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Refugees Need Jobs. Entrepreneurship Can Help.

Harvard Business Review

Kauffman research has shown that in some years (1985-2005), young firms have been responsible for as much as two-thirds of new American jobs. All too often, entrepreneurship is equated with technology startups. The idea of making a business climate more attractive is not new. But it is much more than that. While the U.S.

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The Disruption of Venture Capital

Harvard Business Review

An organization's capabilities become its disabilities when disruption is afoot." – Clayton Christensen, The Innovator's Solution. In November 2005, Paul Graham wrote an essay titled " The Venture Capital Squeeze." Over the years, venture capitalists have been some of the most ardent students of disruptive innovation.

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

Like Silicon Valley, Singapore has strong research institutions and limited enforcement of noncompete clauses, a condition that academics now suggest can be a major driver of innovation. Like Israel, Singapore is small, with limited natural resources, which means economic growth requires innovative macroeconomic approaches.

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Europe’s Other Crisis: A Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

and China take the lead in tech innovation. Investing in innovation capacity. Venture funding for European digital groups in 2014 remained a fifth ($7.75 based corporations – prominent examples being Skype, founded in Estonia, acquired by eBay in 2005 for $2.6 billion) of that of the United States ($ 37.9

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