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Entrepreneurship

The explosion of entrepreneurship that economic growth requires won't happen until the country doubles the number of its engaged employees
The United States won't see a surge in entrepreneurship, economic growth, and job creation until the country doubles the number of its engaged employees, says Gallup's chairman.

When these enterprises thrive, they accelerate job creation, which the United States and other countries desperately need in this economy. Here's how business owners can achieve significant organic growth.

In the race to create good jobs, leaders pay too much attention to innovation and too little to cultivating talented entrepreneurs. They've got it backward, says Gallup's chairman.

Decades of conflict have devastated Afghanistan's infrastructure, limiting access to the resources that a thriving economy demands. Reconstructing that economy poses an immense challenge. Here's what Afghans feel about economic conditions, corruption, entrepreneurship, and their future.