The emergence of entrepreneurship policy : governance, start-up, and growth in the U.S. knowledge economy / edited by David M. Hart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hart, David M., 1961- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

High technology industries--Government policy--United States--Congresses.

High technology industries.

Entrepreneurship--Government policy--United States--Congresses.

Entrepreneurship.

Knowledge management--United States--Congresses.

Knowledge management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 297 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume seeks to catalyze the emergence of a novel field of policy studies: entrepreneurship policy. Practical experience and academic research both point to the central role of entrepreneurs in the process of economic growth and to the importance of public policy in creating the conditions under which entrepreneurial companies can flourish. The contributors, who hail from the disciplines of economics, geography, history, law, management, and political science, seek to crystallize key findings and to stimulate debate about future opportunities for policy-makers and researchers in this area. The chapters include surveys of the economic, social, and cultural contexts for US entrepreneurship policy; assessments of regional efforts to link knowledge producers to new enterprises; explorations of policies that aim to foster entrepreneurship in under-represented communities; detailed analyses of three key industries (biotechnology, e-commerce, and telecommunications); and considerations of challenges in policy implementation.

Contents:

PART ONE : THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SOCIETY: WHAT'S GOVERNANCE GOT TO DO WITH IT?

Entrepreneurship policy: what it is and where it came from / David M. Hart

Entrepreneurship policy and the strategic management of places / David B. Audretsch

Entrepreneurship, creativity, and regional economic growth / Richard Florida

PART TWO : HIGH-TECH ENTREPRENEURSHIP: THE UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY-GOVERNMENT CONNECTION

Start-ups and spin-offs: collective entrepreneurship between invention and innovation / Philip E. Auerswald, Lewis M. Branscomb

Entrepreneurship and American research universities: evolution in technology transfer / Maryann P. Feldman

America's entrepreneurial universities / Nathan Rosenberg

PART THREE : EQUITY ISSUES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY

Venture capital access: is gender an issue? / Candida G. Brush [and others]

Minority business assistance programs are not designed to produce minority business development / Timothy Bates

PART FOUR : SECTOR-SPECIFIC ISSUES

Understanding entrepreneurship in the U.S. biotechnology industry: characteristics, facilitating factors, and policy challenges / Andrew A. Toole

E-commerce, entrepreneurship, and the law: reassessing a relationship / Viktor Mayer-Schönberger

PART FIVE : IMPLEMENTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY

Knowledge, power, and entrepreneurs: a first pass at the politics of entrepreneurship policy / David M. Hart

Entrepreneurship as a state and local economic development strategy / Erik R. Pages, Doris Freedman, Patrick Von Bargen.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-292) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-13809-4

0-511-06261-3

1-280-16147-7

0-511-12147-4

0-511-20593-7

0-511-29775-0

0-511-61013-0

0-511-07107-8

OCLC:

252482990