Entrepreneurship and openness theory and evidence /
A growing body of evidence has documented the critical role that entrepreneurs play in fostering economic growth. But entrepreneurs can only be expected to take risks in 'open settings', where individuals and firms are free to contract with one another. In this important book, leading econ...
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Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass. :
Edward Elgar,
c2009.
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| Series: | Industrial dynamics, entrepreneurship and innovation.
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| Online Access: | https://www.elgaronline.com/view/9781847207791.xml |
Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. entrepreneurship, trade competition and the explosion of world trade / William J. Baumol
- ch. 2. Globalization of venture capital : a vernon-dunning synthesis with deal-by-deal data on information technology / Catherine L. Mann
- ch. 3. Offshoring : why venture capital-backed businesses stay at home / Amar Bhidé
- ch. 4. Entrepreneurship, culture and openness / Edmund Phelps and Gylfi Zoega
- ch. 5. Entrepreneurship and the city / Edward L. Glaeser
- ch. 6. Star scientists, innovation and regional and national immigration / Lynne G. Zucker and Michael R. Darby.