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Newsroom: World News Archive 2005

December 4 - 10, 2005

Turkish Entrepreneurship Should Embrace the World
Zaman Online - Istanbul,Turkey
By Yahya Çark. Young Businessmen Association of Turkey (TUGIAD) Chairman Murat Sarayli points out all economic indicators offer ...

Have faith in starting your new enterprise
ic Liverpool - Southport,England,UK
THE newly-formed Merseyside Entrepreneurship Commission (MEC) is staging a week of events to mark the publication of its final report next week...

Government commissions innovation strategy study
Siliconrepublic.com - Dublin,Ireland
... at the cutting edge in the global knowledge economy, then we have to invest in the people and infrastructure necessary to underpin an innovation-led business...

Microsoft plans 30 new innovation centres globally
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
said on Tuesday it would set up 30 new innovation centres around the world... where Chairman Bill Gates started a four-day visit to Asia's third-largest economy...

Brown looks to US to develop entrepreneurs
The Times Online - London,England,UK
THE CHANCELLOR will use the Pre-Budget Report today to outline plans to send British students to the United States in an attempt to help them to become more entrepreneurial...

Dons going head-to- head over IP debate
Cambridge Evening News - Cambridge,England,UK
... Critics fear the policy would injure the university's "culture of entrepreneurship" and opponents have forced a vote among university dons, who potentially ...

What it takes for poor countries to join the rich list
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
...After a country becomes a successful science and innovation economy, having gone through with industrialisation, internationalisation and investment in science...

Chancellor turns spotlight on new enterprise
ePolitix - UK
... success in the knowledge economy," said Gowers. "This review will ensure that we maintain a world-class environment for creativity, design and innovation."...

Bangalore Boom
San Jose Mercury News - CA
... ``This is innovation. We are moving up the value chain.''. ... The global economy is bringing new wealth to a historically poor country. ...

Arizona must think big
Arizona Republic - Phoenix, AZ
...are moving to grab their share of the new economy. And right here in the United States other states are acting to compete for the innovation-oriented jobs...

 

December 11 - 17, 2005

Venture Capital Fund to Help Create Sustainable Growth
Middle East North Africa Financial Network - Amman,Jordan
... policy approaches in the venture capital area, although these will need to be tailored to specific national economic and financial contexts. Entrepreneurship ...

Drive to boost creative firms
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
... "Funding is important but changing the culture and attitude of young people towards entrepreneurship and innovation is as important...

Market-Led Innovation in Products, Services and Business Processes Key to Ireland's Long Term Competitive Advantage
Forfás - Dublin,Ireland
... skills development to meet the needs of the modern economy, driving innovation performance of firms in Ireland and promoting the wider entrepreneurship agenda...

High-voltage business plan is a winner
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
... said Eskom had given him permission to test his innovation on their ... the competition fits with the division's efforts to advance entrepreneurship on campus...

How supportive is your family of your entrepreneurship?
SitePoint - Australia
... So if you have a family not accustomed to entrepreneurship, sometimes they might act like these crabs and try to pull you back in to their world...

Education, innovation key to competitiveness
Hindu - Chennai,India
...Education and innovation were the two `mantras' that Mr Barrett held out as basic... The Intel chairman felt that the competitiveness of an economy would be aided...

Fostering innovation and creativity in Bohai Rim
China Economic Net - Beijing,China
... independent innovation and independent brands and hi-tech industries and service industries have become the main direction for the development of the economy. ...

Professionals promote innovation and protection of intellectual ...
Cyprus Mail - Nicosia,Cyprus
AN independent team of professionals has been created to promote Research and Competitiveness in Cyprus through innovation and the protection of Intellectual Property...

Filling the Void
Fast Company - USA
Introducing the 2006 Social Capitalist Award winners--25 entrepreneurs solving the world's toughest problems with creativity, ingenuity, and passion. Because they can't stand a vacuum...

 

December 18 - 24, 2005

The top 50 entrepreneurs of 2005
Startups.co.uk - UK
2005 could be the year that finally saw entrepreneurship become ‘trendy’. A raft of programmes, ranging from ‘Mind Your Own Business’ to ‘Dragons’ Den’, put businesses...

Kalam inaugurates India Empowered Summit
India Infoline.com - Mumbay,India
While policy makers and leaders from different fields from government and ... skill training for farmers, artisans and craftsmen and entrepreneurship programmes...

Commission supports new developments in biotechnology
EUROPA (press release) - Brussels,Belgium
"Growth and jobs are fuelled by innovation and innovation is fed ... of making scientists aware of issues relating to intellectual property and entrepreneurship...

Boost local R&D: Report
Toronto Star - Canada
... research. "This is a watershed moment for our country in the global innovation economy," the alliance's open letter states. "Either ...

MBC's new reality show highlights entrepreneurship
Al-Bawaba - Amman,Jordan
Bringing together ambitious would-be business men from across the Arab world, MBC's latest production encourages entrepreneurship in the region's budding...

Mersey pledge on Enterprise
ic CheshireOnline - UK
LAST week, the Merseyside Entrepreneurship Commission called for one body to co-ordinate enterprise in the region and a think tank to counter London-centric...

How high expectation entrepreneurs can really succeed
Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
... A recent international survey by Mazars and the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor has shown that these ambitious entrepreneurs are likely to provide 80pc of the...

'There's need for people to articulate vision of new Nigeria'
Vanguard - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
... establishing if possible in all our universities and polytechnics entrepreneurship, where the ... That particular policy can deal with the issue of students unrest ...

Creativity is way to go for managers
Cape Argus (subscription) - Cape Town,South Africa
... is doing a doctorate through the Gordon Institute of Business Studies to prove that the pathway for companies in the future economy is innovation and requires...

Nurturing leadership and business skills
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
... minds for the business world, stressing leadership and building entrepreneurship. ... Leadership enables innovation and Limkokwing students learn the effectiveness ...

December 25 - 31, 2005

Technology isn't the only harbinger of higher productivity
International Herald Tribune - France
... Among the biggest contributors were New Economy industries like telecommunications ... the competitive intensity that drives people to adopt innovation, we wouldn't ...

Budding tycoons not afraid to take on risks
Times Online - UK
... Gert-Jan Koopman, director for industrial policy and economic reforms of the Directorate-General, said: "Entrepreneurship education does impact the number of ...

Out of the lab and into the plant
Manufacturer.com - UK
... Lesa Mitchell, vice president of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation for innovation, says the growth in patent activity since 1980 is not only from Bayh-Dole ...

Do We Need a Business Angel Network to Enhance the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem?
Middle East North Africa Financial Network - Amman,Jordan
... may have more engineers in Bangalore, India and other parts of the world, but the ecosystem needed for innovation and start-up entrepreneurship is missing and ...

Government earmarks Shs3b to fund women entrepreneurs
The Monitor, Uganda - Kampala,Uganda
... policy related and capacity building gaps that encompass many African countries. The report will further help women in building their entrepreneurship strategy ...

 

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