Entrepreneurship and economic growth in the American economy

• Other Authors: Libecap, Gary D.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2000.
• Series: Advances in the study of entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth ; v. 12.
• Subjects: Science > History.; Business & Economics > General.; Entrepreneurship.; USA.; New business enterprises.; Technological innovations > Economic aspects.; Venture capital.; Economic development.

This volume includes a series of papers which examine the contributions of entrepreneurship education on the performance of graduates. Using survey data for 2,484 entrepreneurship and non-entrepreneurship graduates, the analysis indicates that entrepreneurship education contributes to risk taking, t...

Table of Contents:

• The economic contributional entrepreneurship education : an evaluation with an established program / Alberta Charney, Gary D. Libecap
• Understanding factors that trigger entrepreneurial behavior in established companies / Michael H. Morris, Shaker A. Zahra, Minet Schindehutte
• Dynamics of rapid growth and change : a complexity theory of entrepreneurial transitions / Benyamin M. Bergmann Lichtenstein
• Marketing for the entrepreneur : customer focus to multiple constituencies / Ronald C. Goodstein
• Electronic retailing : market dynamics and entrepreneurial opportunities / Barton Weitz
• A framework for understanding technological change : lessons from information technology, 1868-1997 / James W. Cortada
• Internet domain names : property rights and institutional innovation / Milton Mueller
• Introduction / Gary D. Libecap.