Public policies for fostering entrepreneurship: a european perspective

The book is divided into two parts: Part I – Entrepreneurship Policies – A European Framework; and Part II – Entrepreneurship Policy in Countries and Regions. In Part I various theoretical approaches are presented by prominent scholars from around the world. They point to the need for the European economy to be the subject of regional reorganization, based on concentrations of production activities with a strong component of knowledge and technology. This book appears at a particularly challenging time, in economic and social terms, when entrepreneurship and innovation assume particular strategic importance, inasmuch as endogenous growth should be considered by policy-makers and also by business-people and citizens as one of the driving forces that can catalyze regional economies. The Entrepreneurship Policy examples contained in Part II from European countries in Scandinavia, Iberia, Germany, Turkey and the UK explore the implications for research, practice and policy-making in those regions. Serves as an operational policy handbook for public and private officials and academics to develop strategic plans for entrepreneurship policies Uses a variety of methodologies to assess the design and implementation of public policies aimed at increasing entrepreneurship Provides analysis and examples from a variety of European countries including Finland, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom INDICE: From the contents Knowledge based Start-ups and Entrepreneurship Policy.- Policies Fostering New Firm Formation and Self-Employment in Italy: AnEmpirical Exercise.- Institutional Contexts, the Management of Patent Portfolios and the Role of Public Policies Supporting New Entrepreneurial Ventures.- Entrepreneurship in European regions: Implications for Public Policy.- High Growth Entrepreneurs, Public Policies and Economic Growth.- Entrepreneurship Policies: Principles, Problems and Opportunities.- Support Policies to Entrepreneurship.- Reinforcing the Entrepreneurial Innovation Capacity of Industrial Smes with Networks.- KIBS Growth: Diagnosis and Suggestions for Public Policy to Promote Entrepreneurship in Portugal.- On the Road to a ‘Culture of Entrepreneurship’? – Assessing Public Support for Entrepreneurship and SMEs in Germany.-Entrepreneurship Policy in Finland: Quest for new jobs.- Promoting Equity Flows into Smaller Businesses: The UK Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts.

• ISBN: 978-1-4419-0248-1
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 315
• Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés