Summary of Enhancing Europe’s Competitiveness

Fostering Innovation-driven Entrepreneurship in Europe

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Europe has been a relative underperformer in the disruption race, and the World Economic Forum suggests it should up its game.
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With the decline of many traditional industries in Europe, the search for growth focuses on innovation. Europe has been a relative underperformer in the disruption race, and the World Economic Forum suggests it should up its game in this comprehensive overview of the state of entrepreneurialism in the region. The report offers some useful insights and suggestions for reigniting the engine of growth. getAbstract recommends this well-thought-out presentation to anyone interested in a better understanding of the current environment for innovation and start-ups in Europe.

In this summary, you will learn

  • Why entrepreneurialism is important for European growth;
  • Why understanding “the entrepreneurial lifecycle” is crucial to innovation; and
  • How comprehensive networks of big businesses, start-ups and governments promote “open innovation ecosystems.”
 

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The first 51 apps Rovio, a Finnish start-up, created failed commercially, but the 52nd, Angry Birds, was a game changer: It has had 500 million downloads. Rovio is an unbridled but all-too-rare European success story. While Europe is home to half of the 10 most innovative national economies in the world...
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