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Newsroom: Global News Archive 2006

February 26 - March 4, 2006

City students take business ideas into a 'dragon's den'
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... and postgraduate categories - is run by the Scottish Institute for Enterprise (SIE), an organisation which aims to stimulate entrepreneurship in higher ... 

Introduce Entrepreneurship in schools - Lutfo
The Swazi Observer - Mbabane,Swaziland
... issues. He said schools should let the pupils practice entrepreneurship in the school and encourage such practices at all costs. ... 

'Shy' women leave Welsh entrepreneurship flatlining
ic Wales - United Kingdom
The latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) study shows there has been little change in the number of people involved in starting and managing new ... 

World's leading innovators and entrepreneurs meet in Muscat
Peninsula On-line - Qatar
Doha: The World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (WSIE), a forum on emerging markets aiming at helping emerging nations achieve global competitiveness ... 

Alarm over gender gap in start-ups
ic NorthWales - North Wales,UK
... Iceland and Ireland, there may need to be a further review of the policy stimuli that can enable Wales to make a further 'step-change' in entrepreneurship.". ... 

Guangdong vows to encourage self-innovation
China Daily - China
... make its debut in Guangzhou from May 12-14, deeming the event timely and constructive with the whole nation striving to develop an innovation-oriented economy. ... 

Govt to observe Entrepreneurship Week
Newindpress - Chennai,India
... attract investors and popularise the natural advantages that Orissa offers, the State government has decided to celebrate March 5 to 11 as Entrepreneurship Week ... 

'Red tape as bad, if not worse, in America' claims study
Independent - London,England,UK
... findings that will shatter the image of American entrepreneurship widely held ... Its report, called the International Innovation Benchmarking project, claimed to ... 

Utomi Urges Schools To Redesign Curriculum
Nigeria Daily Independent - Ikeja,Lagos,Nigeria
... The university don, who was speaking recently at a symposium on leadership, entrepreneurship development organised by the students' union of Yaba College of ... 

Cambodia-India Entrepreneurship Development Center launched
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
... The EDC is expected to spearhead the entrepreneurship development movement in ... The government policy helps develop these SMEs, which were overwhelmingly ...

Surviving global competition: Business priorities for growth and ...
Malta Independent - St. Julians,Malta
... this style of continuous public consultation is a policy the government ... The specific themes of female entrepreneurship, research and development and innovation ...

 

March 5 - 11, 2006

The Discover Enterprise Project
di-ve.com - Malta
... Entrepreneurship activity, -- (ie Organising an entrepreneurship day event, etc?). Entrepreneurship is a major driver of innovation, competitiveness and growth....

Time to motivate entrepreneurs
ic Wales - United Kingdom
... Given that entrepreneurship forms a key part of government economic strategy in Cardiff ... few years has been important in assessing the impact of policy in this ...

UNB economist says businessmen are 'bang on
Canada East - Canada
... are "bang on" in their drive to foster a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship ... Brunswickers need to meet the pressing challenges of the new economy head-on...

R&D essential for survival, says expert
Sunday Business Post - Dublin,Ireland
... an ability to innovate by developing an industrial policy based on ... will focus on innovation, achieving greater productivity, promoting entrepreneurship and work ... 

Where are India's thought leaders?
domain-B - India
... Busy as these leaders are, they must use the good times to find time for innovation, because without this leadership, where will the Indian economy be in 10 or...

Deadline nears to enter three business awards categories
ic Wales - United Kingdom
... towards it. It is essential to create an innovation culture, without which the Welsh economy will drift into stagnation. Wales has ...

Stirring Liberian Entrepreneurship
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
... this topic, my emphasis was placed on governmental sourcing of funding by way of the Small Enterprises Financing Organization to boost Liberian entrepreneurship... 

Wales reliant on new blood to drive entrepreneurship
Ping Wales - UK
... "When it comes to immigration, it's now being naturally assumed that boosting entrepreneurship should be part of any country's immigration policy, as we've...

