Remove 2002 Remove Entrepreneur Remove GDP Remove Venture Capitalist
article thumbnail

Bringing Global Philanthropy Closer to Home

Harvard Business Review

Between 2002-2013, emerging market and developing economies averaged a 6.5% growth in GDP. In some ways, they resemble Silicon Valley venture capitalists. Saraki''s approach is emblematic of a growing trend of impact-focused investors that are emerging from developing countries, where economic growth is on the rise.

article thumbnail

China Can’t Be a Global Innovation Leader Unless It Does These Three Things

Harvard Business Review

of GDP in 2012 from 1.1% in 2002, and should touch 2.0% As Lee Kai-Fu, one of China’s best-known venture capitalists and former president of Google China, recently pointed out , what Chinese entrepreneurs do today is iterative innovation; that is, borrowing an existing idea and tweaking it for the Chinese market.