NUS Entrepreneurship Centre

Jan - Mar 2006 Issue 19

S'pore punching way above its weight in patents

Singapore is well on the way to achieving its goal of becoming a knowledge hub. The number of US patents granted to locally based inventors has almost tripled in the past five years to 3,913 at end-2005 - up from just 1,370 at end-2000 and a meagre 427 at end-1995.

06 March 2006, Business Times, Pg 1

Few firms safeguard ideas with patents, survey shows

Companies here may not be short of innovative ideas, but they are much slower when it comes to protecting them.

20 February 2006, Straits Times, Pg 23

S'pore firms not tapping fully into their innovations

Most of Singapore's knowledge-intensive firms may be involved in innovations but a startling number do not have any form of intellectual property (IP) protection for their innovations, a study has shown.

20 February 2006, Business Times, Pg 2

Singapore companies to be more active in innovation

20 February 2006, Lianhe Zaobao, Pg 24, (Translation will be uploaded when available)

Attitudes in the way of entrepreneurship growth: GEM

SOCIAL and cultural attitudes, rather than a lack of structural support, may be bigger barriers to the growth of entrepreneurship in Singapore.

11 February 2006, Business Times, Pg 8

S'pore among top 10 in entrepreneurship ranking

First the good news: The push to encourage more people to star their own business has scored a breakthrough.

11 February 2006, Straits Times, Pg 10

GEM was publicized in ACE's website

Entrepreneurship can be taught and inculcated

11 February 2006, Lianhe Zaobao, Pg 31, (Translation will be uploaded when available)

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)

More tertiary-educated Sporeans starting business

More tertiary-educated Singaporeans are becoming entrepreneurs. This could be due to greater efforts by government agencies and educational institutions to push entrepreneurship in Singapore. According to the annual Global Entrepreneurship Monitor study partly funded by the NUS, more Singaporeans with tertiary education are setting up their own businesses, compared to those with JC or secondary education.

10 February 2006, NewsRadio FM 93.8 , 8pm

More starting businesses in Singapore

A rapidly growing number of people here are stepping out of their comfort zones to become entrepreneurs, a new study has found.

18 January 2006, Straits Times, Page H20

S'pore rank 8th among 20 developed countries for entrepreneurial activity

Local entrepreneurial environment in need of more financial support from government

S'pore seeing more start-ups

An increasing number of people are taking the plunge and starting their own businesses.

17 January 2006, TODAY, pg 8

More start-ups in S'pore, but funding gaps remain

Entrepreneurial activity is on the rise here, new figures show. But some observers say the government needs to plug funding gaps to encourage more high-tech start-ups.

17 January 2006, Business Times, Page 2

Singapore home to more entrepreneurs

Singapore's push to encourage entrepreneurship appears to be making some headway.

16 January 2006, Channel NewsAsia, 10.30pm

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