Entrepreneurship and public policy / 
edited by David Smallbone. 
 - Cheltenham, UK :  Elgar Research Collection,  2010. 
 - 2 v. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
 - International library of entrepreneurship ;  19. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Entrepreneurship, public policy and research.  Emergence of entrepreneurship policy /  Linking entrepreneurship and economic growth /  Entrepreneurship, economic growth and public policy /  Market justification for policy on small enterprise development /  Role of government in SME development in transition economies /  SME policy, academic research and the growth of ignorance, mythical concepts, myths, assumptions, rituals and confusions /  Government discourses on entrepreneurship : issues of legitimization, subjugation, and power /  Innovation, technology and entrepreneurship.  Sustaining innovation and growth : public policy support for entrepreneurship /  Innovating SMEs and regions : the need for policy intelligence and interactive policies /  Internationalization of small and medium sized enterprises : a policy perspective /  Do entrepreneurship programmes raise entrepreneurial intention of science and engineering students? The effect of learning, inspiration and resources /  Taxation policy and regulation.  Tax policy and entrepreneurship : new time series evidence /  Tax policy and entrepreneurial entry /  Taxation and the performance of technology based small firms in the U.K. /  Entry regulation as a barrier to entrepreneurship /  Why does employment legislation not damage small firms? /  Burden on business? Reviewing the evidence base on regulation and small business performance /  Intervention in the market for business advice.  Public advisory services, theory and practice /  Role of trust and contract in the supply of business advice /  Business advice : the influence of distance /  Regional perspectives on entrepreneurship.  Targeting firm births and economic regeneration in a lagging region /  Impact of sector, specialisation, and space on business birth rates in the United Kingdom : a challenge for policy? /  Entrepreneurship and development : the role of clusters /  Development of industrial clusters and public policy /  Clustering small enterprise : lessons from policy experience in New Zealand /  Governance and the entrepreneurial economy : a comparative analysis of three regions /  Brett Anitra Gilbert, David B. Audretsch, Patricia P. McDougall --  Sander Wennekers, Roy Thurik --  Zoltan J. Acs, Laszlo Szerb --  Sanal Kumar Velayudhan --  David Smallbone, Friederike Welter --  Allan A. Gibb --  Lew Perren, Peter L. Jennings --  David B. Audretsch --  Claire Nauwelaers, RenWintjes --  Zoltan J. Acs,  Vangelis Souitaris, Stefania Zerbinati, Andreas Al-Laham --  Donald Bruce, Mohammad Mohsin --  William M. Gentry, R. Glenn Hubbard --  Panikkos Poutziouris  Leora Klapper, Luc Laeven, Raghuram Rajan --  Paul Edwards, Monder Ram, John Black --  John Kitching --  Dan Jhalmarsson, Anders W. Johansson --  Robert J. Bennett, Paul J.A. Robson --  Robert J. Bennett, William A. Bratton, Paul J.A. Robson --  Peter Johnson --  Michael Anyadike-Danes, Mark Hart --  Hector O. Rocha --  Frank McDonald, Dimitrios Tsagdis, Qihai Huang --  Martin Perry --  Rachel Parker.  V.1  ... [et al.] --  ...[et al.] --  Approaches to policy evaluation.  Methods of evaluating the impact of public policies to support small businesses : the six steps to heaven /  Evaluating European support for business development : evidence from the structural funds in Scotland /  Evaluating policy implementation : the European Union's small and medium sized enterprise policies in Galicia and Sardinia /  Does more mean worse? Three decades of enterprise policy in the Tees Valley /  Evaluating financial support.  Evaluating public sector R&D programs : the advanced technology program's investment in wavelength references for optical fiber communications /  Evaluating a Dutch scheme for encouraging research and development /  Public/private technology partnerships : evaluating SBIR supported research /  Government as venture capitalist : the long run impact of the SBIR program /  Government policy towards entrepreneurial finance : innovation investment funds /  When bureaucrats meet entrepreneurs : the design of effective'public venture capital' programmes /  Estimating additionality and leverage : the interplay between public and private sector equity finance in Ireland /  Grant assistance and small firm development in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland /  Loan guarantees : costs of default and benefits to small firms /  Why do minority business development programs generate so little minority business development /  Evaluating'soft' support.  Evaluating the effect of soft business support upon small firm performance /  Differential gains from business link support and advice : a treatment effects approach /  Economic impact of small business development center counseling activities in the United States, 1990-1991 /  Strategic, administrative, and operating assistance : the value of outside consulting to pre-venture entrepreneurs /  'Business advisers' impact on SMEs : an agency theory approach /  SME policy support in Britain since the 1990s : what have we learnt? /  Inter-firm network policies and firm performance : evaluating the impact of initiatives in the United Kingdom /  Assessment of a venture creation programme : the case of Shell LiveWIRE /  Exploring the link, among small firms, between management training and firm performance : a comparison between the UK and other OECD countries /  Do preferential procurement programs benefit minority business? /  David J. Storey --  Ivan Turok --  Sarah C.E. Batterbury --  Francis J. Greene, Kevin F. Mole, David J. Storey --  Albert N. Link, John T. Scott --  Marten van den Berg, Asje van Dijk, Novan Hulst --  David B. Audretsch, Albert N. Link, John T. Scott --  Josh Lerner --  Douglas Cumming --  Josh Lerner --  Mark Hart, Helena Lenihan --  Stephen Roper, Nola Hewitt-Dundas --  Allan L. Riding, George Haines, Jr. --  Timothy Bates --  Colin Wren, David J. Storey --  Kevin Mole  James J. Chrisman, Frances Katrishen --  James J. Chrisman --  Kevin Mole --  Robert Bennett --  Robert Huggins --  F.J. Greene, D.J. Storey --  David J. Storey --  Timothy Bates, Darrell Williams.  V.2  ...[et al.] -- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1845421175 9781845421175 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Entrepreneurship--Government policy.<br/>Small business--Government policy.