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New Beginnings in Belarus

As a lead up to the March 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Congress, I will spotlight here a handful of the 120 nations gathering in Liverpool to develop the best entrepreneurial ecosystems. Today we look at Belarus.

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Posted by: Jonathan Ortmans

on January 23, 2012

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Category:  Global 

Exploring Innovation Clusters

The OECD has a new publication exploring the challenges OECD countries now face in sustainingtheir positions and the lessons for other places seeking to build successfulclusters. Titled “Clusters, Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, the book addresses the followingquestions: What are the key factors forcluster success?  What problems are... [More]

Posted by: Mark Marich

on August 31, 2009

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Reality Check: Scarce Talent

The $787 billion economic stimulus package includes largeinvestments in innovation in areas such as energy, health IT, andbroadband. Developing these new technologies will be scientists andengineers, but here’s a reality check: we don’t have enough of them.Although increasing the number of U.S. scientists and engineers... [More]

Posted by: Jonathan Ortmans

on March 30, 2009

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Category:  Global  Immigration  Workforce 

UK Innovation Index

Great Britain’s Department of Innovation, Universities, and Skills has taken a close look at Britain’s innovation performance in its newly released Annual Innovation Report 2008. This first annual report follows up on the British government’s Innovation Nation White Paper published in March 2008 and the... [More]

Posted by: Mark Marich

on December 26, 2008

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Attacking the Recession with Innovation

Britain’s National Endowment for Science, Technology, and the Arts (NESTA) continue to produce excellent studies that provide a 360° wide-angle view on the role of innovation in modern society. Their latest report, plus an accompanying blog, tackles the tough issue of how innovation can help... [More]

Posted by: Mark Marich

on December 15, 2008

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