Leading international scholars provide a timely reconsideration of how and why entrepreneurship matters for economic development, particularly in emerging and developing economies. The book critically dissects the evolving relationship between entrepreneurs and the state. WIM NAUDÉ is Senior Research Fellow and Project Director at UNU-WIDER. He previously held positions at the University of North West (South Africa) and the University of Oxford. He served on the Council of Statistics South Africa and the International Council for Small Businesses, and has been Senior Associate Member at St. Antony's College, Oxford, UK. His research focuses on the relationship between entrepreneurial economics and global development challenges. INDICE: - PART I: INTRODUCTION - Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: An Introduction; 'W.Naudé - 'Innovative Enterprise and Economic Development;'W.Lazonick' - PART II: MEASURING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT - Designing Composite Entrepreneurship Indicators; 'D.Avanzini' - MeasuringEntrepreneurship in Developing Countries; 'S.Desai' - The Impact of the Business Environment on the Business Creation Process;' L.Klapper', 'J.Manuel Quesada' &' A.Lewin - 'Measuring the Business Environment for Entrepreneurship in Fragile States; 'C.Guglielmetti' - PART III: POLICIES, INSTITUTIONS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP - From the Managed to the Entrepreneurial Economy: Considerations for Developing and Emerging Economies; 'R.Thurik' - The Impact of Institutions on Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries; 'J.Ernesto Amorós - 'Policy and Institutional Reform and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries; 'M.Baliamoune-Lutz' - Human and Social Capital in Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries;'G.Rooks,' 'A.Szirmai' & 'A.Sserwanga' - PART IV: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE STATE - Is Pro-active Government Support Needed for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries?; 'W.Naudé' - Entrepreneurship and the Developmental State; 'W.Lazonick - 'Entrepreneurship, Development and the Spatial Context: Retrospect and Prospects; 'P.Nijkamp' - Non-state Sovereign Entrepreneurs and Non-territorial Sovereign Organizations; 'J.Brauer' &' R.Haywood' - PART V: CONCLUSION - Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Policy Design; 'W.Naudé' -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-28220-9
- Editorial: Palgrave MacM
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 392
- Fecha Publicación: 08/12/2010
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