Entrepreneurship and public policy - Smallbone, David (Cheltenham, UK : Elgar Research Collection, 2010)
V.2 Approaches to policy evaluation. Methods of evaluating the impact of public policies to support small businesses : the six steps to heaven / David J. Storey -- Evaluating European support for business development : evidence from the structural funds in Scotland / Ivan Turok -- Evaluating policy implementation : the European Union's small and medium sized enterprise policies in Galicia and Sardinia / Sarah C.E. Batterbury -- Does more mean worse? Three decades of enterprise policy in the Tees Valley / Francis J. Greene, Kevin F. Mole, David J. Storey -- Evaluating financial support. Evaluating public sector R&D programs : the advanced technology program's investment in wavelength references for optical fiber communications / Albert N. Link, John T. Scott -- Evaluating a Dutch scheme for encouraging research and development / Marten van den Berg, Asje van Dijk, Novan Hulst -- Public/private technology partnerships : evaluating SBIR supported research / David B. Audretsch, Albert N. Link, John T. Scott -- Government as venture capitalist : the long run impact of the SBIR program / Josh Lerner -- Government policy towards entrepreneurial finance : innovation investment funds / Douglas Cumming -- When bureaucrats meet entrepreneurs : the design of effective'public venture capital' programmes / Josh Lerner -- Estimating additionality and leverage : the interplay between public and private sector equity finance in Ireland / Mark Hart, Helena Lenihan -- Grant assistance and small firm development in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland / Stephen Roper, Nola Hewitt-Dundas -- Loan guarantees : costs of default and benefits to small firms / Allan L. Riding, George Haines, Jr. -- Why do minority business development programs generate so little minority business development / Timothy Bates -- Evaluating'soft' support. Evaluating the effect of soft business support upon small firm performance / Colin Wren, David J. Storey -- Differential gains from business link support and advice : a treatment effects approach / Kevin Mole ...[et al.] -- Economic impact of small business development center counseling activities in the United States, 1990-1991 / James J. Chrisman, Frances Katrishen -- Strategic, administrative, and operating assistance : the value of outside consulting to pre-venture entrepreneurs / James J. Chrisman -- 'Business advisers' impact on SMEs : an agency theory approach / Kevin Mole -- SME policy support in Britain since the 1990s : what have we learnt? / Robert Bennett -- Inter-firm network policies and firm performance : evaluating the impact of initiatives in the United Kingdom / Robert Huggins -- Assessment of a venture creation programme : the case of Shell LiveWIRE / F.J. Greene, D.J. Storey -- Exploring the link, among small firms, between management training and firm performance : a comparison between the UK and other OECD countries / David J. Storey -- Do preferential procurement programs benefit minority business? / Timothy Bates, Darrell Williams.
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Keywords: Entrepreneurship -- Government policy; Small business -- Government policy