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Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Public Sector

David B. Audretsch , Wendy D. Chen

As communities worldwide grapple with wicked problems ranging from environmental challenges to economic crises to public safety, some believe that only private business holds the solutions with new ideas. However, this book argues that the way forward will prove...

The Seven Secrets of Germany

David B. Audretsch , Erik E. Lehmann

German economic performance has astonished the world. At the turn of the century, Germany had been written off as the sick man of Europe. No more. Even as most of its European neighbors and OECD trading partners have struggled in the face of a turbulent global economy,...

The Oxford Handbook of Local Competitiveness

David B. Audretsch , Albert N. Link , Mary Lindenstein Walshok

The local levels of economies have felt the impact of technological change and globalization. These forces have triggered the need to understand the dynamic mechanisms that enable locales to respond to such changes. For example, the downsizing of traditional employers...

Everything in Its Place

David B. Audretsch

Every city, region and state wants to do better---or at the very least, not do worse. Places have a strong and vigorous concern with and stake in generating a stronger economic performance. This concern spans a broad spectrum of constituents and interests, including...

Valuing an Entrepreneurial Enterprise

David B. Audretsch , Albert N. Link

The Entrepreneurial Society

David B. Audretsch

Previous generations enjoyed the security of lifelong employment with a sole employer. Public policy and social institutions reinforced that security by producing a labor force content with mechanized repetition in manufacturing plants, and creating loyalty to one...

Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

David B. Audretsch , Max C. Keilbach , Erik E. Lehmann

By serving as a conduit for knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship is the missing link between investments in new knowledge and economic growth. The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship provides not just an explanation of why entrepreneurship has become more...