WHAT distinguishes them from many other technoreneurs is the willingness to move out of their comfort zone, and to out their shoulder to the wheel. This issue we feature stories of home-grown technopreneurs who have defied the odds to carve […]

CHICAGO (HedgeWorld.com) – Hedge Fund Research Inc. unveiled four hedge funds of funds indexes, extending the firms HFRI Fund of Funds Index and database. The four sub-indexes are: HFRI FOF Diversified Index, HFRI FOF Conservative Index, HFRI FOF Market Defensive […]

Abstract: The literature on innovative regions has stressed the role of spatial clustering in the endogenous formation, accumulation, and sharing of knowledge in technology hubs in advancedcountries. Little has been written, however, on how spatial clusters may also affect technological […]

BUSINESSES RAISE CAPITAL FOR ALL SORTS of reasons: to expand the production line, to acquire a new business, to reduce the burden of bank debt, to buy out current shareholders … and even sometimesto bridge a difficult period of high […]

WHEN DENNIS GRANT SET OUT TO SECURE A SECOND ROUND of funding for Longmont-based CreekPath Systems, he was as demanding of venture capitalists as they’ve been known to be with startup companies. Listening to the confident Grant, it’s hard to […]

A Maryland venture capital firm has come to the Quad-state region. Armed with $4 million from the West Virginia Economic Development Authority, Walker Ventures has opened an office in the HoxtonBuilding on the outskirts of downtown Shepherdstown. Managing the office […]

London is waking up to the need to innovate, backed by a multiplicity of grants and funds and an agency answering to Mayor Ken Livingstone. George Barlow, chairman of the London Development Agency, kicked off the recent London Innovation Conference […]

“Venture capital is essentially an arbitrage opportunity between the different values ascribed to an asset by the private and public markets.”1 “Joseph ‘Joe Bananas’ Bonanno Sr., former head of one of New York City’s five original Mafia families, .. . […]

Growing numbers of investment firms are quietly financing promising hedge-fund managers, much as venture capitalists underwrite risky start-ups in the hope that some will strike it rich. Hedge-fundexecutives estimate that at least 30 providers of seed capital have emerged in […]

Hedge funds for the masses are one of the latest hot trends in global asset management. In the United States, hardly a month passes without news of another offering aimed at the broader market. Theconcept has taken off in Europe, […]

Promoted as a risk-free and potentially lucrative route into the complex world of derivatives, capital-guaranteed hedge funds may be viewed by some investors as a panacea. But do these products standup to close scrutiny? Despite their increasing popularity in Asia […]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY With the growing financial crisis and collapse of the bubble economy of Japan, small, innovative, companies can offer the catalyst the economy needs. Yet the traditional culture of Japan, its educational system, and entrenched employment and promotion practices […]