Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differencesin productivity across and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in theinnovation process, data limitations have restricted standard analysis of the determinants ofinnovation to...

Through a range of examples of best practice from within the field, this text evaluates, measures and reviews the costs and benefits of small enterprise development programmes. The authors show that it is possible to measure and compare the costs and benefits of small enterprise development...