Entrepreneurship and growth are central concerns of policy makers around the world. Local Heroes in the Global Village … introduces public policies for the promotion of entrepreneurship on a comparative, primarily German-American level. The book … understanding of the complexity and variety of existent entrepreneurship policies in the U.S. and Germany the reader of this volume …

pt. 1. The social desirability of innovation and entrepreneurship -- pt. 2. Institutions, innovation and … entrepreneurship -- pt. 3. Knowledge, knowledge spillovers, the geography of innovation and entrepreneurship, and growth -- pt. 4 …. Technology transfer, innovation and entrepreneurship -- pt. 5. Firms and innovation -- pt. 6. The making of the entrepreneur. …

University, US. This unique Handbook provides a solid foundation for essential study in the nascent field of entrepreneurship … nature of entrepreneurship policy research. The first is that entrepreneurship has emerged as a bona fide focus of public … makers are presently equipped to understand the public policy role for entrepreneurship. The contributors - experienced …

Introduction to the 2nd edition / Z. Acs, D. Audretsch -- Debates in entrepreneurship : opportunity formation and … implications for the field of entrepreneurship / S. Alvarez, J. Barney, S. Young -- An update to the individual-opportunity nexus … entrepreneurship : an introduction and research review / D. Kuratko -- High-impact entrepreneurship / Z. Acs -- Equity financing / P …