Policy Forum Blog
- An Economist for the Court?
- Last week, Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced his retirement kicking off one of Washington's favorite pastimes -- speculating on potential Supreme Court nominees, their political leanings and whether or not the opposing party will turn the confirmation process into a bloodbath. Tim Kane, senior fellow...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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April 12, 2010
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Capitol Hill
General
- A Note on Bayh-Dole
- Last week PDE posted a note about an idea to improve the effectiveness of university technology transfer in the U.S.
There seems to have been some confusion following this about the nature of the breakthrough idea to improve the U.S. model for commercialization of university-developed technologies. In...
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Posted by: Jonathan Ortmans
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February 22, 2010
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Technology Transfer
- The Untapped Potential of Research Universities
- Everyone surely owns an innovative product that has its roots in a university lab, or knows someone that has benefited from the presence of start-ups that formed through the dissemination of knowledge and technologies from the university to the marketplace. Universities have been the lifeblood...
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Posted by: Jonathan Ortmans
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February 15, 2010
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Technology Transfer
- A New Year's Resolution
- Since the economic crisis broke out, capitalism has been under the microscope. Many have blamed evil businesses and market forces for the financial meltdown, and have lost confidence in private-sector engagement strategies for recovery. Luckily, in this country many more have experienced the positive impact...
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Posted by: Jonathan Ortmans
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January 04, 2010
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Global
- Global Entrepreneurship Policy Dialogues in Washington, DC
- Washington, D.C, the capital of one of the most entrepreneurial economies and home to the largest international development organizations is alive for this, Global Entrepreneurship Week. Policy events will focus, like others around the world, on the need to globally unleash a new wave of...
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Posted by: Jonathan Ortmans
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November 16, 2009
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Global
- Top Cities to Launch a Start-up
- This week, the Fortune Small Business magazine and the Kauffman Foundation announced the 50 best places to launch a business in the United States. The top 10 large cities (defined in the study as having a population of 1 million or higher) are: Oklahoma City, OK Pittsburgh,...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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October 15, 2009
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General
- New Report Shows Entrepreneurship on the Rise
- A new report by the Kauffman Foundation shows that the level of entrepreneurial activity in the U.S. increased slightly from 2007 to 2008. The latest Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity shows that approximately 530,000 new businessesstarted up each month, representing a .02 percent increase over...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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April 30, 2009
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General
- Women-Owned Firms Underperforming
- Last week, we highlighted an effort to promote entrepreneurship among women. According to new research from the Kauffman Foundation, women owned 6.5 million privately-held firms that generated $940 billion in sales and employed 7.1 million people in 2002. And they also underperformed relative to male-owned firms...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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February 09, 2009
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General
