Three Decades of Enterprise Culture? : Entrepreneurship, Economic Regeneration and Public Policy

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. This book provides a unique protrait of the changing nature of entreprenurship over a thirty year period in a 'low' enterprise area. Using ata from interviews with over 900 entrepreneurs, it also compares and contracts new businesses in a 'low' enterprise area with areas with medium and high entreprenurship rates. By examining these spatial and temporal changes in the characteristics of new businesses, this book is able to emperically chart differences in new business strategy, performance, assistance, finance, and the characteristics of entrerenurs themselves. Written clearly with up-to-date literature reviews, this book is for those interested in regional economic development, the evolution of entrepreneurship, and bigger questions such as the limits and value of enterprise policy and the development of an 'enterprise culture' Front Matter....Pages i-x Front Matter....Pages 1-1 A Study of Three Decades and Three Regions....Pages 3-14 Regional Differences in England and the Case of Teesside....Pages 15-50 Enterprise Policy in the UK....Pages 51-79 Front Matter....Pages 81-83 Individual Entrepreneurial Determinants....Pages 85-105 The Strategic Orientation of New Businesses....Pages 106-120 Business Advice and the New Business....Pages 121-145 Finance for New Businesses....Pages 146-167 The Impact of Teesside New Businesses in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s....Pages 168-204 The Impact of New Businesses: Three Regions in the 1990s....Pages 205-232 An Audit of the Three Decades and Three Regions....Pages 233-248 Back Matter....Pages 249-283