Description
This book uses research data from interviews with more than 900 new entrepreneurs to examine how entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship policy has changed over the last thirty years.It provides a new study that examines new businesses over a thirty year period in a low enterprise area. It raises questions about the limits and value of enterprise policy and the development of an enterprise culture. It includes extensive and up-to-date reviews of existing areas of empirical research covering the characteristics of entrepreneurs, finance for new businesses, business advice, strategy and performance.This book provides a unique portrait of the changing nature of entrepreneurship over a thirty year period in a ‘low’ enterprise area. Using data from interviews with over 900 entrepreneurs, it also compares and contracts new businesses in a ‘low’ enterprise area, with areas with medium and high entrepreneurship rates.
