METROPOLITAN AREAS‚ ENTREPRENEURIAL COMMUNITIES AND THE DIFFUSION OF VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS: SOME DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS 1. Introduction The development of metropolitan areas is likely to depend‚ among other things‚ on the development of their entrepreneurial communities. However‚ our understanding of entrepreneurial communities worldwide is limited. In the following chapter‚ we begin to fill this gap by providing data on the development of entrepreneurial communities around the
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Marco Polo’s Travels formulated in Europe of the fourteenth and fifteenth century a new perception of the Eastern world‚ a world just as advanced and sophisticated as that of the West. Yet‚ another two centuries were needed for a significant change to take place; this was Christopher Columbus’ voyage. For Christopher Columbus‚ Marco Polo’s travelogue was a valuable and solid resource that contained the necessary details of the East. The geographical descriptions in his writing generated a basis for
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accession of new member states and in power by the addition of policy areas to its remit. The Maastricht Treaty established the European Union under its current name in 1993. The latest major amendment to the constitutional basis of the EU‚ the Treaty of Lisbon‚ came into force in 2009. The EU has developed a single market through a standardized system of laws that apply in all member states. Within the Schengen Area (which includes 22 EU and 4 non-EU states) passport controls have been abolished. EU policies
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used consistent. Cold War So during the Cold War 3 main events happened. Firstly‚ the Korean War in 1950‚ which raised the threat level since all Communist countries were suspected to be in cahoots together. So in this connection‚ there was the Lisbon conference in 1952 for an expansion of NATO divisions. 1954‚ the Soviet Union suggested to join NATO. But NATO‚ fearing that the Soviet Union’s motive was to weaken the alliance‚ rejected this proposal. One year later‚ in 1955‚ West Germany
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2. The European Union is a political and economic Union‚ which is collectively made up of twenty-eight European countries. The intention of the European Union is to foster economic and political cooperation between the member states‚ and “to make war not only unthinkable‚ but materially impossible.” (Schuman Doctrine) The belief of the European Union is that by promoting trade and interdependence between the member states‚ it will not only make them less likely to engage in war with each other‚ but
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"When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came‚ an Indian said simply‚ Ours.’" Christopher Columbus was always thought as a brave man who discovered America‚ but does this tell the entire story? The real Columbus may not be the person people once thought he was. Events that may have influenced Columbus Century long conflicts between the Christians and Muslims greatly impacted Columbus. In 1415 the Portuguese invaded North Africa in an attempt to destroy
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MANAGEMENT (WORK OF THE MANAGER) IS UNIVERSAL Managers‚ regardless of title‚ share several common elements. Management is the process of getting things done‚ effectively and efficiently‚ through and with other people. Process in the definition represents the primary activities managers perform. Effectiveness and efficiency deal with what we are doing and how we are doing it. Efficiency is doing the task right and to the relationship between inputs and outputs. Effectiveness is doing the right
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time of ideas about science and philosophy. The doctrine‚ “The Divine Right of Kings” and “The Social Contract” were written during this time. A major catastrophe occurred during the Enlightenment that shaped Voltaire’s attitude towards optimism. The Lisbon earthquake occurred on November 1‚ 1755. Fires from cooking and candles broke out after the quake as well as a Tsunami. Voltaire uses this earthquake as an event in the novel. Voltaire also uses his own experiences to relate himself to the character
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P5 – describe the impact of international factors on a selected business. M3 – assess the impact of changes in the global and European business environment on a selected business. Kyoto Protocol The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This amounts to an average of five per cent over the five-year
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Eurocentrism is a product of the era when Europe was the leader of the West and was also the dominant power in the world. That age is gone for America now occupies that position. Eurocentrism describes an attitude which affirms Europe as the cradle of world civilization. To Afrocentric scholars‚ Eurocentrism means “not only denial but appropriation of African’s rich intellectual and scientific legacy to mankind”. Eurocentrism puts the European as superior to all other peoples and the best example
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