Focussing on policy aspects of government, this book examines the role universities play in promoting economic development through entrepreneurship. It begins by tracing the history of American government and focusses on linkages in different domains...
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Focussing on policy aspects of government, this book examines the role universities play in promoting economic development through entrepreneurship. It begins by tracing the history of American government and focusses on linkages in different domains such as: technology transfer, innovation networks, brain drain, cluster-based planning, and more
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-239) and index
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Economic Development Through Entrepreneurship; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. An historical perspective on government-university partnerships to enhance entrepreneurship and economic development; 2. Government policies to encourage economic development through entrepreneurship: the case of technology transfer; 3. Creating innovation networks among manufacturing firms: how effective extension programs work; 4. Investing in the MEMS regional innovation networks and the commercialization infrastructure of older industrial states
5. Buying Ohioans' loyalty? How state financial aid affects brain drain6. On SBA-guaranteed lending and economic growth; 7. Smart places for smart people: cluster-based planning in the 21st-century knowledge economy; 8. Regional wealth creation and the 21st century: women and 'minorities' in the tradition of economic strangers; 9. Universities, entrepreneurship and public policy: lessons from abroad; References; Index
