@article{6fadf626725a4aaba064909b3c27e93a,
title = "International issues in entrepreneurship",
abstract = "In recent decades, there has been a substantial increase in private and public investment in entrepreneurship. This trend has important managerial, financial, and public policy implications. There is also considerable interest in understanding the financial practices of early stage companies. The recent global resurgence of leveraged buyouts and the concomitant rise of {"}private equity{"} markets have also heightened interest in entrepreneurship (e.g., Cumming et al. 2007). In this essay, we provide focused summaries of the papers in this special issue, which address these issues.",
keywords = "Entrepreneurship, Private equity, Venture capital",
author = "Christian Schade and Siegel, {Donald S.}",
note = "Funding Information: We have recently witnessed a rapid increase in entrepreneurial activity in many advanced industrial countries. National governments have provided support for numerous entrepreneurial initiatives, via legislation to facilitate technological diffusion from universities and national laboratories to firms (e.g., the U.S. Bayh-Dole Act of 1980), subsidies for research joint ventures involving universities and firms (e.g., the European Union{\textquoteright}s Framework Programmes and the U.S. Commerce Department{\textquoteright}s Advanced Technology Program (ATP)), public support and financial assistance to firms during the initial stages of their development (e.g., the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research Program), and shared use of expertise and laboratory facilities (e.g., the U.S. National Science Foundation{\textquoteright}s Engineering Research Centers, Science and Technology Centers, and Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers). National, state, and regional government authorities have also provided support for entrepreneurial initiatives. These programs have influenced agents such as individual academic and industry scientists and entrepreneurs, as well as key entrepreneurial institutions, such as incubators and science parks. Funding Information: Our goal in this special issue is to fill this gap. The papers in the special issue were presented at the 2006 Lally-Darden-Humboldt Young Entrepreneurship Scholars Retreat, which was held in Berlin in October 2006. This event was jointly sponsored by the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia, and the School of Business and Economics at Humboldt-Universit{\"a}t zu Berlin. In addition to the review for selection into the workshop, the papers received two rounds of external reviews.",
year = "2008",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1007/s11187-008-9108-z",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "31",
pages = "1--3",
journal = "Small Business Economics",
issn = "0921-898X",
publisher = "Springer Netherlands",
number = "1",
}