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Why Are Immigrants More Entrepreneurial?

Harvard Business Review

Mateschitz spent considerable time overseas as a marketing salesman prior to founding Red Bull. between 2006 and 2012 had at least one immigrant cofounder. Additionally, discrimination against immigrants in labor markets may exert pressure on them to seek self-employment. Musk migrated from South Africa to the U.S.

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Midsize Cities Are Entrepreneurship’s Real Test

Harvard Business Review

Located in the heart of Colombia’s coffee region, in 2012 Manizales was a good place to grow up and get an education, and an even better place to retire, safe and surrounded by beautiful scenery. Growth events were almost immediate: An entrepreneur with a line of men’s underwear entered export markets for the first time.

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Innovating Your Way Out Of The Resource Curse

The Horizons Tracker

The centrepiece of the institute is the Qatar Science & Technology Park, which brings together applied research and technology innovation, incubation and entrepreneurship. Train Workers In STEM Fields , with a number of policy options to improve the number of people studying a science, technology, engineering or maths discipline.