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Learn how this year's Forum delivered leading business advice on growth strategies in turbulent times.

In response to the downturn, Ernst & Young recently surveyed 3,100 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year award country winners and finalists. Our findings show that 67% of high-growth company CEOs and entrepreneurs are taking advantage of the downturn by "pursuing new market opportunities." Expanding customer base and sharpening market differentiation are the top priority for today's leading entrepreneurs, according to our survey.

In September 2009, we asked a group of future market leaders - participants in the global Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award - what their priorities were coming out of the global financial crisis. What lessons had they learned? Most of them are actually thriving in the downturn - see how.

Global economic recovery depends on the proven relationship of entrepreneurship and innovation to economic growth. Large corporations in particular must build and sustain innovation-oriented cultures to retain their roles as market leaders. Economic growth is also created by effective public policy — the current crisis is the perfect time for policy-makers and business leaders to support entrepreneurs and innovators at all levels of their economies.