The truth about entrepreneurship policy making and business creation

"Policy makers give a lot of attention to business creation and entrepreneurship, but they do not have a good resource for understanding The Truth about Entrepreneurship. The extensive media coverage of Wall Street entrepreneurship provides an incomplete portrayal of most business creation. Whi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reynolds, Paul D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton Edward Elgar Publishing 2020, 2020
Series:Elgar impact of entrepreneurship research series
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBooks Collection Business & Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Contents: Preface
  • 1. Business Creation: Wall Street and Main Street
  • 2. Business Creation: Scope and Stability
  • 3. Business Creation and Economic Growth: Churning is Good
  • 4. New Firms are the Major Source of New Jobs
  • 5. Different National Development: Different Business Creation
  • 6. Context Counts, But May be Hard to Change
  • 7. Growth Firms and Job Redistribution
  • 8. Money is Necessary, But Not Sufficient
  • 9. Everyone Pays, Some Benefit a Lot
  • 10. An Important Option for the Desperate
  • 11. New Firms: Change Agents Hiding in Plain Sight
  • Appendix A Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Program
  • Appendix B U.S. Regional Business Dynamics Data Set
  • Appendix C U.S. Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics (PSED) Program
  • References
  • Index
  • Includes bibliographical references and index