Microcredit, which was viewed as a perfect market-affirming solution to poverty in developing countries, has collapsed. In 30 years it’s gone from Zorro to Zombie.
Good ideas from some of the best brains in the game for budding entrepreneurs ready to break the mould.
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This is a list of old and new books on entrepreneurship. The common thing about them is that they give entrepreneurs the tools they need to start their businesses.
The government’s response to Ian Harper’s competition recommendations should underpin the next 20 years of Australia’s economic growth.
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The response to the Harper recommendations on competition policy reform was mature and wisely sidestepped the issue that could derail debate on it.
Entrepreneurs such as Angola’s Isabel dos Santos have grown a portfolio of companies to very large scale rather than one big behemoth.
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A PhD and startup have more in common than you might think, and they complement each other in many ways. Nicky Ringland shares her experience of how one influenced the other.
About 98% of US exporters are small businesses.
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Over the past 60 years, China has experimented extensively with policies and programmes to encourage the growth of rural enterprises. Africa could do well by following in these footsteps.
Budget night included a few surprises for small business owners, including sole traders. The government will provide a 5% tax discount, up to $1000, for unincorporated small businesses.
African nations can look to Nigeria and Tanzania for recent examples of smart policies that boost the middle class.
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While a surge in hiring by small companies is helping lower the jobless rate, larger firms paying higher salaries play a bigger role in keeping the recovery alive.
With banks pulling back on lending to small business, the sector has had to look elsewhere for funding.
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Since the global financial crisis, credit growth in Australia has returned. But while growth in home lending between 2008 and 2014 was relatively strong (0.49% per month), it was actually negative for…
Laid low. Taking the fun out of funding.
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The EU has been busy promoting its business interests abroad in an attempt to boost exports, underpin a faltering economic recovery and raise the competitiveness of European member states. Trouble is…
The combination of social, mobile, cloud and data analytics is offering small firms new potential.
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Most companies that live and breathe the online revolution are not tech startups, but smart smaller firms that use online tools to run their core business better: to cut costs, reach customers and suppliers…