The Entrepreneurial Society
A Reform Strategy for Italy, Germany and the UK
Editors: Sanders, Mark, Marx, Axel, Stenkula, Mikael (Eds.)
Free Preview- Provides an interdisciplinary and multi-level quantitative and qualitative data analysis to recommend entrepreneurship development policies
- Surveys entrepreneurs and startup founders in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom
- Develops a reform strategy for creation of successful entrepreneurial ecosystems in different institutional settings
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- About this book
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This open access book is an outcome of the EU’s Horizon 2020 project ‘Financial and Institutional Reforms for an Entrepreneurial Society’ (FIRES). Building on historical, economic and legal analysis, and combining methods and data across disciplines, the authors provide policymakers, stakeholders and scholars with valuable new tools for assessing and improving Europe’s entrepreneurial ecosystems. Then experts from Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom discuss tailored strategies for introducing entrepreneurial policy reforms in their respective countries.
- About the authors
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Axel Marx is deputy director of the Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, University of Leuven (Belgium). His research focuses on global governance, sustainability standards, non-state market regulation, human rights, trade governance, research methodology, comparative case methods and qualitative comparative analysis (QCA).
Mark Sanders is an associate professor at the Utrecht University School of Economics (The Netherlands). His teaching and research involve connecting entrepreneurship, innovation and the transition towards more sustainable economic growth. Mark is also a member of the Sustainable Finance Lab that aims to make financial markets contribute towards this transition.
Mikael Stenkula is an associate professor at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden. His research focus is on entrepreneurship, business structures and taxation.
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Seven Steps Toward Inclusive, Innovative, and Sustainable Growth
Pages 1-6
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A Historical Perspective on the Evolution of Finance, Knowledge, and Labor Market Institutions in Europe
Pages 9-38
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Economic Impact Assessment of Entrepreneurship Policies with the GMR-Europe Model
Pages 39-70
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On the Institutional Foundations of the Varieties of Entrepreneurship in Europe
Pages 71-90
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Towards an Entrepreneurial Society: What Can the European Union Contribute?
Pages 91-123
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Entrepreneurial Society
- Book Subtitle
- A Reform Strategy for Italy, Germany and the UK
- Editors
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- Mark Sanders
- Axel Marx
- Mikael Stenkula
- Series Title
- International Studies in Entrepreneurship
- Series Volume
- 44
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-662-61007-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-662-61007-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-662-61006-0
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-662-61009-1
- Series ISSN
- 1572-1922
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 252
- Number of Illustrations
- 15 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
- Topics