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Book SynopsisWhen considered as an integrated body of work, the chapters within this book highlight the development and evolution of a research trajectory linking together entrepreneurship with innovative activity and ultimately economic growth.
These specially selected previously published papers bring together studies spanning a broad spectrum of perspectives, from that of the individual confronting the decision to start a new venture to that of the firm considering strategies to innovate. Other areas of consideration include the impact on new-venture competitiveness and performance such as growth and survival, the industry and how it evolves over time, and the region and how it is influenced by entrepreneurial activity. Taken together, these chapters highlight the key role that entrepreneurship plays in generating innovative activity and economic growth. The implications of the emergence of the entrepreneurial economy for public policy are analyzed, along with the key contribution that entrepreneurship policy makes to economic growth, employment and competitiveness in global markets.
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Growth will be of great interest to academics, students and researchers in a wide range of fields including: management, entrepreneurship, industrial economics, evolutionary economics, innovation and technological change, regional economics and public policy.
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I: INNOVATION 1. Innovation in Large and Small Firms: An Empirical Analysis Zoltan J. Acs 2. R&D Rivalry, Industrial Policy, and US–Japanese Trade Hideki Yamawaki 3. Innovation and Size at the Firm Level Zoltan J. Acs 4. Innovation, Market Share, and Firm Size Zoltan J. Acs PART II: ENTREPRENEURSHIP 5. Company-Scientist Locational Links: The Case of Biotechnology Paula E. Stephan 6. R&D Spillovers and Recipient Firm Size Zoltan J. Acs and Maryann P. Feldman 7. University Spillovers and New Firm Location Erik E. Lehmann and Susanne Warning 8. Knowledge Spillovers in Biotechnology: Sources and Incentives Paula E. Stephan 9. The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth David Audretsch PART III: GEOGRAPHY 10. R&D Spillovers and the Geography of Innovation and Production Maryann P. Feldman 11. Real Effects of Academic Research: Comment Zoltan J. Acs and Maryann P. Feldman 12. Innovation in Cities: Science-Based Diversity, Specialization and Localized Competition Maryann P. Feldman 13. Knowledge Spillovers and the Geography of Innovation Maryann P. Feldman PART IV: EVOLUTION 14. New-Firm Survival and the Technological Regime David Audretsch 15. Innovation, Growth and Survival David Audretsch 16. Does Entry Size Matter? The Impact of the Life Cycle and Technology on Firm Survival Rajshree Agarwal 17. New Firm Survival: New Results Using a Hazard Function Talat Mahmood 18. The Dynamic Role of Small Firms: Evidence from the US David Audretsch 19. Mansfield’s Missing Link: The Impact of Knowledge Spillovers on Firm Growth Erik E. Lehmann 20. Technological Regimes, Industrial Demography and the Evolution of Industrial Structures David Audretsch PART V: ECONOMIC GROWTH 21. Entrepreneurship Capital and Economic Performance Max Keilbach 22. What’s New About the New Economy? Sources of Growth in the Managed and Entrepreneurial Economies A. Roy Thurik 23. Impeded Industrial Restructuring: The Growth Penalty Martin A. Carree, Adriaan J. van Stel and A. Roy Thurik 24. Growth Regimes over Time and Space Michael Fritsch 25. Does Entrepreneurship Capital Matter? Max Keilbach PART VI: POLICY 26. Entrepreneurship Policy and the Strategic Management of Places David Audretsch 27. The Emergence of Entrepreneurship Policy Brett Anitra Gilbert and Patricia P. McDougall 28. Market Dynamics in the Netherlands: Competition Policy and the Role of Small Firms George van Leeuwen, Bert Menkveld and Roy Thurik 29. Does Firm Size Matter? Evidence on the Impact of Liquidity Constraints on Firm Investment Behavior in Germany Julie Ann Elston 30. Competition Policy in Dynamic Markets William J. Baumol and Andrew E. Burke 31. Agglomeration and the Location of Innovative Activity David Audretsch Index
