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Founded in 2002 by Saint Joseph University, Berytech became the first EU-accredited Business Innovation Centre in the Middle East. By its 20th …
A randomised controlled trial of 288 Greater Accra SMEs found that a 2-day working-capital-management training plus WhatsApp follow-up raised treated firms' profits …
Chile's CORFO co-finances firm-level tech and innovation projects, subsidising up to 80% of costs for small firms — but the only rigorous …
In 2018, Auckland's Perpetual Guardian trialled a four-day week (100% pay, 80% hours) for ~240 staff; university researchers measured a 7-15% drop …
After the 2010–11 earthquakes levelled much of central Christchurch, the community group Gap Filler turned vacant lots into temporary public spaces, part …
Germany's 1976 codetermination law gives workers up to half the seats on large firms' boards. Rigorous natural-experiment studies find modest effects: no …
Venture Partners at CU Boulder turned university IP into 35 new startups in FY2024 (the US's second-highest annual total ever) and a …
Msida's TAKEOFF incubator has run the TOSFA seed-grant scheme since 2014 with Malta's government, awarding €2,500–€25,000 per project; 2024's round gave €150,000 …
Nigeria's June 2017 diaspora bond raised $300 million from Nigerians abroad at a 5.625% coupon, was oversubscribed by 130%, and was fully …
Saudi Arabia's RHQ Programme offers multinationals 30-year tax breaks to base their regional headquarters in Riyadh, and since 2024 has restricted government …
Opened April 2025 under Tajikistan's digital-economy agency, IT Park Dushanbe gives resident IT firms 0% profit, VAT and dividend tax. Within a …
A stratified RCT with Addis Ababa businesswomen found formal business training raised profits and sales by 0.21 standard deviations and business practices …
Since 2015, ILO's SCORE Training has combined classroom instruction with in-factory coaching for Peruvian manufacturing SMEs, reporting output gains of up to …
Launched in March 2022, Kathmandu Metropolitan City partnered with UNDP Nepal and Impact Hub Kathmandu to run K-Hub, a 4-month municipal startup …
UNIDO and UNDP helped Cabo Verde's Fogo and Brava municipalities run a six-month youth incubation programme and launch a permanent regional innovation …
Apex-Brasil's PEIEX has qualified 30,000+ Brazilian SMEs for export in 20+ years; its 2021–23 cohort moved 827 of 5,334 firms into exporting, …
Since 2017, Slovakia's SARIO and SBA have helped 1,100+ SMEs with export and internationalization services, but an independent government evaluation found only …
In January 2021 Utrecht's council adopted the Ruimtelijke Strategie Utrecht 2040, committing roughly €7.1 billion to build four new urban centres so …
France's BSPCE scheme (1998 finance law) lets young unlisted firms grant staff the right to buy shares at a fixed price with …
Since 2012, Jersey's government-backed digital agency has grown the island's tech sector to over 3,000 jobs, 400+ digital firms and £158m in …
Thailand's Smart Visa (since 2018) gives skilled foreign professionals long stays without a work permit, feeding talent into the Eastern Economic Corridor, …
Since 1996, KI Innovations has reviewed 1,400+ research ideas from Karolinska Institutet, created 40 startups and signed 35 licence agreements; its DRIVE …
Max Planck Innovation, the Max Planck Society's technology-transfer arm, has generated over €576m in exploitation revenue and helped launch 200+ spin-offs since …
Since 2018, the University of the West Indies' venture arm and Trinidad's state-owned Unit Trust Corporation have run a tiered accelerator that …
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