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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.
This book makes the case for a change in the research agenda on entrepreneurship policy. An exemplary group of authors addresses the agenda for entrepreneurship policy researchers, policy makers and practitioners in the field. A key theme is the importance of context, which is particularly marked where policy transfer is attempted.
Themes covered include monitoring and evaluation, policies to promote internationalisation and critical approaches to analysing public policy in the field. The book also presents national cases where relevant policy experience is judged as worthy of wider dissemination. These chapters focus on entrepreneurship policy issues in China, Japan, Russia, South Africa, Sub Saharan Africa and Poland.
This book will be required reading for researchers and policy makers alike. A key message to researchers is the need to increase their understanding of the policy process as well as their engagement with policy makers. At the same time policy makers need to increase the use of systematically gathered evidence into the policy making process.
Contributors include: N. Arshed, V. Barinova, H. Do, I. Drummond, X. Li, T. Mazwai, I. Mitsui, B. Ndemo, B. Piasecki, J. Potter, A. Rogut, D. Smallbone, D. Storey, M. Xheneti, J. Xu, S. Zemtsov
Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Why we need a different research agenda on entrepreneurship policy David Smallbone and Friederike Welter PART I KEY THEMES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY 2. Reviewing and revising the rhetoric of enterprise policy: Going back to basics Norin Arshed and Ian Drummond 3. Placing enterprise policy in context: A policy transfer approach Mirela Xheneti 4. A research agenda for entrepreneurship policy David Storey and Jonathan Potter 5. Policies to support internationalisation: Who needs them and what do they need? David Smallbone and Hang Do PART II NATIONAL CASE STUDIES 6. China: A focus on local policy David Smallbone, Xiao Li and Jianbo Xu 7. SMEs and entrepreneurship policy in Russia Vera Barinova, Stepan Zemtsov and David Smallbone 8. Entrepreneurship and the middle income trap: The case of Poland Anna Rogut and Bogdan Piasecki 9. Policy issues for SMEs: Practical lessons from Japan's experiences in the 2010s Itsutomo Mitsui 10. The role of mobile technologies and inclusive innovation policies in SME development in Sub Saharan Africa Bitange Ndemo 11. Stimulating entrepreneurship in South Africa’s townships Thami Mazwai Index
