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Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Studies in Development Economics and Policy (SDEP)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Innovative Enterprise and Economic Development

      • William Lazonick
      Pages 18-33
  3. Measuring Entrepreneurship and the Business Environment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
    2. Designing Composite Entrepreneurship Indicators

      • Diego B. Avanzini
      Pages 37-93
    3. The Impact of the Business Environment on the Business Creation Process

      • Leora Klapper, Anat Lewin, Juan Manuel Quesada Delgado
      Pages 108-123
  4. Policies, Institutions and Entrepreneurship

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
    2. Human and Social Capital in Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries

      • Gerrit Rooks, Adam Szirmai, Arthur Sserwanga
      Pages 203-230
  5. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 317-317

About this book

Leading international scholars provide a timely reconsideration of how and why entrepreneurship matters for economic development, particularly in emerging and developing economies. The book critically dissects the evolving relationship between entrepreneurs and the state.

Editors and Affiliations

  • St. Anthony’s College, Oxford, UK

    Wim Naudé

About the editor

JOSÉ ERNESTO AMORÓS Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile JURGEN BRAUER Augusta State University, USA SAMEEKSHA DESAI University of Missouri, USA CHIARA GUGLIELMETTI University of Trento, Italy ROBERT HAYWOOD University of Colorado, USA LEORA KLAPPER World Bank, USA WILLIAM LAZONICK University of Massachusetts, USA ANAT LEWIN World Bank, USA. PETER NIJKAMP VRIJE Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands GERRIT ROOKS EINDHOVEN University of Technology, The Netherlands ADAM SZIRMAI Maastricht University, USA ROY THURIK Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands JUAN MANUEL QUESADA World Bank, USA

Bibliographic Information

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