Newsroom: World News Archive 2006

April 2 - 8, 2006

China's Race to Innovate
BusinessWeek - USA
... In typical Chinese fashion, the government has unveiled an ambitious long-term plan to build its innovation economy. A big part ...

World Leaders Commit to Initiatives to Encourage Innovation and ...
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... director; Kenneth P. Morse, managing director of MIT's Entrepreneurship Center; Tom ... and streamlining procedures, making citizens the center of policy making...

Great Danes: Best place to do business is Denmark
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... and economic environment, policy toward private enterprise, policy toward foreign ... University, Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship at 3301 College ...

Oman set to become ‘knowledge hub’
Times of Oman - Oman
... of Oman by Maqbool bin Ali Sultan, minister of commerce and industry, after the conclusion of the World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship (WSIE)...

CR is regional leader in FDI, but slacker in R&D
Czech Business Weekly - Prague,Czech Republic
... Knowledge Economy Indicators (KEI) are designed to help countries determine which reforms to pursue before investing more government funds to boost innovation...

Entrepreneurship: New £4 million business centre for small and ...
Peterborough Evening Telegraph - Peterborough,England,UK
Our city has a huge growth potential with a vast amount of entrepreneurship resulting in new businesses starting up and expanding at a rapid rate in Greater...

World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship closes with a call ...
AME Info - United Arab Emirates
... Hamdan said these hurdles 'are the enemy of innovation and entrepreneurship and stifle ... agreed that citizens must be at the center of policy making,' said Hamdan...

Osborne: Building a competitive economy - tackling the skills gap
Conservatives.com - UK
... So the central question for those involved in making our economic policy must be the ... Entrepreneurship has dropped in Britain when it is rising around the world...

The new multinational: Lilliputian, not leviathan
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
... of the knowledge economy - such as media, software, and professional services - and will for decades to come. They will remain engines of innovation for new ...

UK must improve innovation performance, says DTI study
ResearchResearch - UK
The UK must continue to improve its innovation performance to maintain its competitiveness in the global economy, says a paper from the Department of Trade and...

Beijing's 11th Five-Year Plan: Part 3, Section 8
Beijing Lives - Beijing,China
... encourage entrepreneurship, and allow for failure”. A cultural atmosphere enabling innovation and entrepreneurship will be cultivated...

500 Young Entrepreneurs show off innovation at European Trade Fair
innovations report - Bad Homburg,Germany
... Our problem is that entrepreneurship is on the agenda at the European level ... The panel of judges assessed each student company on innovation, originality...

Entrepreneurship lacking in SA
BusinessOwner.co.za - South Africa
This was revealed in the recently released Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (Gem) for 2005. South Africa is rated 25 out of 35 countries ...

Rewarding innovation: recognition is the key to a growing economy
Canada East - Canada
... Mr. Newton travelled to Moncton Thursday for a reception honouring the Atlantic Canadian nominees for the 2006 Manning Innovation Awards. ...

World Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship begins
Times of Oman - Oman
MUSCAT — The inaugural reception of the World Summit on Innovation & Entrepreneurship (WSIE) 2006 will be held today at Shangri La’s Barr Al Jissah Resort ...

April 9 - 15, 2006

Startups receive a boost
Ottawa Sun - Ontario, Canada
... funds are injected into the startup environment, the sooner these companies can get their feet on the ground and start contributing to our innovation economy.". ...

Where techies can learn entrepreneurship
Economic Times - India
... satisfaction of doing something yourself,” enthuses Jerry Engel, Executive Director of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Haas School...

Namibia: Education Keeps Economic Wheels Oiled
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
... This includes developing and cultivating a spirit and culture of entrepreneurship, innovation and thinking outside the box," Hailulu said. ...

IFC and World Bank present findings on Yemeni investment climate ...
Yemen Times - Sana'a,Yemen
... issues into policy and regulatory processes, as well as increasing business management skills training for women. The Gender Entrepreneurship Markets...

