The Economics of Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship

As self-employment and entrepreneurship become increasingly important in our modern economies, Simon C. Parker provides a timely, definitive and comprehensive overview of the field. In this book he brings together and assesses the large and disparate literature on these subjects and provides an up-t...

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Main Author: Parker, Simon C.
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York Cambridge University Press 19.02.2004
Cambridge Univ. Press
Edition:1
Subjects:
Case studies
Entrepreneurship
Government policy
Management
Managerial economics
New business enterprises
New business enterprises > Management
Selbstständige
Self-employed
Self-employed > Government policy > Case studies
Theorie
ISBN:9780521828130, 0521828139, 9780521030632, 0521030633
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Summary:As self-employment and entrepreneurship become increasingly important in our modern economies, Simon C. Parker provides a timely, definitive and comprehensive overview of the field. In this book he brings together and assesses the large and disparate literature on these subjects and provides an up-to-date overview of new research findings. Key issues addressed include: the impact of ability, risk, personal characteristics and the macroeconomy on entrepreneurship; issues involved in raising finance for entrepreneurial ventures, with an emphasis on the market failures that can arise as a consequence of asymmetric information; the job creation performance of the self-employed; the growth, innovation and exit behaviour of new ventures and small firms; and the appropriate role for governments interested in promoting self-employment and entrepreneurship. This book will serve as an essential reference guide to researchers, students and teachers of entrepreneurship in economics, business and management and other related disciplines.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-307) and indexes
ISBN:9780521828130
0521828139
9780521030632
0521030633
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511493430