Public-private partnership
ITRI-SPRIE Forum sheds light on interdisciplinary collaboration for smart green innovation

More than 100 delegates gathered in Taipei on December 14th to attend 2011 ITRI-SPRIE Forum on “Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Smart Green Innovation”, jointly organized by Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and SPRIE. Focusing on how to establish strategies for commercialization of green technologies, the one-day Forum, attracted a crowd of senior executives of large enterprises and clean-energy startups in Taiwan, local government officials, think-tank experts and academics. Read more »

Economic growth and politcal upheaval
China: Big Changes Coming Soon

In an article published in Policy Review, SPRIE co-director Henry Rowen argues that as a result of rapid economic growth, major political and economic changes are possible in China before 2020.

Learning from Silicon Valley
Chinese policy makers find inspiration to foster innovation and entrepreneurship at SPRIE executive education program

From November 14th to 22nd, the Stanford Program on Regions of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SPRIE) welcomed a delegation of leaders from Shanghai for intensive training on “Leading Innovative and Entrepreneurial Firms and Regions in the Global Economy”. The 20-member delegation was composed of officials and senior managers with responsibilities over high tech parks, human resources, finance and urban planning in Shanghai.

November 28, 2011
Chinese take creative approach to internet censorship

November 11, 2011
Panel discusses why U.S. VC money flies over Japan

December 1, 2011
Lessons from Japan: Promoting entrepreneurship in Fukuoka

September 30, 2011
China's Alibaba wants to acquire Yahoo, says Jack Ma at China 2.0 conference hosted by SPRIE +PDF+