The Blackwell Handbook of Entrepreneurship [Hardcover]

The Handbook of Entrepreneurship brings together the best researchers in the USA and Europe to review the most up-to-date thinking on the most crucial topics in entrepreneurship studies. It is the first book to combine the research activities of Europe and the United States and reflects cutting-edge research with a multicultural perspective. The 21 chapters in the Handbook have been written by 28 experts representing a entrepreneurial Who's Who.Introduction.

Part I: Setting the Stage for International Research in Entrepreneurship:.

1. Learning Together: National Differences in Entrepreneurship Research: Howard Aldrich.

2. Conceptual and Empirical Challenges in the Study of Firm Growth: Per Davidson and Johan Wiklund.

3. The Intersection of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management Research: Michael Hitt and R. Duane.

4. Research Mimicking Policy: Entrepreneurship/Small Business Policy Research in the United States: William Dennis Jr.

Part II: Government Impacts on Entrepreneurship:.

5. SME Policy in Europe: Dennis De.

6. Entrepreneurship in Germany: David Audretsch.

7. Regulatory Policies and their Impact on SMEs in Europe: The Case of Administrative Burdens: Robert van der Horst, Andre Nijsen and Selcuk Gulhan.

8. The Climate for Entrepreneurship in European Countries in Transition: Josef Mugler.

9. Six Steps to Heaven: Evaluating the Impact of Public Policies to Support Small Businesses in Developed Economics: David Storey.

Part III: Financing Growth:.

10. Financing Growth: Recent Developments in the European Scene: Rik Donckels.

11. Informal Venture Capital and the Financing of Emergent Growth Businesses: Colin Mason and Richard HarrisonlF