Entrepreneurship and Public Policy: Can Government Stimulate Business StartUps?

by Benjamin Mokry

Overview

This book takes a close look at the contribution of small firms to the U.S. economy and at the contrasts between traditional development policies and those often recommended to help the small enterprise. The book offers systematic guidelines that will assist economic developers, policy makers, and private citizens in their efforts to promote entrepreneurship and assure sound economic development at local and state levels. Recent Publications on Governmental Problems

The widespread interest in entrepreneurship as a means of creating jobs and raising incomes has resulted in a growing demand for an economic and political environment that will nurture small business ventures. Accordingly, the promotion of entrepreneurship has taken its place alongside industrial recruitment as a component of economic developement policy. In this study, Benjamin Mokry considers whether it makes sense to devise such policies without first exploring more thoroughly the dynamics of entrepreneurship and the possible impact of government initiatives. In a careful analysis based on in-depth research on state and local development policies, he points up existing information gaps and suggests a realistic framework for approaching policy design in this area.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780899302393
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/23/1988
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)
Lexile:	1400L (what's this?)

About the Author

BENJAMIN W. MOKRY is Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Mississippi Home Corporation.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Small Businesses and Smokestacks: Opportunities and Challenges for Development Policy
The Business Startup: Issues in Designing Local Stimulus Policies
Promoting Entrepreneurship Locally: There Is a Will But Is There a Way?
Measuring the Effects of Policy on Small Business Startups
Development Policy in Four New York State Counties
The Performance of Entrepreneurial Promotion Policies
Reconsidering Entrepreneurial Promotion
Appendixes: Note on the Quasi-Experimental Research Design; Development Organizations in Study Sites; Questionnaire Used in the Study; Cluster Map of Baseline Counties; Industries Used in the Study
References
Index