Muppets and gazelles: political and methodological biases in entrepreneurship research

P Nightingale, A Coad - Industrial and corporate change, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Despite an almost universally accepted belief outside academia that entrepreneurial activity
is a positive driving force in the economy, the accumulated evidence remains largely …

Enterprise and public policy: a review of Labour government intervention in the United Kingdom

R Huggins, N Williams - Environment and Planning C …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite the rapid growth of the small and medium-sized enterprise sector since the 1970s,
rates of entrepreneurial activity in the UK remain moderate by international standards. Since …

Sustainability entrepreneurs: Could they be the true wealth generators of the future?

F Tilley, W Young - Greener Management International, 2006 - JSTOR
HIs PAPER WILL EXPAnD THE IDEAs PREsEnTED In THE susTAInAbLE entrepreneurship
model (Young and Tilley 2006) by exploring the proposition that sustainable entrepreneurs …

The link between firm births and job creation: Is there a Upas tree effect?

A Van Stel, D Storey - Regional studies, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
V S AJ and S DJ (2004) The link between firm births and job creation: is
there a Upas Tree effect?, Regional Studies 38, 893–909. This paper examines the …

Introduction: Entrepreneurship and economic development

Z Acs, D Storey - 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The current special issue is then the third in the Merseyside and (prosperous) South
Hampshire, UK. series, each separated by a decade. It is therefore appro-They concluded …

Level best? The levelling up agenda and UK regional inequality

M Fransham, M Herbertson, M Pop… - Regional …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT 'Levelling up'–a policy agenda focused on reducing regional inequalities–has
become the new mantra in British politics. This paper critiques the policy programme from its …

The impact of government financial support on the performance of new firms: the role of competitive advantage as an intermediate outcome

A Pergelova, F Angulo-Ruiz - Entrepreneurship & Regional …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This research examines the influence of government financial support on new firms'
performance. Extant empirical research on the topic has found mixed results, which warrants …

Entrepreneurship and policy: Challenges and directions for future research

PJA Robson, F Wijbenga… - … Small Business Journal, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Entrepreneurship is believed to be part of the formula to foster innovation and increase
productivity, competitiveness and local and regional development (Reynolds et al. 1994; …

The effects of new firm formation on regional development over time: The case of Great Britain

P Mueller, A Van Stel, DJ Storey - Small Business Economics, 2008 - Springer
This paper re-examines the link between new firm formation and subsequent employment
growth. It investigates whether it is possible to have the wrong type of entrepreneurship …

The persistence of regional new business formation-activity over time–assessing the potential of policy promotion programs

M Fritsch, P Mueller - Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 2007 - Springer
We investigate regional differences in the level and the development of regional new
business formation activity. There is a pronounced variance of start-up rates across the …