Expert sheds light on important, but rare, aspect of entrepreneurship.

Erkko Autio, director of the HEC Institut Stratège in Lausanne, Switzerland High-growth entrepreneurial firms represent a small minority of all new businesses, yet they create the bulk of new jobs. Despite their significance, though, it isn’t easy to find information about these high-growth firms precisely because of their rarity. The largest survey conducted to date […]

Renowned researcher presents Presidential Lecture.

David L. Birch David L. Birch, business demography and public policy consultant, recently lectured in Florida International University’s prestigious Presidential Lecture Series. The talk, titled “Entrepreneurship in a Transformed Society,” drew an enthusiastic audience that included university President Modesto A. Maidique. Dr. Birch, formerly an MIT senior research scientist and the first winner, in 1996, […]