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Have a look at this new podcast in which I talk about my personal experience as a scholar, teacher and entrepreneur: https://the-choice.org/podcast/never-lose-faith-in-your-ideas/ In a nutshell   What does “Nampelka” mean? The name comes from the

Family firms are the backbone of European economies, making up more than 60% of all companies in Europe. Moreover, as outlined by some scholars, “one hundred years ago, ‘business’ meant ‘family business,’ and thus the

The year 2020 has been shaped by Covid-19. The pandemic has revealed some of our main economic flaws, such as global overconsumption of natural resources, lifestyle of fast-consumption, and increasing social injustice. However, it has

Entrepreneurs in developing economies try to cope with weak or absent formal institutions—often referred to as “institutional voids”—by relying extensively on intermediary organizations such as business incubators and development organizations or informal institutions such as

In these days, we have realized that the assumed unexpected and impossible might actually happen. Every now and then I think about the moment when I took my flight from Milan to Hanover on the

Blockchain technology is generating excitement as a technological disruptive innovation. However, a lot of this excitement has been focused on its use for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. This has led to some confusion about the

Entrepreneurs play a critical role in our market economies and are typically described as the powerhouse of a national economy, activating and facilitating economic activity. We know that entrepreneurs can initiate economic development by breaking