This edited collection unveils the pivotal role of entrepreneurship in realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Global scholars converge to scrutinize entrepreneurship's centrality in the transformative framework endorsed by the United Nations.
Encompassing nuanced examinations, the volume surveys evolving perspectives on Agenda 2030, appraises policy implications and scrutinizes entrepreneurship's potency as a change catalyst. Chapters deal with practical applications, assessing the Agenda's efficacy in nurturing local enterprises. Exploring the interplay between corporate social responsibility and entrepreneurship, the book analyzes the potential of tailoring Sustainable Development Goals to diverse contexts. Furthermore, the book critically analyzes implementation factors and prevailing research gaps in public sector integration. In sum, this compendium exemplifies Agenda 2030's role in driving multifaceted political and local metamorphoses across sectors and is useful for researchers and policymakers alike.
Corporate Governance and Entrepreneurship.- Initially Distracted: The Influence of Boards on Agency Costs in Initial Public Offering (IPO) Firms.- Horizontal and Vertical Relationships in Developing Economies: Implications for SMEs' Access to Global Markets.- Corporate Governance Systems: Effects of Capital and Labor Market Congruency on Corporate Innovation and Global Competitiveness.- The Entrepreneurial Society.- Mobilizing Capital for Fostering Entrepreneurship.- Mobilizing Capital for Fostering the Early Growth of Firms: The Role of Business Angels in Nascent European Entrepreneurship.- Venture Capital Financing and the Growth of New Technology-Based Firms: Correcting for Sample Self-Selection.- Learning, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.- Creating Exploratory Innovations by Learning from Entrepreneurial Ventures.- Business-University Alliances and Innovation in New and Adolescent Technology Ventures.- Open Innovation and New Entrepreneurship.- A Test of Lazear's Theory of Entrepreneurship in the Open Source Software Virtual Community.- Open Innovation and the Implications for Sustainable Profits.
Academic research on developed countries has scientifically evaluated the role of entrepreneurship on economic growth, market expansion, commercializing innovation, and reducing unemployment. In this research, regions or industries with higher rates of entrepreneurship show higher levels of innovation and economic growth. The literature on entrepreneurship and innovation has largely ignored developing countries, despite the positive results from new venture investments in India, China, and elsewhere. This volume bridges this gap by bringing together research by scholars in Germany and India, whose analysis of entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic development in their respective countries reveals commonalities. Covering such timely issues as R&D and labor policies and including case examples from the chemical, biotech, and IT industries, the authors offer insight into the entrepreneurial process. The volume concludes with a discussion of the global implications for entrepreneurship research and policy.
