Edward Elgar Publishing The Political Economy of Entrepreneurship: 1 & 2 (The International Library of Entrepreneurship series)

Product Description Political economy has been at the core of entrepreneurship research since its conception. Although the entrepreneur is frequently regarded as the key figure in the capitalist system, academic research in economics has for a long time overlooked the entrepreneur in its analyses of growth. In terms of political economy this neglect has been even more glaring. These volumes bring together the most important contributions from a very scattered and disparate research field. The collection provides scholars, postgraduates, and students of economics and entrepreneurship with a systematic exposition of a largely undefined field of research. Review ‘. . . the two-volume edition on the political economy of entrepreneurship by Henrekson and Douhan forms an impressive handbook in the field.’ -- K.V.S.M. Krishna, The Journal of Entrepreneurship ‘This comprehensive two-volume set of academic papers provides an authoritative reference source on the complex interrelationships that exist between the political system, the economic infrastructure, and entrepreneurship. . . Policy-makers and academics working in the field of entrepreneurship will find this an invaluable information source that brings together key works that represent current thinking on the subject.’ -- Economic Outlook and Business Review ‘Magnus Henrekson and Robin Douhan have assembled a well-integrated collection of scholarship that will broaden intellectual horizons about the role of the entrepreneur in an economy.’ -- Albert N. Link, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, US ‘The persistence of significant differences in the level of entrepreneurial activity across countries is one of the most puzzling phenomena of the modern economy. Cultural differences and their interplay with the institutional and political system are usually mentioned as the drivers of these differences. The political economy approach of the present book is a quintessential step to unravel these drivers. It provides a definitive survey of what the literature has to offer.’ -- Roy Thurik, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands About the Author Edited by Magnus Henrekson, President, Research Institute of Industrial Economics and Jacob Wallenberg Professor of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden and the late Robin Douhan, former PhD Candidate, Uppsala University and Research Scholar, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Sweden