Public support of entrepreneurship seems to be all the rage in policy circles, and yet in 2011 only about 8 percent of American businesses were new, compared to ...
On April 15, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightPolicymakers often wonder how they can better support entrepreneurs to spur local job creation in a recession. New research from Sweden offers a number of interesting ideas. Simon C. Parker ...
On April 14, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightMany of the greatest innovators in U.S. history have been immigrants, including Andrew Carnegie (Scotland) and Joseph Pulitzer (Hungary). Even today, foreign-born entrepreneurs, such as Google’s Sergey Brin (Russia), and Yahoo’s Jerry Yang ...
On April 13, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightWhat can explain the collapse of companies like Blockbuster or the cupcake maker Crumbs? Does technological change cause publicly traded companies to die faster? Does life expectancy depend ...
On April 12, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightIncreasing the availability of unemployment benefits can be a controversial policy. Yet, few policymakers have studied how initiatives like this can affect entrepreneurs in their countries. A recent ...
On March 30, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightPolicymakers who wish to benefit from the growth of scaleup companies need to understand them first. Scaleups – also known as high-growth firms or gazelles – are firms that ...
On March 29, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightScaleup companies are creating job opportunities for thousands of Jordanians according to a new report released by Endeavor Insight. Scaleups, defined as companies more than three years old ...
On February 23, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightGovernments and NGOs have increasingly turned to entrepreneurship interventions to drive economic development. A new paper, “Enabling Entrepreneurial Ecosystems,” seeks to inform researchers and policymakers by drawing lessons ...
On February 23, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightIn today’s rapidly changing business landscape, entrepreneurship is growing at an immense rate. But what exactly is its international impact? A recent report explores the influence of entrepreneurship on ...
On February 18, 2015 / By Endeavor InsightIn 2003, New York City was home to just a handful of tech companies. The sale of DoubleClick to Google for $1.1 billion two years later initiated a ...
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