, self-employment and entrepreneurship plays an important role, and in particular new venture creation by women. This chapter … aims to provide a snapshot on female entrepreneurship in Germany, with a focus on female immigrant entrepreneurship. We … analyze female immigrant entrepreneurship against its historical background as well as in the light of the recent ‘European …

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 …

By serving as a conduit for knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship is the missing link between investments in new … knowledge and economic growth. The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship provides not just an explanation of why … entrepreneurship has become more prevalent as the factor of knowledge has emerged as a crucial source for comparative advantage, but …

1. Introduction / David B. Audretsch, Christopher S. Hayter and Albert N. Link -- 2. Academic entrepreneurship / Damien … Organ -- 3. Backdoor entrepreneurship / Gideon D. Markman -- 4. Bootstrapping finance / Hans Landström -- 5. Culture and … innovation / Andrew J. Nelson and Stefano Cazzago -- 6. Determinants of entrepreneurship / Roy Thurik -- 7. Disruptive technology …