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Whether they are running a start-up, family business or a corporation, entrepreneurs are shaping the world of tomorrow. In the Entrepreneurship section, you will learn how entrepreneurship is shaping businesses and society alike, through new business models, products and innovations.

Entrepreneurs are helping to actively shape the world of tomorrow. Through innovations, new business models and products, they develop solutions for the big challenges facing us all in the future. That is what makes entrepreneurship absolutely central to social change. Entrepreneurship comes in many different forms, and entrepreneurial action is just as diverse: young start-up founders or enterprising serial entrepreneurs may behave very differently from a seasoned head of a family business that has been around for generations. Our Insights articles aim to shed light on different facets of entrepreneurship.

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What's the return on investment from attending one of the world's top business schools?

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Lateral thinking involves looking at problems from new and different perspectives. It's a powerful way to promote innovation and uncover growth opportunities that might otherwise remain hidden.

For start-up founders, exiting their company can be difficult. So if they want to get the timing right, they need to be strategic. What to look out for.

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Silicon Valley isn’t the world’s only centre of technology and innovation. We take a look at six growing tech hubs around the globe and what makes them attractive for founders and start-ups.

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Overnight success and huge profits are no longer the driving forces behind entrepreneurship. Dietmar Grichnik, Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of St.Gallen (HSG), explains why the focus has instead shifted to sustainability, purpose and happiness.

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William Ury has been at the centre of many of the world’s most intractable conflicts. In this interview, he shares his insights on how to defuse the toughest stand-offs.

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New work seems to be an omnipresent topic. Hans Rudolf Maag, Executive Head of the Liechtenstein Academy, explains what new forms of organisation are all about and how they can be successfully implemented.

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New organisational models are turning the world of work on its head by doing away with bureaucracy and hierarchies, and making room for greater innovation, flexibility and creativity. These changes in the organisational landscape have emerged in response to the evolution of the workplace -...

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"People first" has become a buzzword, a form of corporate lip service that often nods to the importance of employees without offering any action to back it up.

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The network effect

Lateral thinking: the key to unlocking business growth

Exit strategies: When should founders sell their start-up?

Global hotbeds of innovation

"Camels instead of unicorns"

"Negotiation starts from the inside out"

"New forms of work are successful if employees have a say"

From Agile to Zappos: New organisational models and the companies embracing them

The power of "People First" leadership

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The network effect

Lateral thinking: the key to unlocking business growth

Exit strategies: When should founders sell their start-up?

Global hotbeds of innovation

"Camels instead of unicorns"

"Negotiation starts from the inside out"

"New forms of work are successful if employees have a say"

From Agile to Zappos: New organisational models and the companies embracing them

The power of "People First" leadership

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