Edward Elgar Publishing Entrepreneurship and Public Policy (The International Library of Entrepreneurship series)

Product Description This important two-volume set presents an authoritative selection of papers concerned with entrepreneurship and public policy, drawing on a wide range of international experience. Volume I includes: entrepreneurship and economic growth, the research-policy interface, innovation and entrepreneurship, taxation policies and regulation, interventions in the market for business advice and regional perspectives on entrepreneurship. Volume II is devoted to policy evaluation studies, covering both ?hard? financial measures and ?soft? interventions focused on information, advice, training and networking. This insightful collection will be of interest to applied entrepreneurship researchers and policy makers concerned with evidence based approaches to policy. Review ‘This book brings together a comprehensive collection of both classic and recent articles covering a broad terrain of knowledge about the scope of small business and entrepreneurship policy and adeptly lays out some of the conflicting views and evidence about the effective role and impact of public policy to promote entrepreneurship and small business. This will contribute greatly to the debate on how, under what conditions, and in which economic contexts, policy measures of various kinds impact on the start-up and growth of new and small enterprises.’ -- Lois Stevenson, International Development Research Centre, Egypt About the Author Edited by the late David Smallbone, formerly Professor of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University, UK