Infrastructure Entrepreneurship

Contents: Preface. 1. Strengthening the entrepreneurial support infrastructure. 2. Economic development innovation, and entrepreneurial activities. 3. Legal infrastructure and entrepreneurship. 4. ICTs, infrastructure and entrepreneurship. 5. Entrepreneurship education within India\'s higher education system. 6. Regional development entrepreneurial activity and the role of intangible infrastructure. 7. Innovation and entrepreneurship in developing countries. 8. Entrepreneurship indicators steering group. 9. Entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth. 10. The role of infrastructure in economic development. 11. Analysis of the cost of infrastructure failures in a developing economy. 12. Entrepreneurship and urban success: toward a policy consensus. 13. Strategic organizational development infrastructure and financial performance. 14. The emergence of a global infrastructure for mass registration and surveillance. Bibliography. Index.

We live in a globalized world where everyone is interconnected. The food supply for the Untied States is connected top production in Africa while food production in Africa is linked to international market prices often set by traders in the development world. The pollution unleashed by developed nations has caused climate change worldwide and the massive population boom in many developing countries has further exasperated the issue while also contributing to the burden of rural to urban and international migration. International trade and economic policy relations have come under the model of unfettered free market capitalism which has distributed the benefits and gains of globalization very differently around the world. We have seen the faltering of development ideologies, such as the Washington Consensus fail during implementation and the global financial market crisis has served to provide further insight into the failures of the current market system. (jacket)