Lundstrom Entrepreneurship Policy: Theory and Practice

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-387-24202-6
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 310 Seiten

Entrepreneurship Policy: Theory and Practice is the first book to fully analyze the construction of entrepreneurship policy, a rapidly-evolving area of policy about which little is known. From a study and assessment of the practices of governments in thirteen countries in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific, this book fully describes the policy area and shares new tools and methods for better understanding and explaining the why and how of an entrepreneurship policy approach.

Unlike other research in the field of entrepreneurship where implications from research findings are used to suggest what policy actions should be taken to increase the level of entrepreneurship in an economy, this study is based on what entrepreneurship policy actions are being taken. This is a unique book in the field which points to the way forward both for policymakers and for the research community in terms of thinking about entrepreneurship policy and the complex issues surrounding its development.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lundstrom, Anders

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;About the Authors;5
2;Contents;7
3;Preface;9
4;Foreword;15
5;Acknowledgements;19
6;Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION;21
6.1;THE IMPORTANCE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY;22
6.2;EXPLORING ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY FRAMEWORKS;24
6.3;THE RISING INTEREST IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP;29
6.4;INTRODUCTION TO THE COUNTRIES IN OUR STUDY;41
7;Chapter 2 ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY - DEFINITIONS, FOUNDATIONS AND FRAMEWORK;57
7.1;"ENTREPRENEURIAL" DEFINITIONS;57
7.2;DEFINING ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY AND ITS FOUNDATIONS;61
7.3;SME POLICY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY - A COMPARISON;66
7.4;THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY FRAMEWORK;76
8;Chapter 3 ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY TYPOLOGIES;133
8.1;THE TYPOLOGY DESCRIPTION;134
8.2;E-POLICY COMPREHENSIVENESS AND POLICY TYPE;141
8.3;CURRENT TRENDS IN POLICY DIRECTIONS;147
8.4;HOLISTIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY IN PRACTICE;149
8.5;UNDERSTANDING ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY POSITIONS;153
8.6;CONCLUSIONS;166
8.7;INTRODUCTION TO CONTEXT;169
8.8;CONSTRUCTING A CONTEXT DESCRIPTION;174
8.9;RESULTS OF THE CONTEXT DESCRIPTION;183
9;Chapter 4 CONTEXT - THE BASE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY;169
9.1;INTRODUCTION TO CONTEXT;169
9.2;CONSTRUCTING A CONTEXT DESCRIPTION;174
9.3;RESULTS OF THE CONTEXT DESCRIPTION;183
9.4;CONTEXT AND E-POLICY COMPREHENSIVENESS;190
9.5;CONCLUSIONS REGARDING THE CONTEXT MODEL;196
9.6;ANNEX;200
10;Chapter 5 A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP;205
10.1;INTRODUCTION;205
10.2;A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR THE LEVEL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP;206
10.3;A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR THE LEVEL OF ENTREPRENEURIAL EXITS;226
10.4;CONCLUSIONS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY;232
11;Chapter 6 EVALUATION PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES;235
11.1;THE PROBLEM OF IDENTIFYING POLICY MEASURES;236
11.2;THE PROBLEM OF CHOOSING AN EVALUATION METHOD;243
11.3;THE PROBLEM WITH EXISTING EVALUATIONS;245
11.4;EVALUATION ISSUES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY;249
11.5;CONCLUSIONS;259
12;Chapter 7 COMPLETING THE E-POLICY JOURNEY;265
12.1;STEPS IN THE E-POLICY JOURNEY;270
12.2;CONCLUDING REMARKS;283
13;Appendix;293
13.1;RESEARCH METHODOLOGY;293
14;References;303
15;Index;319