Entrepreneurship incubators and economic growth : an across-countries empirical analysis / Anastasia Petrou, Panagiotis Liargovas, Irene Daskalopoulou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Petrou, Anastasia.

Contributor:

Liarnkovas, Pan. (Panagiōtēs), 1963-

Daskalopoulou, Irene.

Series:

Economic issues, problems and perspectives series.

Economic issues, problems and perspectives series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business incubators.

New business enterprises.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The immense importance of entrepreneurship in supporting the growth dynamic of regions / nations is widely accepted. This, however, has not always been the case. The focus on large-scale industrial units as the engines of growth was well supported on the grounds of efficiency and technological change. This focus has been characteristic of the post World War II period while "Those who perceived small firms to be contributing significantly to growth, employment generation, and competitiveness were few and far between". In the past decade, however, the way in which small firms are viewed has changed drastically and this book will be informative in representing the current development of business incubators.

Contents:

Introduction

A time : type approach to incubators development

On an inclusive theorization of the incubators : economic growth relationship

Analyzing incubation activity as an endogenous growth parameter

On the geography of incubation activity : the distribution of incubators across countries

Testing for the endowment effects hypothesis

Towards a conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [105]-119) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61324-552-1