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Newsroom: World News Archive 2005
October 30 - November
5, 2005
Innovation, creativity pathway for Pacific Youth
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
- New Zealand
...report has found developing the unique skills and talents of
Pacific youth in the knowledge-based and emerging industries offers
a possible pathway to economic success...
The Disruptive Engine - Innovation and the Capitalistic Dream
Global Politician -
Brooklyn, NY
... it came to be the mantra of the now defunct "New Economy".
Schumpeter seemed to have captured the unsettling nature of
innovation - unpredictable, unknown ...
South must innovate to compete globally
Atlanta Journal
Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
...entrepreneurism and innovation among citizens, businesses and
educational institutions are the most likely to compete successfully
in today's global economy...
New Nano Seed Fund Launches
Red Herring - CA,USA
Prologue Technology Entrepreneurship said it received the money from
Herzliya, Israel-based Pitango Venture Capital, Israel 's largest
VC...
A Salute to Austria: Scientific co-operation: putting an end to
'brain drain'
Sofia Echo - Bulgaria
... title of which is Linking University Research and
Entrepreneurship: New Social ... This objective also includes
identification of the policy implications of STS ...
Bank plans credit boost to stir EU innovation
Financial Times -
London,England,UK
... could help mobilise an additional €20bn of private sector
investment in innovation. ... in 2000 to create the "most dynamic
knowledge-based economy in the world ...
November 6 - 12, 2005
Made
In America
Standard-Speaker -
Hazleton, PA
...Susan Pearce, who conducted the Immigration Policy Center's
study, says lower-class women are often "pushed" into
entrepreneurship when they find they...
As a public research institution, UWM can aid global effort
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
(subscription) - Milwaukee, WI
... portend for Milwaukee-based companies in this new, fast-paced
global economy? ... off-shore, the primary movers of research,
development and innovation must remain ...
Ebay founder takes lead in social entrepreneurship
USA Today - USA
By Jim Hopkins, USA TODAY. SAN FRANCISCO -- Entrepreneurship turned
eBay founder Pierre Omidyar into one of the world's richest men. ...
Serbia: New entrepreneurship law to be adopted shortly
Reporter.gr (subscription)
- Athens,Greece
He announced that in the next three months, the law on
entrepreneurship will be adopted and the Belgrade Stock Market will
become the pillar and instrument...
How to cultivate the spirit of entrepreneurship
Vanguard -
Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
Not until recently the study of entrepreneurship in our tertiary
institutions has not been made compulsory for all undergraduate
students; The University of ...
Face value The evangelist of entrepreneurship
Economist - UK
"Forget space aliens and race cars—here's a game that gives kids
skills they can use for the rest of their lives.” So says the blurb
for Hot Shot Business, an online game...
November 13 - 19, 2005
United states of invention
Australia Business Review
Weekly (subscription) - Australia
... It was a unique opportunity in that it focused on corporate
entrepreneurship as an ... or market share, is central to the
success of the innovation process,"...
Awards to
spotlight Europe's entrepreneurial stars
Freelance UK - London,UK
... Elsewhere in his speech, Johnson said he was "delighted" to be
joined by Hienz Zourek to discuss Europe's role in promoting
entrepreneurship. ...
Flood of
entrepreneurs needed
The Herald -
Glasgow,Scotland,UK
He also questioned whether policymakers are doing enough to foster
entrepreneurship, adding: "I don't see a great deal of what the
public policy is...
Innovation nation
ic Wales - United Kingdom
... economy and see tangible benefits from it. The statistic also
hides the fact that there is much good work being undertaken in the
field of R&D and...
Innovation in an era of caution
Spiked - London,UK
... of Innovation', 'The Art of Innovation', 'the Dynamics of
Innovation', 'The Diffusion of Innovations', 'Innovation and
Entrepreneurship', 'Managing Creativity...
CBI attacks attitudes
Financial Times -
London,England,UK
The CBI will on Monday attack “totally nonsensical” political
correctness that bans failure in school exams and sports, saying
such attitudes undermine attempts to promote enterprise...
Senior business figure to review innovation cash
Financial Times -
London,England,UK
..."The government is the single biggest contractor in the economy
-- £125bn a ...but social and environmental outcomes, such as
encouraging innovation and...
Promoting Technopreneurship
Black Enterprise - New York,NY
... maintains its strong engines of growth, there is a growing
realisation that the new frontiers of the global economy is an
innovation economy - faster, more ...
Why wait? Start that company now
Canada.com - Canada
... What is unusual about Levy's venture is that she's leapfrogged
over paid employment in the workforce straight into entrepreneurship
at the age of 21, and she ...
