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ICSB in China: Building Bridges for SMEs in the Global...
China and ICSB are coming together around an important global conversation about the future of small business, trade, artificial intelligence, and international cooperation. ICSB Chair Professor Ki-Chan Kim joined leaders...
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ICSB three-session Entrepreneurial Leadership Certificate empowers entrepreneurs and business leaders to make sharper decisions, ignite high-performing teams, and lead confidently through constant change—transforming entrepreneurial leadership into a real, competitive advantage...
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Few Firms, Most Jobs, No Capital
A small minority of firms generates most new employment. Nearly fifty years after economists first proved it, the money to grow them still isn't there. The OECD–ICSB Forum takes up...
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When ChatGPT met ICSB
For years, we asked how people find ICSB. Now the answer is changing. ChatGPT and other AI assistants are sending readers directly to our ideas—and they are not only finding...
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ICSB Sunday Times – Aug 9, for MSMEs WorldWide
ICSB Sunday Times explores a growing paradox: small firms are adopting AI faster than ever, yet falling further behind their larger counterparts, while women-led startups continue to receive only about...
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SME AI adoption gap widens: OECD-ICSB Forum 2026
Small firms doubled AI adoption between 2023 and 2025 and still fell 11 points further behind. Five open questions for the OECD-ICSB Forum, Paris, October 2026.
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ICSB in China: Building Bridges for SMEs in the Global Economy
China and ICSB are coming together around an important global conversation about the future of small business, trade, artificial intelligence, and international cooperation. ICSB Chair Professor Ki-Chan Kim joined leaders from GATIS, UNCTAD, ITC, the Asian Development Bank, China’s Ministry of Commerce, and the global business community with a clear message: SMEs need bridges, not barriers, to participate, compete, and grow across borders.
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Few Firms, Most Jobs, No Capital
A small minority of firms generates most new employment. Nearly fifty years after economists first proved it, the money to grow them still isn't there. The OECD–ICSB Forum takes up the scaleup financing gap in Paris this October.
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ICSB in China: Building Bridges for SMEs in the Gl...
China and ICSB are coming together around an important global conversation about the future of small business, trade, artific...
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ICSB Sunday Times – Sept 6, for MSMEs WorldWide
This edition explores how understanding the way we think can transform the way we lead, asks whether our most trusted measure...
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ICSB Sunday Times – Aug 30, for MSMEs WorldWide
This edition explores why AI may force business schools to reinvent rather than retreat, revisits Robert Kennedy’s powerful a...
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ICSB Sunday Times – Aug 23, for MSMEs WorldWide
ICSB Sunday Times explores why a tiny share of fast-growing “gazelle” firms creates a disproportionate share of new jobs yet ...
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ICSB in China: Building Bridges for SMEs in the Global Economy
China and ICSB are coming together around an important global conversation about the future of small business, trade, artific...
icsbinChina
Few Firms, Most Jobs, No Capital
A small minority of firms generates most new employment. Nearly fifty years after economists first proved it, the money to gr...
scalers
When ChatGPT met ICSB
For years, we asked how people find ICSB. Now the answer is changing. ChatGPT and other AI assistants are sending readers dir...
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The Builder's Obligation
What does a builder owe the thing they built? Nine years after ICSB helped create United Nations MSMEs Day, the answer can be...
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