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The shift to the entrepreneurial society [electronic resource] : a built economy in education, sustainability and regulation / edited by Jean Bonnet, Marcus Dejardin, Antonia Madrid-Guijarro

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Cheltenham ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Physical Description
1 online resource (286 pages)
Additional Creators
Bonnet, Jean, Dejardin, Marcus, and Madrid Guijarro, Antonia
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Contents
Part I. Entrepreneurial motives, education and performance. 1. The results of education in university: does it foster students' propensity towards entrepreneurial careers? ; 2. Methodological proposal for determining entrepreneurial competencies from the entrepreneurship education approach ; 3. The decision to become an entrepreneur: a cognitive perspective ; 4. Innovative entrepreneurship as a way to meet professional dissatisfactions -- Part II. Entrepreneurial sustainability and innovation. 5. Does innovation contribute to sustainability or not? ; 6. Barriers to innovation in Mexican manufacturing small and medium sized enterprises: an empirical study ; 7. Uncertainty and vertical cooperation in R&D: the case of monopoly ; 8. Which are the determinant factors for manufacturing firms to undertake R&D activities in Spain and the United Kingdom? ; 9. Creative problem solving method in organizational innovation -- Part III. Entrepreneurship, finance and crisis. 10. Venture capital in Spain: an analysis of financial contracts ; 11. The use of banking debt by new French firms: the lessons of financial theory ; 12. Does the regional dimension matter as regards finance and entrepreneurship? ; 13. Obstacles involved in the business creation process and how they have evolved: the case of the region of Murcia ; 14. The entrepreneurial experience of small and medium sized firms in times of crisis: empirical evidence from Catalonia, Spain -- Part IV. Entrepreneurship and regulation. 15. Under what conditions can a regulation become a source of entrepreneurial opportunities? ; 16. How diverse is entrepreneurship? Observations on the social heterogeneity of self- employment in Germany ; 17. Employer enterprises in Portugal: size distribution dynamics ; 18. Business demography dynamics in Portugal: a non-parametric survival analysis ; 19. Understanding the entrepreneurial society: some concluding comments on a work in progress.
Summary
In the constant challenge economies face to grow and adapt, entrepreneurship and innovation are considered key factors. This impressive book shows the complementary and decisive role that education, access to an efficient financial system, and regulation may have in creating an entrepreneurial society. Not only growth, but also better growth is required to address the tremendous challenges that our European economies are facing. The contributors illustrate how more entrepreneurs and more new innovative entrepreneurial firms can contribute. They highlight a variety of factors that may be consid.
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ISBN
9780857938947 (electronic bk.)
0857938940 (electronic bk.)
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Description based upon print version of record.
UP-PAT copy formerly part of the Population Research Institute (PRI) Collection.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Technical Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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