Entrepreneurship enhancement policies and the competitiveness web: The case of the European South

Charis Vlados, Theodore Koutroukis (), Dimos Chatzinikolaou and Michail Demertzis ()
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Theodore Koutroukis: Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Economics, Postal: Department of Economics, University Campus, Komotini, 69100, Greece
Michail Demertzis: Democritus University of Thrace, School of Law

No 4-2021, DUTH Research Papers in Economics from Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Economics

Abstract: This chapter aims to conceptualize the general framework of policies to support entrepreneurship and competitiveness by indicating a move from a dispersive comprehension of competitiveness towards an integrated micro-meso-macro perspective, by taking as a case study the European South. First, it presents theoretical contributions to entrepreneurship policies, which mostly suggest that intervention can be effective in a fragmentary and relatively incoherent way. Then, it counter-proposes the “competitiveness web” approach, which gives an integrated policy framework for the competitive strengthening and evolution of a socioeconomic system. In the framework of competitiveness web, we analyze and propose a micro-meso level policy via the Institutes of Local Development and Innovation (ILDI), which is a policy for empowering the local and regional business ecosystems through the enhancement of business innovation. Finally, by using the competitiveness web filter, we propose the structuration of a mechanism that could identify the level at which the socioeconomic entities in different spatial levels can articulate their policies for entrepreneurship enhancement in the micro-meso-macro integrated approach.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship Enhancement Policies; Competitiveness Web; Institutes of Local Development and Innovation (ILDI); Macro-Meso-Micro Analysis; European South; Socioeconomic Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 L53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2021-08-24
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Note: In N. Apostolopoulos, K. Chalvatzis, & P. Liargovas, (Eds.), Entrepreneurship, Institutional Framework and Support Mechanisms in the EU (pp. 9-26). Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN: 9781839099830.
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