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Contents: Foreword, Hon Mark Prisk MP, Minister for Business & Enterprise, UK Foreword, Senator the Hon. Nick Sherry, Minister for Small Business, Australia Introduction, Robert A. Blackburn and Michael T. Schaper Part 1 Global Experiences in Policy Development: The evolution of enterprise policy in Scotland, Ross Brown and Colin Mason SME policy development in New Zealand 1978-2008, Tanya Jurado and Claire Massey Entrepreneurship policy in Latin America: trends and challenges, Hugo D. Kantis and Juan S. Federico Enterprise policy-making in the UK: prescribed approaches and day-to-day practice, Norin Arshed and Sara Carter SME and entrepreneurship policies in the Caribbean, Jonathan G. Lashley Regulatory reform and the growth of private entrepreneurship in Vietnam, Viet Le and Charles Harvie SME policies and seasons of change in the Peoplea (TM)s Republic of China, Lei Ye, David Tweed and Paul Toulson Small business support and enterprise promotion: the case of France, Rita Klapper, Mahamadou Biga-Diambeidou and Arto Henrikki Lahti. Part 2 Practical Tools to Foster Small Firm Development: Business incubators: their genesis, forms, intent and impact, Phillip Kemp and Paull Weber Understanding self-employment: the opportunities and the challenges for good policy, Ken Phillips and Tui McKeown Promoting environmentally sustainable enterprises: some policy options, Richard Blundel, Adrian Monaghan and Christine Thomas Government advice services for SMEs: some lessons from British experience, Robert J. Bennett Enterprise agencies: an English model of small business advice and support, Andrew Maville Social enterprise support policies: distinctions and challenges, Fergus Lyon and Leandro Sepulveda Government policy to support franchisees, Jenny Buchan. Part 3 Evaluating and Assessing Policies and Programmes: SME policy evaluation: current issues and future challenges, Paul Cowie Evaluating policy initiatives: the case of Enterprise Insighta (TM)s local youth enterprise schemes, Ron Botham Challenging default perspectives on entrepreneurship and small businesses, Simon Bridge and Ken Oa (TM)Neill Pragmatic approaches to evaluating SME policies and programmes, Kim Houghton and Thomas Fell Index.

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