From Survival to Growth - Global VC Insights and Trends Report 2009
From survival to growth is Ernst & Young’s seventh annual report on venture capital. It examines the state of VC today and provides insights into such topics as strategies for seizing opportunities in the current downturn, managing working capital and concerns for technology companies. Throughout the report, leading company executives and VC investors from around the globe share their own perspectives on the impacts of the downturn and strategies for success.
Cleantech: enabling corporate responses to climate change
Business is realizing it needs a response to climate change. Cleantech is one of the key enablers of this response. Ernst & Young intends to work with emerging cleantech companies and to assist multinational corporations to better understand the cleantech landscape and the opportunities it brings.
Entrepreneurship and innovation: the keys to global economic recovery
Global economic recovery depends on the proven relationship of entrepreneurship and innovation to economic growth (pdf, 1.2mb). 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.