Sociotechnical Approach to Economic Development: The Role of Entrepreneurship and Innovation -- Chapter 13: General Conclusions. …This book analyzes the role of institutions in conditioning entrepreneurship and innovation to achieve economic … economies can help us disentangle the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in developing countries. Using institutional …

In the context of globalization, international processes do affect the national innovation system (NIS), increasing the … use of scientific, technological, and innovation-internal and external-capabilities. The point of departure is the concept … of innovation, which was developed for the industrial revolution where products and technological processes are …

growth. In this paper we study the effects of tax and subsidy policies on entrepreneurs' choice of riskiness of an innovation … project and on their mode of commercializing the innovation (market entry versus sale). Limited loss offset provisions in the … fundamental policy trade-off between the declared goals of promoting employment and innovation in small, entrepreneurial firms …

In many countries entrepreneurship is promoted through tax reductions for small businesses and by various government …-return characteristics of the selected innovation project and the mode of commercialization chosen by entrepreneurs (market entry versus sale …