Tag: entrepreneurship
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The Innovative SME
In the globalised economy, the strategic importance for SMEs to innovate cannot be understated. Unfortunately, often they cannot do it alone and need support. Policy makers at all levels have an important role to play, but coordination is needed.
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Challenges and Opportunities of Migrant Entrepreneurship
The parallel phenomena of increased migration and maturing ethnic communities, together with the emphasis on economic growth, innovation, job creation and social integration in the EU, creates both challenges and opportunities.
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«Towards a Single Market built around SMEs» – ‘Luc Hendrickx’, UEAPME
Interview with Luc Hendricx, Director of Competitiveness of Enterprises and External Relations at UEAPME, on how the EU can create a better environment for SMEs.
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10 Benefits of using Social media for your company
“If you are online, you are everywhere” states a well-known fact that informational technologies have transformed and reinvented the way of working for the majority of the organizations. One third of all the population worldwide has access to internet and the lion’s share of it is coming from developed countries. For millions of people, social…
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The value of free trade
The contemporary political debate has cast on the stage of EU politics what might look as an unlikely protagonist: free trade, with its limits and benefits. The negotiations surrounding the Transatlantic Trade and investment Partnership, best known as TTIP, have generated some controversy among the public in all EU Member States: on the one side…
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Europe and its neighbours: The good, the bad and the ugly
To foster security, stability and prosperity in its Neighbouring countries, the European Union launched the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in 2004. Since then, there have been reviews of these policies, the last one was presented in November 2015 and the previous one in 2011. The countries concerned by these policies are separated in two main…
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Smart Companies, Diverse Talent
Diverse companies are proven to be more successful. But differences still bring with them prejudices and mistrust. Learning to attract and retain diverse talent is strategic for future growth.
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What makes Migrant Entrepreneurs so successful?
What do Ebay’s Pierre Omidyar, Google’s Sergey Brin and P&G’s William Proctor, James Gamble all have in common? Each of these entrepreneurs who found companies that have market caps in the tens or hundreds of billions, employing tens of thousands of workers around the world, were born outside the country where they found their companies.…
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“No disability, nor your background can be an obstacle for success.” Ali Lacin
On the European Day for persons with a disability, UNITEE- New Europeans Business Confederation would like to honour a German organisation and a German-Turkish entrepreneur. The organisation, Enterability – Selbsändig ohne behinderung is based in Berlin and promotes inclusive entrepreneurship independence among Germans with a disability. Being an entrepreneur is almost the only solution for…
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“Act as if” Principle
Everything started with an article about Becca Brown, this American mid-30s woman quitted her perfect job on Wall Street to launch her personal business. After having graduated from Columbia Business School, Becca began to work at Goldman Sachs on Wall Street. Eight years later, she decided to leave the well-known bank to found Solemates, a line of…