01-01 Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is critical to economic growth. It is new enterprises and new technologies replacing existing companies and existing methods. It was intriguing traveling to countries like Fiji and learning that the economy was essentially controlled by the Indian population which start most of the new businesses. Not the Fijians. And it was just as interesting…
01-02 Innovation
Most innovations come from solving problems. With free markets and firms entering and leaving you have a breeding ground for innovation. It was 1980, and I was a guest lecturer at the University of Toronto’s School of Business and a student asked me to what do I contribute the success of the Canadian Federation of…
01-03 Public Policy
A public health system helps small firms attract employees who would normally be attracted to large firms offering health benefits. It was the early days of World War Two and I was with my father heading home after a day of taking orders from officers at Camp Borden. Father had taken close to ten orders…
01-04 Poverty
The global economy has lifted much of the world out of poverty. But every nation has its own unique challenges and must find its own solutions. It was the International Symposium on Small Business in Seoul, Korea in 1977, and the key-note speaker was Peter Drucker, one of the most famous management consultants of his…