Best Business Plan competition launched
Malta Independent - St. Julians,Malta
... judges. “JCI Malta encourages a spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship amongst young Maltese,” said Dr Tabone Adami. “This ...

IIM-A students prefer entrepreneurship to MNCs
Financial Express - Bombay,India
AHMEDABAD, MARCH 9: ‘The buzzword is Entrepreneurship’ for a few best brains of Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad. While...

Brown receives small business 'wishlist'’
Freelance UK - London,UK
... the best way for the Chancellor to achieve his policy objectives is ... to create ‘a beneficial business climate that encourages growth and entrepreneurship.’. ...

The way up
Prague Post - Czech Republic
... use corporate entrepreneurship programs, also referred to as "intrapreneurship," to develop their most talented employees, and also to spark innovation — the...

Searching for the invisible man
Economist - UK
... Baumol, who holds positions at both Princeton and NYU, has been labouring for years to create more space for entrepreneurship and innovation in economic theory...

 

March 12 - 18, 2006

Re-inventing research models
Financial Express - Bombay,India
Few will argue with the premise that innovation helps drive growth in the economy. And most people would agree that innovation isn...

Graduates 'lacking job skills'
Australian - Australia
... accuses universities of stifling the "culture of entrepreneurship", producing graduates ... based, relevant and appropriate for business innovation needs -- rather...

Self-employed are coming up smiling
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... say this has important implications for economic theory and government policy. ... The researchers refer to this as latent entrepreneurship that, if released... 

 

March 19 - 25, 2006

Investing in innovation
StarPhoenix - Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada
... to be a long-term demand for the very products that make our economy hum. ... Where Saskatchewan and Saskatoon have done well, however, is in the innovation agenda...

Best and brightest science students to go stateside
Financial Times - London,England,UK
... The scheme is being administered in the UK by the National Council for Entrepreneurship, in Birmingham, and in the US by the Ewing Marion Kaufmann Foundation...

Smith calls on businesses to 'innovate'
4ni.co.uk - UK
...and R&D in Northern Ireland amongst the lowest in the UK, Innovation Week will... sizes, in all sectors to innovate, we can build a strong local economy which...

Chinese prove free flow of ideas with online messages
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China
... and certain other portals during the National People's Congress... that makes two-way dialogue between the... In that process, private entrepreneurship has flourished...

Can innovation and security be combined?
Nordic Council - Copenhagen,Denmark
Innovation and security are often juxtaposed but the Danish government believes in a... of the two and aims to make Denmark the most competitive economy in...

Consumer creativity key to successful business innovation
eGov monitor - London,UK
... Expert Patient Programme are prime examples of successful consumer-led innovation. ... unlocking the vast wealth of consumer creativity available in the economy. ...

'Jump-start spirit of innovation'
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
... To achieve this innovation and entrepreneurship in an increasingly global economy many things need to happen, including the forging of better partnerships. ...

‘Top 10’ list for small business
Business Day - Johannesburg,South Africa
... The policy would target “small enterprises at large”, she said. ... It was a misperception that SA lacked entrepreneurship, October told the committee. ...

Russia needs climate for entrepreneurship: MM Lee
Xinhua - China
... Mentor LeeKuan Yew said Monday at the inaugural Russia-Singapore Business Forum that Russia needs the climate that encourages entrepreneurship among young ...

Gender & Entrepreneurship
50 Connect - UK
Women entrepreneurs are confident in business yet gender gap persists...

Tax relief for entrepreneurs could be cut after sudden rise in ...
Financial Times - London,England,UK
The cost of a tax relief designed to encourage entrepreneurship and investment has... Christopher Sanger, head of tax policy development at Ernst & Young...

Experts on Dos and Don'ts in China's Innovation Campaign
CRI - Beijing,China
...said:" one of the advantages China has of being a large economy is that you... of the globalization today and it's only by having independent innovation, will...

Tijuana tech firms hire scientific talent at half the salary
Miami Herald - FL,USA
... residents still live in squatter camps without electricity or running water, pockets of technical innovation are cropping ... Still, Baja's economy faces challenges ...

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