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This book reveals how government and its allies (like business associations) can help people to start businesses that have the potential to grow rapidly and make major contributions to the economy. Although many entrepreneurs think of government as the enemy, and many policy-makers simply ignore entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs, this volume argues that the two groups should be allies, since their goals of building a vibrant economy and new businesses are interconnected. Contributors to the volume assert that mutual education and careful attention to the design of new policies will help this alliance to grow stronger.
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This page intentionally left blank The Emergence of Entrepreneurship Policy This volume seeks to catalyze the emergence of a new field of policy studies: entrepreneurship policy. Practical experience and academic research both point to the central role of entrepreneurs in the process of economic growth and to the importance of public policy in creating the conditions under which entrepreneurial companies can flourish. The contributors, who hail from the disciplines of economics, geography, history, law, management, and political science, seek to crystallize key findings and to stimulate debate about future opportunities for policymakers and researchers in this area. The chapters include surveys of the economic, social, and cultural contexts for U.S. entrepreneurship policy; assessments of regional efforts to link knowledge producers to new enterprises; explorations of policies that aim to foster entrepreneurship in under-represented communities; detailed analyses of three key industries (biotechnology, e-commerce, and telecommunications); and considerations of challenges in policy implementation. David M. Hart is Associate Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and author of Forged Consensus: Science, Technology, and Economic Policy in the U.S., 1921–1953 (1998). He is currently at work on a book about the role of the high-technology industry in American politics since 1970. Professor Hart has published widely in the fields of science and technology policy and political science. His recent publications include contributions to the 2002 edition of Allen Cigler and Burdette Loomis’ Interest Group Politics and to Constructing Corporate America (Kenneth Lipartito and David Sicilia, editors) and single-authored articles in Science and Public Policy, Research Policy, and Journal of Politics. Professor Hart serves on the Whitehead Institute’s task force on genetics and public policy, the U.S.–China seminar on science and technology policy, and the academic advisory board of the Center for Science, Policy, and Outcomes. The Emergence of Entrepreneurship Policy Governance, Start-ups, and Growth in the U.S. Knowledge Economy Edited by DAVID M. HART Harvard University Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge , United Kingdom Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521826778 © David M. Hart 2003 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2003 - isbn-13 978-0-511-07107-2 eBook (EBL) - isbn-10 0-511-07107-8 eBook (EBL) - isbn-13 978-0-521-82677-8 hardback - isbn-10 0-521-82677-2 hardback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of s for external or third-party internet websites referred to in