Monthly Archives: March 2011
Why Singapore Lags on Venture Capital
Jo-Ann Huang of ChannelNewsAsia.com looks into the 2011 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI) and wonders why Singaporean venture capital lags that of other nations. From Huang: However, when it comes to availability of venture capital, Singapore falls behind Hong Kong, Australia and the US. On a scale of 1.0, [...]
Continue reading...People Are the Real Wealth of Nations
So says United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Director Geraldine Fraser-Moleketti. We agree, and believe entrepreneurship is the tool that will allow people to fulfill their potential and bring sustainable development and improvements in living standards to society. From Vuva Vena of the Mail & Guardline online, according to Fraser-Moleketi: People [...]
Continue reading...Singapore and the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index
Chung Peck-Ming of the Business Times covers the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index and highlights Singapore’s performance. GEDI builds on many of the early studies but pays more attention to qualitative aspects of entrepreneurship, zooming in on high-impact entrepreneurs and high-growth businesses. It sees countries roughly going through three stages [...]
Continue reading...Will the U.S. Dominate the Service Robot Industry?
- Posted on March 9, 2011
- in Countries, Entrepreneurial Aspirations
- by admin
The innovative edge of the economy is where societal wealth and further opportunities are developed most abundantly. This interesting piece in Bloomberg Business week looks into the burgeoning service-robot industry and early American leadership. From Brian Bremner of Bloomberg Businessweek: Five decades after Unimation’s debut, just as President Barack Obama [...]
Continue reading...Arabic Knowledge@Wharton on Events in MENA
Interesting insights from Arabic Knowledge@Wharton in analyzing recent events in Libya, Egypt, and Bahrain. From the article: The violence waged by security forces against protestors in Bahrain is out of step with the reform path along which the country’s King Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and the Crown Prince [...]
Continue reading...Erkko Autio Covers GEDI and Global Growth on BBC
Erkko Autio speaks with the BBC about the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index. He appeared on the BBC’s World Today Program (1 March 2011). Listen to the interview via Imperial College London: “Erkko Autio explains how the world can create one billion new jobs in the next ten years to [...]
Continue reading...GEDI Launch at Imperial College Business School
On March 1, Imperial College Business School will host the UK launch of the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index: This launch, hosted by Imperial Business School and in partnership with George Mason University (US) will look at both the composition and methodology of the Index itself, as well as exploring [...]
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