At the 2009 World Entrepreneur Of The Year event in Monte Carlo (WEOY), we interviewed more than 35 country winners. We wanted to explore some of their experiences, talk about how they are coping in the current economic environment and what they think will be the path out of recession and future for entrepreneurship and the global economy. The result is conversations with entrepreneurs a unique insight from a group of the world’s finest entrepreneurs.
Seizing Opportunities: a once in a lifetime chance
How are the world’s best entrepreneurs responding to the economic downturn? What actions are they taking to get their companies through the financial crisis and position themselves for success and growth when the recovery begins? We asked successful alumni from the global Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year program. More than 450 answered – see how dynamic business leader are planning for the future.
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.
The climate of corporate change
Transformation is our 2nd annual report on clean technology and climate change. It focuses on how company responses to climate change are changing business practices and examines what this may mean for the future of the corporate landscape. It includes interviews and roundtables with major industry stakeholders, analysis of statistics on the latest investment picture and practical articles by industry practitioners.
Emerging markets lead global IPO activity
Despite the global financial crisis, the IPO pipeline contains many quality companies preparing to go public as they wait for market conditions to improve. Learn about the latest IPO market trends and issues relevant to companies planning an IPO in Ernst & Young’s sixth annual global IPO trends report for 2009, Shifting landscape - are you ready?
Entrepreneurship and innovation: the keys to global economic recovery
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.
