Last week, I went to a roundtable discussion on how to enhance innovation which was organized by the Kauffman Foundation as part of its EntrepreneurshipWeek USA Policy Summit in Washington, DC. While a couple of very interesting and valid points were made during the discussion, which attracted about 20 people [...]
Thomas Friedman tells us the world is flat, but national policies still matter for companies of all sizes looking to innovate and compete in the global marketplace. Yesterday we released a paper today entitled "National Policies as Platforms for Innovation: Reconciling a Flat World with Creative Cities." We announced it [...]
I'd like to call out an interesting development from the past week that is a great example of how the Internet can do an end run around traditional regulation--in this case, federal broadcast indecency rules. As described very well in this NY Times article in yesterday's Arts section, Saturday Night [...]
Wow, there's something for everyone on YouTube! I have to give props to the American Antitrust Institute for their slick film on antitrust regulation (to steal from Tim's recent post, I avoid saying "antitrust enforcement" or "antitrust authority" - and so should you - because these phrases impart too much [...]
The U.S. has a reputation of being entrepreneurial relative to other countries. The AEI event I attended yesterday was a book forum for Carl Schramm's new book The Entrepreneurial Imperative. The event focused on why entrepreneurs are important (they spur innovation) and how Washington policy helps and hurts entrepreneurial activity [...]