http://sprie.stanford.edu/Recent news, events + publications from SPRIEen-usPublic domainhttp://sprie.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://sprie.stanford.edu/60http://sprie.stanford.edu/news/2115Recently Dr. Martin Kenney (Professor, UC Davis) delivered a fascinating presentation for a SPRIE audience, tracing venture capital from its pre-WWII angel investor beginnings all the way up to the present, which he sees as the most difficult circumstances the industry has ever faced.]]>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://sprie.stanford.edu/news/2115http://sprie.stanford.edu/news/2096Silicon Valley thought leaders John Hennessy, John Seely Brown and others spoke at SPRIE's Leaders Forum on Thursday, September 24, reflecting on the changing factors affecting the Valley's economy and how best to respond. "In a rapidly changing world where innovation and agility reign supreme," noted Brown, there is a "big shift" underway from an economy that is predictable and heirarchical--one that is based on scalable efficiency--to one that is dynamic and focused on knowedge flows and creation: an economy that depends on scalable peer learning. Brown's presentation can be downloaded and other materials from the forum will be linked as they become available.]]>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://sprie.stanford.edu/news/2096http://sprie.stanford.edu/news/2083On Thursday, September 24, the Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE) is pleased to present the "Silicon Valley Leadership Forum: Changing Silicon Valley," a forum featuring addresses by Dr. John Hennessy, President, Stanford University; Mr. James C. Morgan, Chairman emeritus, Applied Materials; and Dr. John Seely Brown, Independent Co-Chairman, Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation, as well as a special panel focus on how venture capital is changing in the Valley.]]>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://sprie.stanford.edu/news/2083http://sprie.stanford.edu/news/2039Now available on the SPRIE website: the audio recording of Professor Charla Griffy-Brown's seminar on "The Fortress and the Cloud: Women, Technology and Entrepreneurship in Japan." Professor Griffy-Brown explores how new business models are developing in Japan and how opportunities are being created for the rise of women entrepreneurs.]]>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://sprie.stanford.edu/news/2039http://sprie.stanford.edu/news/2016In an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal, SPRIE Co-Director Henry Rowen looks to 1970s New York City for a solution to California's current budgetary crisis. While then-president Gerald Ford refused a federal bailout of the bankrupt city, in the end Washington did provide assistance. California needs help, Rowen argues, but not without reform, and an unconditional bailout will only delay that needed reform.]]>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://sprie.stanford.edu/news/2016http://sprie.stanford.edu/news/2006SPRIE has extended the earlybird application deadline for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fellows Program to July 1. There is still time to join applicants from around the world for an intensive two-week program at Stanford University, with a world-class faculty teaching "Leading Innovative and Entrepreneurial Regions in the Global Economy."]]>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://sprie.stanford.edu/news/2006http://sprie.stanford.edu/news/1972Forbes.com covered the May 29 "Entrepreneurship in Japan" symposium, co-sponsored by SPRIE's Project on Japanese Entrepreneurship and the University of Tokyo. Visiting scholars Robert Eberhart and Ulrike Schaede and others presented papers at the event on the state of Japanese entrepreneurship and how to foster it, as well as the outlook for startups there and the question of whether entrepreneurship itself can be taught.]]>Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://sprie.stanford.edu/news/1972http://sprie.stanford.edu/news/1909On February 23, a standing-room-only crowd filled the Bechtel Conference Center to attend "Solving the Global Leadership and Talent Equation," a seminar presented by SPRIE as part of Entrepreneurship Week 2009 at Stanford University. Moderator Kyung Yoon (Talent Age Associates) led the panel of Eric Benhamou (Benhamou Global Ventures), David Chao (DCM) and Michael Zhao (Array Networks) on a lively discussion covering the problems and challenges of building effective international teams. Missed the event? Watch the video on the SPRIE website.]]>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://sprie.stanford.edu/news/1909http://sprie.stanford.edu/news/1847On March 3, 2009, SPRIE Co-Director William F. Miller attended the opening ceremony for the William F. Miller School of Management of Technology at Konkuk University in Seoul, Korea.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://sprie.stanford.edu/news/1847http://sprie.stanford.edu/news/1822Be sure to mark your calendar for a major event coming up in February at SPRIE. On February 23, SPRIE will be presenting an exciting panel on %event1%, featuring Eric Benhamou, Chairman and CEO of Benhamou Global Ventures; David Chao, Co-founder and General Partnet of Doll Capital; Kyung Yoon, President and CEO of Talent Age and Michael Zhao, President and CEO, Array Networks.]]>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PSThttp://sprie.stanford.edu/news/1822http://sprie.stanford.edu/events/5915Open to the public
Vivek Wadhwa, Senior Research Associate, Labor and Worklife Program, Harvard Law School]]>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:57:59 PSThttp://sprie.stanford.edu/events/5915http://sprie.stanford.edu/events/5888Open to the public
Chaisung Lim]]>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:50:05 PSThttp://sprie.stanford.edu/events/5888http://sprie.stanford.edu/publications/22480,
]]>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:49:56 PSThttp://sprie.stanford.edu/publications/22480http://sprie.stanford.edu/publications/22376The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, December 2008
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To understand how leaders of Chinese high tech companies are attempting to meet people- and skill-related challenges, the Stanford Project on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE) partnered with Heidrick & Struggles, the premier global executive search and leadership consulting firm, to undertake an in-depth study of leadership and talent strategies among China's tech companies.]]>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:04:15 PSThttp://sprie.stanford.edu/publications/21276http://sprie.stanford.edu/publications/21238Stanford University Press, November 2006
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The objective of the partners and of this study is to help business and community leaders and state and regional policymakers understand the Bay Area's job market and how it is changing in response to key global and domestic trends.]]>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:45:54 PSThttp://sprie.stanford.edu/publications/20785http://sprie.stanford.edu/publications/20337Shorenstein APARC, November 2003
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