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Demographics and Entrepreneurship blog series: Entry rates for startups are falling, due partly to demography
As part of the blog series summarizing the Fraser Institute’s Demographics and Entrepreneurship essays, this post examines small business startup rates in Canada and beyond. Small business startups are an essential feature of what the ...
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Demographics and Entrepreneurship blog series: The connection between entrepreneurship and prosperity
As part of the blog series summarizing the Fraser Institute’s Demographics and Entrepreneurship essays, this post summarizes the theoretical and empirical connection between entrepreneurship and economic prosperity. The entrepreneur ...
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Stemming the demographic tide on entrepreneurship in the U.K.
Appeared in CapX—Centre for Policy Studies, May 18, 2018 Entrepreneurship is widely acknowledged as the basis for innovation, technological advancement and economic progress—and subsequently, a driving force for improved living standards. Yet there’s ...
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Demographics and Entrepreneurship blog series: Understanding how demographics adversely affect entrepreneurship
As part of the blog series summarizing the Fraser Institute’s Demographics and Entrepreneurship essays, this post examines how changing demographics adversely affect entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is key for the creation of new goods ...
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Stemming the demographic tide on entrepreneurship in Canada
Appeared in the Globe and Mail, May 17, 2018 Entrepreneurship is widely acknowledged as the basis for innovation, technological advancement and economic progress—and subsequently, a driving force for improved living standards. Yet there’s little ...
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Demographics and Entrepreneurship: Mitigating the Effects of an Aging Population
Entrepreneurship is widely acknowledged as the basis for innovation, technological advancement and economic progress—and subsequently, a driving force for improved living standards. Yet there’s little discussion, let alone action, among governments in ...
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Ontario’s throne speech ignores growth and competitiveness
On Monday, Premier Wynne’s government delivered its throne speech to layout its vision for the rest of its mandate and the future. Much will be said and written about what the speech discussed at length (various new government ...
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Fed’s show worrying disinterest in private-sector investment and entrepreneurship
Appeared in Maclean's, March 7, 2018 Evidence continues to mount that confidence in Canada as a destination for business investment and entrepreneurship is in steep decline. Given the importance of business investment and entrepreneurship to economic ...
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Business Investment in Canada Falls Far Behind Other Industrialized Countries
This bulletin provides an overview of business investment in Canada: why investment is important, its recent performance, and how it compares with other industrialized countries. Business investment is central to long-term economic growth and ...
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Enough with the gazelles already—Canadian business needs lions
All of a sudden we seem to be surrounded by gazelles. It’s as if the Canadian industrial policy landscape has been transported to the Serengeti. Entrepreneur Anthony Lacavera and writer Kate Fillion have a new book out (How We Can Win) ...