Governments and non-governmental grant-making organizations that seek to advance local competitiveness have turned increasingly to entrepreneurship-focused interventions. Based on their experience with such interventions, numerous informed practitioners are advocating for approaches that...

Whether in rich countries or poor, economic growth is sustainable only when it is based on the growth of productive business. Rapidly expanding firms offer jobs, provide needed services, and introduce innovations that are the source of economic vibrancy locally, nationally, and...