Global entrepreneurship and development index 2013

1. Introduction to the 2013 global entrepreneurship and development index -- 2. Entrepreneurship and public policy : towards national systems of entrepreneurship -- 3. Institutions, incentives and entrepreneurship / by Ruta Aidis and Saul Estrin -- 4. The global entrepreneurship and development inde...

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Main Author: Ács, Zoltán J.
Other Authors: Autio, Erkko, Szerb, László
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, U.K Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd 2013
Series:Elgar original reference
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:1. Introduction to the 2013 global entrepreneurship and development index -- 2. Entrepreneurship and public policy : towards national systems of entrepreneurship -- 3. Institutions, incentives and entrepreneurship / by Ruta Aidis and Saul Estrin -- 4. The global entrepreneurship and development index -- 5. The role of entrepreneurship and economic development -- 6. Methodology and data description -- 7. Country standings
This unique book will be invaluable for researchers, policymakers and entrepreneurs keen to expand their understanding of entrepreneurship and development
The authors expertly capture the contextual feature of entrepreneurship by focusing on entrepreneurial attitudes, entrepreneurial abilities and entrepreneurial aspirations. The data and their contribution to the business formation process are supported by three decades of research into entrepreneurship across a host of countries. The unique index construction of individual and institutional measures integrates 31 variables from various data sources into 14 pillars, three sub-indexes and a super index. The relationship between entrepreneurship and economic development appears to be more or less mildly S-shaped. The findings suggest moving away from simple measures of entrepreneurship across countries illustrating a U-shaped or L-shaped relationship to more complex measures, which are positively related to development. The model has important implications for development policy.
Acclaim for the 2011 edition: The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index ... focuses on high-growth companies. It tries to measure the ambition of entrepreneurs as well as the prevalence of start-ups. It presents its results in ways that are designed to capture the attention of policymakers. It produces a ranking of 71 countries (for all their faults, nothing makes a politician jump like a league table). It also identifies bottlenecks that prevent countries from doing better. The index concludes that development and enterprise are correlated. The Economist The Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index both captures the context features of entrepreneurship and fills a gap in the measurement of development. Building on recent advances in entrepreneurship and economic development, the authors have created an index that offers a measure of the quality of the business formation process in 118 of the most important countries in the world.
Physical Description:x, 343 p ill. (some col.)
ISBN:9781849808446
9781782540427