December
- Tidings of Joy: An Optimistic Note for the Holidays
- The spiritof entrepreneurship was alive and well at a recent gathering of more than 400 Georgetownstudents interested in globalization and entrepreneurship. When asked why theycame, it is not surprising that most aspired in some way to make a differenceas a “social innovator.” What was moreof...
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Posted by: Jonathan Ortmans
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December 21, 2009
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Global
- This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy: No Hearings
- As Congress prepares for the holiday, no relevant hearings or meetings have been scheduled.
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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December 21, 2009
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Capitol Hill
- Legislation to Develop Science Parks Advances
- Last week, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee unanimously passed the Building a Stronger America Act which promises to spur innovation and economicdevelopment through the development of science parks. The Act allows the Secretary of Commerce to guarantee up to 80 percent of loans...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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December 21, 2009
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Technology Transfer
- OECD Scoreboard Focuses on Innovation
- The complete OECD Science, Technology andIndustry Scoreboard 2009 is now availablefree online. Scoreboard’s more than 200 internationally comparable qualityindicators provide data and analysis about trends shaping science andinnovation, and answer important policy questions such as: What impact has thecrisis had on innovation and spending on...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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December 20, 2009
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Global
Intellectual Property
Technology Transfer
Workforce
- Ten Breakthrough Ideas for 2010
- Creating an open, competitive licensingsystem for university innovators (scroll to the bottom of the page for the headline, then click on to the next page for the description) is one of HarvardBusiness Review’s “Ten Breakthrough Ideas for 2010.” This solution -- A Faster Path from...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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December 19, 2009
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Technology Transfer
- 2009 Hot Research Topics: Entrepreneurship, Jobs and Recovery
- The nation's largest funder of entrepreneurial research, theEwing Marion Kauffman Foundation, announced that the most popular research in 2009 explored pastrecession trends and entrepreneurs' roles in economic recoveries.The Kauffman Foundation has compiled throughout the year itsmost in-demand research, which was mentioned in news stories generating...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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December 18, 2009
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General
- U.S. Gives Green Light to Green Tech Patents
- U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced last week that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has put in place a new pilot program that will fast-track the review of green technology patents. To be eligible for the expedited review, the patents must materially contribute...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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December 17, 2009
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Energy
General
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship: What Drives Them
- Robert Litan, Vice President for Research at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and a Senior Fellow of Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution explains why entrepreneurship is so important and how it can be promoted in an article for Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI) titled...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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December 14, 2009
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General
- This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy
- Thursday December 17, 2009 Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship - Committee HearingMark Up of "The Small Business Export Enhancement and International Trade Act of 2009" and "The Small Business Job Creation and Access to Capital Act of 2009"12:00 pmRussell Senate Office Building, Room 485 [more...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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December 14, 2009
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Capitol Hill
- Bailout Funds for Small Businesses
- In a speech at the Brookings Institution last Tuesday, President Obama proposed creating incentives for small businesses to hire more workers as part of recent efforts to boost job creation. "There is only so much government can do," Obama said. "Job creation will ultimately depend...
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Posted by: Mark Marich
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December 14, 2009
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