21733: Teaching About Markets and Free Enterprise

Friday, July 25, 2025

11:00 - 12:30 CEST (GMT+2)

Location: Bella Center: Hall A- A2-m4

Session Type: PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Teaching
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/5npx3Q

Organizer(s)

JP

John Parnell

U. of North Alabama, United States
ST

Siri Ann Terjesen

Florida Atlantic U., United States

Participant(s)

RA

Rajshree Agarwal

U. of Maryland, United States
ED

Eric B. Dent

Florida Gulf Coast U., United States
AE

Amanda Brickman Elam

Babson College, United States
JS

Justin Scott

-, United States
AP

Alexandrina Maria Pauceanu

Open Institute of Technology, Malta, Malta

Handouts Slides
MT

Michael Louis Troilo

The Catholic University of America, United States
SV

Sebastian Vaduva

Emanuel U. of Oradea, Romania
KW

Karl J. Wennberg

Linköping University, Sweden
AW

Allison L. Whitworth

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, United States

This workshop will explore teaching practices that support free-market thinking and market-based management. Functional markets supported by private ownership of productive enterprises and limited government intervention promotes innovation, competition, and social well-being. Each presenter in this workshop will share an exercise, case vignette, or another classroom approach grounded in a market orientation, emphasizing eliciting class interactions and discussions. The following topics will be covered: crises (e.g., E. Coli at McDonald’s) and fraud (Alameda, Sam Bankman Fried) embedded in free markets; how family firms can balance short-term profits and long-term sustainability without government intervention; a case of how recent FDA approval changes lead to expected impacts on lab innovation, increased costs of doing business, and limited patient access to essential tests; unnecessary regulation and reducing red tape within local boards and regulatory bodies with a case study of the Chattanooga Beer and Wrecker Board; influencing the curriculum and institutional governance in business schools; how to develop and undertake practical projects that engage students in real-life applications of free market principles to sustainability issues; how the new EU Taxonomy influences corporate decision-making, investment patterns, and competitiveness in both intended and unintended ways; conceptualizations beyond trade to introduce the “CEO of Me., Inc. framework”; and integrating this teaching with a large network of free-market organizations and opportunities around the world for students and faculty.