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Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and Social Responsibility

David B. Audretsch , Anders Lundström , Anna Sörensson

This edited collection unveils the pivotal role of entrepreneurship in realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Global scholars converge to scrutinize entrepreneurship's centrality in the transformative framework endorsed by the United...

Institutions, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Performance

Sebastian Aparicio , David B. Audretsch , David Urbano

Using institutional economics as a theoretical framework, this book analyzes institutional environment conducive to entrepreneurial activity in order to enhance economic performance across countries. In particular, the main contributions...

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

David B. Audretsch , Allan O'connor , Erik Stam , Fiona Sussan

This book features latest research insights into the study of the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The focus is on understanding its influence on the development of socially and physically defined ‘places’, and how these factors are related with each other. The book argues...

Corruption, Entrepreneurship, and Social Welfare

David B. Audretsch , Farzana Chowdhury , Sameeksha Desai

This book examines the complex relationship between corruption and entrepreneurship in countries of varying levels of economic development. The authors explore the ways in which social welfare policies have changed in current economic and political environments as well...

Essays in Public Sector Entrepreneurship

David B. Audretsch , Albert N. Link

This book explores public sector entrepreneurship from an international perspective. It features essays from eminent scholars in the field addressing entrepreneurial public policies from different countries. Public sector entrepreneurship is at the cusp of becoming a...

Technology Transfer in a Global Economy

David B. Audretsch , Erik E. Lehmann , Albert N. Link , Alexander Starnecker

Technology transfer—the process of sharing and disseminating knowledge, skills, scientific discoveries, production methods, and other innovations among universities, government agencies, private firms, and other institutions—is one of the major challenges of societies...

Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research

Zoltan J. Acs , David B. Audretsch

Interest in and attention to entrepreneurship has exploded in recent years. Nevertheless, much of the research and scholarship in entrepreneurship has remained elusive to academics, policymakers and other researchers, in large part because the field is informed by a...

New Frontiers in Entrepreneurship

David B. Audretsch , Giovanni Battista Dagnino , Rosario Faraci , Robert E. Hoskisson

Sustaining Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth

David B. Audretsch , Max Keilbach , Jagannadha Pawan Tamvada

Academic research on developed countries has scientifically evaluated the role of entrepreneurship on economic growth, market expansion, commercializing innovation, and reducing unemployment. In this research, regions or industries with higher rates of entrepreneurship...

Local Heroes in the Global Village

David B. Audretsch , Heike Grimm , Charles W. Wessner

Entrepreneurship and growth are central concerns of policy makers around the world. Local Heroes in the Global Village introduces public policies for the promotion of entrepreneurship on a comparative, primarily German-American level. The book contributes to the debate...

The Role of Labour Mobility and Informal Networks for Knowledge Transfer

David B. Audretsch , Dirk Fornahl , Christian Zellner

The purpose of this volume is to analyze the microfoundations of knowledge spillovers.The microeconomic analysis of spillovers leads to the insight that the spillover and flow of knowledge is not at all automatic. Instead, this volume suggests that a filter exists...