Entrepreneurs love to grumble about the roadblocks and delays created by bureaucrats. Government officials, they say, are slow, bumbling and concerned only about hewing to their rules and clocking out at 4:55 p.m. But in a study of global entrepreneurship, Raffi Amit and Mauro Guillen, both Wharton management professors, have found that a simple, if smart, bureaucratic initiative mattered ...
Debt Negotiation Industry Anticipates Presentation of Merger and Acquisition Expert, Guest Speaker Tom Dakich (PRWeb)
The United States Organizations for Bankruptcy Alternatives, Inc. (USOBA) will hold its 2007 Fall Conference at Bally's Hotel in Las Vegas, NV on November 12th and 13th. USOBA announces that Thomas Dakich, a mergers and acquisitions expert will be speaking at the conference. (PRWeb Oct 25, 2007)
Zimbabwe: 'Things Looking Up' - URL Management Upbeat About Future (AllAfrica.com)
UNITED Refineries Limited (URL) management is buoyant that the entry of a new investor into the troubled food and detergents manufacturer could put back the company on the rails to full production and profitability.
Midwest Health Care Startups Attract Record-breaking $1 Billion in Venture Investments through Third Quarter of 2007 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CLEVELAND----Midwest health care startups reported a record-breaking $1 billion in total investments for 104 companies through the third quarter of 2007, according to the BioEnterprise Midwest Health Care Venture Investment Report.
MICHIGAN | ROAD TO RECOVERY: Auto pacts could mend ailing state (Detroit Free Press)
Looking back a decade from now, there's a fair chance people will say 2007 was the year Michigan and the U.S. auto industry finally turned it around.
Tuesday Toastmasters Akron 151... (Akron Beacon Journal)
Tuesday Toastmasters Akron 151 ? 6:30-8 p.m., St. Thomas Hospital, 444 N. Main St., Akron. Information: Paul, 330-794-2605, or Randy/Ben, 330-929-7700. Wadsworth Toastmasters ? 7 p.m., Wadsworth Main Library, 132 Broad St. Information: Carol at 330-336-8000. International Referral Network ? Greater Akron Chapter ? 7:30 a.m., Panera Bread, 689 Howe Ave., Cuyahoga Falls. Free. Information: ...
Lincoln Financial Foundation Bolsters Philadelphia Education Opportunities (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Lincoln Financial Foundation is stepping forward to support the city's struggling school system, awarding more than $900,000 to nonprofit organizations that are providing critical academic support in the city.
Venture capitalists step up tax plan fight (Financial Times)
Proposals to boost the taxes paid by the managers of private equity and hedge funds will have the side-effect of damaging the US?s thriving venture capital business, according to a public letter signed by 500 entrepreneurs.
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