Despite a wealth of efforts that examine separately the role entrepreneurs and universities play in economic development, no systematic effort has been made to examine the role universities play in promoting economic development through entrepreneurship. This book fills that gap, focusing on...

Introduction -- Entrepreneurship and economic growth -- Regional variation in entrepreneurial activity -- Human capital and entrepreneurship -- Entrepreneurship and employment growth -- Summary and conclusions -- A formulation of entrepreneurship policy.

In contrast to previous efforts to model the individual‘s movement from wage work into entrepreneurship, we consider that individuals might transition incrementally by retaining their wage job while entering into self-employment. We show that these hybrid entrepreneurs represent a significant...