商品簡介
Nebraska’s entrepreneurs play a vital role in the state’s economy. This book investigates that role and analyzes the business and economic conditions that affect start-ups in both the short and long run. Using Gallup’s extensive survey findings, it reveals the attitudes of small business owners and the general public about topics such as starting a business, entrepreneurship education, economic development, and business transition and succession. Research into business conditions and attitudes in different regions of Nebraska provides an in-depth understanding of the climate for entrepreneurship. In its final chapter, the book describes what actions can be taken to maintain the state’s dynamic economy to foster further growth, additional job creation, and expanded wealth and philanthropy. Through its scope and comprehensive analysis, Entrepreneurship in Nebraska provides a model that any state can use to advance its own economic climate.
作者簡介
Eric C. Thompson is an Associate Professor of Economics and the Director of the Bureau of Business Research in the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has conducted dozens of studies on economic growth and development in Nebraska and is the author of numerous journal articles on economic growth and development in local and state economies.
William B. Walstad is John T. and Mable M. Hay Professor of Economics in the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He has written many research articles on entrepreneurship and is the co-author of four books on entrepreneurship: The Entrepreneur in Youth (2007), The New Female Entrepreneur (2005), The “E” Generation (2000), and Seeds of Success (1999).
