Entrepreneurship, growth and public policy : prelude to a knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship /
Zoltan J. Acs, University Professor, School of Public Policy, George Mason, University, USA and Research Scientist, Max Plank Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany.
- xxii, 573 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Innovation and firm size -- Geographically constrained knowledge spillovers -- Entrepreneurship and new firm formation -- Innovation and economic growth -- Entrepreneurship and public policy -- Entrepreneurship and society.
Explores how socio-economic transformation is placed within a larger context spanning two centuries of economic growth and development in a capitalist society. This book is suitable for those interested in entrepreneurship, political science and regional science and as well academics, graduate students and economists.