Is entrepreneurship dead? : the truth about startups in America /

"It's become an article of faith that American entrepreneurship is in trouble. The problems are many: lack of capital, too few entrepreneurial immigrants, excessive regulation, an aging population, slowing population growth, and rising student debt. But while experts across the country deb...

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Main Authors: Shane, Scott, 1964
Published: Yale University Press,
Publisher Address: New Haven :
Publication Dates: [2018]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "It's become an article of faith that American entrepreneurship is in trouble. The problems are many: lack of capital, too few entrepreneurial immigrants, excessive regulation, an aging population, slowing population growth, and rising student debt. But while experts across the country debate the causes and propose solutions, Scott Shane explains that the data just do not fit. Dismantling each of the most widely accepted theories in turn, he persuasively demonstrates that--while an evolving market is changing the nature of most startups--entrepreneurship is actually alive and well. Shane rev
Carrier Form: xi, 251 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780300212112 (hardcover : alkaline paper) :
0300212119 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
Index Number: HB615
CLC: F279.712.3
Call Number: F279.712.3/S528
Contents: Something is happening, but we don't know what it is -- The good news : most measures of entrepreneurship have improved -- Entrepreneurial earnings are on the rise -- Riding high -- The implications of fewer employer startups -- It's not a lack of capital -- Don't blame the regulators -- High taxes are not the cause -- It's not a lack of immigration -- An aging population isn't the reason -- Slowing population growth isn't the explanation -- Rising student debt is not the cause -- Don't blame a loss of moxie -- Employees have become too expensive -- Chains have replaced independent employers