Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development delves into the current thinking on local entrepreneurship development programs and evaluates ways in which practitioners can implement successful entrepreneurship practices. The discussion begins with a broad overview of the changing role of entrepren
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
β Scribed by Wim NaudΓ© (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 384
- Series
- Studies in Development Economics and Policy
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: An Introduction....Pages 3-17
Innovative Enterprise and Economic Development....Pages 18-33
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Designing Composite Entrepreneurship Indicators....Pages 37-93
Measuring Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries....Pages 94-107
The Impact of the Business Environment on the Business Creation Process....Pages 108-123
Measuring the Business Environment for Entrepreneurship in Fragile States....Pages 124-143
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
From the Managed to the Entrepreneurial Economy: Considerations for Developing and Emerging Economies....Pages 147-165
The Impact of Institutions on Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries....Pages 166-186
Policy and Institutional Reform and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries....Pages 187-202
Human and Social Capital in Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries....Pages 203-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Is Pro-Active Government Support Needed for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries?....Pages 233-253
Entrepreneurship and the Developmental State....Pages 254-270
Entrepreneurship, Development and the Spatial Context: Retrospect and Prospects....Pages 271-293
Non-State Sovereign Entrepreneurs and Non-Territorial Sovereign Organizations....Pages 294-316
Front Matter....Pages 317-317
Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Policy Design....Pages 319-335
Back Matter....Pages 336-373
β¦ Subjects
Development Economics; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods; Small Business; Economic Policy; Entrepreneurship; Innovation/Technology Management
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