Entrepreneurship is seen by many as almost exclusively tied to the practice of chasing a profit. However, what that definition ignores is the positive change driven by entrepreneurs and their innovations. A new social face of entrepreneurship is getting a lot of attention as efforts abound to create a culture of initiative, creativity, and risk-taking [...]

Whoever prevails in November’s presidential elections will likely be looking to revamp how the White House organizes policy making related to science and technology. Some interesting new ideas on that front can be found in a new Wilson Center study. The report, OSTP 2.0: Critical Upgrade, was prepared by four researchers with extensive past experience [...]

User-generated innovation is a hot topic that has been the subject of many new books and research reports. The latest addition to this literature comes from Britain’s National Endowment for Science, Technology, and the Arts (NESTA). The study notes that Great Britain has a long and distinguished history of user-led innovation. For example, Timothy Berners-Lee, [...]

A new Kauffman Foundation sponsored report takes a deep look at the forces that have helped transform India into a global force in R&D. The secret lies in new and innovative approaches to workforce development. Faced with a crumbling education sector, India’s corporate leaders have taken matters into their own hands by creating their own [...]

Last year during Entrepreneurship Week USA, a collection of 8th grade students set up their own stands in the West Virginia Capitol building to see who could sell the most lemonade. The contest highlighted the fact that neighborhood lemonade stands frequently serve as the first real-life business venture for many—popping up on sidewalks and street [...]

A new study sponsored by the US Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy finds that antitrust enforcement actions may not have a huge impact on small business performance. The research examined the impact of antitrust actions in two industries—retail groceries and timber—that have been the subject of extensive enforcement activity. The retail grocery sector saw [...]

It pays to go to the right college—at least if you want to be a venture capitalist. A new National Venture Capital Association/Dow Jones Venture Wire survey of more than 500 VCs shows that forty-two percent of investors attended just five schools: Harvard, Stanford, Penn, Duke and MIT. While they hail from a small group [...]

Open innovation—once championed nearly exclusively by forward-thinking web geeks—is becoming an increasingly popular concept in mainstream circles. Companies like Procter & Gamble are opening their product development processes so that customers and other partners can offer their ideas and input. Some companies are now moving beyond this basic concept to an even more open process [...]

A new Harvard Business School study offers another take on the question of social enterprise. The paper reports on discussions held at the March 2008 HBS Future of Social Enterprise Centennial Colloquium. It describes the ongoing boom in social enterprise and lays out three potential scenarios for the future. Under Consolidation, the industry will continue [...]

Policymakers around the world are concerned about the impact of private equity buy-out firms. Their fear is that these firms swoop in, strip a company of its assets, and move on. A new study sponsored by the Census Bureau offers some support for these fears. The researchers examined private equity buyouts that occurred in the [...]