We explore the relation between international financial integration and the level of entrepreneurial activity in a country. Using a unique data set of approximately 24 million firms in nearly 100 countries in 1999 and 2004, we find suggestive evidence that international financial integration has been associated with higher levels of...
Entrepreneurial activity is presumed to generate important spillovers, potentially justifying tax subsidies. How does the tax law affect individual incentives? How much of an impact has it had in practice? This paper first show theoretically that taxes can affect the incentives to be an entrepreneur due simply to differences in...
Entrepreneurial activity is presumed to generate important spillovers, potentially justifying tax subsidies. The article first shows theoretically that taxes can affect the incentives to be an entrepreneur due simply to differences in tax rates on business versus wage and salary income, due to differences in the tax treatment of losses...
Canadian provinces are failing to keep up to U.S. states on some of the most important measures of entrepreneurial activity, according to a new study released today by independent research organization the Fraser Institute. "U.S. states appear to be doing a better job of encouraging entrepreneurial activity than Canadian provinces....
BEIJING, July 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yongye Biotechnology International, Inc. ("Yongye" or the "Company") (BULLETIN BOARD: YGYB) , a leading distributor of plant and animal nutrients headquartered in Beijing, PRC, announced today it has engaged MSPC Certified Public Accountants and Advisors, P.C. as the Company's independent auditor. The...
Today begins accelerated implementation ofproven and innovative strategies for the creation and expansion of businessenterprises through the newly publicly traded Club Vivanet (PINKSHEETS: CLVV), offering and deploying important high demand communication andfinancial products and services the world over. Club Vivanet is a globalmarketing company delivering a range of products and...
iLOOKABOUT Corp. (TSX VENTURE: ILA) ILA announced today that its President and CEO, Jeff Young, has been nominated for an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2008 in the technology category. The Entrepreneur of the Year competition recognizes ingenuity, hard work and perseverance in those entrepreneurs who...
A surge in new small businesses has venture capitalists taking a serious look at Long Island, a region investors have ignored for more than a year. Call it the silver lining to a down economy: Entrepreneurial- minded individuals, who may have been laid off as part of...
IT Professionals at All Levels Are Actively Registering for Upcoming Charlotte and Raleigh Events CHARLOTTE & RALEIGH, N.C. -- Peak 10, Inc., the leading independent data center operator and managed services provider, is hosting a Carolinas Technology Series in the Charlotte and Raleigh markets. The series presents IT...
ATLANTA -- Xethanol Corporation (AMEX: XNL), a renewable energy company, today announced that it has engaged Dr. Rom Papadopoulos to explore growth alternatives for Xethanol's business. Those alternatives include mergers and acquisitions, investments, and new product lines in renewable energy. Dr. Papadopoulos will work as a special advisor to Xethanol's...
MCLEAN, Va. -- Managed Objects, the Business Service Management BSM Company, today announced that it has named Abbas Haider Ali as Vice President of Product Strategy. With extensive entrepreneurial experience in the Network and Application Performance Management space - Haider Ali's role at Managed Objects centers primarily on revenue generating...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- MediVoice, LLC, the world's first mobile voice-activation solution for e-Health and e-Prescribing, announced today the recent appointment of Edward J. Zecchini as its Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer. In his new position, Mr. Zecchini will be responsible for all operations...
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. -- Sepracor Inc. (Nasdaq: SEPR) today announced that David P. Southwell has notified the Company that he will resign as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer as of May 20, 2008 to pursue other interests. Mr. Southwell will remain as a consultant to Sepracor until December 31, 2008,...
Dow Jones VentureSource Finds 25% Drop in Total Deal Flow Balanced Out by 25% Jump in Median Deal Size; U.K. Sees Record Investment, Accounts for 46% of Region's Total LONDON and NEW YORK, May 13 /PRNewswire/ -- It's feast or famine for entrepreneurial companies in Europe as...
Alan G. Walton of Oxford Bioscience Partners and Kenneth R. Pelowski of Pinnacle Ventures to Keynote Midwest's Premier Equity Event ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- With the Midwest's premier equity event rapidly approaching, Michigan Growth Capital Symposium MGCS organizers today announced the line-up of featured...
China's urban space; development under market socialism. Ed. by T. G. McGee et al. Routledge 2007 260 pages $150.00 Hardcover Routledge studies on China in transition; 29 HT384 An international group of...
The Libertarian Party is warning against excessive and rash government intervention in the American economy in response to recent market woes. "It is almost as if Congress and the President set out to de something half-baked and cheesy in response to this nation's economic problems," comments National Chairman William Redpath....
Trenton, which traces its history back to the early 1700s, has a way of casting its spell on people. Just ask Jeffrey M. Zeiger, a partner in Zeiger Enterprises, a company involved in real estate development, international trade and entrepreneurial activity, and a thriving member of the Trenton business community....
Entrepreneurs in the USA launched more small businesses in 2007 than the year before in the West, the Midwest and the South -- apparently not scared of the economic slowdown that began last year, according to a report released Thursday. Regions and states with stronger economic and population...
Nearly 500,000 New Businesses Launched Monthly Report includes state-by-state breakdown of entrepreneurial activity with Midwest and West having highest rates KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The rate of entrepreneurial activity among women dropped sharply in 2007 while the activity rate among men and immigrants surged, according to...
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