Economists often measure rates of entrepreneurship by looking at the number of small businesses in an industry or a country. However, in a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Magnus Henrekson and Tino ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE. Two years ago, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote a much-discussed piece on the ...
Tags: Robotics Industry, Robot
With a bid to revive the emaciated handloom sector of the south Indian state of Kerala, The People’s Company, a social entrepreneurship start-up and the state government together have launched a clothing line crafted entirely from ...
Tags: Clothing Line, Handlooms
Boxed beverages, like juice-boxes, have been around since the mid-60s. Children have been drinking juice out of cardboard squares lined with plastic or aluminum for years. This hybrid, multi-layer construction makes recycli ng the ...
How many empty beer cans, soda bottles and fifths of vodka did you see as you left that off-campus party last Friday night? Where do you imagine they went the next day when the owners cleaned up the house? For 17 off-campus student houses ...
Tags: Recycles Cans, Glass
Whitman College is participating for the first time in Global Entrepreneurship Week this week in partnership with Walla Walla Community College, Walla Walla University and the Walla Walla Valley Chamber of Commerce in a problem solving ...
China Agricultural University (CAU), Wageningen UR (University and Research Centre) and Dutch dairy company FrieslandCampina, today signed an agreement to establish a China-based Sino-Dutch Dairy Development Centre (SDDDC). The centre ...
Tags: Chinese Dairy, Food
It’s convention week for the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) but the only thing conventional about this two-day affair will be the members’ trucks. The 87th annual get-together at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in downtown Hogtown ...
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. announced that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Merrill A. Pete Miller, Jr. has informed the Board of Directors that he intends to step down from those positions contemporaneous with the completion of the ...
The British Fashion Council’s (BFC) international showcasing initiative LONDON show ROOMS is bringing a selection of British designers to Brazil. Supported by Farfetch, its global sponsor, this new venture takes place, Tuesday 12th ...
Tags: UK Fashion, SS14 collections
Last year, I penned a blog for this site, discussing the "Problem with the popularity of pouches", citing the excellent packaging qualities of pouches, but expressing concern about the inability of most to be recycled through traditional ...
New York-based private equity specialist AEA Investors LP is buying Siemens' Water Technologies business unit in a deal valued at €640 million. The sale includes Siemens Water Technologies' municipal, industrial and services water and ...
In a bold and unexpected move that underscores its role as a leader in social innovation, Toms launched the Toms Marketplace, a new online retail destination hosted on Toms.com that features a curated collection of 200 socially conscious ...
Tags: Online Marketplace Platform, Toms
Judging by the designer shoes this young Chinese entrepreneur is sporting, his business, a cozy Italian restaurant in an upscale Shanghai neighborhood, must be doing rather well. The new car parked outside reinforces that observation. On ...
Tags: Bank Loans, Innovation
The much awaited JAMIA BAZAAR is here again! A two day exposition at India Islamic Culture centre, the exhibition opens out the alternative, but spirited world of Jamia Nagar to Delhi’s denizens. Jamia Bazaar was formally inaugurated ...
Tags: Fusion of Culture, Textile