Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
Publisher,Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication Date,
Format, Hardcover
Weight,
No. of Pages, 272
Implications for public policy varies for countries at different stages of development. The book includes an introduction to harmonized data developed over the past two decades while avoiding technical complexity. Descriptions are based on representative samples of business creation with an emphasis on grassroots business creation in countries during all stages of economic development.
Entrepreneurship, economic development and public policy scholars and faculty as well as policy analysts focusing on economic development will benefit from the breadth of knowledge included in this exploration of business creation.
Contents:
Preface 1. Business creation: A global phenomenon 2. Economic development: Structures and values 3. Subsistence economies: Specialization and survival 4. Agricultural economies: Exiting farming 5. Agricultural-Industrial economies: Industry and service 6. Service-Industrial economies: Education and opportunity 7. Progressive Service-Industrial economies: Values and knowledge based 8. Knowledge-Service economies: Expertise and fulfilment 9. Transitions: Continuity and adaptation 10. Overview and implications A Global Entrepreneurship Monitor program B Economic development: Cross-stage descriptions References Index
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