V.1Entrepreneurship, public policy and research.Emergence of entrepreneurship policy /Brett Anitra Gilbert, David B. Audretsch, Patricia P. McDougall --Linking entrepreneurship and economic growth /Sander Wennekers, Roy Thurik --Entrepreneurship, economic growth and public policy /Zoltan J. Acs,...

This essential collection contains the most influential articles written over the past two decades that help us to understand the role of entrepreneurs in the development process, both theoretically and empirically. These important papers span a wide methodological range, from theoretical...