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Entrepreneurial Economics is concerned with the role of entrepreneurs, and the nature and scope of entrepreneurship in the economy. It broadly covers a range of economic and non-economic theories of the characteristics and behaviour of entrepreneurs. Also considered are government policies to increase the number of entrepreneurs in the economy and social entrepreneurship linked to economic development. It includes illustrations of successful entrepreneurs and more detailed case-studies.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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What is Entrepreneurship?
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Policy and Entrepreneurship in the Wider Society
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Conclusions
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About the authors
KEITH GLANCEY is strategic planning director for a company providing seed capital and management services to new technology ventures. He was formerly a Lecturer in Economics at Napier University, Edinburgh and has published widely on entrepreneurship in a variety of books and international journals
RONALD W. MCQUAID is Senior Lecturer in Economics at Napier University, Edinburgh. He has postgraduate degrees from the London School of Economics and Harvard University and has published a number of books and articles on economic development issues and on entrepreneurship. He has acted as a consultant to local, national and supranational agencies and firms
RONALD W. MCQUAID is Senior Lecturer in Economics at Napier University, Edinburgh. He has postgraduate degrees from the London School of Economics and Harvard University and has published a number of books and articles on economic development issues and on entrepreneurship. He has acted as a consultant to local, national and supranational agencies and firms
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Entrepreneurial Economics
Authors: Keith S. Glancey, Ronald W. McQuaid
Editors: Jo Campling
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333981245
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-73645-6Published: 04 May 2000
eBook ISBN: 978-0-333-98124-5Published: 03 May 2000
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 230
Topics: Industrial Organization, Entrepreneurship