The Wages of Science
Global Politician -
Brooklyn, NY
...America is not alone in - vainly - trying to compensate for
imploding capital markets and risk-averse financiers...
November 20 - 26, 2005
Focus must be training
Tyger Burger - South Africa
... She saw entrepreneurship as the primary driver for growth and
job creation and said: "We must not lose sight of the fact that job
creation is to a large extent ...
How to
Catch Them Young . . . Leaders
This Day (subscription) -
Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
... In other words, the NGO stands for Leadership, Entrepreneurship
and Academic Development in Africa. Living up to expectation by ...
Surprise presidential candidate emerges in Finland
Newsroom Finland -
Helsinki,Finland
Arto Lahti, a professor of entrepreneurship at the Helsinki School
of Economics and Business Administration has gathered the required
minimum of 20,000 names ...
Showcase of innovation
ic Wales - United Kingdom
... commitment of the university has allowed over 100 new
enterprises to locate in this area, providing a focus for new
businesses working in the knowledge economy ...
Fostering Venture Capital in the Middle East
Middle East North Africa
Financial Network - Amman, Jordan
... ladder; they are an integral part of the process of innovation
itself ... play an even more significant role in fostering venture
capital, entrepreneurship and...
Allow Our
Celtic Kitten 'To Be A Roaring Success'
News Letter - Belfast,UK
When it comes to entrepreneurship, Northern Ireland is a Celtic
Kitten which has the potential to grow up to be a Celtic Tiger and
roar its way to economic success...
Ghana
needs pragmatic scientific approach
News in Ghana - Ghana
Ghanaian scientists were acclaimed worldwide and they also had
traditional skills and technologies. However, the limited innovation
as well as the adoption and a adaptation...
Innovation key to boosting competitiveness
Athens News Agency -
Athens,Greece
... "Innovative ideas provide society and the economy with valuable
lustre," Pavlopoulos said, adding that Greece has been deprived of
innovation for several years ...
Micro finance can help unleash untapped entrepreneurial talent
Hindu - Chennai,India
...Both reports highlight strategies of development at the local
level where small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the informal
sector are regarded as employment generators and engines of
growth...
Females
'vital' to boost UK prosperity
Freelance UK - London,UK
Speaking at the Everywoman Conference in London to celebrate women's
role in Enterprise Week, the minister said female entrepreneurship
rates in East...
Entrepreneurship requires personal effort
Republic of Botswana -
Gaberones,Botswana
PALAPYE - A successful business requires personal effort and
commitment, says The Secret Place Lodge managing director Malebogo
Mukwemba...
Developing Countries Should Put In Place National Innovative ...
Bernama - Kuala
Lumpur,Malaysia
... map and develop a NIS and nurture an innovative-driven economy,
developing countries must first strive to create an atmosphere where
global innovation thrives. ...
November 27 - December 3, 2005
R&D focus putting innovation at risk
VNUNet.com -
Haarlem,Netherlands
... may be more difficult to pin down, but as services now account
for 70 per cent of the UK economy, government must put this sector
on its innovation policy radar ...
Recycling boosts entrepreneurship
ic Wales - United Kingdom
A RECYCLING initiative aims to boost entrepreneurship among young
people while helping businesses fulfil EU regulations. Land Phil ...
Eyes on the enterprise putting Napier on map
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... In Scotland, a country historically renowned for innovation, the
likes of ... As director of Napier University's Centre for
Entrepreneurship (CFE), Ms Laing and ...
Ireland needs
to boost R&D to compete: Forfas
ElectricNews.net -
Dublin,Ireland
... performs well on a wide range of indicators including attraction
of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), corporate and personal taxes and
rates of entrepreneurship...
India grooms next gen high-tech entrepreneurs
Silicon.com - UK
Leading Indian universities and IT companies are working together to
foster greater innovation and entrepreneurial skills among the
country's engineering and technology graduates...
Guam must grow opportunities so children can build future here
Pacific Daily News -
Hagåtña,GU,USA
...Often, I hear them talk about plans of leaving Guam after
graduation for better opportunities in the mainland... We need to
provide our next generation an alternative...
Chinese leadership to chart out fiscal blueprint
Malayala Manorama - India
"China will keep the macro-economic policy continuous and stable in
the next year," the Politburo meeting, which discussed the country's
present economic situation...
Brown still faces £11bn 'black hole'
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... difficult to pin down but as services now account for 70 per
cent of the UK economy, government has got to put this sector firmly
on its innovation policy radar...
China vows to become nation of innovation
Xinhua - China
Chinese President Hu Jintao said building China into a nation of
innovation should be adopted as its future-oriented major strategy.
Addressing a gathering of 3,000...
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