Entrepreneurship and Local Economic Development: A Comparative Perspective on Entrepreneurs, Universities and Governments

This book focuses on the nature and role of entrepreneurship in modern developed and emerging economies and societies, its relation to governments and universities, and its role in the often forgotten informal economy and third sector. The aim is to position entrepreneurship in the post-crisis context and explore how its relation to universities

Bruno Dallago is Full Professor of Economics at the University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management, Italy.

Ermanno Tortia is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Trento, Department of Economics and Management, Italy.