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IESE Business School will host this week the European Entrepreneurship Colloquium (EEC), organized by the European Forum for Entrepreneurship Research (EFER).
The European Entrepreneurship Colloquium (EEC) is an intensive one week residential programme, specifically designed for European professors and educators seeking to integrate more effective, appropriate and interactive approaches, and practical skills in teaching entrepreneurship. EEC [...]

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Hit Barcelona is a unique global forum dedicated to bringing knowledge, revolutionary ideas and great business opportunities. For two days, it will bring together business leaders, innovators, investors and entrepreneurs to exchange ideas, promote projects and redefine the keys to business success.
The second edition of HiT Barcelona is taking place today and tomorrow at [...]

Last week marked the launch of the European SME Week 2010. This pan-European campaign has been designed to promote and support entrepreneurship. Over 3 million people participated in some 1261 events and activities organized across 37 European countries. Many of the events organized served as platforms for SMEs and micro-firms to share their experiences and [...]

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The European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Commission last week honored the five prizewinners of the European Inventor Award, who hail from Germany, Switzerland, the USA and Canada. The presentation ceremony took place in Madrid and included the presence of Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia of Asturias.
Now in its fifth year, the European [...]

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Most companies in Latin America are founded and run by men. Nevertheless, the number of women entrepreneurs is on the rise across the region, according to the recent report “Mujeres emprendedoras en América Latina y el Caribe: realidades, obstáculos y desafíos” (Femail entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean: Realities, Obstacles and Challenges), published [...]

Six people were recognized as Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 in Latin America during the presidents’ plenary session of the World Economic Forum on Latin America, held in Cartagena, Colombia, on 8 April. The Brazilians Suzana and Claudio Padua, founders of the Instituto de Pesquisas Ecologicas, were already former holders of the title. The [...]

This year, the World Economic Forum has selected 26 companies active in sectors such as energy, environmental technologies, health, information technologies and new media. Not only are they developing groundbreaking products and services that can help fulfill the promise of sustainable energy, the reduction of the various digital divides, and the treatment and improved monitoring [...]

The Journal of Business Venturing this month published a special issue about ethics and entrepreneurship, edited by Jared D. Harris, Harry J. Sapienza and Norman E. Bowie.

As the editors say in the introduction to the articles, “A large number of excellent papers were considered for this special issue. In the end, the eight papers selected [...]

Internationalisation and international entrepreneurship among SMEs is a topic of considerable relevance, principally owing to the observed growth effects of cross-border venturing, and the demonstrated capacity of SMEs to drive economic development at national, regional and global levels. A new OECD report presents an in-depth analysis of the top barriers to SME internationalisation identified in [...]

A recent study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation provides insight into what makes entrepreneurs tick.  This study explores their socio-economic, educational and familial backgrounds and challenges many of the stereotypes many entrepreneurs currently face.
Read the full study here.