Entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic development

This book examines the complex relationship between technological innovation and economic growth in developing countries. It analyses why some countries have improved living standards whilst others fail to make material progress. It looks at different types of entrepreneurship and how reforms can allow firms to become more innovative and dynamic. INDICE: Part I Introduction; 1: Adam Szirmai, Wim Naudé, and Micheline Goedhuys: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Development: An Overview; Part II Determinants and Impacts of Innovative Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries; 2: David B. Audretsch and Mark Sanders: Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Development; 3: Alice H. Amsden: Firm Ownership and Entrepreneurship; 4: Erik Stam and André van Stel: Types of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth; 5: Jaap Voeten, Job de Haan and Gerard de Groot: Can Small Firms Innovate? The Case of Clusters of Small Producers in Northern Vietnam; 6: MuluGebreeyesus: Innovation and Microenterprise Growth in Ethiopia; 7: Elif Bascavusoglu-Moreau: Entrepreneurship and the National System of Innovation: What is Missing in Turkey?; Part III Institutions, Policies, and Incentives for Innovation; 8: Otto Toivanen: Innovation Policy, Entrepreneurship, and Development: A Finnish View; 9: Sunil Mani: Promoting Knowledge-intensive Entrepreneurship in India; 10: Î. Semih Akçomak: Incubators as Tool for Entrepreneurship Promotion in Developing Countries; 11: Suma Athreye: Overcoming Adversity in Entrepreneurship-led Growth. Evidence from the Indian Software Sector

• ISBN: 978-0-19-959651-5
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 320
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés