advantages. This book explores how government policy can boost innovation by improving the environment for entrepreneurship and … presented in three key areas: embedding firms in knowledge flows; developing entrepreneurship skills; and social … entrepreneurship. In addition, country notes present statistics and policy data on SMEs, entrepreneurship and innovation for 40 …

Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk …

narrative around the use of IT and social media for entrepreneurship in the future. …

. We also show that commercialization support induces entrepreneurship but may lead to mediocre entrepreneurship by … inducing entrepreneurs to choose less risky projects, whereas R&D support encourages entrepreneurship without affecting the … type of entrepreneurship. Using Swedish patent citation data, we find empirical support for predictions of the model …

Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk …