a large, nationwide effort by the Department of Agriculture, it can draw on expertise both inside Alaska and across the nation to assist new and existing cooperative businesses in Alaskan communities.

 

Business Enterprise Institute
1901 Bragaw Street, Room 199
Anchorage, Alaska  99508
United States
Tel: (907) 786-5444
Fax: (907) 786-5446
E-mail: cabell2@alaska.edu