Questioning the Entrepreneurial State : : Status-Quo, Pitfalls, and the Need for Credible Innovation Policy.

• Superior document: International Studies in Entrepreneurship Series ; v.53
• Author: Wennberg, Karl.
• TeilnehmendeR: Sandström, Christian.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: International Studies in Entrepreneurship Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (364 pages)

Table of Contents

Questioning the Entrepreneurial State -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: Introductory Chapter -- Introduction -- 1 The Contributions to the Present Volume -- 2 Why Is the Entrepreneurial State so Popular? -- 3 Innovation Policy, Inverted -- 4 What Should Governments Do? -- 5 Lessons from Sweden -- 6 Swedish Failures Are Failures of the Entrepreneurial State -- 7 Toward Credible Innovation Policy -- References -- Part II: The Entrepreneurial State: Theoretical Perspectives -- The Entrepreneurial State and the Platform Economy -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 The Entrepreneurial State as a Regulator -- 2 Rent Is a Classical Fallacy -- 3 Modern Fallacies -- 4 The Techlash and the Hipster Takeover -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- An Effectual Analysis of Markets and States -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Overview of Effectuation -- 2 Three Dimensions of the Effectual Problem Space -- 2.1 Problem Dimension One: Knightian Uncertainty -- 2.2 Problem Dimension Two: Goal Ambiguity -- 2.3 Problem Dimension Three: Isotropy -- 3 Markets in Effectuation -- 4 States in Effectuation -- 5 Two Frameworks for Tackling Isotropy and Fostering Innovation -- 5.1 Applying the Framework to Innovation Policy -- 6 Markets and States as Outcomes of the Effectual Process -- 7 The Ultimate Innovation: Goals Worth Pursuing -- References -- The Entrepreneurial State: An Ownership Competence Perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Myth of the Entrepreneurial State -- 2.1 The Entrepreneurial State -- 2.2 Policy Ineffectiveness -- 2.3 The Effects of Government Ownership -- 3 Ownership Competence -- 4 Government Incompetence in Markets and Firms -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Innovation Without Entrepreneurship: The Pipe Dream of Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Innovation and Entrepreneurship: A Knowledge-Based View.

3 Market Failure and the Entrepreneurial State -- 3.1 Bottom-Up, Top-Down, and the Role of the (Entrepreneurial) State -- 3.2 The Evaluation of a Mission -- 4 External Validity and Scalability: The Problem with Arguing from Anecdote -- 5 Concluding Remarks: Can Missions Work? -- References -- Part III: The Entrepreneurial State, Entrepreneurial Universities, and Startups -- Building Local Innovation Support Systems: Theory and Practice -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Umeå Region Innovation System: Organizing Entrepreneurial Judgment -- 2.1 Academic Innovation Support in Practice -- 3 Incubator Support Action in Practice: A Conceptual Discussion -- 3.1 Information and Nudging for Utilization -- 3.2 Direct Support in Solving Problems -- 3.3 Coaching Along the Startup Process -- 3.4 Networking and Providing Creative Arenas -- 4 Conceptual Rationales Behind Public Support Systems for Innovation -- 4.1 Direct Interventions May Run the Risk of Causing Market Distortions -- 4.2 Focus on Favorable Conditions -- 5 Discussion and Conclusions -- 5.1 Direct Support with Limits -- References -- Reducing Higher Education Bureaucracy and Reclaiming the Entrepreneurial University -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Regulation and Bureaucratization in Higher Education -- 2.1 Regulations and Bureaucracy Specific to Business Schools -- 3 Reclaiming the Entrepreneurial University: Leading Anti-Bureaucracy Policies and Practices across Levels in Higher Education -- 3.1 Federal Level -- 3.2 State Level -- 3.3 University Level -- 3.4 Business School Level -- 3.5 Business Unit Level -- 3.6 Individual Level -- 3.7 Non-University Level -- 4 Toward Best Practices in Higher Education -- 4.1 Calculate Bureaucratic Mass -- 4.2 Calculate the Time Burden for Stakeholders -- 4.3 Implement Technology Solutions -- 4.4 Lead Change Management Efforts across all Levels -- 4.5 Make Better Decisions.

