How to be more bee-like (and go from richer innovation maps to better innovation policies)
If they want to have an impact, innovation mappers need to be more bee-like in their work, laboriously collecting facts and connecting them...
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Read the latest blogs from the IGL network.
The impact of soft-skills training for microentrepreneurs in Jamaica
What effect do entrepreneurship programmes have in developing countries? Researchers from Bocconi University discuss the impact of soft-skills training for microentrepreneurs in Jamaica.
What are the effects of a scientific approach to entrepreneurial experimentation?
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.
The EU launches a new funding call for experimental innovation support programmes
Albert and James explore what the new EU funding for experimental innovation support means for innovation agencies and evidence.
The effects of online-based entrepreneurship programmes
Read the first blog from an IGL funded trial into the effects of online-based entrepreneurship programmes from the Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship.
Can shared tools and high quality training spur innovation in Kenya's informal furniture industry?
What effect do tools and training have on the Kenyan furniture industry? The Busara Center for Behavioral Economics launches a trial funded by IGL.
Does structured accountability drive entrepreneurial performance?
Michael Leatherbee explores whether structured accountability can drive performance in a trial funded by IGL.
Promoting high impact entrepreneurship in Mexico: an impact evaluation
An IGL funded trial, carried out by the NBER, explores the impact of matching grants and promoting high impact entrepreneurship in Mexico.
What is the market impact of patents?
This month IGL begins funding a research project by MIT and EPFL researchers on the market impact of patenting. This question is important because the granting of patent rights is a central public policy tool to incentivise innovation.
Making governments learn faster from experience: experimental government at IGL2017
If you were a member of a government, how would you detect people at risk of suicide in an innovative way?
What were your takeaways from IGL2017?
A month ago, we gathered over 250 policymakers, practitioners and researchers working in innovation, entrepreneurship and business growth for the Innovation Growth Lab Annual Conference.
IGL2017: My day of high growth, experimentation and failure
On the second day of the IGL conference I had the pleasure to help facilitate four Policy and Practice Learning Lab (PPLL) workshops.