Leading international scholars provide a timely reconsideration of how and why entrepreneurship matters for economic development, particularly in emerging and developing economies. The book critically dissects the evolving relationship between entrepreneurs and the state.

PART I: INTRODUCTION Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: An Introduction; W.Naudé Innovative Enterprise and Economic Development; W.Lazonick PART II: MEASURING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT Designing Composite Entrepreneurship Indicators; D.Avanzini Measuring Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries; S.Desai The Impact of the Business Environment on the Business Creation Process; L.Klapper , J.Manuel Quesada  & A.Lewin Measuring the Business Environment for Entrepreneurship in Fragile States; C.Guglielmetti PART III: POLICIES, INSTITUTIONS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP From the Managed to the Entrepreneurial Economy: Considerations for Developing and Emerging Economies; R.Thurik The Impact of Institutions on Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries; J.Ernesto Amorós Policy and Institutional Reform and Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries; M.Baliamoune-Lutz Human and Social Capital in Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries; G.Rooks, A.Szirmai  & A.Sserwanga PART IV: ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE STATE Is Pro-active Government Support Needed for Entrepreneurship in Developing Countries?; W.Naudé Entrepreneurship and the Developmental State; W.Lazonick Entrepreneurship, Development and the Spatial Context: Retrospect and Prospects; P.Nijkamp Non-state Sovereign Entrepreneurs and Non-territorial Sovereign Organizations; J.Brauer  & R.Haywood PART V: CONCLUSION Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: Policy Design; W.Naudé

JOSAe ERNESTO AMORA"S Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile JURGEN BRAUER Augusta State University, USA SAMEEKSHA DESAI University of Missouri, USA CHIARA GUGLIELMETTI University of Trento, Italy ROBERT HAYWOOD University of Colorado, USA LEORA KLAPPER World Bank, USA WILLIAM LAZONICK University of Massachusetts, USA ANAT LEWIN World Bank, USA. PETER NIJKAMP VRIJE Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands GERRIT ROOKS EINDHOVEN University of Technology, The Netherlands ADAM SZIRMAI Maastricht University, USA ROY THURIK Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands JUAN MANUEL QUESADA World Bank, USA