Inhalt: | pt. 1. The social desirability of innovation and entrepreneurship -- pt. 2. Institutions, innovation and entrepreneurship -- pt. 3. Knowledge, knowledge spillovers, the geography of innovation and entrepreneurship, and growth -- pt. 4. Technology transfer, innovation and entrepreneurship -- pt. 5. Firms and innovation -- pt. 6. The making of the entrepreneur. Leading researchers use their outstanding expertise to investigate various aspects in the context of innovation and entrepreneurship such as growth, knowledge production and spillovers, technology transfer, the organization of the firm, industrial policy, financing, small firms and start-ups, and entrepreneurship education as well as the characteristics of the entrepreneur |