Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

The Global Scope of Business Creation

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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Entrepreneurship and Economic Development addresses the importance of business creation, which is endemic in subsistence indigenous cultures, widespread in developing economies, and a critical feature of adaptation in the most advanced economies. The author offers systematic comparisons of six stages of economic development which provide information about the adjustments in the economic and social context affecting participation in business creation, the sectors where activities occur, and the nature of the contributions to economic growth and adaptation.Implications for public policy varies for countries at different stages of development. The book includes an introduction to harmonized data developed over the past two decades while avoiding technical complexity. Descriptions are based on representative samples of business creation with an emphasis on grassroots business creation in countries during all stages of economic development.Entrepreneurship, economic development and public policy scholars and faculty as well as policy analysts focusing on economic development will benefit from the breadth of knowledge included in this exploration of business creation.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-04-08
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieElgar Impact of Entrepreneurship Research series
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781802206739

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Contents: Preface 1. Business creation: A global phenomenon 2. Economic development: Structures and values 3. Subsistence economies: Specialization and survival 4. Agricultural economies: Exiting farming 5. Agricultural-Industrial economies: Industry and service 6. Service-Industrial economies: Education and opportunity 7. Progressive Service-Industrial economies: Values and knowledge based 8. Knowledge-Service economies: Expertise and fulfilment 9. Transitions: Continuity and adaptation 10. Overview and implications A Global Entrepreneurship Monitor program B Economic development: Cross-stage descriptions References Index

‘This book is a must-read for public policy scholars, faculty and policy analysts focusing on economic development, as they will benefit from the breadth of knowledge included in the author’s exploration of business creation. This book would also greatly help prospective and existing research scholars to sharpen their scholarly knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship and the author has opened many avenues for future research in any of these economies.’