2008 World Bank Group Entrepreneurship Survey Brief 
New data about total and newly registered businesses in more than 100
industrial and developing countries suggests that a strong business
environment can encourage entrepreneurial activity. For example, new
firm creation is higher in countries with greater ease in starting a
business (Doing Business 2009) and modernized business registries.
A Nobel Entrepreneurship Scholar
Edmund Phelps, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics, has been working to develop empirical applications and economic
models that encompass the principal theme of the individual entrepreneur as the
bearer of new commercial ideas, borne of an entrepreneur's special experience
and observation.
Can We Afford Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid?
Bob Litan, Vice President of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation, joins a panel of experts to tackle the impending budget crisis that entitlement spending could cause with an online forum on NewTalk.org. The debate includes the sustainability of Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security and possible solutions.
Discussion Summaries from the Summit on Entrepreneurship and Expeditionary Economics
Summaries from panel discussions from the Summit on Entrepreneurship and Expeditionary Economics, in which some of the foremost thinkers in military history, foreign policy, and economic growth shared their knowledge, experiences, and insights.
Educating the Next Wave of Entrepreneurs
The World Economic Forum's Global Education Initiative (GEI) report, Educating the Next Wave of Entrepreneurs
provides specific recommendations for the academic, public, private and
non-profit sectors to collaborate in supporting the development of
entrepreneurship ecosystems, in which education is a key driver.
Entrepreneurs and Academics Come Together to Address Pressing World Problems at UC Berkeley's First Global Technology Leaders Conference
UC Berkeley will host the inaugural A. Richard Newton Global Technology
Leaders Conference on Thursday, Nov. 20. Bringing together luminaries
from a range of disciplines, the conference will prompt discussions on
the world’s most significant challenges and identify pathways to their
solution in the health sciences, energy and technology fields.
Entrepreneurship and Expeditionary Economics
Expeditionary Economics (EE), in the view of the Kauffman Foundation, is a framework for thinking about how to stimulate economic growth in post-combat/post-catastrophe zones where the American military is about to perform, is performing, or has concluded a mission.
Global Entrepreneurship Week News Page
The world's first Global Entrepreneurship Week introduced the notion of enterprising behavior to as many young people as possible, connecting in networks that cross national boundaries, cultures and disciplines. Inspirational entrepreneurs coached and mentored the next generation of enterprise
Growing the Economy out of Crisis
Carl Schramm, President and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, delivered the keynote address for the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research's conference on the Market Meltdown.
Kauffman Foundation Partners With Singularity University as Corporate Founder
Singularity University (SU) — the academic institution with the goal of preparing the next generation of leaders to address "humanity's grand challenges" – today announced the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation has joined as Corporate Founder. The partnership will leverage Singularity University programs and Kauffman Foundation research and initiatives to support entrepreneurship and innovation focused on the "grand challenges," such as sustainable water, energy and poverty. The Kauffman Foundation joins Google, Autodesk and ePlanet Ventures as key supporters of Singularity University's efforts.
New Survey Shows that a Good Regulatory Environment Can Boost Entrepreneurial Activity in Developing Countries
New data about total and newly registered businesses in more than 100
industrial and developing countries suggests that a strong business
environment can encourage entrepreneurial activity. For example, new
firm creation is higher in countries with greater ease in starting a
business (Doing Business 2009) and modernized business registries.
Personalized Health Manifesto
Shifting to a health care paradigm that embraces healthy wellness and personalized health an be accelerated with a thoughtful and comprehensive plan to advance the science and practice of personalized health.
Putting Performance on the Map
Putting Performance on the Map provides crucial, community-level information that can help the KCMSD, charter school sponsors and operators, and all education stakeholders prioritize and chart a path forward
The Ciputra Quantum Leap: Making Indonesia an Entrepreneurial Nation
Entrepreneurship brought me from a state of childhood poverty to a life of philanthropy. And just as my own experience as an entrepreneur reaped rewards I never imagined, I believe embracing entrepreneurship will enable nations to make a "quantum leap" from despair to prosperity.
The Making of the Personal Health Manifesto
A call for the medical community to support reforms for the rapid adoption of new scientific breakthroughs in personalized health.
Transition to Entrepreneurial Capitalism
There
is a growing body of evidence that innovation-driven productivity growth has
been made possible by a deep change in the structure of the American economy
itself—a decades-long transition from what we term the era of managerial
capitalism to today's era of entrepreneurial capitalism.
Watch Carl Schramm's keynote address at the Manhattan Institute's conference, 'Market Meltdown: New York’s Financial Crisis'
Watch the presentation Carl Schramm, President and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, delivered the keynote address for the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research's conference on the Market Meltdown: New York’s Financial Crisis, on October 22, 2008. The Institute convened expert panels to discuss the
Widening Gap Between Wealthy, Other Classes – and How to Close It – Explored in New E-book from Kauffman Foundation Scholar
In his new e-book, HUMAN CAPITALISM: How Economic Growth Has Made Us Smarter – and More Unequal, Kauffman Foundation senior scholar Brink Lindsey explores the reasons behind today's economic disparity and, more importantly, suggests actions that may help to improve the situation for future generations. Released today, Lindsey's e-book original is the first for Princeton University Press.
Young People Around the Globe Explore Innovative Solutions to World Issues
To showcase the power of ideas, Global Entrepreneurship Week organizers
have created Unleash It!, an online, virtual activity. Innovative
thinkers are invited to check out dozens of posted challenges and
explore solutions across cultural boundaries at www.unleashingideas.org/unleash.
