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With this selection of previously published articles, Professor Acs provides a guided tour to the leading ideas in knowledge spillover theory. The volume not only includes some of the foundational writings on the use of knowledge in business and industry, but also brings us right up to date with some seminal articles illustrating the latest thinking on entrepreneurship, the knowledge spillover theory and the knowledge filter. Professor Acs has written a new, author… More >>
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Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy: Prelude to a Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship
June 30th, 2010Social Entrepreneurship in Education: Private Ventures for the Public Good
June 24th, 2010
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The purpose of this book is to share with the reader a unique experience of a seasoned career entrepreneur with the commitment to improve education and benefited by working with three highly regarded business and education leaders as mentors set out to define and build an education industry…. More >>
Social Entrepreneurship in Education: Private Ventures for the Public Good
Transforming Public Policy: Dynamics of Policy Entrepreneurship and Innovation
June 22nd, 2010Product Description
This work is targeted at practitioners and researchers who pursue large-scale system change involving multiple organizations and hundreds of people. It looks at how radical change can be achieved in public policy by “change agents” – often people outside government who push for change using certain policy entrepreneurship and innovation tactics. The authors’ ultimate aim is to build an understanding of radical change in open systems – systems without clear boundarie… More >>
Transforming Public Policy: Dynamics of Policy Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Social Entrepreneurship Business Models: Incentive Strategies to Catalyze Public Goods Provision
May 19th, 2010
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An exploration of how social entrepreneurial organizations are able to create solutions that tackle today’s global social and ecological problems. Sommerrock provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of social entrepreneurship as well as a sound theoretical foundation. She identifies incentives as a key element of social entrepreneurial value creation and details specific strategies for social value creation based on the structured analysis of actual exampl… More >>
Social Entrepreneurship Business Models: Incentive Strategies to Catalyze Public Goods Provision
