Entrepreneurship at Local Level

Entrepreneurship and innovation are engines of economic growth, OECD workshop concludes

13-May-2008

A three-day international workshop on innovation and the global impact of high-growth small and medium-sized firms (SMEs), organized by OECD with the Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City, hailed entrepreneurship and the fast growth of innovative small firms as the engines of economic growth.

LEED Reviews on "Local Innovation Systems and Entrepreneurship"

05-Jul-2007

These reviews aim at providing policy recommendations on how to strengthen the innovation system of the region in order to underpin economic growth. The first case study took place in the region of Cantabria, Spain.  Representatives of governments and development agencies wishing to participate in the study are invited to contact the OECD Secretariat.

Conference on Partnerships, Clusters of Enterprises and Cross-border Co-operation, Hrvatska Kostajnica Region, Croatia, 6 April 2004

06-Apr-2004

This seminar was organised within the LEED Trento Centre programme of work, in co-operation with UMIS-SMEA (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Association), Croatia, and the Investment Compact. For more information, please contact Ekaterina.Travkina@oecd.org

Conferences on Clusters, Entrepreneurship and Local Development, Timisoara and Bucharest, Romania, May 2004

06-Apr-2004

These two back-to-back conferences were organised within the framework of the LEED Trento Centre in co-operation with the Central European Initiative.  This event gathered together over 100 participants from OECD and Eastern European countries. For further information, please contact Ekaterina.Travkina@oecd.org

Conference on Entrepreneurship and Local Development, Milan, Italy, 26 April 2004

03-Mar-2004

This international conference is jointly organised by the LEED Programme and FORMAPER, a long-standing partner of LEED. The aim of this event is to identify the effect of entrepreneurship in local development, as well as to determine the best policies at regional level. For more information, please contact Lucy.Clarke@oecd.org 

Local Entrepreneurship Reviews

20-Feb-2004

Local Entrepreneurship Reviews examine how to create comprehensive and effective strategies to stimulate entrepreneurship in case study cities and regions.  Work has been completed on three case studies in Trento (Italy), the West Midlands (UK) and Sinaloa (Mexico).

Conference on Regional and Entrepreneurial Development: New Challenges for Latin America, Sinaloa, Mexico, spring 2004

16-Jan-2004

This international conference is organised by the OECD LEED Programme in partnership with the government of the State of Sinaloa, the Sinaloa Development Council (CODESIN) and the financial support of the Presidency of Mexico.

Just Released: LEED Publication Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development: Programme and Policy Recommendations, March 2003

31-Mar-2003

This groundbreaking publication examines how enterprise creation and development impact on local economies providing detailed policy recommendations for both national and local levels of government. For more information, please contact Alistair.Nolan@oecd.org.

Cluster Mapping Project, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness - Consult online!

17-Dec-2001

The Cluster Mapping Project of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School, has assembled a detailed picture of clusters of industries in the United States. In the framework of its work on clusters, LEED has the great pleasure to serve as a link to the site.

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Reviews on Women's Entrepreneurship

These reviews examine how to create comprehensive and effective strategies to stimulate entrepreneurship in case study cities and regions. LEED invite cities and regions to participate!

Local Reviews on Entrepreneurship

Forum on Entrepreneurship

This Forum operates under the umbrella of the LEED Partners Club. It assesses best practice and disseminates information on entrepreneurship and local development.

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