Edited by the late David Smallbone, formerly Professor of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University, UK and Friederike Welter, President and Managing Director, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn and Professor, University of Siegen, Germany

• Contents:1.Introduction: Why we need a different research agenda on entrepreneurship policyDavid Smallbone and Friederike WelterPART IKEY THEMES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY 2.Reviewing and revising the rhetoric of enterprise policy: Going back to basicsNorin Arshed and Ian Drummond3.Placing enterprise policy in context: A policy transfer approachMirela Xheneti4.A research agenda for entrepreneurship policyDavid Storey and Jonathan Potter5.Policies to support internationalisation: Who needs them and what do they need?David Smallbone and Hang DoPART IINATIONAL CASE STUDIES6.China: A focus on local policyDavid Smallbone, Xiao Li and Jianbo Xu7.SMEs and entrepreneurship policy in RussiaVera Barinova, Stepan Zemtsov and David Smallbone8.Entrepreneurship and the middle income trap: The case of PolandAnna Rogut and Bogdan Piasecki9.Policy issues for SMEs: Practical lessons from Japan's experiences in the 2010sItsutomo Mitsui10.The role of mobile technologies and inclusive innovation policies in SME development in Sub Saharan AfricaBitange Ndemo11.Stimulating entrepreneurship in South Africa’s townshipsThami MazwaiIndex

Edited by the late David Smallbone, formerly Professor of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Small Business Research Centre, Kingston University, UK and Friederike Welter, President and Managing Director, Institut für Mittelstandsforschung (IfM) Bonn and Professor, University of Siegen, Germany

• Contents:1.Introduction: Why we need a different research agenda on entrepreneurship policyDavid Smallbone and Friederike WelterPART IKEY THEMES IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP POLICY 2.Reviewing and revising the rhetoric of enterprise policy: Going back to basicsNorin Arshed and Ian Drummond3.Placing enterprise policy in context: A policy transfer approachMirela Xheneti4.A research agenda for entrepreneurship policyDavid Storey and Jonathan Potter5.Policies to support internationalisation: Who needs them and what do they need?David Smallbone and Hang DoPART IINATIONAL CASE STUDIES6.China: A focus on local policyDavid Smallbone, Xiao Li and Jianbo Xu7.SMEs and entrepreneurship policy in RussiaVera Barinova, Stepan Zemtsov and David Smallbone8.Entrepreneurship and the middle income trap: The case of PolandAnna Rogut and Bogdan Piasecki9.Policy issues for SMEs: Practical lessons from Japan's experiences in the 2010sItsutomo Mitsui10.The role of mobile technologies and inclusive innovation policies in SME development in Sub Saharan AfricaBitange Ndemo11.Stimulating entrepreneurship in South Africa’s townshipsThami MazwaiIndex