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African governments should adopt a top-down rather than bottom-up approach to encouraging the creation of businesses.
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.
The signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership belies the fact that the US’s share of trade in the region has been declining for some time.
The new Assistant Minister for Innovation, Wyatt Roy, wants to promote tech start-ups in Australia. But is that such a prudent policy?
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.
Forget your cappuccinos - it’s all about chemex and cold drip now.
If we want to boost innovation in this country, we should emulate a scheme that has proven highly successful in the United States.
The $20,000 immediate write-off for small business has been broadly welcomed, but modelling shows there will be losers.
The small business package allowing firms to depreciate up to $20,000 of assets comes with a hefty upfront cost - but the government collects later.
Treasurer Joe Hockey’s small business package may lead to gaming of the system and fairness is an issue.
Small business and families top the list of winners, while tax avoiders and rich retirees stand to lose.
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.
Some countries in Africa have made great strides bolstering the middle class by supporting small businesses, but more needs to be done.
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.
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…
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…
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…
We are still awaiting the details of the Federal Government’s Entrepreneurs’ Infrastructure Program, and how this may impact the Australian entrepreneurial ecosystem. While this program is estimated to…
Germany’s envied “Mittelstand” of modest, family-owned companies which have underpinned the country’s emergence from the financial crisis has given Europe a problem. It has helped turned the country into…
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