Sentence examples for sector ventures from inspiring English sources

Some universities allow faculty members to hold patents; some give them joint interests in private sector ventures.

And it has immediately set aside 500 million Canadian dollars for direct investment by the government in private sector ventures.

They are all about "competition" until private corporations have to compete with public sector ventures that can provide superior services for less money and don't have to pay millions in profits to satisfy their corporate task masters.

But until then, Layalina, along with other like-minded private sector ventures engaged in "private" public diplomacy, are part of the new "soft power" that will be needed to help a new president win the battle of hearts and minds in the Middle East.

Just consider the outraged response from a TVO spokeswoman: "Yes, TVO is entirely a private sector venture!

According to Mr. Cornstein, 62, the gambling outlet he revamped by treating it like a private sector venture -- not "a dumping ground for political patronage" -- has become a gold mine with its own brand of sizzle.

He has sixteen years as a social entrepreneurial consultant (founded Aperio), is a chair/board member of a number of third sector organisations, is a speaker and mentor, and has published articles and research papers in the areas of social enterprise, social investment funds, privatisation and the third sector, venture philanthropy, and a booklet providing guidance on social enterprise.

As drone tech stages a full-scale invasion of the commercial sector, venture investors like Andreessen Horowitz, First Round, and Google Ventures are among those placing early bets.

For example, United States legislation such as the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 has allowed universities to have ownership of intellectual property (IP), which in turn enabled universities to form alliances with the private sector, venture capital industry, and foreign firms.

According to the latest from the Cleantech Group, a global research firm tracking innovation in the cleantech sector, venture investment in the industry grew 12% in Q3 2011 ($1.98 billion) compared to the previous quarter, and is up 23% since Q3 2010 ($1.81 billion).

And broken down by sector, venture dollars going into Internet deals fell 26percentt quarter over quarter as well to $787 million across 170 deals (a 20percentt decline from the third quarter).