While Americans are consumed with their ongoing Presidential campaign, politics is also heating up in Great Britain. Recent Labor Party losses in local elections have emboldened the Conservative Party, which has recently released several detailed policy proposals. One of the latest efforts focuses on small business. The report of a party Task Force examines how [...]

Last week, the Edward Lowe Foundation unveiled a new website that provides a very useful picture of America’s entrepreneurial economy. YourEconomy (www.youreconomy.org) is a web-based database that allows users to gain a better understanding of the composition of entrepreneurial firms in their communities. Users can track companies by broad categories and then see the stage [...]

European universities need to get more serious about “infusing entrepreneurship across the curriculum.” In other words, they must do more to ensure that entrepreneurship training is provided to all students, not just those who seek a business degree. A new report from an Experts Group charted by the European Commission provides a useful state of [...]

Congress has finally completed action on the 2007 Farm Bill. The legislation was vetoed by President Bush, but an override of his veto is expected. The package, (H.R. 2419, H. Rpt. 110-627) contains several small provisions that could expand Federal support for rural entrepreneurs. New research funding programs received a boost. The Agriculture and Food [...]

Thousands of bloggers trot out their latest theories and thoughts about economics or entrepreneurship on an ongoing basis. Surprisingly, however, a rare few seem to focus on the ties that bind the two together. A new entry into the blogosphere by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation aims to fill that gap, examining the linkages between [...]

A new Urban Land Institute/Ernst & Young report paints a grim picture of the state of America’s infrastructure. Anyone who drives in rush hour traffic, waits for a delayed flight, or who watches news reports of collapsed bridges knows that the US faces infrastructure challenges. The new study, Infrastructure 2008, puts some numbers and analysis [...]

A new survey of students at fifteen leading business schools offers some insights into the minds of the world’s future business leaders. MBA students today appear to be taking a more holistic view of the role of business in society. The survey, sponsored by the Aspen Institute’s Center for Business Education, also found that more [...]

A new Aspen Institute/Root Cause report examines how government agencies can apply new tools and organizational models designed by entrepreneurs to help solve pressing societal challenges. According to the study, social entrepreneurship offers “a new way to solve old problems.” The report contains numerous case studies of world-class social entrepreneurs, including organizations such as College [...]

The latest OPEN from American Express Small Business Monitor survey shows that small business owners are increasingly gloomy about future economic prospects. Only 45% of surveyed entrepreneurs
believe the nation’s economic performance will improve over the next six months. This figure represents the lowest confidence levels of the Monitor’s six years of existence. While they [...]

Last week, the world’s leading entrepreneurship experts held a landmark meeting at the Kauffman Foundation’s campus in Kansas City. Sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation, the US Department of Commerce, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the workshop examined how policymakers can best encourage the growth of innovative entrepreneurial firms. At the workshop’s [...]