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Stiglitz Challenge to Higher Education in Scotland – Overview of Talk in Edinburgh
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Academic Entrepreneur, Capitalism, Commercialisation, Edinburgh, Entrepreneurial University, Higher Education, Innovation Economy for an Independent Scotland, Innovation Policy, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Policy, Openness, Referendum Debate, Regional Innovation, Research Policy, University Policy on September 6, 2014
This blog article was published by The Bella Calendonia blog on the 30th of August, 2014. Stiglitz enlightened challenge to Scottish Education BY BELLACALEDONIA on AUGUST 30, 2014 • ( 8 ) By Douglas Robertson Last week Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in Economics, set out the case for public, not private funding of tertiary education […]
Step Change for Innovation in Scotland: How to Massively Increase the Supply of Venture Capital in Scotland
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Academic Entrepreneur, Academic Venture Capitalists, Edinburgh, Immigrants, Immigration Policy, Incubators and Accelerators, Innovation Economy for an Independent Scotland, Innovation in Banking, Innovation Policy, Scotland as a Spinout, Venture Capital, Venture Capital Policy on September 4, 2014
This talk was given recently by the Academic Entrepreneur at the Business School of the University of Edinburgh. See: http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/about/events/53f3162126382c041f22296d/step-change-for-innovation-in- Slides can be found here: http://www.business-school.ed.ac.uk/eclub/news-and-events/?a=68277 A video will be posted on YouTube and linked here as well, and photos published within the month.
Polish Migrants in Scotland
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Edinburgh, Immigrants, Immigration Policy, Regional Innovation, Uncategorized on August 26, 2014
Polish_migrants_in_Scotland_2014 For a link to the .pdf: Polish migrants in Scotland: voting behaviours and engagement in the Scottish independence referendum This report from the Centre for Population Change (CPC) from the University of South Hampton was published recently and highlighted on the University of Edinburgh’s Future of the UK and Scotland website by Coree […]
University of Edinburgh – MOOC on the Scottish Referendum
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Edinburgh, Innovation Policy, MOOCs, Scotland as a Spinout, Uncategorized on August 26, 2014
The University of Edinburgh has launched a new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) today on the Scottish Referendum. See the news here on BBC News Scotland Politics. The six week course launched on the 25th of August 2014 is entitled “Towards Scottish Independence? Understanding the Referendum” More information can be found on the course MOOC […]
Research Project: Triple Helix Scotland: Perceptions on the Independence Referendum
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Business Models, Crowdfunding, Edinburgh, Entrepreneurial University, Entrepreneurs in Scotland, Entrepreneurship Education Pedagogies, Hackerspaces, Immigration Policy, Incubators and Accelerators, Innovation Economy for an Independent Scotland, Innovation Policy, Intellectual Property, Regional Innovation, Research Policy, Schumpeter, Scotland as a Spinout, University-Incubator interaction, Venture Capital Policy on June 17, 2014
Today the Academic Entrepreneur submitted a research project proposal “Triple Helix Scotland: Perceptions on the Independence Referendum” on Experiment.com . Upon its launch a new blog post will be posted. Experiment.com, a new way to raise funds for research, was hatched at Paul Graham’s Y-Combinator and launched on February 5th, 2014. It has been described […]
The Israeli Model: Mode for an Independent Scotland? Major Policy Implications
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Canada, Edinburgh, Entrepreneurial finance, Entrepreneurial risk capital, Entrepreneurs in Scotland, Immigrants, Immigration Policy, Incubators and Accelerators, Innovation Economy for an Independent Scotland, Innovation Policy, Israeli Model, Regional Innovation, Research Policy, Tax Policy, Technology, Triple Helix, Uncategorized, Venture Capital, Venture Capital Policy on June 4, 2014
The New Scientist published a recent article “Ape Israel to build a start-up Nation” by Jessica Griggs in Edinburgh. It suggested that much could be learned from the ecology and policies of Israel. The Academic Entrepreneur gave a talk on this entitled “The Phenomenon of Global Technology Leadership: The Israeli Model” in March of 2010 to […]
The Imagination Economy: Scotland as a Spinout launch
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Corporate R & D, Creativity through Reorganization, cryptocurrencies, Currency innovation, Edinburgh, Entrepreneurial finance, Entrepreneurial risk capital, Entrepreneurial University, Entrepreneurs in Scotland, Entrepreneurship Education Pedagogies, Hackerspaces, Hadrian's Wall, Hospitality Technology, Hotel Industry, Immigrants, Immigration Policy, Incubators and Accelerators, Innovation Economy for an Independent Scotland, Innovation Policy, Referendum Debate, Schumpeter, Scotland as a Spinout, Sequoia Capital, StartX, Tax Policy, tech currency, Technology, University-Incubator interaction, Venture Capital, Venture Capital Fund for the Arts, Venture Capital Policy, Water on May 5, 2014
The Imagination Economy: Scotland as a Spinout talk and eBook has been launched on Kickstarter. Find the link here: The campaign is 31 days and ends on Thursday, June 5th, 2014. The discourse series will start in July in Scotland and run through the end of August. And the video as well is here. […]
Two Upcoming Scottish Referendum Debates hosted by Scottish Entrepreneurship Organizations
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Edinburgh, Entrepreneurs in Scotland, Referendum Debate, Scotland as a Spinout on April 30, 2014
Two upcoming events of interest by entrepreneurship groups in Edinburgh are on the schedule. The first is being held by WeDo on May 1st, 2014 (tomorrow) and is billed as a Referendum Debate (see the overview of the event below). WeDo has about 120 members. The second is on May 20th, 2014 and is hosted […]
Scotland Decides: Currency Debate Is Sparse on Imagination
Posted by academicentrepreneur in altcurrency, Capitalism, Creativity through Reorganization, cryptocurrencies, Currency innovation, Edinburgh, Income Tax, Innovation Economy for an Independent Scotland, Innovation Policy, Schumpeter, Scotland as a Spinout, tech currency, Technology, University-Incubator interaction on April 2, 2014
Through Jo Young of the Edinburgh Entrepreneurship Club https://twitter.com/Joysci I followed Twitter to an article from a publication called “The Conversation” on “Scotland Decides ’14: The Conversation Expert Panel”. There are a series of online debates to be posted. The first one, much to my chagrin, was on the currency issue. If these end up […]
Series on Scotland: Professor Tom Devine of the University of Edinburgh
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Edinburgh, Innovation Economy for an Independent Scotland, Uncategorized on March 25, 2014
Professor Tom Devine helps us put our understanding of Scotland and the prospect of independence in perspective. Continuing on The Academic Entrepreneur’s series on Scotland and The Imagination Economy in light of the upcoming independence Referendum, let’s here from Senior Research Professor in History, Tom Devine of the University of Edinburgh. He is also […]
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