Young People Urged to Become Entrepreneurs
Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service - Jamaica
... 35 years, have benefited from a series of islandwide 'Entrepreneurship Interface Meetings ... April 5, were organized by the Jamaica Social Policy Evaluation (JASPEV ...

Top US NRI entrepreneurs look beyond ethnic lines
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
... Networks’ Desh Deshpande, Excelan co-founder Kanwal Rekhi and Hotmail’s Sabeer Bhatia, pride themselves as leaders of the holy grail of entrepreneurship...

Universities’ benefits to regional economy
innovations report - Bad Homburg,Germany
... training, qualifications, high quality employees, consultancy services and innovation solutions. They are also a key stakeholder within the economy as a major ...

Stifling competition in Europe
International Herald Tribune - France
... The basic equation for increasing competitiveness in the information economy is well established: Stimulate innovation and the development of high- growth ...

Rep. Boehlert Urges Full US Science Funding
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
... approve President Bush's proposal to commit more than $136 billion over 10 years to strengthen science education and encourage entrepreneurship and innovation. ...

ICT & Women’s Entrepreneurship
Gorkhapatra - Kathmandu,Nepal
... An example of how ICT boosts women entrepreneurship is Grameen Phone in Bangladesh where women buy mobile phones and offer telephony services to the local ...

April 16 - 22, 2006

Let entrepreneurship prevail
Financial Express - Bombay,India
... channels. If a person wants to start a venture based on a unique idea, there should be a seamless transition to entrepreneurship. ...

Self-employment boosts satisfaction but reduces wages
InTheNews.co.uk - London,UK
... The study has revealed a number of key findings that might make it easier for policy-makers to successfully promote entrepreneurship and self-employment...

Happiness is working for yourself
Daily Mail - UK - UK
... benefits. Young people should be the target for Government schemes to encourage entrepreneurship, the researchers suggested. The ...

Hail, the clever country
Australian - Sydney,Australia
... Australian economy is highly diversified and its research base reflects this. Any insistence on the nation concentrating its resources in innovation implies a...

A solid foundation to build upon
Scotland on Sunday - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... spending is in excess of 70% of the total economy in the US ... to lifting Scotland's business R&D performance, thereby increasing innovation, boosting productivity ...

United Russia calls for speedy transition to innovation economy
ITAR-TASS - Moscow,Russia
MOSCOW, April 15 (Itar-Tass) -- The pro-presidential United Russia party proposed to accelerate the transition from a resource-based to an innovation economy. ...

Teach youth how to work for themselves
Barbados Advocate - Barbados
It is time for entrepreneurship to be incorporated into the curricula of this island ... It is clear that the only objective this policy would achieve is to filter...

Minor prepares students for the business of art
The Chronicle - Savannah,GA,Hungary
By Monique Bos. At the Savannah College of Art and Design a minor in business management and entrepreneurship can complement any major program. ...

April 23 - 29, 2006

Young, gifted and not for profit
BBC News - UK
... half your Oxford MBA can come from studying social and environmental innovation. ... USA) has funded this department to study social entrepreneurship, and where it ...

Enterprise brings its rewards
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
... recognised for their approach to business, entrepreneurship and enterprise ... Businesses are recognised across three categories – innovation, international trade ...

The South African job creators
Cape Business News - Cape Town,South Africa
... the GEM report provides empirical data on the level of entrepreneurship in developing nations which is intended to stimulate debate and inform policy. ...

Priming the Iraqi economy
Minnesota Daily - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... The central government sticks to that open borders policy pretty well ... resisting their populist tendencies and promoting grassroots entrepreneurship, free trade ...

Russian Businessmen Woo Investors at London Forum
MOSNEWS - Russia
... called business the lifeblood of the state and said that entrepreneurship is hard ... document to become something that will really guide European policy in this ...

