Invitation to seminar and book release

We have the pleasure to invite you to a unique seminar and book release with professor Amar Bhidé, Columbia University, on Tuesday October 7th.

The Venturesome Economy
- How Innovation Sustains Prosperity in a More Connected World

Bhidé's presentation as PDF

About the book:

Many warn that the next stage of globalization - the off-shoring of research and development to China and India - threatens the foundations of Western prosperity. But in The Venturesome Economy, acclaimed business and economics scholar Amar Bhidé shows how wrong the doomsayers are. When breakthrough ideas have no borders, a nation's capacity to exploit cutting-edge research regardless of where it originates is crucial: "venturesome consumption" - the willingness and ability of businesses and consumers to effectively use products and technologies derived from scientific research - is far more important than having a share of such research. Many players - entrepreneurs, managers, financiers, salespersons, consumers, and not just a few brilliant scientists and engineers - have kept the West at the forefront of the innovation game.

About Amar Bhidé:

Amar Bhidé is the Glaubinger Professor of Business at Columbia University, editor of Capitalism and Society (together with Nobel laureate Edmund Phelps), member of the Council of Foreign Relations, and the author of the acclaimed book ”The Origin and Evolution of New Businesses”. A former McKinsey & Company consultant, Bhidé was educated at the Indian Institute of Technology and Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar and later served as an associate professor.

Time: Tuesday October 7th, 16.00-18.00 (including mingle) Location: Norra Latin, Drottninggatan 71b, Stockholm

To register: Send an e-mail to: venturesome@esbri.se with name, company/organization and contact information.

Participation is free of charge. However, “no show” will render an invoice of 400 SEK (excluding VAT).

The seminar is jointly organized by ESBRI and SIFR

Very welcome!