Research and Policy

Understanding and Advancing the Field

To develop effective programs and help inform policy that will best advance entrepreneurship and education, we must determine what we know, commit to finding the answers to what we don’t, and then apply that knowledge to how we operate as a Foundation. Our research is contributing to a broader and more in-depth understanding of what drives innovation and economic growth in an entrepreneurial world.

Robert Litan, vice president of Research and Policy

Insights

Highlights

  • robert_litan_sm.jpgRobert Litan, vice president of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation, discusses the 2008 New State Economy Index on American Public Media's "Marketplace."

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    Robert Litan, vice president of Research and Policy at the Kauffman Foundation, joined a panel of experts for an online forum at NewTalk.org to discuss how to break Washington's addiction to short-term goals and special interests.

  • National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. 

    Cambridge, MA | Approved Date: 3/11/2008 | Approved Amount: $2,938,925

    Support research by the Entrepreneurship Working Group, the Innovation Policy and the Economy Working Group, and the Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

  • Educational Broadcasting Corporation aka Thirteen-WNET 

    New York, NY | Approved Date: 7/7/2008 | Approved Amount: $500,000

    Support a television series on the history of global finance titled, "The Ascent of Money."

  • President and Fellows of Harvard College aka Harvard University

    Cambridge, MA | Approved Date: 5/23/2008 | Approved Amount: $450,000

    Support Harvard University's Law School research project on law, innovation, and economic growth.

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Featured Resources

  • A new tool to empower research-based decision-making on government policies involving entrepreneurship has been developed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), with funding and cooperation from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

  • cover_w_shadowIn this book, the authors document four different varieties of capitalism, some "Good" and some "Bad" for growth. The authors identify the conditions that characterize Good Capitalism—the right blend of entrepreneurial and established firms, which can vary among countries—as well as the features of Bad Capitalism.

  • entrep_imperative_cover1This book by Kauffman Foundation President and CEO Carl Schramm shows how America can lead itself on a secure path for long term expansion, primarily by supporting its number one, but underutilized, resource: entrepreneurial capitalism.

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