It seeks to catalyze the emergence of a novel field of policy studies: entrepreneurship policy.

Part I. The Entrepreneurial Society: What's Governance Got to Do With It?: 1. Entrepreneurship policy: what it is and where it came from David M. Hart; 2. Entrepreneurship policy and the strategic management of places David B. Audretsch; 3. Entrepreneurship, creativity, and regional economic growth Richard Florida; Part II. High-Tech Entrepreneurship: The University-Industry-Government Connection: 4. Start-ups and spin-offs: collective entrepreneurship between invention and innovation Philip E. Auerswald and Lewis M. Branscomb; 5. Entrepreneurship and American research universities: evolution in technology transfer Maryann P. Feldman; 6. America's entrepreneurial universities Nathan Rosenberg; Part III. Equity Issues in Entrepreneurship Policy: 7. Venture capital access: is gender an issue? Candida G. Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene and Myra M. Hart; 8. Minority business assistance programs are not designed to produce minority business development Timothy Bates; Part IV. Sector-Specific Issues: 9. Understanding entrepreneurship in the U.S. biotechnology industry: characteristics, facilitating factors, and policy challenges Andrew A. Toole; 10. E-Commerce, entrepreneurship, and the law: reassessing a relationship Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger; 11. Entrepreneurship and government in telecommunications Eli M. Noam; Part V. Implementing Entrepreneurship Policy: 12. Knowledge, power, and entrepreneurs: a first pass at the politics of entrepreneurship policy David M. Hart; 13. Entrepreneurship as a state and local economic development strategy Erik R. Pages, Doris Freedman and Patrick Von Bargen; Afterword Michael E. Porter.