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What Makes New Orleans a Startup City to Rival the “Big Three”

Harvard Business Review

New Orleanians new and old returned to their city with a newfound sense of urgency, and they began to look at some of those decades-old problems that had dogged the city with fresh eyes, whether in education, transportation, food service, or music. In 2011, demographer Joel Kotkin developed a list of the U.S.’s

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Entrepreneurship Always Leads to Inequality

Harvard Business Review

The Boston Innovation District’s meteoric real estate prices are pushing the very entrepreneurs who made the district sexy towards neighboring districts where rents have not tripled since 2010. But inequality can also be a great motivator, can fuel ambition, can bolster achievement, and can foster innovation.

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Why Tech Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries Struggle to Raise Funds

Harvard Business Review

Most investors liked the business model and the fact that I was educated in Nigeria and knew the market. is dynamic, and investors know that there are companies interested in buying innovative tech startups. That's why most investments in Africa are in mature industries like oil & gas, real estate, and finance, among others.

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What's to Be Learned from Ousted Leaders?

Harvard Business Review

When you meet him — for me it was at a BankInter-hosted gathering of scientists, business innovators, and policy experts in Madrid — you''re struck by his no-nonsense style and gruff Brooklyn charm. Meanwhile, for his peers in US higher education, those odds are only getting worse. And what people used to call a stitch.

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Why Today’s Corporate Research Centers Need to Be in Cities

Harvard Business Review

What’s driving companies to relocate near urban universities is the changing role of innovation within the private sector as firms are increasingly relying on external sources to support technology development. In the past, many large companies tended to innovate in isolation. Insight Center. The Global Digital Economy.

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2013 Trends and The Power of Women

Women on Business

In general, men have been waiting for the old jobs to come back, while women have adapted themselves (in some cases, even pursuing additional education) to make the most of new opportunities. For decades, young men had outpaced young women in educational attainment, but women surpassed men in 1992. million in 2011. of the U.S.

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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.