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Entrepreneurship Recommendations at the Obama Jobs Summit
Marich Mark
12/4/2009
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At yesterday’s White House “Jobs Summit”, Kauffman Foundation president and CEO Carl Schramm laid out five strategies to boost entrepreneurship and create jobs. Schramm, an economist, author on entrepreneurship and former entrepreneur, joined about 130 business leaders, economists and CEOs from across the United States...

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This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy
Marich Mark
12/14/2009
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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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Legislation to Develop Science Parks Advances
Marich Mark
12/21/2009
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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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This Week in Entrepreneurship Policy: No Hearings
Marich Mark
12/21/2009
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As Congress prepares for the holiday, no relevant hearings or meetings have been scheduled.

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The Week Ahead in Entrepreneurship Policy
Marich Mark
12/7/2009
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Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - Economic Policy Subcommittee - Hearing"Weathering the Storm: Creating Jobs in the Recession"03:00 pmDirksen Senate Office Building, Rm 538 [more info] Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation - Hearing"Research Parks and Job Creation:...

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A Reflection on the Jobs Summit
Marich Mark
12/11/2009
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Bailout Funds for Small Businesses
Marich Mark
12/14/2009
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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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2009 Hot Research Topics: Entrepreneurship, Jobs and Recovery
Marich Mark
12/18/2009
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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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Innovation and Entrepreneurship: What Drives Them
Marich Mark
12/14/2009
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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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OECD Scoreboard Focuses on Innovation
Marich Mark
12/20/2009
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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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