Ohio and Illinois are the places to be–at least for major corporate expansions and relocations. These Midwestern states have traditionally been known for their manufacturing prowess, and that legacy has also created a lot of economic challenges. But, according to the latest rankings from Site Selection magazine, both states have done a good job in [...]

A new survey sponsored by the Casey and Meyer Foundations and IdeaList.org assesses future directions for non-profit leadership. Researchers surveyed 6,000 emerging non-profit leaders and asked them to discuss the pros and cons of heading a non-profit organization. In general, the news is pretty sobering. While young non-profit staffers love their work, they also see [...]

An interesting new initiative from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development is seeking to generate and disseminate new ideas for sustainable development. The Eco-Patent Commons is an on-line database of existing patents that corporations and individuals have made available, without royalties, to anyone with an interest in using the new technologies in ways that [...]

The UK is bubbling over with new ideas about innovation and the creative economy. In his budget plan released earlier this month, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced a new plan to support and stimulate Britain’s creative economy. There is a good reason for this emphasis–Britain’s creative sectors have grown twice as fast as the [...]

The Ewing Marion Kaufmann Foundation has released a new report to help guide policymakers toward a model of economic development based on entrepreneurial business clusters. The report contends that promoting entrepreneurial activity offers significant advantages over the practice long-favored by many states and localities of trying to encourage firms to relocate from other regions. Learn [...]

Many Internet networks have used “the wisdom of the masses” (large numbers of people, joined through the internet, to offer opinions) to identify opportunities in stocks, product design, and the arts. Now, an entrepreneur wants to pay the participants in these Internet networks, further formalizing their value. Kluster, a new web company, offers the ability [...]

The World Intellectual Property Association (WIPO) announced that international patents reached a record high of 156,100 in 2007. The record total represents a slight increase (4.7%) from 2006. US inventors and companies filed the most patent applications, accounting for 33.5% of total applications. Northeast Asia—especially Korea—was the fastest growing region in terms of new patent [...]

The innovation gap between Europe and the U.S. is shrinking by several measures, according to the latest benchmarking study from the European Union (EU). The size of the gap remains significant, however, with the U.S. in the lead. According to the report, The European Innovation Scoreboard 2007, the top-ranked nations overall are Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, [...]

Venture capitalists are hot on the trail of new investment opportunities in clean tech and other green technologies. Entrepreneurship educators are also getting the message and starting to design new programs focused on green entrepreneurship. The latest offering comes from the University of California-Davis, which will be hosting a Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy, sponsored by [...]

When it comes to Idaho’s economy, it’s no longer about potatoes. In fact, it might be more accurate to say that it’s about semiconductors and other high-technology products and services. Idaho, especially the region around Boise, is on the verge becoming a major center of high technology and entrepreneurship. A new study from Idaho Tech [...]