FrontMatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- I INTRODUCTION -- Introduction -- II PROCEEDINGS -- Opening Remarks -- Panel I - SBIR at the Department of Defense -- Panel II - SBIR at the National Institutes of Health -- Panel III - SBIR at NASA -- Panel IV - SBIR at the Department...

Entrepreneurship and growth are central concerns of policy makers around the world. Local Heroes in the Global Village introduces public policies for the promotion of entrepreneurship on a comparative, primarily German-American level. The book contributes to the debate what role public policies...