Suchergebnisse

Silicon Valley, trajectories and government policy -- Trajectories, competitive advantage and learning -- Industrial policy debates -- Policy options -- The early Asian model: building domestic businesses -- Capability building for a global economy: Singapore and Ireland -- Building global networks: New Zealand and Brazil -- Building at the technological frontier -- Creating new knowledge: R&D and universities -- Entrepreneurship policy: learning to build new businesses -- Place-based policies for growth -- Social capital: building capabilities to work together -- Human capital and diversity: acquiring worker's capabilities -- Conclusion: learning about industrial policy.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Assimilation, cultural superiority and poverty -- 3. What is the link between culture and economic systems? -- 4. What is the link between culture, parenting and children's ability? -- 5. Culture, socio-economic status and educational outcomes -- 6. Neuroplasticity and ethnotheories -- 7. Human capital, cognitive skills and cultural change -- 8. Blurred lines: Socio-economic status and ethnicity -- 9. What are the implications for policy? -- 10. Two case studies

This paper seeks to increase understanding of the role the environment in the emergence of business opportunities, and how opportunities change as industries evolves. It explores the dynamics of entrepreneurial opportunity in the British steamship industry. It suggests niches are created when environmental thresholds are reached. Entrepreneurs who act before thresholds are reached fail. A complex relationship between inventors, innovators/entrepreneurs and higher order opportunities is revealed illustrating the difficulty of identifying 'higher order opportunities. Over time, variations in environmental forces changed niche size and carrying capacity. Causes of new niche formation were both exogenous and endogenous supporting both Kirzner and Schumpeter. Inertial forces inhibited the ability of existing players to seize opening niches and expanded opportunities for new comers.