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Governments Must Encourage Family Enterprise Growth

Policymakers need to recognize the extensive impact these businesses have on local, national, and even international communities, and ensure that efforts are made to support their continuity. Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: R. Adam Smith

Does Social Spending Discourage Entrepreneurship?

The importance of entrepreneurship to the economy is well established. Entrepreneurship drives economic growth and helps to solve society’s intractable problems, from curing disease to lowering Read More...

Category: Research Insight

Authors: Eric Liguori , Matt Marvel , Shelby Solomon and Joshua Bendickson

Government Organizations Must Innovate Like Entrepreneurs

The public sector has long benefited from partnerships with private sector companies that allow innovation and entrepreneurship to flourish. However, government agencies themselves often struggle to Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Sabra Horne

How Crisis Spurred Healthcare Innovation in Cuba

Health care is a hotly debated topic in the US -- how it's delivered, whether the government or employers pay for it, how research on promising new drugs is funded and other issues. "Innovation" is Read More...

Category: Theory and Research

Author: Eapen Chacko

Innovation in K-12 Education: One District's Journey

The United States’ system of K-12 public education is an important cornerstone of American society. Public schools play a critical role in advancing our widely valued principles of community Read More...

Category: Applied and Practice

Authors: Daniel Forbes and Eric Schneider

Women Entrepreneurs Have Limited Chances to Lead Their New Businesses

Women who start new businesses with men have limited opportunities to move into leadership roles, according to a study we conducted at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and when they Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Howard E. Aldrich