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Motivating Entrepreneurship and Innovative Activity: Analyzing US Policies and Programs

In: Essays in Public Sector Entrepreneurship

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  • Aileen Richardson

    (Indiana University
    University of Augsburg)

  • David B. Audretsch

    (Indiana University)

  • Taylor Aldridge

    (Indiana University)

Abstract

Government policy has undertaken a number of key initiatives, such as the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, the Advanced Technology Program (ATP), and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), with the goal of developing the innovative capacity and overall economic performance of the country. These agencies not only help firms innovate where they otherwise would most likely not have, but they also help to address the current and future needs of government agencies for innovative solutions. In order to understand how and why government intervention is needed, the chapter offers an explanation of why R&D and innovation necessitates governmental support.

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  • Aileen Richardson & David B. Audretsch & Taylor Aldridge, 2016. "Motivating Entrepreneurship and Innovative Activity: Analyzing US Policies and Programs," International Studies in Entrepreneurship, in: David B. Audretsch & Albert N. Link (ed.), Essays in Public Sector Entrepreneurship, edition 1, chapter 0, pages 5-66, Springer.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:inschp:978-3-319-26677-0_2
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-26677-0_2
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