2 A TALE OF TWO ENTREPRENEURS: Understanding Differences in the Types of Entrepreneurship in the Economy Policymakers and pundits who use entrepreneurship as a “catch-all” phase to capture a single economic activity make an...

CROWDFUNDING � WHAT IT IS AND WHERE IT WILL GO Crowdfunding describes Internet based, social media enabled, community powered fundraising. It is characterized by a low cost, low commitment structure with frequent communication, b...

As crisis engulfs the world�s leading economies, there is great concern about job creation and energizing growth rates.1 The sudden arrival of subdued, Japanesestyle growth prospects for North America, Europe and the rest of...

All over the globe policymakers and academics agree that entrepreneurship plays a critical role for the development and well being of society. At the same time what one understands entrepreneurship to be is not always viewed equa...

The major challenge facing policymakers is how to r eturn the economy to growth. A key government aim is to �rebalance the economy� to be less r eliant on public sector jobs, the financial services industry and the Greater South...

Even as states struggled to regain fiscal solvency from the economic downturn, 2011 was an active year for legislative activity focused on tech-based economic development (TBED). A wave of new governors elected in 2010 ushered...

Environmental policy instruments are frequently characterised as obstacles to economic activity but environmental taxes can, in fact, be the opposite � serving as catalysts for the creativity that underpins thriving economies.

Introduction With more than 750 million active users around the world, Facebook is today�s most prominent social utility to connect with diverse audiences, including friends, family, co‐workers, constituents, and consumer...

Making the UK a Global Innovation Hub How business, finance and an enterprising state can transform the UK Birgitte Andersen, Ian Brinkley and Will Hutton Executive summary The UK economy confronts profound challenges and p...

With this report, the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) has completed 12 annual surveys of the entrepreneurial attitudes, activities and aspirations of individuals around the world. Starting with just 10 developed countrie...

Report of the executive board Chairman’s message Dear customers, shareholders, colleagues and other readers, As a result of the problems in the eurozone and the macroeconomic uncertainties, share prices fell in the second qu...

The amount of data in our world has been exploding. Companies capture trillions of bytes of information about their customers, suppliers, and operations, and millions of networked sensors are being embedded in the physical wor...