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Gillespie: Foundations of Economics

Unit 22

Boosting enterprise
For this report from the Confederation of British industry visit
www.cbi.org.uk/ndbs/content.nsf/802737aed3e3420580256706005390ae/d5e24b859da9d0e4802571070054930b?OpenDocument#5

Economic growth
For information on economic growth see
www.statistics.gov.uk/

Enterprise culture
For this Confederation of British Industry report visit
www.cbi.org.uk/pdf/enterpriserev1105.pdf

Entrepreneurs
For more information on entrepreneurs see
business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/related_reports/entrepreneurs/

Entrepreneurship
For more information on entrepreneurship including a test you can take to see if you are likely to be a successful entrepreneur visit
www.open2.net/moneyandmanagement/management_organisation/entrepreneur.html

Global recession
To read about the prospects of a global recession see
www.guardian.co.uk/recession/0,,461972,00.html

India
Growth is India is over 9% p.a.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6337433.stm
For key facts about India see
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/6257057.stm

Innovation
To find out more about innovation in the UK visit the DTI's innovation section
www.dti.gov.uk/innovation/index.html
The UK lost its position among the world's top five centres of innovation last year for the first time in nearly 30 years, according to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). Read more at
business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article1329322.ece

Productivity in the UK
UK productivity has been very high recently. To find out more see
business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,1977709,00.html
To read about government efforts to increase productivity visit
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/documents/enterprise_and_productivity/the_evidence/ent_prod_index.cfm
To read about productivity in the public services visit
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/documents/enterprise_and_productivity/public_services_productivity/ent_services_index.cfm
To read about the enterprise and productivity challenge facing the UK visit
www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/Documents/Enterprise_and_Productivity/enterprise_and_the_productivity_challenge/ent_chal_index.cfm