Local Economic and Employment Development Entrepreneurship : a Catalyst for Urban Regeneration.

Entrepreneurship And Urban Regeneration Policy Have Traditionally Been Treated As Separate Fields. This Volume Focuses On The Links Between The Two, Examining How Policy Can Help Regenerate Inner Cities And Other Areas Of Urban Distress By Stimulating Entrepreneurship. It Sets Out Recent Policy Developments In North American And European Cities In Financing Entrepreneurship, Providing Advice, Training And Mentoring To Entrepreneurs, Using Special Zones And Area-based Policies To Grow New And Small Firms, And Supporting Social Enterprises. Executive Summary -- Entrepreneurship Financing In Distressed Urban Areas: North American Approaches -- Entrepreneurship Financing In Distressed Urban Areas: European Experience -- Entrepreneurship Advice, Training And Mentoring For Urban Renewal: Us Perspectives -- Entrepreneurship Advice, Training And Mentoring For Urban Renewal: Perspectives From The United Kingdom And Europe -- Social Enterprise And Urban Rebuilding In The United States -- Social Enterprise And Urban Rebuilding In Europe -- Area-based Policies And Entrepreneurship: Chicago -- Area-based Policies And Entrepreneurship: European Initiatives -- Synthesis -- Entrepreneurship In Distressed Urban Areas. [foreword By Sergio Arzeni]. This Book Is Based On The Proceedings Of The Conference On Entrepreneurship And Economic Development In Distressed Urban Areas Held 7-8 October 2003 In Rome By The Oecd Leed Programme, In Collaboration With The European Commission's Directorate General For Employment And Social Affairs, The Municipality Of Rome, And Risorse Per Roma. American And European Experts Contributed To This Volume. Includes Bibliographical References. Also Available In An Electronic Version. This book presents a 'toolbox' of instruments for entrepreneurship development in what often appear to be the most hostile environments for economic development in our cities, showing how entrepreneurship can indeed prosper given the right stimulus. It is based on the proceedings of the conference on Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Distressed Urban Areas held 7-8 October 2003 in Rome, and organised by the OECD LEED Programme, in collaboration with the EU, the municipality of Rome, and Risorse per Roma