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Public Policies for Fostering Entrepreneurship

A European Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Rui Baptista
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  2. Joao Leitao
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  • Serves as an operational policy handbook for public and private officials and academics to develop strategic plans for entrepreneurship policies
  • Uses a variety of methodologies to assess the design and implementation of public policies aimed at increasing entrepreneurship
  • Provides analysis and examples from a variety of European countries including Finland, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: International Studies in Entrepreneurship (ISEN, volume 22)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Entrepreneurship Policies – A European Framework

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Knowledge-Based Start-ups and Entrepreneurship Policy

      • David B. Audretsch, Iris A. M. Beckmann, Werner Bönte
      Pages 3-13

    3. Policies Fostering New Firm Formation and Self-Employment in Italy

      • Martin Carree, Roberta Piergiovanni, Enrico Santarelli, Ingrid Verheul
      Pages 15-34

    4. Institutional Contexts, the Management of Patent Portfolios, and the Role of Public Policies Supporting New Entrepreneurial Ventures

      • Giovanni Battista Dagnino, Arabella Mocciaro Li Destri, Daniela Baglieri
      Pages 35-57

    5. Entrepreneurship in European Regions

      • Niels Bosma, Veronique Schutjens, Erik Stam
      Pages 59-89

    6. High-Growth Entrepreneurs, Public Policies, and Economic Growth

      • Erik Stam, Kashifa Suddle, Jolanda Hessels, André van Stel
      Pages 91-110

    7. Entrepreneurship Policies

      • Charlie Karlsson, Martin Andersson
      Pages 111-131

    8. Support Policies to Entrepreneurship

      • Mário Raposo
      Pages 133-148

  3. Entrepreneurship Policy in Countries and Regions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 150-150
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    2. Reinforcing the Entrepreneurial Innovation Capacity of Industrial SMEs with Networks

      • Maria José Silva, João Leitão
      Pages 151-161

    3. KIBS Growth

      • Zélia Serrasqueiro, Paulo Maçãs Nunes
      Pages 163-179

    4. On the Road to a “Culture of Entrepreneurship”?

      • Friederike Welter
      Pages 181-195

    5. Entrepreneurship Policy in Finland

      • Pia Arenius
      Pages 197-205

    6. Promoting Equity Flows into Smaller Businesses

      • Marc Cowling, Gordon Murray, Pete Bates
      Pages 207-230

    7. Support Programs for Entrepreneurship in Spain

      • David Urbano, Nuria Toledano
      Pages 231-243

    8. Rural Technology-Based Entrepreneurs

      • Christian Serarols, Yancy Vaillant, David Urbano
      Pages 245-271

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 273-282
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About this book

39 One of the main challenges facing the member states of the European Union (EU) is 40 the fundamental need to accept the strategic importance of entrepreneurship as a force 41 for regional development and economic growth. Definition of this urgent objective 42 is set in the context of the European Council in Lisbon in March 2000, where there 43 was focus on other operational goals directed to improving performance in European 44 regions in terms of different variables indicating the level of economic activity, 45 particularly employment, real convergence, economic reform, and social cohesion. 46 In 2003, the European Commission (EC) initiated the public debate around the 47 need to strengthen entrepreneurship in the European Union, through publication of 48 the “Green Paper on Entrepreneurship” in Europe which raised two fundamental 49 questions for reflection by policymakers, entrepreneurs, and individuals: (a) why 50 do so few Europeans set up their own business? and (b) why are so few European 51 businesses growing? 52 Later, in the context of the 2004 Spring European Council, the European 53 Commission launched the “Entrepreneurship Action Plan” which aimed fundamen- 54 tally to: (1) change the way society views entrepreneurs, (2) create conditions to 55 encourage more individuals to become entrepreneurs, (3) allow SMEs and entre- 56 preneurs to be more competitive and assume a more important role in determining 57 growth, (4) improve conditions for access to finance by SMEs and entrepreneurs, 58

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From the reviews:

"The main contribution of the book is to join in a single volume a wide range of theoretical and empirical approaches (33 authors from 8 countries, including examples and references to other European territories), providing arguments, materials and examples of good practices to assess and rethink public policies promoting entrepreneurship in the European context. An advisable handbook with useful information either for public servants, academics researching in the field, practitioners or current and potential entrepreneurs." (José Luis Vázquez and María Purificatión García, International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing, Issue 6, 2009)

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Public Policies for Fostering Entrepreneurship

  • Book Subtitle: A European Perspective

  • Editors: Rui Baptista, Joao Leitao

  • Series Title: International Studies in Entrepreneurship

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0249-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-0248-1Published: 13 July 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-1717-0Published: 30 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-0249-8Published: 10 June 2009

  • Series ISSN: 1572-1922

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-5884

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 282

  • Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Entrepreneurship, Economic Policy, Political Science, Economic Growth

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