Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index

Note: Includes bibliographical references , The recommended readings are available in the print version, or may be available via the link to your library's holdings

Note: Includes bibliographical references , The recommended readings are available in the print version, or may be available via the link to your library's holdings , V.1 Entrepreneurship, public policy and research. Emergence of entrepreneurship policy , V.2 Approaches to policy evaluation. Methods of evaluating the impact of public policies to support small businesses : the six steps to heaven , Linking entrepreneurship and economic growth , Entrepreneurship, economic growth and public policy , Market justification for policy on small enterprise development , Role of government in SME development in transition economies , SME policy, academic research and the growth of ignorance, mythical concepts, myths, assumptions, rituals and confusions , Government discourses on entrepreneurship : issues of legitimization, subjugation, and power , Innovation, technology and entrepreneurship. Sustaining innovation and growth : public policy support for entrepreneurship , Innovating SMEs and regions : the need for policy intelligence and interactive policies , Internationalization of small and medium sized enterprises : a policy perspective , Do entrepreneurship programmes raise entrepreneurial intention of science and engineering students? The effect of learning, inspiration and resources , Taxation policy and regulation. Tax policy and entrepreneurship : new time series evidence , Tax policy and entrepreneurial entry , Taxation and the performance of technology based small firms in the U.K. , Entry regulation as a barrier to entrepreneurship , Why does employment legislation not damage small firms? , Burden on business? Reviewing the evidence base on regulation and small business performance , Intervention in the market for business advice. Public advisory services, theory and practice , Role of trust and contract in the supply of business advice , Business advice : the influence of distance , Regional perspectives on entrepreneurship. Targeting firm births and economic regeneration in a lagging region , Impact of sector, specialisation, and space on business birth rates in the United Kingdom : a challenge for policy? , Entrepreneurship and development : the role of clusters , Development of industrial clusters and public policy , Clustering small enterprise : lessons from policy experience in New Zealand , Governance and the entrepreneurial economy : a comparative analysis of three regions , Evaluating European support for business development : evidence from the structural funds in Scotland , Evaluating policy implementation : the European Union's small and medium sized enterprise policies in Galicia and Sardinia , Does more mean worse? Three decades of enterprise policy in the Tees Valley , Evaluating financial support. Evaluating public sector R&D programs : the advanced technology program's investment in wavelength references for optical fiber communications , Evaluating a Dutch scheme for encouraging research and development , Public/private technology partnerships : evaluating SBIR supported research , Government as venture capitalist : the long run impact of the SBIR program , Government policy towards entrepreneurial finance : innovation investment funds , When bureaucrats meet entrepreneurs : the design of effective 'public venture capital' programmes , Estimating additionality and leverage : the interplay between public and private sector equity finance in Ireland , Grant assistance and small firm development in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , Loan guarantees : costs of default and benefits to small firms , Why do minority business development programs generate so little minority business development , Evaluating 'soft' support. Evaluating the effect of soft business support upon small firm performance , Differential gains from business link support and advice : a treatment effects approach , Economic impact of small business development center counseling activities in the United States, 1990-1991 , Strategic, administrative, and operating assistance : the value of outside consulting to pre-venture entrepreneurs , 'Business advisers' impact on SMEs : an agency theory approach , SME policy support in Britain since the 1990s : what have we learnt? , Inter-firm network policies and firm performance : evaluating the impact of initiatives in the United Kingdom , Assessment of a venture creation programme : the case of Shell LiveWIRE , Exploring the link, among small firms, between management training and firm performance : a comparison between the UK and other OECD countries , Do preferential procurement programs benefit minority business?