Entrepreneurship and Openness: Theory and Evidence

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David B. Audretsch, Robert Litan, Robert J. Strom
Edward Elgar Publishing, Jan 1, 2009 - Business & Economics - 232 pages
Entrepreneurship is critical to economic growth, but it cannot flourish without open markets. Entrepreneurs can only be expected to take risks in 'open settings' where individuals and firms are free to contract with one another. In this important
 

Contents

Introduction
1
1 Entrepreneurship trade competition and the explosion of world trade
13
a VernonDunning synthesis with dealbydeal data on information technology
24
why venture capitalbacked businesses stay at home
58
4 Entrepreneurship culture and openness
101
5 Entrepreneurship and the city
131
6 Star scientists innovation and regional and national immigration
181
Index
213
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Edited by David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, US and the Department of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, University of Klagenfurt, Austria, Robert E. Litan, Korein Tillery LLC and Robert Strom, Director of Entrepreneurship Research, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, US

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