Measuring entrepreneurship
Subtitle: building a statistical system
By: edited by Emilio Congregado.
Contributors: Congregado, Emilio.
Series: International studies in entrepreneurship
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9780387722870
Subjects: Entrepreneurship -- Mathematical models; Entrepreneurship -- Statistics
Description: "This volume provides a comprehensive review of the theoretical concepts and empirical models of entrepreneurship from a non-conventional perspective. Its main purpose is to contribute to the design of an efficient system of indicators of entrepreneurship and competitiveness. The existence of a gap between the theory of entrepreneurship and the methods and data available for testing its main propositions has been widely recognized. Hence, some of the most prestigious researchers have collaborated to review and develop the statistical sources, indicators and proxies currently available for empirical studies on the phenomena of entrepreneurship."

"The book thereby makes recent advances in the theory and application of the economies of entrepreneurship accessible to a wider audience, including policy makers, emphasizing data requirements to advance the future research agenda and to allow for a better design and monitoring of entrepreneurial policy."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and outline / Emilio Congregado; title: Statistical issues in applied entrepreneurship research: data, methods and challenges / Simon C. Parker; title: Entrepreneurial tools / José María O'kean and José Manuel Menudo; title: Understanding entrepreneurship: developing indicators for international comparisons and assessments / Tim Davis; title: The COMPENDIA data base: COMParative ENtrepreneurship Data for International Analysis / André van Stel; title: Entrepreneurship analysis from a human population surveys' perspective / José María Millán, Concepción Román and Emilio Congregado; title: A proposed framework for business demography statistics / Nadim Ahmad; title: Entrepreneurship performance and framework conditions: a general framework / Morten Larsen; title: Self-employment and unemployment in Spanish regions in the period 1979-2001 / Antonio Aníbal Golpe and André van Stel; title: Tax incentives and entrepreneurship: measurement and data considerations / Herbert J. Schuetze; title: Using survival models with individual data / Juan Antonio Máñez, María Engracia Rochina and Juan Antonio Sanchis; title: Entrepreneurial human capital: essays of measurement and empirical evidence / Emilio Congregado, Mónica Carmona and Concepción Román; title: Global entrepreneurship monitor and entrepreneurs' export orientation / Jolanda Hessels and André van Stel; title: Labour market institutions and entrepreneurshp / Antonio Aníbal Golpe, José María Millán and Concepción Román; title: Financial system and entrepreneurship: institutions and agents / Mónica Carmona, Mario Cerdán and José María Millán; title: Building a statistical system on entrepreneurship: a theoretical framework / Emilio Congregado ... [et al.].