By Diego Ubfal, Irani Arraiz, Diether Beuermann, Michael Frese, Alessandro Maffioli, Daniel Verth on Friday, 26 January 2018.
What effect do entrepreneurship programmes have in developing countries? Researchers from Bocconi University discuss the impact of soft-skills training for microentrepreneurs in Jamaica.
By Alfonso Gambardella, Arnaldo Camuffo, Alessandro Cordova, Chiara Spina on Wednesday, 24 January 2018.
Researchers from Bocconi University outline the first steps of their randomised controlled trial into the effects of a scientific approach on entrepreneurial experimentation, funded by the IGL Grants Programme.
By Kåre Moberg on Thursday, 2 November 2017.
Read the first blog from an IGL funded trial into the effects of online-based entrepreneurship programmes from the Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship.
By Michael Leatherbee on Wednesday, 20 September 2017.
Michael Leatherbee explores whether structured accountability can drive performance in a trial funded by IGL.
By Alejandra Mendoza Alcántara, David Atkin, Eric Verhoogen, Leonardo Iacovone on Monday, 4 September 2017.
An IGL funded trial, carried out by the NBER, explores the impact of matching grants and promoting high impact entrepreneurship in Mexico.
By Juan Mateos-Garcia on Wednesday, 5 July 2017.
The data revolution is transforming our economy and society, from the way we shop to the way we date. But what about Research, Innovation and Growth policy? Juan Mateos-Garcia summarises his session from IGL2017.
By Lou Davina Stouffs on Thursday, 8 June 2017.
Imagine you had $10 million to develop a new programme or policy instrument to support innovation, entrepreneurship or business growth. Given carte blanche, what would you spend it on?
By IGL Team on Friday, 13 January 2017.
Last December we co-hosted our winter Research Meeting at Harvard Business School, together with Professors Karim Lakhani and Rembrand Koning. Over 50 researchers were welcomed for a day packed with eight presentations of early-stage, ongoing and completed randomised controlled trials (RCTs).
By Dane Stangler on Wednesday, 13 July 2016.
Dane Stangler, vice-president of research and policy at the Kauffman Foundation, spoke at the first annual IGL Conference on what challenges the future holds for entrepreneurship.
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By Albert Bravo-Biosca on Friday, 23 October 2015.
365 days ago IGL was born. We launched IGL with the aim of contributing to make innovation and growth policy much more experimental. A question many people ask is why this is important (and what we are doing about it).
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