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This chapter explains why and how entrepreneurship has emerged as a driving force for economic growht, job creation and competitiveness. A framework is provided for understanding entrepreneurship in the global economy and why entrepreneurship policy has emerged as a bonafide instrument for growth and development.
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Cited in Halberstam (1993: 116).
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Quoted from Scherer (1977: 980).
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Bye-Bye Made in Germany. Der Spiegel 44:94–99.
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Introductory statement of Birch Bayh, 13 September, 1978, cited from AUTUM (2004, p. 5).
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Statement by Birch Bayh, April 13, 1980, on the approval of S. 414 (Bayh-Dole) by the US Senate on a 91-4 vote, cited from AUTUM (2004, p. 16).
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Konzeption eines Innovationsfonds der Deutschen Forschung (IFDF) zur Stärkung des Technologietransfers, Garching Information, 1/06.
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See Cohen and Levin (1989) and Baldwin and Scott (1987).
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Audretsch, D.B. (2009). The Entrepreneurial Society. In: Audretsch, D., Dagnino, G., Faraci, R., Hoskisson, R. (eds) New Frontiers in Entrepreneurship. International Studies in Entrepreneurship, vol 26. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0058-6_5
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