We investigate what determines regions' entrepreneurial behavior and the impact of it on regional economic performance. We argue that economic knowledge differs not only from traditional factors of production due to its public goods characteristic but it is also uncertain. In that perspective,...

'This book is a well written and handy source for readers. Additionally, it provides an overview of current issues relevant to the development of entrepreneurial policy, which is based on interesting case studies across a number of nations ...' - Dessy Irawati, International Journal of...

To facilitate the transformation of the German economy from the traditional manufacturing industries towards emerging new technologies, a new segment of the Frankfurt exchange was introduced in 1997 - Der Neue Markt. This study provides evidence that not only did many new firms obtain funding...