entrepreneurship

The paper outlines the development of an entrepreneurial culture in the U.S. Capitol region and the formation of a regional industrial cluster.

The report identifies changes in entrepreneurship education in terms of four key audiences: students, faculty, administration and entrepreneurs.

The paper is divided into the following four parts: origins of minority enterprise programs; trends in education and employment; sources of venture capital funding for minority enterprise; and recommendations to accelerate minority high technology enterprise.

The report explores the opportunities emerging in the field of social entrepreneurship for the Kauffman Center by exploring the challenges and opportunities, current resources available to social entrepreneurs, and venture philanthropy for non-profit enterprises.

The report is designed to help the Community Entrepreneurship Focus Area Task
Force better understand: the market for rural entrepreneurship (place and people); the issues associated with promoting entrepreneurship in this market; efforts to address these issues; and the implications for future Kauffman Center activity in this arena.

The report highlights six key priorities - identified by the womens brain trust - that should be addressed over the next three to five years to bring women entrepreneurs into the fold and inject new vibrancy into our economy.

The study analyzes 1,100 entrepreneurial businesses across nine different industries in 17 countries and serves to reaffirm the lessons of the recent dot.com crash in the U.S., suggesting that growth alone is not a key to long-term business success.

The authors review recent empirical research on two critical aspects of entrepreneurial enterprises: (i) to what extent do the owners of such enterprises face constraints in capital markets, and (ii) how do entrepreneurs react to changes in their personal income tax situations?

The year-long study involving 43,000 individuals in 21 countries includes profiles of each of the 21 countries included in the study, as well as examples of several programs implemented to encourage entrepreneurship. Researchers interviewed almost 800 experts and scholars on entrepreneurship across the world in preparation of the report.

The report from the National Commission on Entrepreneurship suggests the key for converting a community or region into the next high-tech hot-spot is an economic development strategy promoting the growth of fast-growing, high-risk companies and a strong networking culture. The report presents the findings of 18 focus groups held with more than 250 entrepreneurs across the country to discuss two topics.