KANSAS CITY, MO — (Marketwire) — 11/02/11 —
As countries get richer, they become more heavily dependent on home-grown innovation — as opposed to simply expanding existing activities or borrowing good ideas from abroad — to maintain their growth. Since new firms play an absolutely vital role in the innovation process, removing barriers to entrepreneurship becomes increasingly important to maintaining economic dynamism and prosperity.
That is the message that Kauffman Foundation Senior Scholar in research and policy, Brink Lindsey, will present today before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation. Read Lindsey-s .
Michael Dirda
Edelman
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Barbara Pruitt
Kauffman Foundation
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