Extreme makeover
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... As it came to be understood just how important science was to the economy, invention and innovation were taken out of the attics and garden sheds and backed ...

Jammeh urges entrepreneurship
Daily Observer - Banjul,Gambia
President Yahya Jammeh has urged Gambians to get involved in commercial businesses in order to stimulate economic growth in the country. ...

Dutch report cites lack of entrepreneurship
Expatica - Netherlands
But the report published on Wednesday by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) identifies a lack of entrepreneurship as a "sticking point" in the Netherlands. ...

Is Assembly serious about start-ups?
ic Wales - United Kingdom
THE National Entrepreneurship Observatory (NEO) today launches the second annual search ... in sectors which venture capitalists or government policy- makers would ...

The future is bright
Australia Business Review Weekly (subscription) - Australia
... The fourth reason for greater entrepreneurship is the changing structure of business. ... and rely on a network of small enterprises for part of their innovation. ...

Protecting innovation in India
Financial Express - Bombay,India
... understand that to achieve a sustained, mature, modern economy they must ... United States and India will work together “to promote innovation, creativity...

Report raises big questions on small business in SA
The Herald Eastern Cape - Port Elizabeth,Eastern Cape,South Africa
THERE are some disturbing statistics for South African entrepreneurs and policymakers in the recently released Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. ...

WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS URGED TO CAPITALISE ON OLYMPIC BUSINESS
Community Newswire - UK
... of women in the capital Mayor Ken Livingstone's policy director, Murziline ... Forest establish and grow their own businesses and supports entrepreneurship in the ...

Norwegian innovation program aims for increased profitability in ...
Fishupdate.com - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... Innovation Norway promotes nationwide industrial development profitable to both the business economy and Norway’s national economy, and helps release the ...

Campbell: no easy road to success in business
Jamaica Observer - Kingston,Jamaica
... We Jamaicans have entrepreneurship in our blood. It forms part of what defines us as Jamaicans. ... On the road of entrepreneurship, never look back!...

Public support a must for enterprising women
Jakarta Post - Jakarta,Indonesia
Facilitating women entrepreneurship will help women to improve the welfare of ... is supported by numerous studies including the World Bank policy research report...

New policy to protect competition, not competitors
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
... law-policy aims at providing equal opportunities to all capable entities to participate in the economy, thereby creating opportunities for entrepreneurship...

Finance Department's Entrepreneurship Awareness Campaign
Phayul - Tibet
... Research and policy unit of the Finance Department of the Central Tibetan Administration is planning to organise a one-month entrepreneurship awareness...

Self-employed 'work harder' than employees
Freelance UK - London,UK
... Any policy to promote the health of older staff workers would meanwhile act as a blow to entrepreneurship, it added, because tired business owners would be ...

Entrepreneurs Urged To Set Own Goals
Nigeria Daily Independent - Ikeja,Lagos,Nigeria
... He said tips for successful entrepreneurship include planning, focusing on key ... as changes in environment, gap in demand and supply, innovation and emergency...

South Africa: Young Entrepreneur Makes It to the Top
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
... She has won the In-School Entrepreneurship Programme organised by the Umsobomvu Youth Fund in collaboration with the Maths Centre and National Foundation for ...

Driving Innovation Through IP
International News Service - Sydney,Australia
... by the Prime Minister are to move the economy up the value chain, and to raise the country's capacity for knowledge, creativity and innovation and nurture...

Creative thinkers boost economy in city-regions - University of ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Canada
... social inclusiveness, civic engagement, and a dynamic economy. The research will focus on three themes: the social dynamics of innovation, creativity and ...

Financial Statecraft
Moneycontrol.com - Mumbai,India
... Council on Foreign Relations and Editor of International Finance, and Robert E. Litan, Vice President of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation and a ...

UK's Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs to Gain Experience in the ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... WIRE)--April 20, 2006--The UK's National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE) is joining forces with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in the United ...
 

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