4.6 Reduce Bureaucracy by Staying Close to Customers and Pursuing Open Innovation -- 5 Conclusion and Future Research Directions -- References -- Cultural Ideals in the Entrepreneurship Industry -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 2.1 The Entrepreneurship Industry from a Cultural Perspective -- 2.2 Cultural Ideals -- 3 Methods -- 4 Findings: Production of Entrepreneurship Culture in the Entrepreneurship Industry -- 4.1 The Entrepreneurship Industry in Sweden -- 4.2 Entrepreneurship as a Positive Cultural Ideal -- 4.3 Emergence of Entrepreneurship as a Cultural Ideal -- 4.4 Language and Looks as Visual Attributes of the Entrepreneurship Ideal -- 4.5 Consequences of the Entrepreneurship Ideal -- 5 Discussion -- 5.1 Alternative Investments if the Outcome Is Culture Not Profit -- 5.2 Problems of Discrimination and the Need for Evidence-Based Advice -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Evaluating Evaluations of Innovation Policy: Exploring Reliability, Methods, and Conflicts of Interest -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background: Evaluation as a Practice -- 2.1 Different Evaluators -- 3 Empirical Setting: Innovation Policy in Sweden -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Evaluators of Innovation Policy -- 4.2 Evaluation Methods and Data Sources -- 4.3 Evaluating Actors and Employed Methods -- 5 Discussion -- 5.1 What May Underlie Differences in Evaluations of Innovation Policy? -- 5.2 Future Research -- 5.3 Policy Recommendations -- 6 Conclusion -- Appendices -- Fischerś Exact Test, Evaluating Actor and Evaluations of Public Innovation Policies -- Logistic Regression, Outcome Variable: Positive Policy Judgment -- References -- Do Targeted RandD Grants toward SMEs Increase Employment and Demand for High Human Capital Workers? -- 1 Background -- 2 Effects of Targeted RandD Grant Programs on Labor Demand -- 3 Data and Programs Analyzed -- 4 Empirical Method -- 4.1 Matching.

4.2 A Difference-in-Difference Analysis -- 5 Results -- 5.1 Effects of Targeted RandD Grants on Number of Employees -- 5.2 Effects of Targeted RandD Grants on Employees with Higher Education -- 5.3 Post-Treatment Effects -- 6 Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Part IV: The Entrepreneurial State and Sustainability Transitions -- Third-Generation Innovation Policy: System Transformation or Reinforcing Business as Usual? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 3 System Transformation -- 3.1 Technology Transitions as Creative Destruction -- 3.2 Institutions and the Role of Embedded Agency -- 3.3 Resistance and Regulatory Capture -- 4 The Role of Policy in Technology Transitions: Empirical Illustrations -- 4.1 The Strategic Innovation Programs (SIP) in Sweden -- 4.2 Strategic Centers for Science, Technology, and Innovation (SHOK) in Finland -- 4.3 Top Sectors in the Netherlands -- 4.4 Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies in Austria -- 4.5 Networks of Centers of Excellence (NCE) in Canada -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Less from More: China Built Wind Power, but Gained Little Electricity -- 1 . Introduction -- 2 The Context: Chinaś Historical Wind Power Development -- 3 Two Cases: Powerplants Without Output, and Low Technological Development -- 3.1 Technological Development: Patents at Home but Not Abroad -- 3.2 Wind Curtailment: When a Power Plant Is Not Working or Unconnected -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- The Failures of the Entrepreneurial State: Subsidies to Renewable Energies in Europe -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Growth of Renewable Energy Sources of Electricity in the European Union -- 3 Are Green Subsidies an Efficient Environmental Policy? -- 4 Are Green Subsidies an Effective Industrial Policy? -- 5 Are Green Subsidies an Effective Social Policy?.

6 From the Entrepreneurial State to the Entrepreneurial Central Bank -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Directionality in Innovation Policy and the Ongoing Failure of Green Deals: Evidence from Biogas, Bio-ethanol, and Fossil-Free Steel -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 3 Two Historical Cases of Policy Failure: Biogas and Ethanol -- 3.1 Investments in Biogas -- 3.2 Ethanol from Cellulose -- 4 The European Union, Hydrogen Gas, and Fossil-Free Steel -- 4.1 Hybrit and Green Steel -- 4.2 Hydrogen Production -- 4.3 Hydrogen Steel and Electricity Consumption -- 5 Analysis and Discussion -- 5.1 Public Funds and the Economics of Incentive Distortion -- 5.2 Indirect and Hidden Costs -- 5.3 Public Sector Inefficiencies and the Risk of Corruption -- 5.4 Hydrogen Steel: A Risk for Both the Environment and the Economy -- 5.5 A Threat to the Economy and Free Competition? -- 5.6 Repeating the Mistakes of Biogas and Ethanol -- 5.7 EU Funds Result in Environmental Nationalism -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Part V: From the Entrepreneurial State Towards Evidence-Based Innovation Policy -- Policy Instruments for High-Growth Enterprises -- 1 Introduction -- 2 HGE Policy Instruments -- 2.1 Stylized Facts on HGEs -- 2.2 Rationales for Policy Intervention -- 2.3 Key Issues Regarding HGE Policy Instruments -- 2.4 An Overview of Areas Relating to HGE Policy Instruments -- 3 Best Practices and Areas for Improvement -- 3.1 HGE Policy Instruments that Have Been Successful -- 3.2 HGE Policy Instruments: Areas for Improvement -- 4 Conclusion -- 4.1 Critical Listening -- 4.2 Identify the Decision Points -- 4.3 Up or Out: Get the Incentives Right -- 4.4 The Need for Coordinated Policy -- References -- Public-Steering and Private-Performing Sectors: Success and Failures in the Swedish Finance, Telecoms, and City Planning Sectors -- 1 Introduction.

1.1 Reforms in Sweden in the 1980s: Success and Failure.