Global Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Incentives

Zoltán J. Ács, Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK and University Professor, School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, US

‘This book brings together much-admired pieces of literature to help us to understand the dynamics of global entrepreneurship, situating them within the formal institutions and systems of incentives in the countries and regions where they begin and shows how they are later expanded to larger markets. This book will also help the emerging economies to strategize their public policies for entrepreneurship development. This book is recommended to scholars and practitioners engaged in entrepreneurship research, or studying the entrepreneurial behaviors of global enterprises.’

• Contents:Introduction Zoltán J. ÁcsPART I INCENTIVES AND THE MANY FACES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1. Sameeksha Desai, Zoltan J. Acs and Utz Weitzel (2012), ‘A Model of Destructive Entrepreneurship: Insight for Conflict and Postconflict Recovery’, Journal of Conflict Resolution, 57 (1), February, 20–402. Utz Weitzel, Diemo Urbig, Sameeksha Desai, Mark Sanders and Zoltan Acs (2010), ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Talented: Entrepreneurial Talent and Selfish Behavior’, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 76 (1), October, 64–813. Zoltan J. Acs, Mary C. Boardman and Connie L. McNeely (2013), ‘The Social Value of Productive Entrepreneurship’, Small Business Economics, 40 (3), April, 785–964. Zoltán J. Ács, László Szerb and Scott Jackson (2013), ‘Entrepreneurship in Africa through the Eyes of GEDI’, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 14 (4), November, 219–34PART II THE KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVER THEORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP5. Bo Carlsson, Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch and Pontus Braunerhjelm (2009), ‘Knowledge Creation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth: A Historical Review’, Industrial and Corporate Change, 18 (6), December, 1193-2296. Pontus Braunerhjelm, Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch and Bo Carlsson (2010), ‘The Missing Link: Knowledge Diffusion and Entrepreneurship in Endogenous Growth’, Small Business Economics, 34 (2), February, 105–257. Zoltan J. Acs, Pontus Braunerhjelm, David B. Audretsch and Bo Carlsson (2009), ‘The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship’, Small Business Economics, 32 (1), January, 15–308. Lawrence A. Plummer and Zoltan J. Acs (2014), ‘Localized Competition in the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship’, Journal of Business Venturing, 29 (1), January, 151–36 9. Haifeng Qian and Zoltan J. Acs (2013), ‘An Absorptive Capacity Theory of Knowledge Spillover Entrepreneurship’, Small Business Economics, 40 (2), February, 185–9710. Zoltan J. Acs and Mark W.J.L. Sanders (2013), ‘Knowledge Spillover Entrepreneurship in an Endogenous Growth Model’, Small Business Economics, 41 (4), December, 775–9511. Zoltan J. Acs and Mark Sanders (2012), ‘Patents, Knowledge Spillover and Entrepreneurship’, Small Business Economics, 39 (4), November, 801–17PART III CITIES, KNOWLEDGE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP12. Zoltan Acs, Niels Bosma and Rolf Sternberg (2010), ‘Entrepreneurship in World Cities’, in Maria Minniti (ed.), The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data, Chapter 6, Oxford, UK and New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 125–51 13. Zoltan J. Acs and Siri Terjesen (2013), ‘Born Local: Toward a Theory of New Venture’s Choice of Internationalization’, Small Business Economics, 41 (3), October, 521–3514. Haifeng Qian, Zoltan J. Acs and Roger R. Stough (2012), ‘Regional Systems of Entrepreneurship: The Nexus of Human Capital, Knowledge, and New Firm Formation’, Journal of Economic Geography, 13 (4), July, 559–8715. Zoltán J. Ács, László Szerb, Raquel Ortega-Argilés, Ruta Aidis and Alicia Coduras (2014) ‘The Regional Application of the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI): The Case of Spain’, Regional Studies, 1–1916. Zoltan J. Acs and Pamela Mueller (2008), ‘Employment Effects of Business Dynamics: Mice, Gazelles and Elephants’, Small Business Economics, 30 (1), January, 85–10017. Zoltan Acs, Lawrence A. Plummer and Ryan Sutter (2009), ‘Penetrating the Knowledge Filter in Rustbelt Economies’, Annals of Regional Science, 43 (4), December, 989–1029 18. Zoltan J. Acs , Catherine Armington and Ting Zhang (2007), ‘The Determinants of New-Firm Survival Across Regional Economies: The Role of Human Capital Stock and Knowledge Spillover’, Annals of Regional Science, 86 (3), August, 367–91PART IV COUNTRIES, INSTITUTIONS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 19. Philip McCann and Zoltan J. Acs (2011), ‘Globalization: Countries, Cities and Multinationals’, Regional Studies, 45 (1), January, 17–3220. Pekka Stenholm, Zoltan J. Acs and Robert Wuebker, (2013), ‘Exploring Country Level Institutional Arrangements on the Rate and Type of Entrepreneurial Activity’, Journal of Business Venturing, 28 (1), January, 176–9321. Erkko Autio and Zoltan Acs (2010), ‘Intellectual Property Protection and the Formation of Entrepreneurial Growth Aspiration’, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 4 (3), September, 234–5122. Sonia Ketkar and Zoltan J. Acs (2013), ‘Where Angels Fear to Tread: Internationalization of Emerging Country SMEs’, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 11 (3), September, 201–1923. Soogwan Doh and Zoltan J. Acs (2010) ‘Innovation and Social Capital: A Cross-Country Investigation’, Industry and Innovation, 17 (3), June, 241–6224. Zoltan J. Acs, Sameeksha Desai and Leora F. Klapper (2008) ‘What does “Entrepreneurship” Data Really Show?’, Small Business Economics, 31 (3), October, 265–81PART V CAPITALISM, PHILANTHROPY AND DEMOCRACY25. Zoltan J. Acs (2013), ‘“Entrepreneurial Capitalism” in Capitalist Development: Towards a Synthesis of Capitalist Development and the “Economy as a Whole”’, in Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch and Robert J. Strom (eds), Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Public Policy, Chapter 14, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 319–3726. Philip Auerswald and Zoltan J. Acs (2009), ‘Defining Prosperity’, American Interest, IV (5), May/June, 1–927. Zoltan J. Acs (2014) ‘The Great Seasaw of Civilization’, Philanthropy Impact Magazine, 5, Spring, 15–18PART VI INSTITUTIONS, INCENTIVES AND PUBLIC POLICY28. Zoltán J. Ács, Erkko Autio and László Szerb (2014), ‘National Systems of Entrepreneurship: Measurement Issues and Policy Implications’, Research Policy, 43 (3), April, 476–9429. Zoltan J. Acs (2009), ‘High-Impact Firms: Gazelles Revisited’, in Michael Fritsch (ed.), Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Chapter 6, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 133–7430. Zoltan J. Acs, Colm O’Gorman and Siri Terjesen (2007), ‘Could the Irish Miracle be Repeated in Hungary?’, Small Business Economics, 28 (2–3), March, 123–4231. David M. Hart and Zoltan J. Acs (2011), ‘High-Tech Immigrant Entrepreneurs in the United States’, Economic Development Quarterly, 25 (2), May, 116–2932. David J. Miller and Zoltan J. Acs (2014) ‘Technology Commercialization on Campus: Twentieth Century Frameworks and Twenty-First Century Blind Spots’, Annals of Regional Science, 50 (2), April, 407–23Index