Entrepreneurship, small business and public policy : evolution and revolution / Robert J. Bennett.

By:

Bennett, R. J. (Robert John) [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge-ISBE masters in entrepreneurshipPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge 2014Description: 168 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmISBN:

9780415645409 (hbk.) :
9780415645416 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

338.642 BEN

LOC classification:

HD2341 .B34 2014

Contents:

1.Why does policy matter to entrepreneurs and small businesses? -- 2.The case for policy -- 3.Constraints on policy -- 4.Policy institutions and meta-institutions -- 5.Small business and entrepreneurship policy in the USA -- 6.Britain: policy evolution in the \'earlierst industrial nation\' -- 7.East and southeast Asian \'exceptionalism\': Japan and South Korea -- 8.China -- 9.Developing and transition economies -- 10.Evolution and revolution: new opportunities, old dangers.

Summary: Public policy interventions aimed at encouraging, supporting, and developing small businesses are important for understanding entrepreneurship and small business management. This textbook provides teachers and students with a resource that gives an overview of how institutional and policy structures interact with small firm start-ups, continuation, and succession/failures. Beginning with a brief introduction to policy processes, the text covers the main policy instruments for entrepreneurial market entry and start-up support, for on-going small business advice and financial support, and succession planning.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan	TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending	338.642 BEN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		216929

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Public policy interventions aimed at encouraging, supporting, and developing small businesses are important for understanding entrepreneurship and small business management. This textbook provides teachers and students with a resource that gives an overview of how institutional and policy structures interact with small firm start-ups, continuation, and succession/failures. Beginning with a brief introduction to policy processes, the text covers the main policy instruments for entrepreneurial market entry and start-up support, for on-going small business advice and financial support, and succession planning.