Tous les ebooks de la collection "International Studies in Entrepreneurship" - Springer

New Frontiers in Entrepreneurship

David B. Audretsch , Giovanni Battista Dagnino , Rosario Faraci , Robert E. Hoskisson

Social Capital and Business Development in High-Technology Clusters

Neslihan Aydogan , Yiu Por Chen

Neslihan Aydogan It is now widely accepted that geographical proximity matters to economic and - cial life. Not only does it provide externalities that reduce transaction costs, but it also helps transacting parties form networks from which they can bene t greatly. More...

Understanding the Entrepreneurial Mind

Malin Brännback , Alan L. Carsrud

Interest in the functioning of the human mind can certainly be traced to Plato and Aristotle who often dealt with issues of perceptions and motivations. While the Greeks may have contemplated the human condition, the modern study of the human mind can be traced back to...

New Firm Creation in the United States

Richard T. Curtin , Paul D. Reynolds

This research program began in 1993. The idea of developing representative samples of those active in the business creation process, now called nascent entrepreneurs, developed from the success of using regional characteristics to 1 predict variations in new firm birth...

Public Policies for Fostering Entrepreneurship

Rui Baptista , João Leitão

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...

Sustaining Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

David B. Audretsch , Max Keilbach , Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada

Academic research on developed countries has scientifically evaluated the role of entrepreneurship on economic growth, market expansion, commercializing innovation, and reducing unemployment. In this research, regions or industries with higher rates of entrepreneurship...

Entrepreneurship in the United States

Paul D. Reynolds

Entrepreneurship is among the most vibrant and important parts of the economy. This important book enhances understanding of entrepreneurial dynamics, providing the first analysis of changes in US entrepreneurial activity. Based on the unprecedented Panel Study of...

The Geography of Small Firm Innovation

Grant Black

It has long been recognized that advances in science contribute to economic growth. While it is one thing to argue that such a relationship exists, it is quite another to establish the extent to which knowledge spills over within and between sectors of the economy. Such...

The Role of Labour Mobility and Informal Networks for Knowledge Transfer

David B. Audretsch , Dirk Fornahl , Christian Zellner

The purpose of this volume is to analyze the microfoundations of knowledge spillovers.The microeconomic analysis of spillovers leads to the insight that the spillover and flow of knowledge is not at all automatic. Instead, this volume suggests that a filter exists...

Success Factors of Corporate Spin-Offs

Alexander Tübke

Corporate Spin-Off processes are very interesting phenomena for management theory and practice. In theory,Corporate Spin-Offs are both a driver and a result of organisational change, offering the possibility to investigate an area where companies are genuinely sharing...