Entrepreneurship and economic growth / David B. Audretsch, Max C. Keilbach, Erik E. Lehmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Audretsch, David B.

Contributor:

Keilbach, Max C., 1962-

Lehmann, Erik.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entrepreneurship.

Creative ability in business.

Small business--Technological innovations.

Small business.

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Technological innovations.

Diffusion of innovations--Economic aspects.

Diffusion of innovations.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By serving as a conduit for knowledge spillovers entrepreneurship is the missing link between investments in knowledge & economic growth. Entrepreneurship is an important mechanism permeating the knowledge filter to facilitate the spill over of knowledge & ultimately generate economic growth.

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. The Emergence of the Entrepreneurial Economy; 2.1. Small Has Become Beautiful Again; 2.2. The Capital (Solow) Economy; 2.3. The Knowledge (Romer) Economy; 2.4. The Spatial Context; 2.5. The Entrepreneurial Economy; 2.6. Conclusions; 3. The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship; 3.1. Linking Entrepreneurship and Knowledge; 3.2. Entrepreneurship as Opportunity Recognition and Action; 3.3. Knowledge Spillovers as Entrepreneurial Opportunities; 3.4. Endogenous Entrepreneurship; 3.5. Linking Endogenous Entrepreneurship to Growth

3.6. Conclusions4. Entrepreneurship Capital and Economic Performance; 4.1. Linking the Entrepreneur to Economic Performance; 4.2. Entrepreneurship Capital; 4.3. Linking Entrepreneurship Capital with Economic Performance; 4.4. Models and Measurement; 4.5. Conclusions; 5. Endogenous Entrepreneurship; 5.1. Why Do People Start Firms?; 5.2. The Spatial Context; 5.3. The Role of Knowledge Spillovers in Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities; 5.4. An Empirical Test; 5.5. Conclusions; 6. University Spillovers and Entrepreneurial Location; 6.1. University Entrepreneurship

6.2. Localizing the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship6.3. Linking Entrepreneurship to University Spillovers; 6.4. Measurement Issues; 6.5. Results for Locational Proximity: Clustering of Firms and Proximity; 6.6. Conclusions; 7. Entrepreneurial Performance; 7.1. Location and Entrepreneurial Advantage; 7.2. Linking Performance to Location; 7.3. Testing the Entrepreneurial Growth Hypothesis; 7.4. Stock Market Performance; 7.5. Conclusions; 8. Entrepreneurial Access; 8.1. Entrepreneurial Strategy for Absorbing Knowledge Spillovers; 8.2. Entrepreneurial Absorptive Capacity

8.3. Board Composition and Entrepreneurial Access8.4. Manager Selection and Entrepreneurial Access; 8.5. Conclusions; 9. Entrepreneurial Finance; 9.1. Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets; 9.2. Financing Entrepreneurship by Banks and Venture Capitalists; 9.3. Hypotheses on the Mode of Entrepreneurial Finance; 9.4. Linking Venture Finance to Entrepreneurial Performance; 9.5. Conclusions; 10. The Emergence of Entrepreneurship Policy; 10.1. A Changing Paradigm; 10.2. The Solow Economy; 10.3. The Romer Economy; 10.4. The Entrepreneurial Economy; 10.5. Conclusions

11. Entrepreneurship as Creative ConstructionNotes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-217) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-029311-X

0-19-804049-0

9786611851507

1-4356-3376-8

1-281-85150-7

OCLC:

213467244