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Global Entrepreneurs Need New Funding Models

Harvard Business Review

The White House has called this gap between the demand and supply of finance for small and medium enterprises a "market failure.[and] Yet new breeds of solutions are emerging, with private and public players joining hands to find innovative answers. But times have changed.

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Using Games to Get a Handle on Bank Risk

Harvard Business Review

Bank marketing materials focus on the dreams, anxieties and goals of consumers. Financial institutions must find innovative ways to understand their consumers' aspirations and actual behavior. Interdependencies: Insufficient understanding of interactions remains a critical issue in financial innovation.

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President Obama Can Make Start-Up America Succeed

Harvard Business Review

Opportunities and markets are global. Entrepreneurs don't need to help America beat China or Brazil in addressing the needs of customers and markets. Ventures should compete and cooperate with ventures, regardless of their nationalities. Encourage financial entrepreneurship and innovation. This is not a contradiction.