The Enable Program in the European Entrepreneurship Policy Context

David Audretsch () and Heike Grimm
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Heike Grimm: University of Erfurt

No 2008-052, Jena Economics Research Papers from Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Abstract: This article discusses the Lisbon Agenda from the perspective of entrepreneurship policy. After a brief overview of the events leading up to the development of the Lisbon Agenda, the authors describe the goals and content of this policy framework as well as of the Structural Funds. Using examples of initiatives toward implementation at the local level, the authors illustrate the necessity to promote entrepreneurship in order to foster economic growth in communities and regions. We assess how the new European growth policy became translated into an action plan realized through structural funds and community initiatives and demonstrate that a greater focus on entrepreneurship policy could strengthen the Lisbon Strategy and aid in the achievement of its goals.

Keywords: Lisbon Agenda; Entrepreneurship Policy; Regional Development; Economic Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M13 O18 O52 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008-06-25
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