Constant coordination and facilitation is also necessary to sustain Extension's new business partnerships. In Wisconsin, in fact, a UW-Extension specialist is responsible for external relations with business and professional associations. Extension, with its county-based delivery and referral network and its linkage to participating University of Wiscon sin campuses, is ideally suited for coordinating business partnerships. Clearly, a growing need exists for Extension to build partnerships with the business community. In Wisconsin alone, this means an existing clientele of just over 100,000 small firms, with thousands of new ventures each year and, correspondingly, hundreds of individual dreams and investments destroyed for lack of management skills.
Extension has delivery networks and resources that are needed.
With the building of new business partnerships, Extension's impact can be significant. Inc. ISSN 1077-5315. Articles appearing in the Journal become the property of the Journal. Single copies of articles may be reproduced in electronic or print form for use in educational or training activities.