The Emergence of Entrepreneurship Policy

by Edited by David M. Hart

• ISBN13: 9780521124188
• ISBN10: 0521124182
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-03
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This volume seeks to catalyze the emergence of a novel field of policy studies: entrepreneurship policy. Practical experience and academic research both point to the central role of entrepreneurs in the process of economic growth and to the importance of public policy in creating the conditions under which entrepreneurial companies can flourish. The contributors, who hail from the disciplines of economics, geography, history, law, management, and political science, seek to crystallize key findings and to stimulate debate about future opportunities for policy-makers and researchers in this area. The chapters include surveys of the economic, social, and cultural contexts for US entrepreneurship policy; assessments of regional efforts to link knowledge producers to new enterprises; explorations of policies that aim to foster entrepreneurship in under-represented communities; detailed analyses of three key industries (biotechnology, e-commerce, and telecommunications); and considerations of challenges in policy implementation.

Table of Contents

The Entrepreneurial Society: What's Governance Got to Do With It?

Entrepreneurship policy: what it is and where it came from

Entrepreneurship policy and the strategic management of places

Entrepreneurship, creativity, and regional economic growth

High-Tech Entrepreneurship: The University-Industry-Government Connection

Start-ups and spin-offs: collective entrepreneurship between invention and innovation

Entrepreneurship and American research universities: evolution in technology transfer

America's entrepreneurial universities

Equity Issues in Entrepreneurship Policy

Venture capital access: is gender an issue?

Minority business assistance programs are not designed to produce minority business development

Sector-Specific Issues

Understanding entrepreneurship in the U.S. biotechnology industry: characteristics, facilitating factors, and policy challenges

E-Commerce, entrepreneurship, and the law: reassessing a relationship

Entrepreneurship and government in telecommunications

Implementing Entrepreneurship Policy

Knowledge, power, and entrepreneurs: a first pass at the politics of entrepreneurship policy

Entrepreneurship as a state and local economic development strategy

Afterword

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