Handbook of research on innovation and entrepreneurship / 
edited by David B. Audretsch ... [et al.]. 
 - Cheltenham, UK ;  Northampton, MA :  Edward Elgar,  c2011. 
 - xvi, 510 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> While preparing a different book (a collection of reprints), the editors landed on the idea of asking leading scholars to share their current thoughts on some of the themes. The result is a collection of 30 original contributions from economists and business academics and professionals based in at least a half dozen countries in Europe and North America. Themes addressed include the social desirability of innovation and entrepreneurship (e.g. social good and social evil, the entrepreneurial role); institutions and innovation (industrial policy, financing constraints, microfinance organizations; the geography of innovation (classical and random urban growth models, for example); technology transfer (what scientists think about commercialization activities, universities as research partners); firms and innovation (incentives, knowledge, and need); and the making of the entrepreneur (genetics of entrepreneurship, education). The four editors are affiliated as follows: David B. Audretsch (economic development, Indiana U.); Oliver Falck (economic research, U. of Munich, Germany); Stephan Heblich (economics, U. of Stirling, UK); and Adam Lederer (DIW Berlin, Germany). Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781848440876 1848440871 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010927657 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB096213  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015624515  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Entrepreneurship.<br/>Creative ability in business.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HB615  / .H26598 2011