"While the analysis draws on industrial organization, labor economics, regional science, geography and entrepreneurship, the book focuses on innovation and the growth of cities by the use of endogenous growth theory.The author argues that ..."
"Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries surveys the literature on entrepreneurship in developing countries, which covers a wide range of issues from culture and values, institutional barriers such as financial sector development, governance, and property rights, to the adequacy of education and technical skills. A broad literature has also developed on foreign direct investment and its positive and negative effects on technology transf ..."
"This process requires highly educated individuals who will refine and improve
the new products and processes provided to them by the nation's inventors and
their entrepreneurial partners. A strong educational system — primary, secondary
, ..."
Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy(Illustrated) Prelude to a Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship by Zoltan J. Acs Hardcover, 573 Pages, Published 2008 by Edward Elgar Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-84720-116-4, ISBN: 1-84720-116-4
"Utilizing a unique data set, Zoltan Acs and David Audretsch provide a rich empirical analysis of the increased importance of small firms in generating technological innovations and their growing contribution to the U.S. economy. They identify the contributions made by both small and large firms to the innovative process and the manner in which market structure, and the firm ..."
Entrepreneurship and regional development. (The international library of entrepreneurship; 16) by Zoltan J. Acs Hardcover, 624 Pages, Published 2010 by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-84844-978-7, ISBN: 1-84844-978-X
"Blackwell Publishing Ltd for article: Erkko Autio and Zoltán J. Ács (2010), '
Intellectual Property Protection and the Formation of Entrepreneurial Growth
Aspirations', Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 4 (3), September, 234–51.
Cambridge University Press for excerpt: Zoltán J. Ács (2013), '“Entrepreneurial
Capitalism” in Capitalist Development: Toward a Synthesis of Capitalist
Development and the “Economy as a Whole”', in Zoltán ..."
"Alan Lyles and Ann Cotten examine the relationship between weight control,
private health insurance and public policies.Obesity has been ruled a disease
and therefore many are seeking treatment for the problem. The chapter examines
the obesity trends in the USA, national health goals for weight, and relevant
private health insurance and public policy trends. Two critical issues raised in this
chapter are the related but distinct ro ..."
"The spillovers in knowledge among largely college-educated workers were among the key reasons for the impressive degree of economic growth and spread of entrepreneurship in the United States during the 1990s."
"Cohen, Wesley M., Richard C. Levin and David C. Mowery, "Firm size and R&D
intensity: A reexamination" , Journal of Industrial Economics, vol. 35, June 1987,
pp. 543-65. Comanor, William S., "Market structure, product differentiation and
industrial research", Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 81, November 1967. pp.
639-57. Connolly. Robert A. and Mark Hirschey, "R&D, market structure and
profits: A value based approach", Review ..."
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entrepreneurship has fueled exciting new developments such as a 3-year
agreement with the US government to form a policy staff secretariat to host a
ministerial summit on ..."