TY - BOOK AU - Mitra,Jay TI - Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development: an introduction SN - 9780415405157 (hbk.) AV - HB615 .M58 2012 U1 - 338 22 PY - 2012///] CY - Abingdon, Oxon, New York PB - Routledge KW - Entrepreneurship KW - Technological innovations KW - Economic aspects KW - Regional economics KW - Economic development N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Cover; Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword by Zoltan J. Acs; Foreword by Dott. Sergio Arzeni; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Entrepreneurial opportunity: conditions and circumstances for innovation and new firm creation; 3. Entrepreneurship theories: the economic arguments; 4. The social dimensions of entrepreneurship; 5. The entrepreneurial organization; 6. The entrepreneurial environment: context, institutions, constraints and framework conditions; 7. Entrepreneurship and learning. 8. Entrepreneurship, internationalization and globalization: learning, innovation and development in the international context9. Higher education, universities and entrepreneurship; 10. Entrepreneurship policy: its emergence, scope and value; 11. Entrepreneurship, innovation and economic development; 12. Conclusion: future directions and the romance of entrepreneurship; Notes; Bibliography; Index N2 - Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Regional Development is unique in that it addresses the central factors in economic development - entrepreneurship, innovation and organizational learning - as regional phenomena ER -