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Developing a Coherent Enterprise Support Policy: A New Challenge for Governments

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  • Colette Henry

    (Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Ireland)

  • Frances Hill
  • Claire Leitch

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The role and importance of entrepreneurship and new business creation to the economy have been the subject of increased attention in recent years. Indeed, it is now widely recognised that the promotion of entrepreneurship is not only necessary for a healthy economy, but also critical for sustaining prosperity and creating new jobs. The authors discuss the debate on intervention in the business creation process, and pay particular attention to one aspect of such intervention, namely entrepreneurship training. The issue of the effectiveness of this type of training is also addressed, and the results of a comparative study of eight enterprise training programmes in five European countries, are presented. In addition to the intercountry comparison of entrepreneurship training programmes, the research undertaken comprised a three-year longitudinal study of participants in one of these programmes (CCNEA). The combination of the analysis of the comparative study with the more in-depth case study, has highlighted a number of issues which should be of particular interest to enterprise policymakers throughout Europe. These include the need for early stage awareness-raising through the education system, and the importance of providing secure funding for programmes; for pre-programme screening; for evaluation; and the need to ensure wide access.

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  • Colette Henry & Frances Hill & Claire Leitch, 2003. "Developing a Coherent Enterprise Support Policy: A New Challenge for Governments," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 21(1), pages 3-19, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirc:v:21:y:2003:i:1:p:3-19
    DOI: 10.1068/c0220
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