Entrepreneurship Policy: Theory and Practice is the first book to fully analyze the construction of entrepreneurship policy, a rapidly-evolving area of policy about which little is known. From a study and assessment of the practices of governments in thirteen countries in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific, this book fully describes the policy area and shares new tools and methods for better understanding and explaining the why and how of an entrepreneurship policy approach.Unlike other research in the field of entrepreneurship where implications from research findings are used to suggest what policy actions should be taken to increase the level of entrepreneurship in an economy, this study is based on what entrepreneurship policy actions are being taken. This is a unique book in the field which points to the way forward both for policymakers and for the research community in terms of thinking about entrepreneurship policy and the complex issues surrounding its development.

One of the first to address entrepreneurship policy, its development in nations around the world, how it can be understood and assessed and the implications of this for the policy-making and research society

Entrepreneurship Policy - Definitions, Foundations and Framework.- Entrepreneurship Policy Typologies.- Context - The Base of Entrepreneurship Policy.- A Conceptual Model for Entrepreneurship.- Evaluation Problems and Perspectives.- Completing the E-Policy Journey.