The Emergence of Entrepreneurship Policy: Governance, Start-Ups, and Growth in the U.S. Knowledge Economy

by Edited by David M. Hart

• ISBN13: 9780521826778
• ISBN10: 0521826772
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-10-27
• 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

Part I. The Entrepreneurial Society: what's governance got to do with it?: 1. Entrepreneurship Policy: what it is and where it came from

2. Entrepreneurship policy and the strategic management of places

3. Entrepreneurship, creativity, and regional economic growth

Part II. High-Tech Entrepreneurship: The University-Industry-Government Connection: 4. Start-ups and spin-offs: collective entrepreneurship between invention and innovation

5. Entrepreneurship and American Research Universities: evolution in technology transfer

6. America's Entrepreneurial Universities

Part III. Equity Issues in Entrepreneurship Policy: 7. Venture capital access in the new economy: is gender an issue?

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

Part IV. Sector-Specific Issues: 9. Understanding entrepreneurship in the U.S. Biotechnology Industry: characteristics, facilitating factors, and policy challenges

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

11. Entrepreneurship and government in telecommunications

Part V. Implementing Entrepreneurship Policy: 12. Knowledge, power, and entrepreneurs: a first pass at the politics of entrepreneurship policy

13. Entrepreneurship as a state and local economic development strategy

Afterword.