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The OECD-Eurostat Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme, with the financial support of Kauffmann Foundation, presents the result of their latest research in this report. 
 
The EIP establishes multiple measures of internationally comparable data on entrepreneurial activity in 18 OECD countries, based on information produced by national statistical offices according to internationally agreed definitions. Policy-makers and citizens alike [...]

In this paper IESE Prof. Pascual Berrone discusses the current global financial crisis as a consequence of common (although inadequate) corporate governance practices. More specifically, it argues that stock options lead to excessive risk taking, like subprime mortgage securities, because they entail no penalty for the manager nor  damage her/his wealth in the event of [...]

The Vault Career Library is Vault’s best-selling collection of more than 80 career guides and research on employers, industries and much more. Vault guidebooks cover a wide range of industries, including accounting, advertising, biotech, fashion, media, investment management, real estate, venture cap ital, and many more.
The Online Career Library also provides company message boards designed [...]

The National Intelligence Council (NIC) has presented a new report that takes a long-term view of the future. It opens our minds by offering a look at how key global trends might develop over the next 15 years to influence world events.
You can read the full article here.
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Europeana, Europe’s multilingual online collection of millions of digitized items from European museums, libraries, archives and multi-media collections, with procedures for content providers.
 
 
To access the article click here.
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The changes in Western Europe’s electricity markets stemming from liberalisation, EU enlargement, new market entrants and environmental issues continue to drive dynamism in the market. The Western European Electricity Market Outlook 2008 is a newly updated management report that provides a comprehensive examination of the electricity market landscape in each of the major Western European [...]

Readers get insight into the latest tech developments from Future of Technology special reports, helping them understand what’s on the horizon and how to leverage it to build the bottom line. From telecom giants reinventing their strategies to Web 2.0 startups intent on changing the game, BusinessWeek editors highlight best practices across industries through in-depth [...]

PricewaterhouseCoopers presents the Global Automotive Perspectives 2008 in which you can find the vision for and expectations of key industry challenges that are shaping the ever-changing global automotive landscape. This annual summary of financial data predicts that 2008/9 are set to include profound industrial shifts and challenges for the automotive industry, as it responds to [...]

The World Bank has just published the World Development Report 2009: Reshaping Economic Geography.
It exposes that the most effective policies for promoting long-term growth are those that facilitate geographic concentration and economic integration, both within and across countries.
The following key facts are discussed:
-Economic activity concentrates as places prosper
-Living standards converge with development
-Growth requires geographic transformations
-Prosperity [...]

Interbrand, the american brand consultancy, has released its 2008 rankings of the Best Global Brands.
 Coca-Cola maintained its leading position as the world’s top brand. Yet, a notable shift in this year’s rankings was made by IBM, which took over the second position from Microsoft (3).
The report is freely available on the web.
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