Entrepreneurship and public policy
By: edited by David Smallbone..
Series: International library of entrepreneurship -- 19.
Publisher: Elgar Research Collection; Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1008
ISBN-13: 9781845421175
Subjects: Entrepreneurship; Government policy; Small business
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: V.1; title: Entrepreneurship, public policy and research.; title: Emergence of entrepreneurship policy  -- Brett Anitra Gilbert, David B. Audretsch, Patricia P. McDougall; title: Linking entrepreneurship and economic growth  -- Sander Wennekers, Roy Thurik; title: Entrepreneurship, economic growth and public policy  -- Zoltan J. Acs, Laszlo Szerb; title: Market justification for policy on small enterprise development  -- Sanal Kumar Velayudhan; title: Role of government in SME development in transition economies  -- David Smallbone, Friederike Welter; title: SME policy, academic research and the growth of ignorance, mythical concepts, myths, assumptions, rituals and confusions  -- Allan A. Gibb; title: Government discourses on entrepreneurship : issues of legitimization, subjugation, and power  -- Lew Perren, Peter L. Jennings; title: Innovation, technology and entrepreneurship.; title: Sustaining innovation and growth : public policy support for entrepreneurship  -- David B. Audretsch; title: Innovating SMEs and regions : the need for policy intelligence and interactive policies  -- Claire Nauwelaers, René Wintjes; title: Internationalization of small and medium sized enterprises : a policy perspective  -- Zoltan J. Acs, -- ... [et al.]; title: Do entrepreneurship programmes raise entrepreneurial intention of science and engineering students? The effect of learning, inspiration and resources  -- Vangelis Souitaris, Stefania Zerbinati, Andreas Al-Laham; title: Taxation policy and regulation.; title: Tax policy and entrepreneurship : new time series evidence  -- Donald Bruce, Mohammad Mohsin; title: Tax policy and entrepreneurial entry  -- William M. Gentry, R. Glenn Hubbard; title: Taxation and the performance of technology based small firms in the U.K.  -- Panikkos Poutziouris -- ...[et al.]; title: Entry regulation as a barrier to entrepreneurship  -- Leora Klapper, Luc Laeven, Raghuram Rajan; title: Why does employment legislation not damage small firms?  -- Paul Edwards, Monder Ram, John Black; title: Burden on business? Reviewing the evidence base on regulation and small business performance  -- John Kitching; title: Intervention in the market for business advice.; title: Public advisory services, theory and practice  -- Dan Jhalmarsson, Anders W. Johansson; title: Role of trust and contract in the supply of business advice  -- Robert J. Bennett, Paul J.A. Robson; title: Business advice : the influence of distance  -- Robert J. Bennett, William A. Bratton, Paul J.A. Robson; title: Regional perspectives on entrepreneurship.; title: Targeting firm births and economic regeneration in a lagging region  -- Peter Johnson; title: Impact of sector, specialisation, and space on business birth rates in the United Kingdom : a challenge for policy?  -- Michael Anyadike-Danes, Mark Hart; title: Entrepreneurship and development : the role of clusters  -- Hector O. Rocha; title: Development of industrial clusters and public policy  -- Frank McDonald, Dimitrios Tsagdis, Qihai Huang; title: Clustering small enterprise : lessons from policy experience in New Zealand  -- Martin Perry; title: Governance and the entrepreneurial economy : a comparative analysis of three regions -- Rachel Parker.; title: V.2; title: Approaches to policy evaluation.; title: Methods of evaluating the impact of public policies to support small businesses : the six steps to heaven  -- David J. Storey; title: Evaluating European support for business development : evidence from the structural funds in Scotland  -- Ivan Turok; title: Evaluating policy implementation : the European Union's small and medium sized enterprise policies in Galicia and Sardinia  -- Sarah C.E. Batterbury; title: Does more mean worse? Three decades of enterprise policy in the Tees Valley  -- Francis J. Greene, Kevin F. Mole, David J. Storey; title: Evaluating financial support.; title: Evaluating public sector R&D programs : the advanced technology program's investment in wavelength references for optical fiber communications  -- Albert N. Link, John T. Scott; title: Evaluating a Dutch scheme for encouraging research and development  -- Marten van den Berg, Asje van Dijk, Noé van Hulst; title: Public/private technology partnerships : evaluating SBIR supported research  -- David B. Audretsch, Albert N. Link, John T. Scott; title: Government as venture capitalist : the long run impact of the SBIR program  -- Josh Lerner; title: Government policy towards entrepreneurial finance : innovation investment funds  -- Douglas Cumming; title: When bureaucrats meet entrepreneurs : the design of effective 'public venture capital' programmes  -- Josh Lerner; title: Estimating additionality and leverage : the interplay between public and private sector equity finance in Ireland  -- Mark Hart, Helena Lenihan; title: Grant assistance and small firm development in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland  -- Stephen Roper, Nola Hewitt-Dundas; title: Loan guarantees : costs of default and benefits to small firms  -- Allan L. Riding, George Haines, Jr.; title: Why do minority business development programs generate so little minority business development  -- Timothy Bates; title: Evaluating 'soft' support.; title: Evaluating the effect of soft business support upon small firm performance  -- Colin Wren, David J. Storey; title: Differential gains from business link support and advice : a treatment effects approach  -- Kevin Mole -- ...[et al.]; title: Economic impact of small business development center counseling activities in the United States, 1990-1991  -- James J. Chrisman, Frances Katrishen; title: Strategic, administrative, and operating assistance : the value of outside consulting to pre-venture entrepreneurs  -- James J. Chrisman; title: 'Business advisers' impact on SMEs : an agency theory approach  -- Kevin Mole; title: SME policy support in Britain since the 1990s : what have we learnt?  -- Robert Bennett; title: Inter-firm network policies and firm performance : evaluating the impact of initiatives in the United Kingdom  -- Robert Huggins; title: Assessment of a venture creation programme : the case of Shell LiveWIRE  -- F.J. Greene, D.J. Storey; title: Exploring the link, among small firms, between management training and firm performance : a comparison between the UK and other OECD countries  -- David J. Storey; title: Do preferential procurement programs benefit minority business? -- Timothy Bates, Darrell Williams.