As governments across the world look to entrepreneurship as a way to increase the wealth and well-being of their countries, this volume brings together leading scholars to provide a comprehensive overview of entrepreneurial activity based on empirical data.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- I. 2010 Policy Conference, Washington, DC -- Ch 1. Postcrisis EU Governance -- Ch 2. From Convoy to Parting Ways?: Postcrisis Divergence Between European and US Macroeconomic Policies -- Economic Developments -- Monetary Policy -- Fiscal Policy --...

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Ch 1. China's Response to the Global Crisis -- Critiques of the Stimulus Program -- Ch 2. Imbalances and Their Implications for China's Economy -- The Expenditure Approach -- The Production Approach -- The Income Approach -- The...

Intro -- The Lionel Robbins Lectures -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Economic Growth, Human Welfare, and Inequality -- 1.1 Empirical Evidence: Contesting Claims -- 1.2 Explanations for the Disconnection between Average Income and Happiness -- 1.3 Distributive and Creative Activities...

FrontMatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- I: OVERVIEW -- GROWING CLUSTERS FOR AMERICAN PROSPERITY: OVERVIEW -- II: SUMMARY OF PRESENTATIONS -- WELCOME--Charles Wessner -- OPENING REMARKS--Susan Crawford -- KEYNOTE ADDRESS--Michael Crow -- PANEL I: WHY CLUSTERS MATTER: INNOVATION CLUSTERS AND...

Beyond the Resource Curse focuses on the paradoxical relationship between natural wealth and economic security and examines the particular pitfalls and consistent problems facing oil and gas exporting states and contributes to a better comprehension of the perils of oil and gas export.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Ch 1. A Brief History of Economic Dominance -- Systemic Manifestations of US Economic Dominance -- Defining Dominance and Power -- Ch 2. Quantification and Validation of Economic Dominance -- Identifying the Potential Attributes...

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Series Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Entrepreneurship in Europe and the United States -- 3 Europe's Venture Capital Institutions Are Good Enough -- 4 Promoting Entrepreneurship -- 5 Innovations to Foster Risk-Taking and Entrepreneurship -- 6 Europe:...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- PART I TRACKING SUCCESSFUL GROWTH EXPERIENCES -- Chapter 1 Tanzania: Growth Acceleration and Increased Public Spending with Macroeconomic Stability -- Chapter 2 Building on Growth in Uganda -- Chapter 3 Rapid Growth...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. From Population to Human Governance -- 2. Creating Global Persons and a Global Society -- 3. Strengthening China's Party- State and Place in the World -- Notes -- Index.