Posts Tagged GLOBAL
2007 Global Conference: Entrepreneurial Philanthropy
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Teresa Heinz Kerry, Don Randel, and Carl Schramm joined Michael Milken in a fruitful and fascinating discussion on the changing nature of entrepreneurial philanthropy at the 2007 Milken Institute Global Conference. Increasingly, donors seek measurable impacts from their giving, and the debate continues over whether programmatic grants or long-term operating support is most effective. Come see what these dynamic philanthropic leaders have to say, where they agree and disagree… More >>
2007 Global Conference: Entrepreneurial Philanthropy
The Rise of Women Entrepreneurs: People, Processes, and Global Trends
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Nearly 40% of all U.S. businesses are women-owned, and by 2025 the Census Bureau projects it will rise to 55%. The trend is new, dating back just to the 1980s, but its impact is already felt. Not only are women achieving empowerment and bettering their lives in many different ways, but the beneficial affect on the economic well-being of the entire country is also clear. Coughlin examines the fundamental problems that face women entrepreneurs globally; identifies, do… More >>
The Rise of Women Entrepreneurs: People, Processes, and Global Trends
2008 Global Conference: Tech Centers of North America: How to Build and Sustain a Knowledge Economy
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This panel from the 2008 Milken Institute Global Conference examines the role of high-tech industries in spurring economic growth. What factors shaped the most successful technology centers? How can regions and nations build and sustain knowledge-based economies? What roles can universities, research institutes, government labs, venture capital and private R&D operations play in creating special high-tech urban districts or suburban industrial parks? What is the best way to… More >>
2008 Global Conference: Tech Centers of North America: How to Build and Sustain a Knowledge Economy
International Entrepreneurship: Starting, Developing, and Managing a Global Venture
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Combining robust narrative with a wide variety of interesting cases, International Entrepreneurship: Starting, Developing, and Managing a Global Venture focuses on the need for every entrepreneur to at least consider entering the global market in today’s hypercompetitive world. As an ever-growing number of countries become market oriented and developed, the distinction between foreign and domestic markets is becoming less pronounced, and entrepren… More >>
International Entrepreneurship: Starting, Developing, and Managing a Global Venture
From Global to Metanational: How Companies Win in the Knowledge Economy
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Becoming a global company once meant penetrating markets around the world. But the demands of the knowledge economy are turning this strategy on its head. Today, the challenge is to innovate by learning from the world . This book provides a blueprint for companies ready to embrace this new globalization challenge. In From Global to Metanational , international business and strategy experts Yves Doz, José Santos, and Peter Williamson introduce a radically… More >>
From Global to Metanational: How Companies Win in the Knowledge Economy